Something Smells Fishy...

I know I'm a bit late in announcing this, but it appears that they finally decided to get rid of "flag@whitehouse.gov." You know, the email address where good little Obama supporters were supposed to send any "fishy" information they received about Obama's health care reform.

Because that's not creepy or "1984"-ish at all. ("Big Brother is reading your email...")

I know, I know, I heard it all. It wasn't a list of dissenters or anything ominous like that, it was just a way to fight misinformation with facts, and "fishy" was just a poor choice of words.

Oh, okay. So let's say it's back under the presidency of George W. Bush, and we've just invaded Iraq. There's a lot of opposition to this move, and lots of emails are circulating containing rumors and false information about the invasion and the motives behind it. The Bush administration wants to be able to keep track of what false information is out there, so that it can more effectively fight dishonest claims with facts and truth. To that end, it sets up an email address where people are encouraged to send any information they receive about the Iraq invasion that seems suspect...you know, any information that seems..."fishy," shall we say. You're telling me that all the current "flag@whitehouse.gov" supporters would be okay with that?

Ri-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-ight.