August 29, 2009

Unjustifiable Defense In Unjustifiable Homicide Case

Abortion is morally wrong. I believe that with my whole heart and soul -- and with my intellect, based upon the clear facts of human development. Indeed, I believe it to be, morally, murder -- especially late term abortions.

That said, i was repulsed by the murder of abortionist George Tiller earlier this year. Not only do I believe the killing of abortionists to be counterproductive for the pro-life cause, but I also find such actions to be every bit as indefensible, morally, as the abortions themselves.

Which is why I'm particularly offended by the planned defense of Tiller's killer.

The suspect in the killing of abortion provider George Tiller is in talks with a prominent attorney who represents anti-abortion protesters and has long advocated justifiable homicide as a legal defense in such cases.

Scott Roeder, 51, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated assault charges in the May 31 shooting death of Tiller in the foyer of his Wichita church. The Kansas City, Mo., man has refused to discuss his case, but he has told The Associated Press that Tiller's killing was justified to save "the lives of unborn children."

Roeder has court-appointed defense attorneys, but he apparently has now turned to Michael Hirsh, the lawyer who represented Paul Hill on appeal for killing a Florida abortion provider and his bodyguard in 1994. Hill was executed in 2003 after the Florida Supreme Court rejected Hirsh's argument that the judge should have allowed Hill to present to jurors his claim that the killings were justified to prevent abortions.

This move is shameful -- as is the defense.

While I suppose one could, in theory, make the case for justifiable homicide in the event that Tiller had been about to take the life of some poor child at his abortion mill (justifiable homicide requires imminent danger to oneself or another), that was not the case here, with Tiller having been killed away from his place of business on a day it was closed. And there is the little detail that the action of the victim in this case was legal, which would also mitigate against a not guilty verdict.

I therefore condemn any effort to make a case for justifiable homicide at Roeder's trial. I urge the judge to ban any effort to make such a defense. After all, what Scott Roeder did was commit cold-blooded murder. he should pay the appropriate price.

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Arlington National Cemetery Desecrated By Burial Of Traitor

Joe and Rose Kennedy had quite a brood of children. Most of them were outstanding individuals in their fields who acted in a manner that they saw as leading toward the betterment of America.

In particular, they had sons who gave great service to this nation -- Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., John F. Kennedy, And Robert F. Kennedy.

And one who engaged in treason against the United States of America.

Picking his way through the Soviet archives that Boris Yeltsin had just thrown open, in 1991 Tim Sebastian, a reporter for the London Times, came across an arresting memorandum. Composed in 1983 by Victor Chebrikov, the top man at the KGB, the memorandum was addressed to Yuri Andropov, the top man in the entire USSR. The subject: Sen. Edward Kennedy.

"On 9-10 May of this year," the May 14 memorandum explained, "Sen. Edward Kennedy's close friend and trusted confidant [John] Tunney was in Moscow." (Tunney was Kennedy's law school roommate and a former Democratic senator from California.) "The senator charged Tunney to convey the following message, through confidential contacts, to the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Y. Andropov."

Now what was the message that he asked his traitorous friend and former colleague to communicate to the leadership of America's Communist foes? That he, Senator Edward M. Kennedy -- a member of one of America's wealthiest families, former Democrat presidential candidate and sitting Democrat US Senator -- was willing to help deliver the 1984 American presidential election to Moscow's preferred candidate.

First he offered to visit Moscow. "The main purpose of the meeting, according to the senator, would be to arm Soviet officials with explanations regarding problems of nuclear disarmament so they may be better prepared and more convincing during appearances in the USA." Kennedy would help the Soviets deal with Reagan by telling them how to brush up their propaganda.

Then he offered to make it possible for Andropov to sit down for a few interviews on American television. "A direct appeal ... to the American people will, without a doubt, attract a great deal of attention and interest in the country. ... If the proposal is recognized as worthy, then Kennedy and his friends will bring about suitable steps to have representatives of the largest television companies in the USA contact Y.V. Andropov for an invitation to Moscow for the interviews. ... The senator underlined the importance that this initiative should be seen as coming from the American side."

