Beyond the obvious notion such a request from the White House might demonstrate why Obama wants a “Civilian National Security Force”, the reporting now sweeping across the ‘Net the White House is asking those supporting the administration’s Health Care Reform plan to inform on other Americans who do not is raising both questions and eyebrows.
The exact language of the article posted on the blog at WhiteHouse.gov reads:
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.
This request, posted on the official White House site no less, cannot help but raise questions. Why President Obama wants to know who disagrees with him is not a concern. Both sides of the political spectrum routinely subscribe to the other side’s emails and newsletters to keep up with what their opponents are doing. The interesting question is, given such material is already widely available to Democratic operatives, what is it the White House is looking to gain that they don’t already have? More disturbingly, what is it they intend to do with the information they obtain?
Perhaps the White House has a perfectly rational and logical explanation for their request. However, I must confess my first thought upon hearing of their interest in those opposing their position was the following excerpt from Jonah Goldberg’s book Liberal Fascism. Goldberg reminds us today’s Liberals are not the first group of Liberals to call themselves Progressives. The Liberal Democrats of Woodrow Wilson’s day also went by that name. Today’s Progressives know that fact and are just fine with adopting the term “Progressive” to describe themselves.
Woodrow Wilson’s Progressives conceived and implemented several plans to silence and punish dissent and objection to the Government’s plans. Goldberg writes
Even as the government was churning out propaganda, it was silencing dissent. Wilson’s Sedition Act banned “uttering, printing, writing, or publishing any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the United States government or the military.” (Editor’s Note: I don’t know if “fishy” language would have been covered) The postmaster general was given the authority to deny mailing privileges to any publication he saw fit – effectively shutting it down. At least seventy-five periodicals were banned.
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Then there was the inevitable progressive crackdown on individual civil liberties. Today’s liberals tend to complain about the McCarthy period as if it were the darkest moment in American history after slavery. … But nothing that happened under the mad reign of Joe McCarthy remotely compares with what Wilson and his fellow progressives foisted on America. Under the Espionage Act of June 1917 and the Sedition Act of May 1918, any criticism of the government, even in your own home, could earn you a prison sentence … In Wisconsin a state official got two and a half years for criticizing a Red Cross fund-raising drive. A Hollywood producer received a ten year stint in jail for making a film that depicted British troops committing atrocities during the American Revolution. One man was brought to trial for explaining in his own home why he didn’t want to buy Liberty Bonds”.
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The Justice Department created its own quasi-official fascisti, known as the American Protective League, or APL. They were given badges – many of which read “Secret Service” – and charged with keeping an eye on their neighbors, co-workers, and friends. Used as private eyes by overzealous prosecutors in thousands of cases, they were furnished with ample government resources. The APL had an intelligence division, in which members were bound by oath not to reveal they were secret policemen. Members of the APL read their neighbor’s mail and listened in on their phones with government approval.
There’s more, but you get the point. I’m bright enough to know all this happened 90 years ago. But when in 2008 and 2009 a new group of liberal Democrats arises and boldly and proudly adopts the name Progressive, when their leader calls for a well funded and large Civilian National Security Force with little explanation why he chose that particular name and then proceeds to call for Americans on his side of an issue to tell him about other Americans who don’t share his values and principles – do you wonder why I might wonder just what in the world is going on?
SEE ALSO:
“So, whatcha think they’re gonna do?” by Skip @ Granite Grok;
“Helping out the White House Thought Police” by Ron Dickerhoof @ A Conservative’s Opinions and Solutions;
“Call for Informants: if you oppose ObamaCare, even in ‘casual conversation’, the White House wants to know about it” by Jeff Emmanuel @ RedState;
Turn the tables. Report Obama for not telling the truth on health care by Doug @ Granite Grok;
Flag the White House: We will not fear your informants! by Bill Collier @ Reagan 2.com;
Health Care czar’s office calls for Internet snitch brigade by Michelle Malkin @ Michelle Malkin;
Turn in Obama for Suspicious Activity by Adam Bitely @ NetRightNation;
Calling Informants: if someone opposes ObamaCare, the White House wants to know by Maggie Thurber @ Thurber’s Thoughts;
White House Website Asking for Informants on Anti-HealthCare Advocates by Warner Todd Huston @ Publius Forum;
Hope and Soviet: flag@whitehouse.gov wants YOU!! by Stephen Kruiser @ Stephen Kruiser;
Just Say My Humble Site is on the White House Obama Care “Fishy” List by Ben @ Mount Virtus
Ken Marrero
Ken has blogged personally at Blue Collar Muse since 2006, founded the Tennessee ConserVOLiance in 2007 and serves as ALA's Director of Grassroots Outreach and Coalitions.
