Facts are stubborn things, and the truth is frightening.

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.


Sound familiar? Perhaps an excerpt from George Orwell's 1984? Maybe a billing posted in Nazi Germany or Stalin's Russia?

Nope.

This is from the Whitehouse's website, encouraging you, the average American citizen, to inform on your fellow Americans for intellectual thought-crimes against Obama's great plan, and the current regime. I wonder what the reward is for thwarting these would-be "email terrorists?" Favored citizen status? Maybe first in line for big brother's healthcare? Who knows.

But as our second president famously said, "facts are stubborn things."


Just like the fact that this is utter insanity. Our government is encouraging citizens of this country to inform on other citizens of this country simply for communicating opinions via emails or perhaps word of mouth around the water cooler.

The very concepts of intellectual freedom, and freedom of speech, are being attacked here. It is disgusting to behold. I just hope I don't get brought before a Troika for writing this.

The Whitehouse: Facts Are Stubborn Things

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