Falling Toward Socialism and Worse

[Soldier4Christ]

On Facebook, MySpace? Obama's got your e-mail
White House spammer-in-chief wants contractor to track critics

The White House is hiring a contractor to harvest information about Americans from its pages on social networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr.

The National Legal and Policy Center, or NLPC, revealed the White House New Media team is seeking to hire a technology vendor to collect data such as comments, tag lines, e-mail, audio and video from any place where the White House "maintains a presence" – for a period of up to eight years.

"The contractor shall provide the necessary services to capture, store, extract to approved formats, and transfer content published by EOP (Executive Office of the President) on publicly-accessible web sites, along with information posted by non-EOP persons on publicly-accessible web sites where the EOP offices under PRA (Presidential Records Act) maintains a presence," the posting states.

According to the 51-page solicitation of bids posted Aug. 21, the purpose of the mining and archiving project is to "comply with the Presidential Records Act," though the listing does not specify how the information will be used. It states that the government is currently collecting data from social networks both programmatically and by use of daily screenshots.

The program is expected to be fully operational within 30 days after the contract is awarded to a vendor.

The White House pages at Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube and Flickr contain thousands of comments from Americans – both supportive and critical of the administration and its policies.

Contractors must agree to keep information disclosed by the EOP in the "strictest confidence" and restrict access "to those employees who must have the information to perform the work provided herein on a 'need-to-know' basis."

NLPC warns, "[V]irtually any communication mentioning the president or the administration could become subject to collection and archiving under the act. This is not out of an 'abundance of caution,' but out of an over-abundance of power. President Obama should make sure that this plan goes no further."

'Fishy' info on health care

As WND reported, the Obama administration has made several efforts to collect information about citizens in the past. The White House announced a program Aug. 4, pleading with people around the nation to forward to a White House e-mail address anything they see "about health insurance reform that seems fishy."

    Scary chain e-mails and videos are starting to percolate on the Internet, breathlessly claiming, for example, to 'uncover' the truth about the president's health insurance reform positions.

    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 e-mails 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 e-mail or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, demanded that President Obama either halt the "snitch" program or define how he would protect the privacy of those who send or are the subject of e-mails to the flag@whitehouse.gov e-mail address.

"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," the Texas senator wrote in a letter to Obama.

"By requesting that citizens send 'fishy' e-mails to the White House, it is inevitable that the names, e-mail addresses, IP addresses, and private speech of U.S. citizens will be reported… You should not be surprised that these actions taken by your White House staff raise the specter of a data collection system."

'Compelling need' for cookies

WND has also reported that the Obama administration has announced plans to lift a government ban on tracking visitors to government websites, and potentially, collect their personal data through the use of "cookies" – an effort some suspect may already be in place on White House sites.

A ban on such tracking by the federal government on Internet users has been in place since 2000, however, the White House Office of Management and Budget now wants to lift the ban citing a "compelling need."

In fact, according to the Electronic Privacy and Information Center, federal agencies have negotiated agreements and contracts with social networking sites like Google, YouTube, SlideShare, Facebook, AddThis, Blist, Flickr and VIMEO to collect information on visitors for federal websites. All of these private companies are known to have agreements with federal agencies, but the public has never seen them.

In public comments submitted to the Office of Management and Budget, EPIC notes it has obtained documents that show federal agencies have negotiated these contracts with the private sector in violation of "existing statutory privacy rights." Those agencies include: Department of Defense, Department of the Treasury, and the National Security Agency.

There are suspicions the White House is already involved.

According to Obama "technology czar" Vivek Kundra, the "compelling need" driving this major policy reversal is the administration's desire to create "more open" government and to "enhance citizen participation in government."

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[nChrist]

The above are examples of Tyranny that are being established before our eyes. We are watching the removal of freedom and subjugation of THE PEOPLE. Our so-called federal government is is trying to make itself into a RULER instead of a SERVANT to the people. The answer is NO! They are openly trying to establish dossiers on citizens who DEMAND to keep their FREEDOM. This is being openly done and is ILLEGAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Just think - they want ALL personal and private information in their so-called HEALTH CARE REFORM - including banking information and other PRIVATE information that's none of the government's business. WHY? - CONTROL OVER THE PEOPLE - NOT SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE! THE ANSWER IS NO!

[Soldier4Christ]

They already have all of my information as it is. I'm not concerned about it. They want to come get me because I disagree with them then here I am.

