We Americans value the freedoms and rights that living in this country provide to us. Two at the top of my list are freedom of speech and the right to privacy. If you believe that our government, and especially our highest elected official, the President, should be safeguarding those rights and freedoms, you may be a little concerned about an official press release from the White House Director of News Media encouraging citizens to report “fishy” speech opposing the Administration's health care initiative to a White House email address.

On August 5, Senator John Cornyn of Texas wrote a letter to President Obama decrying this “program” and asking the President some very direct questions on what the White House intends to do with this information. To view this letter, go to Senator Cornyn's website at http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/.

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