Cornyn, Freepers all bent out of shape over Obama email plan.

[MineralMan]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308917/posts

In an article in The Hill, Cornyn is reportedly very P.O.ed about the White Houses email address for sending bogus health scare emails for review by the White House, and has sent President Obama a letter, telling him in no uncertain terms to knock it off. Apparently, the right wing is worried that the White House will be compiling an "enemies list" based on such forwarded emails.

Poor babies. They send out lies, but now don't want you forwarding their emails containing them to the [e-mail] address. They're all worried about losing their anonymity.

Now, here's the funny part: Some moronic freeper is asking everyone on FR to send a nasty email to that address, just to spite the White House. Of course, the White House won't take any notice of ugly, threatening first-hand email. Nope.

Here's a link to Cornyn's letter to Obama regarding this:

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/cornynletter.pdf

Yup, Freepers: Email the President and tell him how angry you are that he's saving email addresses. Tell him just what you'd like to do to him and his administration. Don't hold back! Do it today!

[kjackson227]

1. Cornyn has completely lost his mind...

he's afraid, and he should be.

[MineralMan]

2. One Note for everyone to help the White House:

If you forward one of these idiotic lying healthcare mass emails, be sure to use your email client's tools to display all header information before forwarding it. That will assist the White House in identifying the sources of such lies. Thanks for your cooperation.

[formercia]

37. Good idea

although it may have come from a bot net.

[lisa58]

3. are you kidding?????

[MineralMan]

5. Nope. Not kidding. Cornyn actually sent that idiotic letter.

And the idiot freepers are really sending angry emails to that White House address.

Morons abound.

[aquart]

4. And what has the White House replied to Senator Cornyn?

After they stopped laughing, of course?

[MineralMan]

6. I don't think they've had time to reply. In fact, I doubt they ever will.

Cornyn's sweating right now....and it's public in "The Hill." Rich stuff.

[Vinca]

7. I thought Shrub had already collected our emails for posterity.

Didn't Cornyn vote in favor of that?

[redqueen]

8. lol... Cornyn... you idiot.

:rofl:

Man their party is just chockablock with 'em isn't it? Palin, Bachman, Cornyn...

[drm604]

9. Did they really think the Dems and the WH wouldn't come into possession of those emails?

Did they really think that emails designed to go viral won't end up being available to anyone who wants them? This is hilarious.

[MineralMan]

10. Here's something from a clever freeper in that thread:

To: All
Lets go folks. Hit this [e-mail] address with letters of RAGE. This is the worst yet ..
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE flood this address with emails .
I sent a scathing one last night . The Marsist need to know will WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS !!!!!!!!
Do it now ..it will take 2 minutes..YES YOU DO IT NOW !
AGAIN [e-mail]


21 posted on Wed Aug 05 2009 14:02:54 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by sonic109

[MineralMan]

11. And the freeper morons are answering the call...

To: markomalley
Are other freepers emailing [e-mail] as much as me? What fun.


47 posted on Wed Aug 05 2009 14:25:45 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by libbylu ( Palin begins from Wasilla not only a campaign, an Iditarod of a crusade ....YEAH!)
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[Howardx]

12. mind bogglingly dense

let me get this straight...no never mind.

[beac]

41. What do you guess "an Iditarod of a crusade" would be??

And wouldn't Quittypants use a "snowmachine" instead of sled dogs, anyway?

:crazy:

[Contrary1]

18. I won't stand for a "Marsist" either!

:patriot:

[MineralMan]

19. You said it, brother!

But, do they have a birth certificate from Mars now? I'm really confused.

[Beaverhausen]

21. LOL!

:rofl:

[Ignis]

50. "The Marsist" -- Do they think Obama's from Mars?!?

:shrug:

[bsd13]

13. I'm confused about this....

What exactly is the Obama administration going to do with these emails once they get them? Send out a "letter of correction" to those persons? Send someone to go have a talk with them? Develop an ad campaign to counter the (dis)information in the emails? What is the point of collecting these emails?

[MineralMan]

15. I'm pretty sure they're planning to send out countering emails.

They'll probably also incorporate the information into their other efforts to get the truth out, too.

It's just a faster way to collect the lies that are circulating so they can counter them.

[Aragorn]

16. my guess

1) publicize the sheer number of emails with false info
2) publicize the sources of same - especially if they are linked to private insurers and/or political parties
3) count on the growing number of citizens who get correct info to vote

But maybe they'll just invite them for a beer?

[Howardx]

20. keep an eye on them

lock them up in the fema camp for undesirables if need be...

[MassachusettsMadam]

23. I'm actually a little creeped out by this...

I don't like the government, any government, taking names of political opposition. It sort of reeks of Iran or Russia or China, ya' know? Call me an idealistic fool if you want, but I grew up in the 60's and this would have been a Nixon thing, not what I would expect out of Obama.

[Howardx]

24. iran or russia or china

or the bush administration.

[MineralMan]

26. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! Don Pardo...tell our lucky

winner about his prize!

[MassachusettsMadam]

28. Good point!

[Howardx]

33. in all seriousness

if people just refrain from sending out emails lying about healthcare reform they will be just fine.

[bsd13]

51. The truth probably lies

somewhere in the middle of the two extremes. Like always.

