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“Free Speech:
Freedom of speech is protected in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights and is guaranteed to all Americans. Since 1920, the ACLU has worked to preserve our freedom of speech. Learn more and take action to protect the right to free speech.”

This quote was taken directly from the ACLU’s website, right off their home page. Yet when I checked their website I found nothing on the government’s blatant attempt at silencing our freedom from Linda Douglass’s communication on August 6, 2009. ACLU where are you?

The relationship with the ACLU might be described as a love/hate relationship. They are constantly in everyone’s face over every little infraction of the constitution. Depending on what side of that particular battle you are on you may love their efforts for standing up for what you believe in, or you may hate them for causing you so much grieve over something so trivial. They have served a purpose and got results. Where are they today? How could they remain quiet when the government is asking us to snitch on our neighbors, family and friends?

The White House has issued a warning to Americans.
From the White House.gov website:
“FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS”:
There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to end of life care. These rumors often travel just below the surface via chain emails or through casual conversation. Since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help. If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to flag@whitehouse.gov.

Sen. John Cornyn of Texas challenged this action and has asked President Obama to stop this effort.
From Senator Cornyn’s Website:
SEN. CORNYN SEEKS ANSWERS TO PRIVACY CONCERNS; ALSO SUBMITS “FISHY” CLAIMS TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Friday, August 7, 2009
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, released the following statement responding to the White House’s claim that “no one is collecting any names” as well as their apparent refusal to make clear what steps they are taking to purge all names, email addresses and other personal information that they have collected on private citizens as part of their data collection program.

“Of course the White House is collecting names. As I wrote to the President, it is inevitable. Anyone with access to the flag@whitehouse.gov account has access to the names and email addresses that are collected in that account.

“The question is not what the White House is doing, but how and why. How are they purging names and email addresses from this account to protect privacy? Why do they need the forwarded emails, names, and ‘casual conversations’ sent to them instead of just the arguments that they want to rebut?”

Thanks for standing up for our rights Sen. Cornyn. But where is the ACLU?

I was finally able to locate a piece in an article published by FOXNews.com with only a two paragraph statement from the ACLU.

WHITE HOUSE MOVE TO COLLECT ‘FISHY’ INFO MAY BE ILLEGAL, CRITICS SAY
The White House has been under fire since posting a blog on Tuesday that asks supporters to e-mail any “fishy” information seen on the Web or received electronically.
FOXNews.com
Friday, August 07, 2009