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Hateful rhetoric is wrong, be it from the far left or the far right of the political spectrum. It is wrong for citizens at town hall meetings to shout out denigrating slurs at their elected and appointed officials. It is even a greater wrong for the administration in power and political leaders to call concerned citizens "Nazis", "mobs", and other degrading identifiers.

It is true that Americans are very angry at just about everything taking place in Washington. They are angry at excessive spending; a poorly structured nationalized health plan and the elite snobbery or self-righteous attitudes displayed by people who are sent to the nation's capitol to be servants of the people.

By far the most angering incident I have witnessed was the White House call for Americans to report all "fishy" comments, misinformation or aggressive speech to Washington. Be this a call for citizens to police the conduct of their neighbors or an action reminiscent of similar practices by totalitarian regimes, it has been another wrong-headed move that has enraged the country. I have written hundreds of political commentaries over the years, but nothing in the past has generated such strong public response as an article last week titled "Making The Enemies List". Public anger to that White House request is mammoth to say the least.

Dozens upon dozens of notes and comments have been filling the mailbox all week. Among some of the more interesting is this one from John Sutherland of Portland, ME. "Boy did I misunderstand the intent of the disinformation czar's chatter. I thought, in the interest of keeping everyone honest, that we should send along reports that are providing misinformation. I've already turned in the Hawaii Department of Health for their disinformation efforts. I guess I really screwed up that effort to be open, honest and transparent."

The American Center for Law and Justice writes, "Make no mistake, this outrageous attack on free speech is designed to stifle public debate about health care issues -- including growing concerns from Americans opposed to making abortion services mandatory health benefits."

Louise Wilson of St Louis, MO says "Give me liberty or give me death is ingrained in our DNA. I too, have sent Washington an email so they won't have any trouble finding me."

Jerry Jackson, writing from Hawaii says, "The only thing I sent the flag address is a tea bag." Another who thinks he too is on "the list" is retired Marine Colonel F. Phil Torres. He writes "I am honored to be in the company of real critical-thinking American citizens. I detest the Chicago mafia gone national. I want the sheeple to wake up before it is irreversible." Another friend, Colonel Wayne Morris, USMC (Ret) comments on the "Making The Enemies List" commentary saying "Another great article smack dab in the middle of the V-Ring!!!!" For those of you who do not support the Second Amendment, that means right in the center of the target.

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