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I watch FOX News and read posts on stormfront.org to see what the bad guys are up to. Satan never sleeps, and neither will I.
Know your enemy.
This was a useless post. I thought you were saying Obama was going to silence the dissenters. He’s just monitoring the senseless ideas that idiots churn out so he can have a rational, and well-thought-out rebuttal ready if a dumb question ever comes up.
What’s the matter? Afraid of having your facts checked?
Where in the legislation does is state that I have to
let the Government decide what I get for treatment?
What other distortions do your “grassroots” organizations
spread, and are afraid that the administration will get
a chance to rebut your arguments?
By the way, if you do not post my comments, I will
be certain you are just trying to stir up garbage
and not willing to engage in discourse on the matter.
There is not one word in the Whitehouse blog post that says they are looking for information on PEOPLE. It asks to see the RUMORS. Get a grip. This is in response to the outrageous lies that are being perpetrated to kill any progress on health care reform. Examples: Abortions will be funded and your grandparents will be left to die. NOT TRUE. The government wants to take over your healthcare decisions. NOT TRUE. You will lose your private haelthcare. NOT TRUE. What is true is that the insurance industry reports RECORD PROFITS while our health care costs grow by leaps and bounds. Be honest, who among you has not had a run-in with a health insurer over coverage? Who is deciding what procedures will be paid for right now? FACT: The insurance companies!
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Obama is clearly a pinko shade of Hugo Chavez red!
To completely understand Obama’s mission, it is essential to examine his long-range master plan. Once you understand this, everything done by him and his administration is much clearer. Check it out and share it with those who care about our nation:
Obama’s Long-range Master Plan Revealed
As Barack Obama and his closest staff raced through the first several months of his new administration goading Congress into adopting bills hundreds of pages long without reading them and approving trillions of dollars of new spending and debt, long-time Washington insiders scratched their heads profusely as they attempted to decipher the specter and rationale of it all. Aside from the astonishing spending and associated risk, politicos marveled at the ability of the new President to move his agenda with apparent little regard for the constitutionality of such measures as moving the census operations into the White House and appointing hoards of “czars” with staffs of thousands, budgets of billions, and no apparent accountability to anyone but the President.
In the meantime, the new President remained on the campaign trail, giving speeches, making appearances, and posturing as if the Presidential election had not already occurred. The long time Washington observers puzzled over this odd behavior. After all, wasn’t the election over? Hadn’t he already won? Why was he still traveling all over the globe and not sitting at his desk in the White House Oval Office attending to business?
Was there any real method to this madness, or was it just plain madness? Turns out there is, indeed, very specific rationale and logic behind this President’s mad rush to acquire as much authority and control as possible over the nation and its subjects.
After some detailed probing and pursuit of the subject, what we find is that Barack Obama, still just in his late 40’s, has much greater ambitions than just serving two terms as President of the United States. Barack Obama is positioning himself to become the next Secretary General of the United Nations, a post with no statutory limit of terms and control of the only organization with widespread authority over all points of the globe.
Researchers contemplating Obama’s long-range master plan find that all the necessary elements are in place, or soon will be, to give Obama the opportunity to literally rule the world- possibly for as long as he wants. A brief review of the United Nations charter and history provides the eye-opening details.
UN Secretary General
The United Nations Charter establishes the Secretary General as the head of the Secretariat, and, as such, as the chief administrative officer of the United Nations. The position of UN Secretary General is a five-year term recommended by the UN Security Council and appointed by the UN General Assembly. The Secretary General position is generally rotated by geographic region and is traditionally (but not constitutionally) limited to two consecutive five-year terms. Since the founding of the UN in 1945, the only exception to this was in 1996 when American President Bill Clinton’s administration exercised its authority as a permanent member of the UN Security Council to veto the re-appointment of Egyptian diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali to a second term as Secretary General. As he was from Africa, the UN then selected another African representative, Kofi Annan, of Ghana, to replace him.
Annan served his two terms as Secretary General, completing his service Dec. 31, 2006. Under the UN’s rotational system, the Security Council then looked to Asia for the next Secretary General, and nominated Ban Ki-moon of South Korea. The General Assembly quickly approved him as the new Secretary General. And here’s where it gets interesting.