Kennedy would make certain the networks gave Andropov air time--and that they rigged the arrangement to look like honest journalism.

Kennedy's motives? "Like other rational people," the memorandum explained, "[Kennedy] is very troubled by the current state of Soviet-American relations." But that high-minded concern represented only one of Kennedy's motives.

"Tunney remarked that the senator wants to run for president in 1988," the memorandum continued. "Kennedy does not discount that during the 1984 campaign, the Democratic Party may officially turn to him to lead the fight against the Republicans and elect their candidate president."

Got that -- Kennedy was willing to betray his country to the leaders of a foreign country which was dedicated to destroying America by providing assistance in sculpting their message and access to American media. And he was doing it for his own political aggrandizement and advancement. The last and least of the Kennedy brothers was willing to sell out America to the Soviets in order to become President. -- an office that he believed was his birthright as a member of the Democrat's royal family.

This information has been public for nearly two decades. In life, Kennedy said not one word to deny the treason documented by the Soviet archives. Kennedy's friends in the media -- who he planned to use as (willing?) accomplices in his treasonous scheme -- have time and again refused to disseminate this information to the American people as a whole. Indeed, they have depicted the man who sought to sell-out America as a patriot, and the very model of a statesman.

In ancient Rome, such treasonous conduct was properly rewarded with execution, and the traitor's body was thrown into the Tiber with the rest of the city's garbage. And yet somehow, in America today, the body of such a betrayer has been laid to rest among the honored heroes of our nation -- at Arlington National Cemetery. It is a desecration of that sacred ground and an insult to the memories of all those heroes buried there.

I'll open these comments up for those who have something to say. I reserve the right to edit or delete those I find inappropriate, at my own discretion

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August 27, 2009

Lib Talker Smears Conservatives Over Kennedy Murders

One more bit of proof that the only thing it takes to be a liberal is ignorance -- and to be a liberal talk host, you just need to be unashamed about putting that ignorance on display to the world.

Take lib talker Mike Malloy.

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MALLOY (1:30): Good evening, truthseekers, Mike Malloy here, thanks for tuning inÂ…you know as well as I know that the death of Senator Ted Kennedy is the death of a man, absolutely, and everything he was to the people in his extended family, but we also understand itÂ’s the death of an era, one of the remaining, if not THE remaining lynchpin of liberalism in this country is gone.

Aand you know what the term lynchpin means. So with the death of Ted Kennedy last night, liberalism in this country has lost its champion; the person who, in the modern era, personified liberalism to a greater degree than anyone in Congress; I think that his death heralds the beginning of a very, very very dark period in this country.

I remember feeling that way in 1963 and in 1968-when his two brothers were murdered by the right wing in this country.

Let's see.

JFK was killed by a communist who had deserted the Marines, defected to Russia, and objected to the president's tough stance vis-a-vis Castro and Cuba.

RFK was killed by a Palestinian terrorist who objected to senator's steadfast support of Israel.

These certainly don't sound like any version of conservatism I'm familiar with.

On the other hand, it does sound like the ignorance of history -- or willful dissemination of falsehood -- that the Left has been known for and which Alinsky encouraged.

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Americans Don't Want ObamaCare -- Even if It Is Renamed For Kennedy

Over half of all Americans oppose the bill.

As August winds down, the good news for President Obama and congressional Democrats is that support for their proposed health care legislation has stopped falling. The bad news is that most voters oppose the plan.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey show that 43% of voters nationwide favor the plan working its way through Congress while 53% are opposed. Those figures are virtually identical to results from two weeks ago.

As has been true since the debate began, those opposed to the congressional overhaul feel more strongly about the legislation than supporters. Forty-three percent (43%) now Strongly Oppose the legislation while 23% Strongly Favor it. Those figures, too, are similar to results from earlier in August.

Which does, of course, raise the question: if these folks in Washington are our representatives, why are they intent on acting against the wishes of the citizens they represent? If they did that, they would do to this proposal what Ted Kennedy did to Mary Jo.

