So the White House wants to keep its finger on the pulse of American attitudes towards health care reform, figure out what freaks us out, and presumably then not do the things that freak us out and explain that those things are not being done. Oooooooo, scary.

Asking the citizenry to forward public concerns, anonymously, to government so that the government can remain informed and in communication with its consituency is hardly "Orwellian."

Then again it's Fox, who thus far has favored presidents who are weirded out by the UPC (bar-code) scanners in grocery stores because its been so long since they actually did their own shopping. So I guess their position on the question of whether government should be "in touch" with the public is pretty clear.

What exactly is the problem? The White House seems to be having a hard time convincing America that a universal healthcare plan is the right thing to do (which it is), and one of the reasons for this is the large amounty of misinformation that is circulating. Some of the reports I've heard regarding the proposed healthcare changes are ridiculous.

In order to keep up to date with which rumours are circulating and to then quash those (mostly baseless) rumours, the White House needs to stay informed. They're asking you, voluntarily, to forward them emails. That's hardly a big brother tactic, is it? Come someone explain to me what the problem actually is with this?

I'd like to see the original blogpost. Seeing that this is coming from FoxNews, I am instantly suspicious of it. It seems to me that it could have been a "Send us what is being talked about in terms of why healthcare reform will be bad, and we'll refute their arguments". Basically a tool for arguing with conservative idiocy.

Anyway, because it's Fox, I'll have to reserve judgement.

I think it's sad that Obama's White House is showing it's true colors and has lowered itself to the level of Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez where they ask the public to spy on their neighbors and report anything suspicious to their leaders. This is still a free country and we don't have to do that. That is anti-American and anti-constitutional. The Obama administration is an embarassment and they are not uniting our country but but dividing our country worse than it was before.

Our present health care system needs to improved, but universal healthcare is not the solution. We don't need government telling us how to take care of our selves. I feel if the Congress, Senate and President want Universal Healthcare then they should sign their families up for it too. Their priviledged!! No they work for us the American people.

I just want everyone here to know that I'm 100% for health care reform ;)

What exactly is the WH trying to accomplish by doing something like this? I am also for health care reform, but not in the manner that is currently presented.

Gee, maybe I'm on the A-list since I've never gotten such an e-mail. If I do, I'll forward mine to Joe so he can scan them and give me input! I've also never gotten one to ask me to do such a thing from any e-mails received from the White House or President Obama. Oh, it was FOX news, a Republican Senator and Rush Limbaugh...well there ya go then. Discounted immediately.

No, Republicans aren't turning into a paranoid fringe party at all...

of course asking to forward an email implicitly implies they will bug your computer, follow your every move, and control your emotions and actions through the v-chip they implanted in your brain through the television while Obama was giving his Union Address

No, you guys aren't crazy at all...