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A Catholic who follows Rome & the Magisterium. I'm against gay "marriage", abortion, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia, human cloning. Altar girls, Communion in the hand, Eucharistic Ministers and "Protestant" music in the Church doesn't bother me at all. A proud American retired submarine sailor. Our borders should be secured with a 10 ft. high fence topped by concertina wire with minefields out to 20 yards on both sides and an additional 10 yards filled with warning signs outside of that Let's get energy independent NOW! Back Israel to the max, stop appeasing followers of the Pedophile Prophet. Pro 2nd Amendment, pro death penalty, Repeal all hate crime legislation. Back the police unless you'd rather call a hippie when everything hits the fan. Get government out of dealing with education, childhood obesity and the enviornment. Stop using the military for sociological experiments and if we're in a war don't micromanage their every move. Kill your television, limit time on the computer and pick up a book. God's will be done and may He have mercy upon us all.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Suit filed regarding snitch.com...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- An organization for physicians and a black pro-life group have banded together for a new lawsuit against the Obama administration. They are suing the White House over the email address set up for backers of the pro-abortion health care bills to snitch on opponents.

Obama officials caused a furor earlier this month when they unveiled the flag@whitehouse.gov email address meant for "fishy" claims about the president's health care proposal. (Which they still haven't apologized for or given their usual spin. Have they become that arrogant they feel no explanation is necessary or are they so immersed in a mindset that feels this is normal they can't fathom the outrage?)

Last week, the White House quietly disabled the email and sent people who filed complaints to an official factsheet promoting the government-run health care plan that has abortion funding and will lead to rationing. (The resultant public exposure of snitching would serve to weed out the opportunists and leave the true believers.)

Now, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and the Coalition for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE), which takes a pro-life position, has filed suit against Obama and other White House officials.

In a statement sent to LifeNews.com, the groups said the Obama administration has “unlawfully collected information on political speech, thereby illegally using the power of the White House to chill opposition to its plans for health care reform."

"Although the White House slightly revised its data collection procedure last week, the email address still exists, the illegal activity continues, and is part of an unlawful pattern and practice to collect and maintain information on the exercise of free speech," the groups maintain.

The use of the email address "continues in violation of the Privacy Act and First Amendment even if the Defendants terminate a particular information-collection component due to negative publicity.”

The lawsuit outlines how the White House has employed a form of “bait-and-switch” tactic of accusing the plaintiffs and other opponents of spreading misinformation about the Obama administration's goals for health care reform, "and thereby refusing to ‘come clean’ about its real agenda."

The lawsuit outlines that the White House knew that the data collection would chill free speech, and in fact, intended to do just that.

"As part of their effort to advance the White House healthcare reform agenda, Defendants have accused opponents (including Plaintiffs) of spreading misinformation on issues such as whether a) health reform would provide public funding for abortions, (b) put 'death panels' in place to deny care to the elderly or infirm ...." it says.

Kathryn Serkes, the director of policy and public affairs for AAPS, told LifeNews.com that she started receiving hate mail "shortly after the White House issued the ‘fishy’ request."
“We were quite visible and vocal before then, so it doesn't seem like a coincidence. Who did they share their data with? With whom might they share it?” she wondered. (Check out whats been happening at various town hall meetings where union thugs have appeared. Intimidation seems to be gearing up.)

Star Parker, the CURE president, also chimed in on the lawsuit and the actions that preceded it.

"As a black conservative spokesperson and columnist, intimidation tactics aren't new to me,” she said. “But it is of great concern to see the current Administration build an enemies list of those who disagree with them on this important issue.”

AAPS and CURE demand that the White House remove all information already collected, and further, be prohibited from collecting any personal data in the future.

The Obama administration introduced the flag email address on August 4, saying, “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," it added.

The two groups filed their lawsuit in District Court for the District of Columbia.

Anyone seen this story on the MSM? Yeah, another stupid question. Seriously, I believe theres a fair amount of intimidation going on. Check out this gem from American Thinker; http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/08/obama_and_the_thugs.html
which I found via Mulieris Dignitatem. I especially recommend noting the list of incidents towards the bottom of the column.

B.O. is practicing Chicago style politics and he isn't to be discounted even if the wheels seem to be coming off the healthcare bus. But I feel he's strictly a one term President and if we can survive the remainder of his time in office we'd be smart to pay real close attention to his successors and their actions for the next decade or so. My thinking on this is that his tactics will be accepted as the norm by the time he leaves office if theres no concerted effort to disown them. Thuggish behavior will be practiced by both parties, with the inevitable result of going further down this road.

We've got to be damned careful in what we accept vis-a-vis partisan behavior. It could come back to bite us square on the butts.

2 comments:

Teresa said...

I am so glad that these three pro-life groups have filed a suit against the White House for violating our free speech due to asking for "fishy" information related to the health care bill. The only people spreading misinformation about this bill is the White House. They have so blatantly abused their power and abused the people's constitutional rights. Their methodology is so unconscionable. The website asking for "fishy" information needs to be dismantled.

Most Rev. Gregori said...

Obama is a stinking disgrace to the Office of President and to the United States as a whole. He should not even be allowed to finish out four years, because the damage he could do and is doing to our country may be irrevocable.

His whole campaign was a sham and I will go to my grave saying that he was NEVER properly vetted. I will also add that for the life of me, I don't know how the hell most of his cabinet and advisers even passed security clearance. It is time for Obama to go NOW.

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