Just when you thought this administration had gone about as far as it could go in turning America into the old Soviet Union another subtle clue is revealed. When you craft legislation that is over a thousand pages long and you try to slam it through before anyone can read it, all kinds of creepy things come crawling out when you turn the lights on. This is from the White House’s blog:
“There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.”
Turn in your neighbor? Does this not sound like Cuban block watchers in Castro’s worker’s paradise? Is your name in their database? If you apply for a government job, do you think you might run into a “problem”? Will the IRS come knocking on your door to audit you? If this doesn’t send chills up your spine, you are made of sterner stuff than me.
What’s really Fishy?
To be fair, everything this administration has said about health care, or is it health insurance, seems fishy? So should all Americans be writing to the White House to complain? Be careful, I am sure they are taking the names on both sides of the e-mail. This Administration wants the First Amendment only to apply to the titan of the teleprompter. But if you criticize the state, you are Astroturf, an unruly mob, crazed right-wing plants. When do they send the goons in to break up the crowd and beat a few participants to send them a lesson.
Be Careful Before You Take a Bite Out of that Apple
The administration is touting the Cash for Clunkers program as a great success. But as the auto dealers file for the rebates they are faced with this {emphasis added}:
“This application provides access to the DoT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system and is the property of the U.S. Government. Any or all uses of this system and all files on this system may be intercepted, monitored, recorded, copied, audited, inspected, and disclosed to authorized CARS, Dot, and law enforcement personnel, as well as authorized officials of other agencies, both domestic and foreign.”
This was widely reported by Glenn Beck and immediately the statists came forth to attack him as a right wing fanatic. I also saw some insipid posts saying, “well how are they going to be able to do that? I’ll smack anyone who tries to touch my laptop; that web site is only for the dealers, not for consumers, etc., etc.” To that I say, read it for yourself and decide. Perhaps, as some suggest, it was some overly aggressive government lawyer who was trying to protect… Protect what? Rebates?
The pattern is shocking and the pattern is clear. If the government gives you TARP money, the government sets your salary. If the government bails out and then takes over the car companies, the government will decide what kind of cars it will build and if it loses money for years (Amtrak, the Postal Service), the government can decide to keep them afloat to achieve their agenda. Keeping all those UAW members on the government teat, will keep their votes in the Democratic column. Now if you want a rebate, the government owns your computer. Let’s see, is there any disparaging information about the Obama administration on there? No rebates for your dealership and we’ll fire off an e-mail to flag@whitehouse.gov to boot. And what about that reference to foreign agencies?
Barack Obama is a disciple of Saul Alinsky and he knows a thing or two organizing and defeating his opponents, not by logic or reason, but by attack and disinformation. That is how dictators grab power. Will we be able to do as our Founding Fathers did and stop the spread of this tyranny? The recent town hall meetings with our legislators give me reason to hope that Americans are paying close attention and do not like what they see.
