Walmart, Homeland Security join forces

[harvey007]

Source: Examiner

Walmart and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security today announced the expansion of the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign into Walmart stores.

Walmart shoppers will be greeted at checkout stands with a video message from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urging them to be cautious about possible terrorists, according to a message emailed to journalists by the federal agency.

The 44-second message urges shoppers to contact local law enforcement officers if they see anything suspicious, and to approach a Walmart employee if they need help contacting authorities.

Read more: http://www.examiner.com/headlines-in-fresno/walmart-homeland-security-join-forces-video

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Another reason to boycott WalMart!

[MineralMan]

1. I expect a rash of people "saying something" about

Walmart customers who are speaking a foreign language in the store or who look "different" in some way. Probably they'll have darkish skin, and will thus be "obviously suspicious." This will not work out well, IMO.

[Ruperto31]

30. You could also use it against your next-door neighbor....

...if you don't like him. Or against your boss or your ex-girlfriend who jilted you, etc. This actually happened in East Germany, where people turned in their personal enemies to the Stasi. The possibilities are endless.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

41. I don't think people today learn from history.

and I've heard it before... "It'll never happen over here in the states. bla bla bla " ... so sad

[Xenotime]

36. If I saw something like this...should I say something?

[MineralMan]

38. Nah, just try another aisle. That one's occupied.

:rofl:

[saigon68]

61. How about this?

[onecent]

68. LOL LOL lol...God this is why I LOVE DU.....I'm still laughing.....n/t

[IntravenousDemilo]

2. I have not once set foot in a Wal-Mart, and there are several in my city.

Have I been missing something all these years? I expect not.

[Downtown Hound]

63. It was 15 years ago that I last purchased something from Wal Mart

And it will be 15 thousand before I ever do so again.

[Mimosa]

3. Government/Corporate alliances ought to worry people.

Tell me this isn't a distraction:

Walmart shoppers will be greeted at checkout stands with a video message from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano urging them to be cautious about possible terrorists, according to a message emailed to journalists by the federal agency.

The 44-second message urges shoppers to contact local law enforcement officers if they see anything suspicious, and to approach a Walmart employee if they need help contacting authorities.

[pattmarty]

27. Government AND corporate alliances is called fascism.

[Ruperto31]

31. There also must be a middle class mass movement.

That's the difference between fascism and a right wing dictatorship. Fascism always has a mass movement based on the middle class.

Hmmm. Now who would that be?

[pattmarty]

35. Hint............TTTTTTT

[Mimosa]

32. I'd forgotten, but darnit, that's true! *wink* n/t

[sarcasmo]

55. More of a Plutocracy imho.

Plutocracy is rule by the wealthy, or power provided by wealth.

[Octafish]

60. Everybody's forgotten INFRAGUARD -- gov-corporate snitching partnership

The FBI Deputizes Business

[dixiegrrrrl]

73. Wonder how long before the first checkout clerk goes postal

after listening to the televised message over and over and over and over and over and over and over ........

[Lucinda]

4. Wow. Great job DHS! That outta do it!

We be saved-ed-ded now!

[Bennyboy]

5. Office depot had a similar program...

that was discontinued after public outcry...

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

53. But Office depot isn't everywhere and

they don't have the monies like the Walton$ do.

[Angry Dragon]

6. If the terrorists are all ready in wal-mart

why are we worried about planes then??

[Crowman1979]

7. I'm sure a lot of domestic terrorists go to Wal-Mart.

[Vinnie From Indy]

8. LOL!

I am going to accuse each and every person in the ten items or less line with more than ten items of being a terrorist.

Take too long to get your billfold out and pay - terrorist!
Park in a handicapped spot outside without a handicap placard - TERRORIST!
Wear socks with sandals - terrorist!
Your baby is crying too loud - terrorist!

[Liberal Veteran]

10. Back boobs exposed or butt crack showing - TERRORIST!

[dixiegrrrrl]

74. Here's a terraist now: wondering what she..he...it is hiding.

[BadgerKid]

9. Can't wait for the pat downs!

:sarcasm:

[lutefisk]

17. If the door greeter is wearing latex gloves, turn around and walk back to your car...n/t

[sarcasmo]

56. Lutefisk that is the next step. You're visit to the Mall, the Arena.

[RandomThoughts]

11. The problem with that program is what they want you to think is bad.

If you see something say something.

But they tell you that someone having a copy of the constitution is bad.

So you say someone has the copy of the constitution, and they go after the person.

Why is that, to keep you from speaking, to try to get you to think that if you see something and say it, you will hurt the person with the copy of the constitution in that example.

