Last Saturday, in a story not widely circulated, it was revealed Obama's Department of Homeland Security is monitoring the comments and posts of Americans on websites and within social networks like Twitter.
This raises some serious concerns.
In an ABC News report the Department of Homeland Security said they were monitoring the sites during the Olympics to increase security and detect threats.
No one wants the Olympics to be threatened or for any American or foreign athlete or spectator to get injured.
However, the Department of Homeland Security, led by liberal Secretary Janet Napolitano, has a history of trying to suppress conservative opponents of the President.
This latest news with an admission that they are monitoring the comments of Americans begins to raise concerns about big brother and the security of individual Americans.
We need to be absolutely sure that the political views of Americans - especially those with conservative views critical of the President - are not being monitored for political suppression.
Someone needs to ask these questions. We need confidence that conservative Americans are not being monitored for their opinions.
Last year you may remember the uproar over an official DHS report that Napolitano requested.
It was a formal Federal Government paid report titled: "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment."
In this report, Obama's Department of Homeland Security said among other things: "Rightwing extremism in the United States can be broadly divided into those groups, movements ... and those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.
First Obama's federal department sought to tie the word and emotion of "hate" to those who favor state's rights - in essence the form of democracy created by our founding fathers. Secondly, it sought to label as dangerous those who oppose abortion or who favor a crackdown on immigration.
But there is more...
Obama and Napolitano's official report also said: "Rightwing extremists are harnessing this historical election (Obama's election as President) as a recruitment tool. Many rightwing extremists are antagonistic toward the new presidential administration and its perceived stance on a range of issues, including immigration and citizenship ... and restrictions on firearms ownership and use. Rightwing extremists are increasingly galvanized by these concerns and leverage them as drivers for recruitment."
So, if you believe in the Second Amendment to the constitution or if you disagree with Obama's policies - you too can be dangerous according to Janet Napolitano and Obama's Department of Homeland Security.
... After a weekend where we saw former Vice President Dick Cheney argue that the Obama administration has taken its eye off the ball in the real fight on terrorism, Napolitano's Department is admitting they are monitoring websites and social media feeds for "increased security."
In light of her past actions it makes one wonder what they are monitoring.
When Napolitano's report came to light last year it was also revealed that it included passages saying the American government should be afraid of returning troops coming back from war.
... In effect her report said we should be afraid of veterans. It said, "rightwing extremists will attempt to recruit and radicalize returning veterans in order to exploit their skills and knowledge derived from military training and combat."
Americans should be afraid of our brave men and women returning from combat who could turn on us. That is what Napolitano's report said.
CNN reported that s a result the American Legion's national commander, David K. Rehbein, said in a letter to Napolitano that, "I think it is important for all of us to remember that Americans are not the enemy. The terrorists are."
Her response was to say "I know that some veterans groups were offended by the fact that veterans were mentioned in this assessment, so I apologize for that offense. It was certainly not intended."
However, this apology did not include an apology to the millions of conservative American's who did not vote for Obama, who do not support his policies and who are not radical but average, concerned Americans - the same Americans who have attended Tea Party protests, events like CPAC or who have supported the ACU.
Now we find out that she and her Department are monitoring website posts and other online social media networks.
Do you remember last summer when ACU warned you about White House attempts to track emails?
The Dallas Morning News had reported the Obama White House government official website called for supporters to track "disinformation" about healthcare legislation.
Another report from the Syracuse Post-Standard newspaper noted the White House told their supporters "If you get an email or see something on the web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it." They then provided a special email address just to track opponents.
The Obama White House has a history of trying to track political dissent.
Letters containing the signatures of thousands of American citizens, we collected right through our ACU petitions, were sent to Senator Joseph Lieberman and Senator Susan Collins, Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs asking for a Congressional investigation into the White House's public attempts to track and suppress political opponents aligned against President Barack Obama's health care proposals.
As a result the White House dialed back this effort.
The Obama administration has a history of using official government resources to track opponents.
They paid for reports critical of veterans, gun owners and those with conservative political views. They created a program to track messages and email addresses of those opposed to government run health care. Now the administration - the same Department led by Napplitano that issued the anti-conservatives report is admitting to monitoring website posts and social networks.
It is important to ensure this data is used for legitimate law enforcement and anti-terrorism activities... not for political attempts to track opponents.
We think it is important for freedom loving Americans who believe in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to have a comfort level that the White House will not use official information to track the views of conservatives.
Together we can help preserve freedom of speech in America.
If this is true, then our rights as Americans have been being stomped all over. Pathetic.