The White House asks you to send them “fishy” information

Regardless of which side of the health care debate you fall on, the white house calling for people to email them instances of “fishy” information is quite scary to me. It seems our Government is a growing monster that keeps getting bigger with every passing day.

The White House claims it wants to dispel any information that seems “fishy” by having people email them at flag@whitehouse.gov. Does this concern anyone else?

Update: Apparently, the White House decided the flag@whitehouse.gov was not the best idea and has now disabled this email account.

Here is the official video and blog post produced by the White House explaining the reason for this request.

The White House Communication Director, who’s job is to “keep track” of all the disinformation, says that the video below which is singled out in the above video includes what she claims as sentences and phrases out of context.

Hmmm… to me something is fishy alright. Which of these quotes were out of context?

I have a few things to send to flag@whitehouse.gov that seem “fishy” to me.

First…

Why in the hell is the government asking people to snitch on other people based on what they feel is misinformation? This is flat out scary! Can you imagine the outrage if George Bush did something like this. If this is not a blatant over-reach of our government, then I don’t know what is.

Who is to say what is “fishy”? How is this information going to be used? Am I going to be put on a watch list because of this blog?

Our Government just grew 5%….

Second…

The White House blog post title of “Facts are a Stubborn Thing” is a bit ironic to me when you consider the FACT that Obama has said in his own words that he wants a single payer health care system.

There are a couple “stubborn facts” I want to touch on from this video:

1. He states that the “U.S. spends 14% of its gross national product” on health care and “can’t provide basic health insurance to everybody”.
   

   The Congressional Budget Office estimates the current health care bill will cause “a net increase in federal budget deficits of about $1.0 trillion” from 2010 to 2019. But according to the agency, the bill would still leave 37 million Americans uninsured by 2019.

2. In this video, Obama goes on to say “we may not get there immediately because first we need to take back the White House, and we need to take back the Senate, and we need to take back the House.” Let’s see here… take back the White House – check, take back the Senate – check, take back the House – check. It looks like all of Obama’s prerequisites for a single payer, Government controlled health care system (aka socialized medicine) have been taken care of.

Our U.S. Government just grew another 15%….

Third…

Obama wants a single payer, government controlled health care system. The far-left liberal wing of the democrat party wants a single payer, government controlled health care system. The majority of citizens however like the coverage and health care they receive today and don’t want Government run health care.

Recent polls show that 68% of Americans rate their health-insurance coverage at good or excellent. Half of the people polled felt if the current health care reform bill passed it would lead to a decline in the quality of health care.

Obama’s Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel said,

“The goal is non-negotiable; the path is” negotiable.

Rep. Barney Frank seems to have let the cat out of the bag on what that path looks like to get to a single payer system.

Did you catch what he said?

Because we don’t have the votes for it. I wish we did. I think that if we get a good public option it could lead to single payer and that is the best way to reach single payer. Saying you’ll do nothing till you get single payer is a sure way never to get it. … I think the best way we’re going to get single payer, the only way, is to have a public option and demonstrate the strength of its power.

What’s that smell? Something smells a bit fishy to me.

Our U.S. Government just grew another 10%….

Fourth…

Isn’t it a good thing when people get involved in the political process. Many organizations on the Left conduct protests and demonstrations all of the time and they are applauded by the Left. After all, community organizing is how our President got his start in politics.

Rep. Nancy Pelosi seems to think the people who are demonstrating their freedom of speech and vocalizing their outrage with this bill is not authentic.

I think it is ironic when the people on the Left are the focus of the protests and demonstrations, the value and authenticity of these citizens is questioned. Remember the Tea Parties?

Pelosi thought the Tea Party protests were also orchestrated by a few rich people and not a true grassroots effort.

Finally…

The goal was to get this bill rushed through congress prior to the August recess. Why the rush? Doesn’t something so important such as health care during a time of record deficits deserve a good long look to ensure we have the best solution?

Rep. John Conyers doesn’t think that reading the bill is important because he only had two days to read it and it would require two lawyers interpret what it says.

What about these promises?

If the hope and change that people voted for included transparency and bipartisanship then a few extra days to review bills seems fair. This will give Congressmen like Conyers time to get with his two lawyers and full understand the extremely complex bill presented and time to have a debate.

Pushing 1000 page bills before anyone has time to read them smells fishy to me. It kind of smells like a stimulus package.

Our Government just grew another 20%…

Asking for people to send the White House “fishy” information about other people’s views on the Health Care bill is extremely concerning. Everyone should be concerned about this over-reaching, potentially illegal move by the White House. Who knows, maybe they want to send these people a dead fish.