[MineralMan]

25. Thanks for sharing your concern.

And welcome to DU! I hope you enjoy your stay here, no matter how long it is...

[MassachusettsMadam]

29. How long?

Is there a time limit?

[orleans]

34. only if you want there to be a time limit.

i've been here for some time now, and i'm quite enjoying all my time here.

[MassachusettsMadam]

39. Novice at this

I've been too busy until recently to do anything other than catch a quick read during lunch on some of the threads. So I finally made time to set up an account so I can participate. Looking at the number of posts that some people have I'm guessing they either post a LOT or have been around a long time.

Any predictions on how long it will take to have someone jump down my throat when I disagree with them?

[beac]

43. FYI, unblocking your profile is a good idea. For some odd reason, "blocked" is the

default and it makes people suspicious.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[orleans]

47. i suspect it might happen right away. grow a think skin--quick! n/t

[bsd13]

53. If you are suspected of not being

a liberal democrat there's a good chance you'll be shown the door. The rules say all progressives are welcome, but sometimes as I read various threads I think the real litmus test, at least for the other users, is if you're a liberal democrat or not.

[abumbyanyothername]

55. And what exactly do you think the difference is

between a liberal democrat and any other kind of progressive?

[bsd13]

57. Put it this way

I'm not convinced that the democratic party is the only political party that can claim to be progressive.

[abumbyanyothername]

58. I am shocked.

Not really. But why not just admit what you are?

[bsd13]

59. Sorry

I'm not one for political party labels. I vote on issues and for candidates who I believe will serve the interests of the people and of the United States of America. And like it or don't that's not always, 100% of the time going to be a democrat.

[abumbyanyothername]

60. You are entitled to be who you are

And we are entitled to be who we are. And DU is entitled to make and enforce its own rules. (I am not a mod, nor did I ask to be one in response to the recent campaign. I'm just someone who enjoys sharing political discussion with like-minded people.)

I also vote for candidates who I believe will serve the interests of the people. (Not so sure about the US of A, since that national interest label has been so often abused to mean the profit interests of our large corporations and more specifically justify the killing of foreigners in the name of perpetuating the war machine.)

In my case those candidates have never been of the GOP party. I have voted some Greens, Socialists, etc. as well as an overwhelming majority of Democrats.

[noiretextatique]

27. oh no

:scared: communists :hide: :eyes:

[formercia]

35. If the freepers send an email of their own free will

then it's their problem.

[beac]

42. I don't think its about collecting the email addresses, but collecting the LIES spread within the

emails so that they can counter them most effectively.

Of course, now they probably have hundreds of threatening emails that will keep the Secret Service busy for weeks. Stupid freepers.

[wininboy]

44. There is no invasion of privacy when they do it in public

Once you send something in an email, including your email address, there's no expectation of privacy. ALL politicians have ALWAYS, since the founding of our nation, collected information about its' supporters and its' critics.

There's nothing wrong whatsoever about collecting such information. It's stupid if they don't. If there's anything wrong there, it has to do with what they do with that information

[abumbyanyothername]

54. Welcome to DU

:hi:

enjoy your stay.

[Bandit]

45. I'm pretty sure they are going to establish the "gay agenda" against them.

The time has come.....

[Crunchy Frog]

48. Someone will appear at their doorstep saying "Hi, I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

and then they will sit down and have a mandatory end of life counseling session with them.

[zbdent]

14. oh, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeese! let some freeper be stupid enough to

say they're going to bring harm to the Pres, and have him be even dumb enough to furnish his own e-mail!!!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

PLEASE!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MineralMan]

17. The freeper morons pretty much all use 'anonymous' email

accounts, like, say, Yahoo.com accounts. They think they're all, like, hidden and shit. So, they will say whatever they want, secure in their mistaken belief that nobody knows who they are.

I wonder how many anonymizer websites are run by the NSA? Those are popular amongst freepers and their ilk, too. They'll never find them, they believe as they hide in plain sight.

Shhhh...don't tell...

[BR_Parkway]

40. Being unemployed in mom's basement doesn't give them access

to anything but the free, anonymous email addresses.

they probably use the same one for everything - something like [e-mail] - like applying for jobs (to keep their unemployment checks)

[abumbyanyothername]

56. Sarah P had a yahoo account didn't she? nt

[bleever]

22. "...the specter of a data collection program."!!

:rofl:

Stop! You're killin' me!

:rofl:

[DrDan]

30. "I am not aware of any precedent for an American President asking

citizens to report their fellow citizens. . . "

Wasn't there a request by Tom Ridge following the 9/11 incident to spy on neighbors and report anything suspicious?

[redqueen]

32. Yep. (nt)

[Parker CA]

31. Their plan is the fast track to the SS watch list. These fools just never cease to amaze me.

[rocktivity]

36. Cue the DU "Cry Me A River" String Quartet!

:nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity:
rocktivity

[rocktivity]

38. Obama's saving the e-mail addresses of people who send him e-mails?

Well, it IS a waste of government spending to do that if the NSA is already doing that for us!

:crazy:
rocktivity

[johnfunk]

46. I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I am the great Cornholio

[awnobles]

49. I need TP

[TexasObserver]

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