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August 26, 2009

On Making ObamaCare Bill A Tribute To Teddy

Looks like the Democrats are trying to exploit Teddy Kennedy's death for political purposes before the corpse has even cooled.

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the only senator to have served longer than the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), mourned his friend Wednesday, saying his "heart and soul weeps."

Byrd said he hoped healthcare reform legislation in the Senate would be renamed in memoriam of Kennedy.

Other Democrats followed the lead of the Distinguished Kluxer from West Virginia.

You know, I agree with the sentiment. It would be appropriate to turn the bill into such a tribute.

I encourage Republicans to use the bill to appropriately memorialize Teddy Kennedy — by doing to it what last and least of the Kennedy brothers did to Mary Jo.

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I'd started the day attempting to keep Kennedy's death appropriately apolitical -- but if Democrats want to turn it into an occasion to Wellstone, it is not unreasonable to take the gloves off.

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Sci Fi Schlock

I am undeniably a science fiction fan. And I love Star Trek, in all its various incarnations. But I’ll be among the first to say that this is really pretty tacky, even by the admittedly low standards of much of sci fi fandom – Star Trek cologne.

Firebox is now selling three scents designed specifically for Trekkies.

The first, called Tiberius after none other than James T. himself, is “a casual yet commanding cologne spiked with freshness and sensuality. Citron zest, black pepper and cedar create refreshingly clear top notes, layered over a wooded, spicy scent.” (No mention there of alien gore or spacecraft exhaust fumes).

For those who would admit to being a zero rather than a hero, there's a cologne called Red Shirt. Firebox says: “…this manly scent has been named after the apparel favoured by the bold but stupid saps/extras who, with grim inevitability, always met a grisly end during away missions.” It promises “top notes of green mandarin, bergamot and hints of lavender [and] base notes of leather and grey musk” delivering a whiff of “the sweet smell of…expendability”.

Finally, for the ladies, is the Ponn Farr perfume, which is named after the Vulcan mating cycle. Presumably it's designed to attract males of the human variety as well as those with pointy ears.

Set phasers to maximum, and fire at will, Mr. Worf.

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Liberty Shirt Market

Yeah, I'm political. And yeah, I like political shirts that reflect my views. But the reality is that there are not many stores out there that stock material that reflect a truly conservative view -- especially not now that we have entered into the Age of Obama. That's why I am glad to to take this opportunity to do a sponsored review of the products over at LibertyShirtMarket.com, which has marketed an entire line of conservative shirts and other products.

Frankly, I liked what I saw as soon as I entered the site. Not just the easy to use interface, consumer friendly layout, and low prices, but also the actual products offered. It isn't just "bash Obama" shirts (though there is certainly a selection of those) -- there are shirts that appeal back to the founders and their vision of our nation's government as limited by the Constitution. Indeed, my two favorite shirts hearken back to the founding generation of this country -- one which quotes Benjamin Franklin's adage that "He that lives upon HOPE will die Fasting", and another from Jefferson that reminds us that "A Government Big Enough To Give You Everything You Want, Is Big Enough To Take Everything You Have". But I'll be honest -- my favorite product is not a shirt at all -- it is the pocket-sized edition of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, which I believe every American patriot should own. I know I'll be placing my order soon.

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August 25, 2009

Just Remember, Conservatives -- You Are The Violent Terrorists

Even though it is Democrats throwing the bombs.

A federal search warrant obtained by the Post-Dispatch connects a former Democratic campaign strategist to a Clayton bombing last year that seriously injured an attorney.

About two months after the October bombing, federal law enforcement officials searched the downtown loft of Milton H. "Skip" Ohlsen III, seeking "evidence related to the planning, execution, and/or cover-up of the bombing in Clayton, Missouri, on October 16, 2008." Ohlsen in recent weeks has been at the center of a swirling political scandal that is threatening the political careers of at least two Missouri Democratic legislators.

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Ohlsen was arrested on federal fraud and firearms charges on Dec. 18, 2008, in an unrelated case, according to federal court records.