[nChrist]

Brother, I don't know what kind of records they keep for military service, but even they didn't ask for my banking information and other private information unrelated. The bureaucrats in Washington are not trustworthy. They can't even take care of their own taxes, and their mothers need to tell them who and who not to hang around with. EXCUSE ME:  they are some of the inappropriate types one shouldn't hang around with. After all, one can be known by their associations. So, it probably isn't wise for someone to associate with many of the so-called representatives in Washington. Quite a few of them need to be on their way to prison for various CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS. Then there are more that just haven't been caught yet, OR prosecutors have been hamstrung in prosecuting them.

[Shammu]

The younger generation probably doesn't realize that the word Socialism means and connotes a system that is profoundly un-American. Socialism pretty much disappeared from from the world since the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) collapsed because of Ronald Reagan's policies,

Socialism requires a totalitarian system; that gives the ruling gang the power to distribute the fruits of other people's labor to its political pals. That is what is happening to the United States as President Obama proceeds with his goal of "remaking America."

The Republican National Committee, which for years had been a stuffy establishment appendage, started to tell the truth on May 20 when it passed a resolution nailing the Obama Administration for "PROPOSING, PASSING, and IMPLEMENTING SOCIALIST PROGRAMS THROUGH FEDERAL LEGISLATION" and pushing our country "TOWARDS EUROPEAN STYLE SOCIALISM AND GOVERNMENT CONTROL" Nine Whereases spell out the political indictment in detail.

The RNC charges the Democratic Party with passing "TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN A NEW GOVERNMENT SPENDING WITH ALL THE STRINGS ATTACHED IN ORDER TO CONTROL NEARLY EVERY ASPECT OF AMERICANS LIFE." There are plans to nationalize the banking, financial and healthcare industries. "Massive government bailouts for the mortgage and auto industries," and "paying states to increase their welfare caseloads" by reducing work requirements and increasing handouts. Which the government doesn't have funds, or bonds to back up all the money the Obama administration has spent.

Obama's takeover of the American auto industry is so breathtaking in scope and power that it proves all the RNC's accusations about Socialism. The takeover was followed by orders to close 789 local Chrysler dealers, notices to 1,100 General Motors franchises that they will be shut down by next year, and estimates that total dealer shut-downs will rise to 3,000.

Some of these local dealerships have been family-owned for generations. The Chrysler and GM dealership closings are estimated to eliminate 187,000 jobs, which is more than the number of people who work for the two automakers.

Now we can see the icing on the cake for the politicians who use economic dictatorship to punish those who resist Socialist planners. Nearly every one of the closed local dealerships had donated to Republican candidates, almost none was an Obama contributor, and some DEALERSHIPS OWNED BY DEMOCRATS ARE NOT GETTING THE AX!!

These closings came after Obama's extraordinary cash and stock favoritism to one of his principal campaign supporters, the United Auto Workers union. The Car Czar, Steve Rattner, was a top Democratic fundraiser (surprise, surprise!).

Obama seems to be captivated by the un-American notion of running the country through RUSSIAN STYLE CZARS Obama has empowered to issue czarist-style ukases. (For those of you who don't know "ukases", 1. An authoritative order or decree; an edict. 2. A proclamation of a czar having the FORCE OF LAW in imperial Russia.) Obama has already named about 20 czars (more than the Russians had over four centuries), and his latest is a Cyber Czar.

The Federal Government is suppose to serve the people, not the people serving the government. Any time Obama or one of his flunkies want to come and get me, I am right here.

Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Bob

[Soldier4Christ]

The younger generation probably doesn't realize that the word Socialism means and connotes a system that is profoundly un-American. Socialism pretty much disappeared from from the world since the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) collapsed because of Ronald Reagan's policies,

The younger generation has been convinced by groups such as the Democratic Socialist of America that there can be a socialistic government that is 'of the people by the people'. Yes, they are too young to know first hand and they are not taught correctly in schools anymore about socialism/communism. What teaching they are getting in the schools dresses it up and makes it sound like a good thing not something that takes away all of our freedoms and makes us slaves that bow down to an oppressive government.

Most of all of these types of government start out the same. Equal everything for all of the people and then end up rather quickly with the majority of the people serving an elite few with the elite few getting all of everything.