That is a way to try to get people to be quiet thinking that darkness can defeat light.


For example the reason the picture of the face on the 'poster in another post' looks like it does is because it is meant to be seen as Real Time. And more importantly, it is obvious. Creating the concept of should it be posted when seen. Then the question should you comment on saying things.

See how that works. Bush's programs were not 'if you see something say something' That is what that guy is doing, Bush wanted people to say what would help him, but saying what you see does not equate to helping the policy he thinks it does. That is why 'finding a lover that will not blow your cover' does not work for most, because lovers are honest and pure, and if your intent is like the security state stuff, when you say 'if you see it say it', it will hurt those that say that.

But then it shifts to filters and perspectives, and why society is messed up, because when someone says what is going wrong in banking or some other area, or war crimes, they don't do anything, so that program, if you see something say something is a lie, however it does hurt liars.

Some might think that could hurt Real Time, but if in the right how could it hurt Real Time. Or if hurt, then it shows the wrong of some other system.


So the reason 'Real Time' is on the photo, is to get someone to think that if they say it, that it will hurt someone or something, then from there it tries to get people to be quiet. Then again, who is to say the photo is accurate anyways, so really does it mean anything?


Then again might be men of the west, so who knows.


So, what O'Donnel said when asked what would you say if someone asked you if you were hiding Jewish people many years ago was correct.

She said that she hoped God would give her an answer that would not put any in peril, from that she can be open and honest and still speak without lying. Also being protected from sin. So if someone asked me if I recognize who is in the photo, I know the intent, and the unfolding actions after that.

Because it would not create a problem to say that.



Side note, if something is a personal matter between people, there is no reason for other people to know. So privacy is not a violation of secrecy, unless the privacy is to hide what is hurting many people.

[Vilis Veritas]

12. And the curtain just keeps exposing more of the ...

facade that we actually have a government, it is a boardroom.

[Hissyspit]

13. I see a bunch of shitty Chinese-made products.

Was I not supposed to say something about that?

:evilgrin:

[avaistheone1]

26. Great idea.

We should all report that crap to Homeland Security. lol

:hippie:

[Bennyboy]

14. I think we all oughtta go to WM and report everyone....

Hey look at that guy, he looks suspicious to me". Rat out everyone all day long.

[Kaleko]

75. My first thought also. Let's keep Homeland Senilities' phones ringing off the hook.

[AndyTiedye]

15. Our County is Walmart-Free

[pattmarty]

34. Jesus, where do you live on mars? What the government ought to..........

.........do is close all their post offices and instead of giving the "franchise" to Fedex, open them in every Wal-Mart inside right next to the McDonalds.:sarcasm:

[AndyTiedye]

69. Walmart-Free Zone from Santa Cruz County All the Way Up to Marin County

There are no Walmarts in

Santa Cruz County
San Mateo County
City and County of San Francisco
Marin County

There is one that is just barely on the Peninsula, in Santa Clara County, which never looks very busy.
I think there are some in San Jose somewhere too.

[raouldukelives]

16. I see lots of celeb magazines filled with "unauthorized leaks"

in the checkout aisles. Sympathizers!

[hootinholler]

18. Well they know the segment amongst which to distribute the propaganda

When do we get to 'turn in your parents' at schools?

-Hoot

[Forrest Greene]

37. That Has Been In Place

...in the context of recreational drug use for many years now.

[hootinholler]

40. Yep Dare ya to turn in your parents so we can help them

The problem is all drugs are evil in that context. So Mommy dearest meth head is equivalent to mommy who likes brownies.

-Hoot

[Ian David]

19. ...

[SemperEadem]

20. too bad they didn't have the signs up at 4 am when the stampeding crowds

were climbing over one another to get at some cheap chinese junk they don't need.

[aquart]

21. It'll be fabulous for business.

Picture hazmat suits every time a suitcase on sale is left in the wrong aisle.

[avaistheone1]

22. I was picturing more of a brownshirt experience at Walmart.

This is not good.

And this all being done on whose watch?

No apologies - Obama is worse than Bush or Nixon.

I lived through the Nixon era and I know.

[aquart]

24. Eh. I get that at Best Buy.

Which is why I avoid those stores.

[bongbong]

23. I applaud this

Here is an action plan.

1) go to CommieMart.
2) look in the gun dept and find a typical teabagger
3) engage him in a friendly talk about how evil that "usurper" in the white house is, and let him ramble
4) once you've ascertained how many illegal weapons he has, turn him in

[NutmegYankee]

59. lol

[pattmarty]

25. Can we have Bush back? This presidency is starting to get fucking ridiculous.

:sarcasm:

[Ruperto31]

33. The only certainty is that we will be more oppressed tomorrow....

...than we are today, and by the same guys--the capitalist pigs that US presidents always work for.