The first term of Ban Ki-moon expires Dec. 31, 2011 and, according to UN tradition, if he is interested, he will almost certainly be reappointed to a second term, which will expire Dec. 31, 2016, three weeks prior to the end of Barack Obama’s presumed second term as President of the United States. Since the founding of the United Nations in 1945, only two geographic regions of the world have not had a representative serve as UN Secretary General: Oceana…. and North America. Barack Obama intends to be the first from North America.
This, of course, would explain virtually everything about Obama’s otherwise-unconventional behavior and his aggressiveness in acquiring as much control, authority and international goodwill as possible. The basic goals of the Obama Presidency are to weaken the United States as an international force in order to lessen its ability to exert influence and control over international affairs, while at the same time seek to subjugate the U.S. as much as possible to international agreements and UN control, authority, regulation and laws. This will curry favor with the international community, thus enhancing Obama’s chances at ascension to the Secretary General throne, and make the U.S. less significant vis-a-vis the UN in international affairs, so that he, as life-long UN Secretary General, will have unquestioned and unchallenged authority over the worldwide community and its affairs.
The procedural steps
To achieve these ends, during his time as President, the Obama administration will pursue policies that weaken American strength, power and influence in every conceivable political, economic and social way possible. For example, many economists have pointed out that the Obama economic plan, loaded with unsustainable spending and debt, may not only not resolve the recession, but will, in fact, prolong and deepen it, perhaps into a long-term depression. No problem- if his plan does happen to somehow work, fine, but the Obama economic plan is not designed to heal the economy- in accordance with Obama’s long-range master plan, it’s designed to weaken the economy, and the nation. And how does the on-going Obama international “blame America / apology tour” strengthen America’s foreign policy? It doesn’t- it’s not supposed to- it’s designed to weaken our nation’s role in international affairs. Further, Obama’s judicial appointments and nominations will be people infused with a strident anti-traditional and anti-constitutional ethos, because that will nudge America further toward an eventual submission to “international” ethics, laws and constraints.
The more that Obama will be able to enact this agenda and master plan now, the easier it will be for him to later wield unquestioned power as UN Secretary General, because the United States will have been severely weakened and unable to exert significant influence on international (or even some domestic) affairs.
Now, you ask, why wouldn’t future U.S. Presidents challenge Obama’s UN rule and seek to restore America’s strength and influence? Because another element and goal of the Obama Presidency is to basically turn America into a one-party state ruled by the Democrat Party. Obama has the full support and encouragement of the American mainstream news media in this effort, he has shadowy front groups like ACORN involved in the 2010 U.S. census and voter registration, and the Democrat Party leaders are more than willing to follow along because they will then assure themselves of unchallenged power and authority over the nation.
Possible scenarios
Speculators are envisioning several alternative scenarios that could develop over the next few years. For example, one option being bantered about is that Obama’s unbridled ambition will not allow him to wait until Ban Ki-moon completes a second term as UN Secretary General. Mr. Ban’s first term will conclude Dec. 31, 2011, one year and three weeks prior to the end of Obama’s first term as President, and one popular scenario envisions that, if Obama feels he has sufficiently accomplished enough of his agenda by then, he will resign as President and seek to replace Mr. Ban in January of 2012. After all, why wait another four years and risk something going awry in the meantime that could pre-empt an Obama second Presidential term or even the larger Obama long-range master plan itself?
Under that scenario, it is thought that Vice President Joe Biden’s subsequent ascendancy to the White House in January of 2012 would assure a continued passive and subordinate American role in UN and international affairs while Obama then promotes his UN Secretary General agenda, and, at the same time, assure election of Biden as President later that November. However, some feel that this scenario would be too outrageously ambitious for even Obama. Their thought is that Obama would prefer to complete the second term as President and then move on to the UN. On the other hand, this scenario would explain the “mad rush” to enact as much of Obama’s agenda as soon as possible in his first term. And it would also explain why Obama was so insistent on running for President in 2008, rather than allowing Hillary Clinton to have her shot at the job in ’08 and running after her two terms.
Many Democrat leaders felt that Hillary had earned her shot at an open office in the 2008 Presidential election, as George Bush would be completing his second term. After all, even after two Hillary terms as President, Obama would still only be 55 in 2016 and, presumably, bolstered with another eight years of service and experience as a U.S. Senator. With such additional maturity and experience, Obama in 2016 would have had formidable credentials to then become the first black American President.