[nChrist]

It is very sad that many don't understand what's going on. Too many things are taken for granted, INCLUDING FREEDOM! Everyone had better wake up soon or they'll find out what it means to be enslaved by a tyrannical government. Those who think they might like that type of system should vacation in North Korea, China, Iran, or other places where people have NO FREEDOM. If they like it, it would be nice if they would stay and not come back. I'm sure that many of us would contribute to a first-class one-way trip for all of the communists in Washington. (This OR PRISON!) - Sooner or later, they will be held accountable for the violation of our laws and Constitutions!

[Soldier4Christ]

'Green Jobs Czar'
Van Jones resigns
WND's 5-month series of exposés
leads to White House's 1st casualty

President Barack Obama's "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones quit late last night after pressure mounted over his extremist history first exposed in WND.

The last straw for Jones was being caught on tape in an expletive-packed rant, directly attacking Republicans in the Senate who he said abused their majority position in the past to push legislation through. He admitted after the statements were released that the comments were "inappropriate" and "offensive."

"They do not reflect the experience I have had since joining the administration," Jones said in the statement.

Jones was also linked late last week to efforts suggesting a government role in the Sept. 11 terror attacks and to derogatory comments about Republicans.

When the White House press corps grilled White House press secretary Robert Gibbs about Jones on Friday, a reporter asked how the administration could reject "conspiracy theories" about his birth certificate while employing someone who previously charged the U.S. government with masterminding Sept. 11.

Gibbs said only that Jones "continues to work in the administration," a non-ringing endorsement that set the stage for his ouster. Jones' name appeared on a petition calling for congressional hearings and other investigations into whether high-level government officials had orchestrated the 9/11attacks.

Jones flatly said in his statement that he did not agree with the petition's stand and that "it certainly does not reflect my views, now or ever."

As for his other comments he made before joining Obama's team, Jones said: "If I have offended anyone with statements I made in the past, I apologize."

In April, Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief for WND.com, broke the first major story on Jones who was identified as a self-described radical communist and "rowdy black nationalist" who said his environmental activism was actually a means to fight for racial and class "justice."

Succeeding revelations by WND included:

    * Jones previously served on the board of an environmental activist group at which a founder of the Weather Underground terrorist organization is a top director.

    * Jones was co-founder of a black activist organization that has led a campaign prompting major advertisers to withdraw from Glenn Beck's top-rated Fox News Channel program. The revelation followed Beck's reports on WND's story about Jones' communist background.

    * That Jones and other White House appointees may have been screened by an ACORN associate.

    * One day after the 9/11 attacks, Jones led a vigil that expressed solidarity with Arab and Muslim Americans as well as what he called the victims of "U.S. imperialism" around the world.

    * Just days before his White House appointment, Jones used a forum at a major youth convention to push for a radical agenda that included spreading the wealth and "changing the whole system."

    * Jones' Maoist manifesto while leading the group Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement, or STORM, was scrubbed from the Internet after being revealed by WND.

    * Jones was the main speaker at an anti-war rally that urged "resistance" against the U.S. government – a demonstration sponsored by an organization associated with the Revolutionary Communist Party.

    * In a 2005 conference, Jones characterized the U.S. as an "apartheid regime" that civil rights workers helped turn into a "struggling, fledgling democracy."

    * Jones signed a petition calling for nationwide "resistance" against police, accusing them of using the 9/11 attacks to carry out policies of torture.

While talk radio and cable television picked up WND's reporting and increased the pressure on the administration to cut Jones loose, there was no significant press coverage of the scandal by the major U.S. news media until late last week.

[Soldier4Christ]

This is only one small hurdle in the fight against communism in our government and it is only because he was so open and blatant about it. There are many more that still need to be removed that have the same ideology as Van Jones.

[nChrist]

This is only one small hurdle in the fight against communism in our government and it is only because he was so open and blatant about it. There are many more that still need to be removed that have the same ideology as Van Jones.

One COMMUNIST NUT-JOB GONE - HOW MANY LEFT TO GO?

The only unpleasant part of this news is that he's still in this country. Besides, he needs a Stalin-like regime to be happy. Regimes like that aren't permitted in this country, so he and his ilk will never be happy here. I doubt that Russia is radical enough, but North Korea might be.

[Shammu]

One COMMUNIST NUT-JOB GONE - HOW MANY LEFT TO GO?

Too many nut-jobs are still in the government. One day though we will have One Person (Christ) that will rule this world with a rod of iron. And there will be a true peace, for a thousand years!!

[Soldier4Christ]

'Green Jobs Czar' Van Jones resigns

Unfortunately this move only served to take him out of the public view. He is now working for the Center for American Progress which still leaves him in a position to be working for obama.