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Ohlsen, 37, is the former Democratic operative involved in the federal investigation into the failed 2004 congressional campaign of Jeff Smith. Both Smith, now a state senator from St. Louis, and Steve Brown, a state representative from Clayton, have been involved in that federal inquiry, according to state government sources.

And by interesting coincidence, both Smith and Brown entered guilty pleas to corruption charges related to that 2004 campaign and resigned from office. It appears that the two men hired Ohlsen to illegally produce and distribute campaign literature in a manner that violated federal law, and then lied about it to federal investigators.

Dirty elections and acts of terrorism -- brought to you by your friends, the Democrats.

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Firearms And Firearm Products

I'm always amazed by how many websites are out there selling guns and gun parts. Absolutely astounding, to be honest. But how do you know which one is the best one in terms of their merchandise and their customer service?

Interestingly enough, I've recently heard a lot about one store offering gun parts that even includes access to technical video clips to educate consumers and retain customer loyalty. For example, they have one program on how to build an AR-15. They share clips with their customers on gun sights, product reviews on items like a competition three gun case, information about scope ring alignment and even how to use ear plugs correctly when shooting Want an example? . Here is one on their AR-15 Magazine. Expertise at a click of a button -- isn't it wonderful!

Plus, their prices are right, too. You can find high quality parts for your shotgun, rifle, pistol and outstanding books and videos on guns and shooting sports. Their sight is easy to use, and they offer you a guarntee of satisfaction
Best of all, Brownells is a company that is here to stay. They have been around for 70 years, and have no plans of disappearing like some fly-by-night companies. They even ship your purchases to you for the flat shipping rate of $11.50, so you are bound to save money there on any substantial purchase. So if you are inclined to use those Second Amendment rights, check them out.

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August 24, 2009

Just A Reminder On Honduras UPDATED: US Shows Contempt For Constitutional Government In Central America

That Central American nation is valiantly choosing fidelity to its constitution over capitulation to international pressure.

Honduras's supreme court has rejected a Costa Rica-brokered deal to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power and ordered his arrest if he returns.

The ruling also affirmed the legitimacy of the government of interim leader Roberto Micheletti.

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The court reminded Mr Zelaya that he faces several charges - including crimes against the government, treason, and abuse of power - and would be subject to trial if he re-entered the country.

It said Mr Micheletti's government had been installed as part of a lawful "constitutional succession".

Remember -- Zelaya violated the Honduran Constitution by illicitly seeking to extend his term in office. Under terms of that document, he automatically forfeited his office, and was removed from power pursuant to the directives of that nation's supreme court. It was no more a coup than would be the impeachment and removal of an American president. -- but left-leaning Latin American neighbors have tried to argue otherwise, and have deceived other members of the international community into accepting their argument. Cheers to Honduras for remaining strong in the face of this pressure.

UPDATE: The Obama Regime again weighs in on the side of the Latin Leftists and against the constitutional government of Honduras. I wonder -- will Obama be similarly contemptuous of the decisions of the US Supreme Court pursuant to our Constitution?

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Online Auction Deals

It really sounds too good to be true. Indeed, it seems to be beyond belief But believe it or not, you can find an auction site out there where you can start the bidding in various auctions for as low as a penny. But believe it or not, Rockybid.com has online auctions where registered members can enter a bid of as low as one penny on any item they are seeking to bu. The result? The site recently saw the auction of a Honda Insight Hybrid for $1.24! Incredible!

Of course, you do have to pay for the opportunity to bid. I normally don't like that, but when you can buy a nintendo wii for under a dollar, it might just be a value worth paying for.. And even if you lose an auction, you do earn points that you can use to bid on other items within 30 days.

So if, for example, you are interested in buying Gold Bullion coins and bars, RockyBid is a place where you can buy those precious commodities at a low price -- as much as 99% off the spot price, in fact.

It seems almost too good to be true -- but it might just be worth your time to check out..

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August 23, 2009

Breakdown Of The Editorial Process

Words mean things.

In fact, sometimes they can mean many different things.

