Cornyn to Obama: Stop With the Enemies Lists

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[Sprite518]

The media and press would be going nuts.

[Deo volente]

I think the president needs to be reported for spreading disinformation about Obamacare.

He's going around the country telling everyone they can keep their own doctor and their own private insurance, when the bill guarantees they won't be able to.

[allmost]

His policies cannot stand on their own merits. Disinformation and intimidation/hatred is the only way these thugs know how to operate. An open honest discourse is dangerous. I suspect it's far more prevalent than Cornyn or most people know.

[Islander7]

What if Bush had done this?

The entire leftist media would be freaking out!! Olberman, Crissy and crew would be wetting their pants. That's what.

Of course, since it is 0bama, it is just peachy with these morons.

[mnehring]

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/5/552a.html

We should also use this to demand to see the information that is collected:

(d) Access to Records.— Each agency that maintains a system of rec­ords shall—

(1) upon request by any individual to gain access to his record or to any information pertaining to him which is contained in the system, permit him and upon his request, a person of his own choosing to accompany him, to review the record and have a copy made of all or any portion thereof in a form comprehensible to him, except that the agency may require the individual to furnish a written statement authorizing discussion of that individual’s record in the accompanying person’s presence;

(2) permit the individual to request amendment of a record pertaining to him and—

(A) not later than 10 days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays) after the date of receipt of such request, acknowledge in writing such receipt; and

(B) promptly, either—

(i) make any correction of any portion thereof which the individual believes is not accurate, relevant, timely, or complete; or

(ii) inform the individual of its refusal to amend the record in accordance with his request, the reason for the refusal, the procedures established by the agency for the individual to request a review of that refusal by the head of the agency or an officer designated by the head of the agency, and the name and business address of that official;

[OrangeHoof]

I generally like Cornyn but sometimes he bugs me. Things like this show he’s got some balls but then he’ll turn around and support Specter over Toomey or do other McCain-like acts of political treason.

He seems like a good man overall. I just wish he’d be more predictably conservative.

[al_c]

That’s my senator! Go get him, Cornyn!

[surelyclintonsbaddream]

Excellent, thanks for the info, wonder why more of Congress are not doing the same

Does this remind anyone else of Nazi Germany, when neighbors and families would turn in each other.

Scary where this country has gone in just 6 months. We will not recognize it in another 3 1/2 years.

[gidget7]

Go Cornyn!!

[PhilDragoo]

[SueRae]

YES! Call them at every turn. Stop them immediately when they try their thug tactics. About time our elected ones stood up to these bullies. Cuz if they don’t, we WILL.

[clamper1797]

This administration is really starting to stink of ‘1984’.

More like 1930's Germany or Stalinist Russia

[SE Mom]

This letter should be widely distributed.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

5 U.S.C. § 552a, United States agencies, including the Executive Office of the President shall, “maintain no record describing how any individual exercises rights guaranteed by the First Amendment unless expressly authorized by statute or by the individual about whom the record is maintained or unless pertinent to and within the scope of an authorized law enforcement activity.”

I will be sending that on, every hour, to flag@whitehouse.gov

[Piranha]

I think this is very significant. I also think sen. Cornyn’s response is dead-on and I hope it gets noticed (and that he does, too).

[MarMema]

How do you intend to notify citizens who have been reported for “fishy” speech? · What action do you intend to take against citizens who have been reported for engaging in “fishy” speech?

Where do you think they will build the gulags?

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

Somewhere between a high crime and a misdemeanor, dontcha think?

[MarMema]

You are a rock star.

[mkcc30]

We are a country WITHOUT a President, what we have instead is a wannabe dictator.

[Yaelle]

Beautiful.