Report Your Neighbors

[Gaspar]

President Obama's campaign has launched a new website encouraging people to report negative comments made about the president.  Being a good subject, I have taken it upon myself to report myself and set up a simple script to re-populate the form for every post I make on various forums.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/signup/o2012-attackwatch-report-an-attack

This has been done in other countries with great success.  Perhaps it will serve to root out opposition forces and put an end to any defiance of this administration.

I wonder if his campaign will be sharing any of this information with the administration?  Remember when they tried this before with the flag@whitehouse.gov email address? 

[Gaspar]

Well, this was perfectly legal until 16 hours ago because it was set up by his campaign, not the administration.  Unfortunately the president felt it necessary to promote the site by tweeting it from his official twitter account.  He is now in violation of the Privacy Act of 1974 and its amendment in 1977.

[we vs us]

Actually, that's his campaign twitter account (see that big 2012 down there?).    

The Whitehouse has a separate twitter account.

[Hoss]

Actually, that's his campaign twitter account (see that big 2012 down there?).    

The Whitehouse has a separate twitter account.

But you know that anything that Gas thinks he has on that damned liberal, he's gonna try and use it.  I wish sometimes this forum had a squelch knob.  At least one half of them has stopped posting...

[Gaspar]

Actually, that's his campaign twitter account (see that big 2012 down there?).    

The Whitehouse has a separate twitter account.

And that would be fine if he were simply a candidate, and this effort was only tied to an independent group outside of the federal government, and not tied to the executive branch.  However, he is the executive branch and this is the twitter account that he frequently uses, and has used throughout his presidency to communicate with the American people.  It would only take about 2 seconds for the Eric Holder Justice department to look up 3 years of tweets on this account and establish it as a mouthpiece for the president, not simply a campaign account.

[Gaspar]

But you know that anything that Gas thinks he has on that damned liberal, he's gonna try and use it.  I wish sometimes this forum had a squelch knob.  At least one half of them has stopped posting...

Do you support this effort by the president? Is this something you can be proud of your leader for?

What if President Bush had set up a website encouraging people to report anyone who spoke negatively about him? 

I wonder how the media would treat that?

[Hoss]

Do you support this effort by the president? Is this something you can be proud of your leader for?

What if President Bush had set up a website encouraging people to report anyone who spoke negatively about him? 

I wonder how the media would treat that?

I wouldn't care either way.  Continue to assume what I and others think.  That's why you lose credibility here.

[Gaspar]

I wouldn't care either way.  Continue to assume what I and others think.  That's why you lose credibility here.

Ok, if that kind of thing doesn't bother you, then fine. I have a feeling you are being less than honest though.  I bet if the Bush administration set up a website where citizens could report their neighbors for saying negative things the Bush administration, you would have something to say about it.  

[Hoss]

Ok, if that kind of thing doesn't bother you, then fine. I have a feeling you are being less than honest though.  I bet if the Bush administration set up a website where citizens could report their neighbors for saying negative things the Bush administration, you would have something to say about it.  

Once again, you're trying to assume you know what I think.

You'd lose that bet.  Play again.  Calling people 'less than honest' isn't helping your cause any.

[Gaspar]

Once again, you're trying to assume you know what I think.

You'd lose that bet.  Play again.  Calling people 'less than honest' isn't helping your cause any.

My apologies then. 

It's just very hard for me to comprehend anyone who would see such actions by OUR government as just, but then again, our President does.

Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us all. – Justice William O. Douglas

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. – Henry Steele Commager

[Hoss]

My apologies then.  

It's just very hard for me to comprehend anyone who would see such actions by OUR government as just, but then again, our President does.

Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us all. – Justice William O. Douglas

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive. – Henry Steele Commager

I wasn't the one who passed judgement on his actions.  I simply stated that red or blue, I could care less what they do during the campaign phase as long as it doesn't violate the law.  You're making assumptions that no-one else, on either side, are making.  At least that I'm aware of.

I think most people would call that a 'wish sandwich'.  You are also assuming (my guess anyway) that these stats that will be compiled will be used to send out the troops to place chinese handcuffs on such people and make them listen to the DNC acceptance speech 100 times in a row.  Do you know what the intentions are for compiling such statistics?  I don't.  If you do, then you need to be in the clairvoyance profession.

[Gaspar]

I wasn't the one who passed judgement on his actions.  I simply stated that red or blue, I could care less what they do during the campaign phase as long as it doesn't violate the law.  You're making assumptions that no-one else, on either side, are making.  At least that I'm aware of.

I think most people would call that a 'wish sandwich'.  You are also assuming (my guess anyway) that these stats that will be compiled will be used to send out the troops to place chinese handcuffs on such people and make them listen to the DNC acceptance speech 100 times in a row.  Do you know what the intentions are for compiling such statistics?  I don't.  If you do, then you need to be in the clairvoyance profession.

Perhaps you are correct.  I am not an attorney.  Let's see how this plays out over the next few days. 

[Gaspar]

[Hoss]

I'm thinking that Guido stole Scott's login...

[Townsend]

I'm thinking that Guido stole Scott's login...

Man, something like that.  I just have to skip over it most of the time.  It's cringe worthy.