Sometimes those meanings can vary across cultures of generations -- during a discussion of laws on illegal drugs some years ago, a student asked me if I had ever been "blowed". Due to our generational differences, I didn't realize that he was asking me if I had ever gotten high -- and he didn't realize that I heard him asking me an entirely different question.

Which leads me to this link that someone sent to me recently. Shouldn't someone on the editorial staff have caught the alternate meaning to the phrase used in this headline -- especially when paired with the accompanying picture?

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August 20, 2009

John Conyers Points Out The Problem With Much Congressional Legislation

It is too long, too complicated, and passed too quickly for members of Congress to really know what they are voting on.

"I love these members that get up and say 'Read the bill.' What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you've read the bill."

Unfortunately, Conyers’ solution is to vote for the bill without reading it, and without even giving it a serious examination. It seems to have never crossed his mind that a bill that is too complex to be understood without “two days and two lawyers” to figure it out is probably too complex to be implemented in a coherent manner without delegating way too much discretion to unelected bureaucrats.

And while this statement came in the context of the health care debate, I think it is equally applicable to ANY piece of legislation. If it is too long and complex to be read and understood by members of Congress – or the American people – then it probably should be split up into more manageable pieces for the good of the nation.

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Fill My Seat Before My Body is Cold: Teddy Kennedy (D-What Dead Girl In What Car Under What Bridge?)

In 2004, Massachusetts Democrats decided that the people of Massachusetts didn’t need two senators if one of their seats fell vacant – a position heartily endorsed by the state’s senior senator, Teddy The Hutt. The reason? The election of John Kerry as president would have allowed a Republican (Mitt Romney) to fill the seat. Now, however, with death breathing down the neck of the last and least of the Kennedy brothers, the Senator from Chivas Regal insists that his vacant seat must be filled immediately for the good of the state and the nation – because, after all, there is a Democrat occupying the Governor’s office in Massachusetts.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy, in a poignant acknowledgment of his mortality at a critical time in the national health care debate, has privately asked the governor and legislative leaders to change the succession law to guarantee that Massachusetts will not lack a Senate vote when his seat becomes vacant.

In a personal, sometimes wistful letter sent Tuesday to Governor Deval L. Patrick, Senate President Therese Murray, and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, Kennedy asks that Patrick be given authority to appoint someone to the seat temporarily before voters choose a new senator in a special election.

If allowing the governor to fill a vacant seat was not that important five years ago, it certainly isnÂ’t that important now. And given that KennedyÂ’s illness has caused him to be MIA and Massachusetts without that second vote in the Senate for most of the period since his diagnosis, I fail to see how filling the seat becomes any sort of imperative once he is DOA. After all, the state will not have any less representation on the Senate floor than it does now.

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Oh, The Horror! CIA Contracted With Blackwater On Terrorist Elimination

This is just horrible! After all, just because al-Qaeda attacked us on 9/11 is no reason to kill its leaders – and certainly not to use the eeeevvvviiiillll Blackwater to facilitate doing it.

The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of Al Qaeda, according to current and former government officials.

It is hard, really, to tell which offends liberals more – the fact that the US government was considering the decapitation of the organization that committed a major terrorist action on American soil, or that it might have considered free market options to get the matter done. Personally, I’m just pissed off that this plan was not fully implemented, and that it therefore didn’t result in the extermination of any of the targeted vermin.

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August 18, 2009

News Flash -- Neolithic Revolution Caused Onset of Global Warming!

Damn Stone Age man for starting the steady decline of the world towards extinction!

Ancient man may have started global warming through massive deforestation and burning that could have permanently altered the Earth's climate, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

The study, published in the scientific journal Quaternary Science Reviews and reported on the University of Virginia's Web site, says over thousands of years, farmers burned down so many forests on such a large scale that huge amounts of carbon dioxide were pumped into the atmosphere. That possibly caused the Earth to warm up and forever changed the climate.

Lead study author William Ruddiman is a professor emeritus of environmental sciences at the University of Virginia and a climate scientist.

