you obviously did not read the letter to the editor that I linked to before making your asinine assertions, --- yes I did your assumption makes an ass of you
I should have asked if the ADL or SPLC paid the writer instead of you. My apologies to you ... asshole! On Jan 19, 12:48 pm, Jonathan Ashley <[email protected]> wrote: > plainolamerican, > > Oh ye who hide behind a moniker, you obviously did not read the letter > to the editor that I linked to before making your asinine assertions, so > let me post it for you in its entirety. > > *'Reminiscent of Nazi Germany'* > > Dear Editor: > > Although I've spent thousands of dollars there, I will never step foot > in a Walmart store again. > > From a Dec. 6 Walmart press release, "Walmart is proud to be the first > national retailer to partner with Secretary Napolitano and the > Department of Homeland Security in the "If you see something, say > something" campaign. We urge our customers and associates to join us ..." > > In hundreds of Walmarts, Napolitano's propaganda video will instruct, > "Say something immediately" if you see something "suspicious in the > parking lot or in the store ... ," report "suspicious activity to your > local police or sheriff," and if you require help "ask a Walmart manager > .. ." > > In my opinion, the goal of government is to change this once free nation > into a police state where stores and neighbors become government informants. > > This is reminiscent of Nazi Germany where people lived in a fear they > might be turned in by neighbors, friends, even family. > > Americans and local law enforcement already have laws governing public > misconduct. We don't need, nor should we accept, the federal government > invading every aspect of our lives. > > Thriving, safe communities aren't products of federal government > intrusion but of local people living in freedom. > > It's not only Walmart playing Napolitano's video which is disturbing, > it's the awareness that we have no way of knowing what other actions > Walmart may do in cooperation with the government. > > What is "suspicious?" Does shopping a store mean your behavior, > demeanor, purchases, should be subject to being reported to local law > enforcement because some Walmart associate or a shopper thought you > unusual? > > Because Walmart associates don't have police powers to detain if you're > reported as "suspicious," what will occur until (and if) local law > enforcement is called and responds? > > Will local law enforcement agree to become the force behind this? Local > law enforcement isn't private store security nor federal agents but must > respond as they do already if there's an allegation of an unlawful > activity or suspicious behavior of which there is an existing > prohibiting public ordinance. > > To what extent might spying on you extend? You're already apparently > being watched by everyone, but might it also mean surveillance cameras > and microphones recording your image and conversations, your purchases > and who you're with for use by the federal government? > > I see something. I'm saying it: The United States government tramples > rights and ignores its Constitution. > > This nation is devolving into a police state where Americans, for the > sake of the big lie of government "security," are giving up their > liberty; where government usurps our founding principles; and where a > store that thrived on the American way of life has chosen to increase > the homeland tyranny by the federal government against the people by > partnering with it. > > I do not feel safer or more secure in a store with such Orwellian > practices. I shop at a store to get things I need, not to be subject to > federal propaganda or fascist surveillance. > > Christine Smith, > > Howard > > On 1/19/2011 10:35 AM, plainolamerican wrote: > > > > > > > Choose sides carefully. > > > Why associate this initiative with Nazi Germany? Why not another > > country that has done the same thing? > > Does the ADL or SPLC pay you to post the words Nazi Germany? > > > On Jan 19, 12:20 pm, Jonathan Ashley<[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> 'Reminiscent of Nazi > >> Germany'http://www.themountainmail.com/main.asp?SectionID=6&SubSectionID=6&Ar... > > >> -- > >> *How Do You Know What You Know? - This is my life. I make the rules.* > > >> *"It is incredible how as soon as a people becomes subject, it promptly > >> falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly > >> be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and so > >> willingly that one is led to say, on beholding such a situation, that > >> this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement." > >> - �tienne de la Bo�tie* > > >> *Far too many good people rely on stupid ideas offered by amateurs who > >> send out emails or hold weekend seminars! Jurisdictionary > >> <http://www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=CG0004> was created by a > >> lawyer with a quarter-century of experience winning lawsuits by > >> controlling judges and lawyers!* > > >> *I Refuse To Comply With The Unconstitutional Demands Of The Federal > >> Government* > >> *Read the US Constitution > >> <http://amgona.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Item...>* > > -- > *How Do You Know What You Know? - This is my life. I make the rules.* > > *"It is incredible how as soon as a people becomes subject, it promptly > falls into such complete forgetfulness of its freedom that it can hardly > be roused to the point of regaining it, obeying so easily and so > willingly that one is led to say, on beholding such a situation, that > this people has not so much lost its liberty as won its enslavement." > - �tienne de la Bo�tie* > > *Far too many good people rely on stupid ideas offered by amateurs who > send out emails or hold weekend seminars! Jurisdictionary > <http://www.jurisdictionary.com?refercode=CG0004> was created by a > lawyer with a quarter-century of experience winning lawsuits by > controlling judges and lawyers!* > > *I Refuse To Comply With The Unconstitutional Demands Of The Federal > Government* > *Read the US Constitution > <http://amgona.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Item...>* -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
