Posted on 03/27/2010 1:43:13 AM PDT by Blonde
In a nod to the strange new world of online activism, Americans who oppose President Barack Obama’s health care reform package, known as Obamacare, formed a Facebook page entitled:
I bet we can find 1,000,000+ people who disapprove of the Health Care Bill
The page was started on March 15, 2010, and just 11 days later at approximately 11:45PM eastern time, the 1,000,000 person signed on as an opponent of Obamacare. This kind of flash online activism by everyday Americans who oppose the massive government health care program just passed by Congress and the President could pose a major obstacle to Obama’s efforts to “sell” his health care package to the country in the next week with multiple rallies at various places in the United States. Here’s how organizers described their page:
This Group was started on March 15, 2010 to send a substantial message to those in Washington who are not listening to their constituents.
The purpose of this Group is to serve as an outlet and organizational platform for those that believe in health care reform, but believe that such should be bipartisan, fiscally responsible, minimize role of government and be approved through a legislative process true to the intent of our Constitution. We welcome people of all party affiliations.
Since the bill was passed, this group has had phenomenal – record setting growth of 200-300 new members per minute. Our title says 1,000,000+ and we well expect millions to join us in this fight.
We will continue to serve as a basis for information, ideas and a platform to mobilize action to repeal this law. Our fight will remain focused, civilized and non violent and will continue until our goal is achieved. Here is their brief message announcing the crossing of 1,000,000 Obamacare opponents signed up:
*********ALERT******** CONGRATULATIONS ON FIRST 1,000,000 at 11:45 PM Fri March 26, 2010.
The ability to add 100,000 people a day on average to a Facebook page animated solely by its opposition to the massive Obamacare package is an indication of the high level of grassroots energy in America that is presently mobilizing against the President’s signature initiative. Many Democrats and establishment media types have been claiming that Obamacare is rising in popularity with the public since its passage last weekend, but sites like this one provide some evidence of the opposite effect: a rising tide of activism objecting to the passage of the massive bill.
Very interesting, I’m still kind of on the fence for this stuff...not an early adopter I guess.
Obama might need a turbo charger for that teleprompter. Selling the Obamacare cr@p should be a real daunting task for him. Let’s hope it keeps him busy 24/7 for the rest of his term.
Joined it about a week ago. :)
“Does this group have the most fans on Facebook?”
“Well, almost! The group that spent six weeks in the bathroom got 1,000,091!”
im still a bit wary,too,i know it’s a good thing but when i first joined FB i had a few things posted to my profile such as being a member of groups (of which was 2)and they were political....one of them being Free Republic. Also a fan of 2 other political things there,etc. but then I changed all that and decided i would use FB for having fun, socializing w/my friends,etc. I will say i was in a political minority,with about only 5 “friends” of 25 who are conservatives and those 20 are the younger members of my extended family , etc....
I figured i’d keep my opinions to myself and let them start complaining about Whhhhhaaaaat Haaaaaaappppened??? and then try to steer them- what else can i do?
Probably just an early round up for the first cattle cars.
Impressive growth over 11 days, that is like 60 people/second in that time frame.
I remember attending a seminar on customer service eons ago and the statistic from there was that an upset customer will voice complaint to, either 10 or 20 people. If that be close to true here that could be good news.
I joined it. Sometimes you just have to do something to make a statement and get the word out....
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