"It seems like a common-sense idea that there weren't enough people around 5, 6, 7,000 years ago to have any significant impact on climate. But if you allow for the fact that those people, person by person, had something like 10 times as much of an effect or cleared 10 times as much land as people do today on average, that bumps up the effect of those earlier farmers considerably, and it does make them a factor in contributing to the rise of greenhouse gasses," Ruddiman said.

And yet we are now told that if we don't act RIGHT NOW, it is the end of the world as we know it.

Strikes me that we are dealing with more junk science -- and I feel fine.

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Robert Novak: RIP

He wasnÂ’t pretty, and he wasnÂ’t always tactful. He was, however, one of a kind, and an American treasure.

And now Robert Novak has gone – home to be with the God he loved.

There are few in public life for whom I’ve had great affection without having ever met them. There are even fewer whose death has caused me to stop and weep. Indeed, I can think of only four who fall into that latter category – Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp, Billy Graham and Pope John Paul II. To that list I now add Bob Novak, who was the best at what he did and who never held back when he knew he was right. We shall not see his like again.

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August 05, 2009

My Request To Barry Hussein's Secret Police

Since the Obama Regime is compiling an enemies list of American patriots who oppose his health care and other proposals, I've sent the following to his brownshirts.

Please add me to your compiled enemies list. As a patriotic American, I am proud to be added to such a list compiled by a nascent dictator like Barack Obama as he seeks to quash legitimate dissent.

All I've done is exercise my rights under the First Amendment, but if Barry Hussein wants to compile a list of his opponents, I want to be on it -- indeed, I consider it to be a badge of honor to be included on any such compilation by an totalitarian regime. After all, I've found that this site is banned in several foreign countries -- perhaps one day my own president will seek to silence me, too.

Fortunately, my senator has sent the following to the White House in an attempt to stop this totalitarian tactic from being followed by the proto-fascist in the Oval Office.

Dear President Obama,



I write to express my concern about a new White House program to monitor American citizens' speech opposing your health care policies, and to seek your assurances that this program is being carried out in a manner consistent with the First Amendment and America's tradition of free speech and public discourse.



Yesterday, in an official White House release entitled "Facts are Stubborn Things," the White House Director of New Media, Macon Phillips, asserted that there was "a lot of disinformation out there," and encouraged citizens to report "fishy" speech opposing your health care policies to the White House.  Phillips specifically targeted private, unpublished, even casual speech, writing that "rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation."  Phillips wrote "If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov."



I am not aware of any precedent for a President asking American citizens to report their fellow citizens to the White House for pure political speech that is deemed "fishy" or otherwise inimical to the White House's political interests. 



By requesting that citizens send "fishy" emails to the White House, it is inevitable that the names, email addresses, IP addresses, and private speech of U.S. citizens will be reported to the White House.  You should not be surprised that these actions taken by your White House staff raise the specter of a data collection program.  As Congress debates health care reform and other critical policy matters, citizen engagement must not be chilled by fear of government monitoring the exercise of free speech rights.


I can only imagine the level of justifiable outrage had your predecessor asked Americans to forward emails critical of his policies to the White House.  I suspect that you would have been leading the charge in condemning such a program-and I would have been at your side denouncing such heavy-handed government action.



So I urge you to cease this program immediately.  At the very least, I request that you detail to Congress and the public the protocols that your White House is following to purge the names, email addresses, IP addresses, and identities of citizens who are reported to have engaged in "fishy" speech.  And I respectfully request an answer to the following:

  • How do you intend to use the names, email addresses, IP addresses, and identities of citizens who are reported to have engaged in "fishy" speech?

  • How do you intend to notify citizens who have been reported for "fishy" speech?

  • What action do you intend to take against citizens who have been reported for engaging in "fishy" speech?

  • Do your own past statements qualify as "disinformation"? For example, is it "disinformation" to note that in 2003 you said:"I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health care plan"?


I look forward to your prompt response. 



Sincerely,



JOHN CORNYN



United States Senator

Bravo, Senator Cornyn.

UPDATE: Looks like great minds think alike. It's Operation Go Flag Yourself! Great posts at Brutally Honest, Maggie's Farm, Bookworm Room, The Anchoress, Malkin

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