Ding, ding ding! We have a winner, thanks Twinkie and no kidding.
It seems that many are braindead about this. Like you, I agree that many have been put into place, there has to be some mega-organizing going on. History shows us this is the case in these situations. This is NO DIFFERENT.
What’s irritating to me is the hand-wringing going on among FReepers. Time to get angry but not out of control. Time to keep ears to the ground, eyes open for info about any unusual organizing going on, the info is out there, be observant! Time to get cagy, crafty, sneaky and alert.
On:
http://www.votebuilder.com/PrintReport.aspx
is the name of every voting citizen in the United States. There is a bar code with information on it (what information is on the bar code, I don't know) for every voter registered in the United States. The name of the voter appears along with the voter's age, sex, phone number and likely party e.g. SR means SOLID REPUBLICAN, LR means LEANS REPUBLICAN, ND probably means NOT DETERMINED, etc.
I got fed up with the Obomites and their writing on the clip board every time they rang my doorbell, so I ripped the top sheet off and found the information on all of the voters in my family. I'm not comfortable with the fact that they know whether or not we are "strong left," "leans left," "undecided," "leans right," or "solid right."
Over the past year there have been secret meetings convening in our subdivision. The only evidence of these meetings is fifteen to twenty vehicles parked up and down both sides of our small streets, some on other folk’s grass. It’s usually a Wednesday or Thursday night toward the end of the month. It’s not a party, there’s no loud talking, music, or laughter anywhere. In fact there’s no sound at all, and it’s not apparent whose house they are convening in. The vehicles are all different—pickups, sedans, etc, and they almost completely block the street. It is not the homeowner’s association meeting, that is held in a shopping mall down the street on a specific date. So yes, there is surreptitious organizing/meeting occurring, it is just below the level of observation and off most people’s radars. I mentioned this to a neighbor and he just denied even seeing the vehicles and he lives on the affected street.