Wednesday, August 05, 2009

And these yokels have the NERVE to quote John Adams

Oh man. Here it is again. Control the message. Stop dissent. Official Policy now, or so it would seem. And you, too, can be a patriotic American simply by turning in any email you receive that seems to not be in favor of Obamacare.

This from The White House no less.

And just what do you suppose they will do with those emails and the people who they determine sent them?

from The White House Blog h/t Ace:

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2009 AT 6:55 AM
Facts Are Stubborn Things
Posted by Macon Phillips

Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, "facts are stubborn things."

Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example, to "uncover" the truth about the President’s health insurance reform positions.

In this video, Linda Douglass, the communications director for the White House’s Health Reform Office, addresses one example that makes it look like the President intends to "eliminate" private coverage, when the reality couldn’t be further from the truth.

For the record, the President has consistently said that if you like your insurance plan, your doctor, or both, you will be able to keep them. He has even proposed eight consumer protections relating specifically to the health insurance industry.

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.

Oh crap. I hope I didn't just turn my computer into government property by visiting a government website. . .

6 comments:

christian soldier said...

Geeees-I went to the whitehouse .gov site to get the photo of bho walking in front while Crowley was helping gates down the WH steps...a few days ago...
Do you think my computer is gvt property !?
Oh well :-)

Claudia said...

So, now that everyone's PC is going to be US Govt's property, are they (the Govt, I mean, not US citizen paying taxes) going to give us a refund to buy a new PC with whom we swear never to enter a .gov site? Just in exchange of the one whose property they have inherited... :P

If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Looooooordddd! When I was saying Obama = Zapatero and no one listened to me... it was because of these things. Socialist party did something similar here in the past elections: they formed a group of "internet volunteers" who surfed Spanish opposition's pages to give the "Socialist message of the day"... I don't know if they have to report about it afterwards, but I don't think the Govt had to search a lot to know what webs were those... :(

Claudia said...

Related: "you so obama" means "you're sooo cool", according to UCLA's dictionary.

o_O ...

revereridesagain said...

Have you tried reading that damn bill? What we need first is someone to translate it from Bureaucratese into English. Then let them try to slink out from under it.

Anonymous said...

RRA, re:- "Have you tried reading that damn bill?"

There is Video from this weekend (posted here?) with Arlen Specter and Kathleen Sebelius as they are confronted by their Philadelphia constituents. In that video (better quality available elsewhere - I couldn't find it here) Kathleen Sebelius states @ 2:04:

"That bill isn't written, so, don't boo the senator for not reading a bill that isn't written"

Got that? It's not even written. Sebelius continues @1:15 :

"Hours and hours and hours and hours have been spent . . .if people say they haven't read the legislation then tell them to go back and read it."


How does one go back and read, LET ALONE VOTE UPON legislation that hasn't been written?

midnight rider said...

Anonymous -- Pasto & I have those up as well:

http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2009/08/beginning-of-end-of-obama.html

If you go to Panzramic (link in my post) he has a number of vids up from that town hall.