"Flag@Whitehouse.gov"

By now, I suppose you've heard that a blog on the White House website asks for your help to "report" on your fellow Americans. If you hear of people who are spreading "lies" or "disinformation" or "scare tactics" about the health care bill before Congress (HR 3200) you can e-mail the White House at flag@whitehouse.gov. Tell them about the naughty people who actually disagree with their government! Turn into a "snitch" and let the "authorities" know that there are people who are exercising their first amendment rights! Well, we can't have that can we?

Sure can. And we will. Last week I received a real e-mail from our President. In this official e-mail from the White House he urged us to spread "the truth" of what his health care plan entailed, and then he gave out several statements in the form of bullet points.

Well, yesterday my wife and I wrote to flag@whitehouse.gov. We said, "Dear Mr. President. You asked us to tell on our fellow Americans. You want us to report people who are lying about the health care bill before Congress. Here is a letter from someone who is not telling the truth." Then we cut and pasted his letter in the e-mail and sent it to him.

First Amendment. The right to free speech and the right to peaceably address our representatives with a redress of grievances. We're doing it.