Report Me To The White House

It seems the White House is now going to track “dissidents”. It has provided an email on the White House blog for snitching on your fellow Americans.

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.
~White House Blog, Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 AT 6:55 AM

Senator John Cornyn is watching our backs and has vehemently voiced his disapproval of this latest White House policy in a letter to Barack Obama.

“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”
~Senator John Cornyn in a letter to the President

There is the accusation that people showing up for townhall meetings on health care reform are mobs organized by the “right wing extremist base”. This is further evidence of the ploy being used by Democrats to denigrate average Americans that have legitimate anxiety over the Obama health care policy. Is that next? Will people start reporting someone that spoke out during a townhall meeting? Is this the first step in controlling free speech? This would appear to be more of a Chicago thug approach to quelling opponents.

Now what exactly comes under the heading of “seems fishy”? Does that mean if you are completely satisfied with your current medical care coverage and express concerns that you distrust the government to control the medical care system you are somehow being subversive and need to be tracked by the White House?

If so, report me to the White House.