Grassroots or AstroTurf...

So, let me get this right. When Democrats organize folks in the community to express their support or dissent to something the government is doing or is planning to do it is a "grassroots" effort. On the flip-side when Republicans organize folks in the community to express their support or dissent to something the government is doing or is planning to do it is a "AstroTurf" effort or worse a "mob".

So, basically what we have is a hypocritical situation. A situation where if it is good for us we will support it and encourage it; however, if it is not good for us we will discredit it and discourage it. Seems like a typical liberal move to me.

Now, the scary part is that the White House has asked your neighbors to spy on you and report you to the White House if you disagree with the Democrat's plan for nationalizing health care. In a blog posted to www.whitehouse.gov by Macon Phillips on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, entitled "Facts are Stubborn Things", there is a request that asks folks to forward something to the White House if it seems "fishy". So, let me get this straight...if you disagree with the White House and your neighbor sees it or even thinks that it is "fishy" they are supposed to forward it to the White House. Now, the scary thing is that records maintained by the White House can fall under executive privilege. Meaning the records and what the White House does with them could be kept secret.

So, let's throw this out there...if President George W. Bush had asked or even expressed an interest in things that were a bit "fishy" and asked your neighbors to report them to the White House...would all hell have broken loose? I guarantee you that the ACLU would have been up in arms and every liberal from California to New York would have been shouting "big brother" at the top of their lungs. The news media would have been going crazy...reporting on the Gestapo tactics of the White House, President Bush, and of course Rover and Cheney.

So, let the hypocrisy continue...but, be careful and make sure you let your elected officials know your perspective. It is your right...do not forget that. Remember how The Constitution starts, "We the people" and don't ever forget that the people are the government and we control the government. I think this is a fact lost on our current elected "representatives" in Congress and the White House.