All very logical, except for one very revealing factor. As previously mentioned, a new UN Secretary General will be scheduled for appointment in 2016, and eligible for two five-year terms. If Obama would let that opportunity pass by and allow someone else to become UN Secretary General, that would mean that Obama’s next best shot at the UN Secretary General position may not occur until 2026. At that point Obama would be 65 years old, with far less time to rule the United Nations. And, in addition, that would leave far too much time for something unforeseen to disrupt Obama’s long-term master plan. No, it was felt that it was a far better approach to push Obama for the Presidency in 2008 even if that meant risking the wrath of Hillary and her Democrat Party operatives. With an Obama victory in the 2008 Presidential election, his plan of ascending to the open UN Secretary General seat in 2016 was assured, and he could serve as many as four five-year terms as UN Secretary General before finally retiring at a still robust 75, or possibly even serving beyond that. That would provide Obama with a full twenty years or more of ruling the world- a heady opportunity indeed, one that would be very difficult for an intense narcissist to let pass by.
Another variant of that scenario involves the secret pact made between the Clintons and Obama when Hillary decided not to challenge Obama at the 2008 Democrat convention and, instead, endorse Obama for President. The negotiations between the Clinton and Obama camps concluded with some major concessions to the Clintons, beginning with Hillary’s nomination and subsequent appointment as Secretary of State. Some have said that the Clinton-Obama deal also includes (among others) nomination of Bill Clinton to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Obama’s endorsement of Hillary for the Democrat Presidential nomination in 2016.
This Clinton scenario goes a long way toward explaining Hillary’s sudden submission to a weakened and relatively unimportant Secretary of State office, as well as Bill’s relative silence and prudent behavior. And Hillary’s part of that deal would include acquiescence with UN Secretary General supremacy in the international arena during her Presidency.
Regardless, it is clear that the position of UN Secretary General will be open for appointment just as Obama’s presumed second term is about to expire. The Secretary General serves a five-year term and is traditionally (but not constitutionally) limited to two consecutive terms. But Barack Obama clearly sees himself as a being above and beyond traditional (if not even constitutional) constraint, and there is no provision in the UN Charter that would prevent him from seeking as many terms as he desired. By ingratiating himself to the international community during his service as American President, he could assure himself of indefinite service later as UN Secretary General. The only constraint to prevent Obama from additional terms as Secretary General would be a veto by one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. But the Obama team has very effectively considered that element as well. The five permanent Security Council members are the U.S., the United Kingdom, France, Russia and China. The U.S. is already (figuratively and literally) indebted to China, Russia is clearly pleased with Obama’s weakening of the U.S., and Obama has profusely sidled up to the European powers in his on-going “blame America / apology” tours. This should greatly diminish the prospects of one of those other four permanent Security Council nations vetoing additional Obama terms as Secretary General beyond his second term. And, with a submissive America ruled by the Democrat Party, the chances of a U.S. veto are virtually nil.
Following his act as the first black President of the United States, the Obama campaign for UN Secretary General would focus on the historic nature of him becoming the first person from North America to serve in that capacity. And, as a result of his weaken-America policies as President, the members of the United Nations would feel much more comfortable bestowing upon him the honor of serving as the first North American Secretary General. For his part, naturally, this would fit very nicely into Obama’s narcissistic persona. And, of course, the mainstream American and international media would play it to the hilt. Obama’s ascendancy to the throne of United Nations Secretary General would be virtually a coronation, not a selection or an election.
Now that the basic goals of Obama’s long-range master plan are clearly evident, his motivations and intentions are much easier to decipher. Clearly, the structure of the Obama Presidency is not about what is good for America or its citizens- it’s all about Obama. It’s all about what advances Obama’s personal agenda and objectives. If it appears that Obama is still campaigning, it’s because he is still campaigning. Obama viewed the 2008 American Presidential election as just another primary election in his broader campaign to become the UN Secretary General. During his Presidency, Obama’s policies will be designed to control, not cure. The economy, the banking system, the auto industry, the health care system- the Obama administration’s energies will be directed toward seizing control over all those sectors, not “curing” any real or perceived problems in them. The more that Obama can make America subservient, compliant and subordinate, the easier it will be for him to rule later as the unchallenged United Nations Secretary General.
This fascinating insight gives us the opportunity to view Obama and his administration in a much different light. Other such alternative scenarios are being actively debated, and only his closest insiders are privy to the details of the actual plan. But one thing is very clear: the increasingly strange and unconventional behavior of Barack Obama and his administration and policies can now be seen through a much clearer lens, and it’s quite obvious that there is, indeed, a very specific method to the madness.