[nChrist]

Unfortunately this move only served to take him out of the public view. He is now working for the Center for American Progress which still leaves him in a position to be working for obama.

Brother, the same is probably true for every card carrying COMMUNIST and SOCIALIST in the country. As far as I'm concerned, they all need to be given parachutes and shoved out over North Korea. They could finally blend in and be happy. They would be happy and we would be happy to be rid of them, so everyone wins.

[Soldier4Christ]

Get ready! Here come the energy police
'Google PowerMeter' could mean regulation of your private home

Google is developing an Internet-based power monitor designed to monitor energy usage inside homes. As a result, the meter will provide utilities and any government regulators access to data on a household's energy footprint and carbon footprint, Jerome Corsi's Red Alert reports.

"Get ready," Corsi warned. "Here come the energy police."

Named the "Google PowerMeter," the software is intended to measure the precise amount of energy a house consumes and provide an accounting that lists by household location and device that consumes the electricity.

"An easy next step would be for government regulators to demand more household energy efficiency or a reduction in carbon emissions," Corsi wrote. "'Energy offenders' could be charged substantial fines, with the possibility that the truly recalcitrant could be deemed 'energy criminals' subject to severe consequences."

He noted, "As always, government extermination of civil liberties first arrives with a helping hand."

Google boasts its PowerMeter will make it possible for households to "make informed choices about electricity" by providing home energy consumers with detailed household "personal energy information" that will allow consumers to save up to 15 percent on their monthly energy bills.

"Even greater savings are possible if you use this information to see the value of retiring your old refrigerator, installing a new air conditioner or insulating your home," Google writes.

Billing the effort as "energy technology meets information technology," or "ET meets IT" in Google-speak, the goal is to monitor home-by-home energy consumption of every home in the nation, calculating as a byproduct the likely carbon footprint of the household.

"What's to stop the government from just happening to ignore one or two minor legal restrictions regarding privacy infringement?" Corsi asked. "Now, armed with precise estimates of how many people live in each household in America and how much money the household makes, what is to stop the government from further intruding?"

Corsi said the courts will likely determine that a generous reading of the "general welfare" clause of the Constitution authorizes the federal government to enforce energy efficiency standards on homes, much like the federal government enforces energy efficiency standards on cars and trucks.

"The Supreme Court has already expanded the government's eminent domain privileges to authorize confiscation of your private property on pretexts of the common good so numerous and loosely defined that energy offenders might risk loss of their homes if they refused to comply with government energy dictates," Corsi noted.

Still, Google insists, "At Google, we're helping enable a future where access to personal electricity information helps everyone make smarter energy choices."

Google is already beta-testing the PowerMeter with utility partners in the U.S., India, Germany and Canada.

"We think Google PowerMeter offers more useful and actionable feedback than complicated monthly bills that provide little detail on consumption or how to save energy," Google writes. "But Google PowerMeter is just a start; it will take a lot of different groups working together to create what the world really needs: a path to smarter power."

Corsi wrote, "One thing is clear: Google's definition of 'smarter power' is unlikely to have much to do with personal freedom to consume energy, even if you are willing to pay for it, unless you also conform with Google's definition of what 'smarter power' means."

Red Alert's author, whose books "The Obama Nation" and "Unfit for Command" have topped the New York Times best-sellers list, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in political science in 1972. For nearly 25 years, beginning in 1981, he worked with banks throughout the U.S. and around the world to develop financial services marketing companies to assist banks in establishing broker/dealers and insurance subsidiaries to provide financial planning products and services to their retail customers. In this career, Corsi developed three different third-party financial services marketing firms that reached gross sales levels of $1 billion in annuities and equal volume in mutual funds. In 1999, he began developing Internet-based financial marketing firms, also adapted to work in conjunction with banks.

In his 25-year financial services career, Corsi has been a noted financial services speaker and writer, publishing three books and numerous articles in professional financial services journals and magazines.

For financial guidance during difficult times, read Jerome Corsi's Red Alert, the premium, online intelligence news source by  the WND staff writer, columnist and author of the New York Times No. 1 best-seller, "The Obama Nation."

[nChrist]

Get ready! Here come the energy police
'Google PowerMeter' could mean regulation of your private home

The answer is NO! This is illegal, Unconstitutional, and the people won't tolerate it. STALIN might be able to get something like this done - BUT NOT IN A FREE COUNTRY!