[kgnu_fan]

28. Great match. Suit each other, Cute couple.

[sarcasmo]

29. Another move in our state of Plutocracy. Government and the Corporation hand in hand for eternity.

[Downwinder]

39. Well, while you are around, Officer.

They charged sales tax on this religious item. Now isn't that against the law?

[Ruperto31]

42. BIG SIS INVADES WAL-MART: 'IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING'

Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Press Office
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Dec. 6, 2010

WASHINGTON -- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the expansion of the Department’s national “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign to hundreds of Walmart stores across the country—launching a new partnership between DHS and Walmart to help the American public play an active role in ensuring the safety and security of our nation.

“Homeland security starts with hometown security, and each of us plays a critical role in keeping our country and communities safe,” said Secretary Napolitano. “I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You See Something, Say Something’ campaign. This partnership will help millions of shoppers across the nation identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to law enforcement authorities.”

The “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign—originally implemented by New York City’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and funded, in part, by $13 million from DHS’ Transit Security Grant Program—is a simple and effective program to engage the public and key frontline employees to identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to the proper transportation and law enforcement authorities.

More than 230 Walmart stores nationwide launched the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign today, with a total of 588 Walmart stores in 27 states joining in the coming weeks. A short video message, available here, will play at select checkout locations to remind shoppers to contact local law enforcement to report suspicious activity.

Over the past five months, DHS has worked with its federal, state, local and private sector partners, as well as the Department of Justice, to expand the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign and Nationwide SAR Initiative to communities throughout the country—including the recent state-wide expansions of the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign across Minnesota and New Jersey. Partners include the Mall of America, the American Hotel & Lodging Association, Amtrak, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, sports and general aviation industries, and state and local fusion centers across the country.

In the coming months, the Department will continue to expand the “If You See Something, Say Something” campaign nationally with public education materials and outreach tools designed to help America’s businesses, communities and citizens remain vigilant and play an active role in keeping the county safe.






Read more: http://drudgereport.com/flash2n.htm

[sarcasmo]

43. Never any doubt in my mind Corporations run this country.

[hlthe2b]

45. As if 10 years of my boycotting Walmart weren't enough....

Let's shoot for 30 years, shall we? I think I shall :eyes:

[hlthe2b]

44. Good Gawd...

:eyes:

[ProudDad]

46. I have reported Homeland Security

and the USAmerikan Empire...

To the U.N. for crimes against humanity and the Planet...

Under the International "See Something, Say Something" program...



The black helicopters will be showing up to address the worst offenders soon.



Boy, Wikileaks has these fuckers running scared, don't they? Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha



By the way, DON'T EVER BUY ANYTHING AT WAL-MART!!!!

[sirthomas66]

47. I shredded my Walmart Card. I used it only because my optometrist

is there and that's how I paid the bill.

[musette_sf]

48. Matty Grudge is NOT an accepted source

and we don't call Sec'y Napolitano "Big Sister" here. We may disagree with her, but IXNAY on the EABAGGER-TAY cr@p around here.

[Name removed]

72. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[musette_sf]

78. Like I said before, I may disagree with her, but again, we don't do that here.

Disrespectful nicknames, crude insults, or right-wing smears against Democrats

are against DU rules.

[pattmarty]

49. One VERY important thing to remember here is:...................

................






GOVERNMENT ALLIANCES WITH A CORPORATE ENTITY IS CALLED


FASCISM

[Forrest Greene]

50. Prime Indicator Of Terrorist Activity?

Shopping at Target?

Happy to say I've never set foot in a Wal-Mart, & never will.

[Javaman]

51. Seeing is believing. it's from the sludge report.

but if true this would be #97694894 why I hate china-mart

[Mimosa]

52. D.U. already has a thread on this

Try looking up site search on upper right hand side. D.U. already had topic on this HERE:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4644860

I recced by mistake I meant to un-rec because of link to Drudge.

[krabigirl]

62. I think i will report napolitano for being a fascist.

[sarcasmo]

54. Another link from CNN. The Corporate takeover of this country is almost complete.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/06/washington.dhs.walmart/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[Volaris]

57. Riiiiight.....

'Cause when <I> think "perfect international terrorism target", I DEFINITELY think wal-mart...
It seems silly to me for the Govt. to think that Wal-mart shoppers are this nations best defense against people who want to kill us, it also seems to be a reflection of the hubris and self-importance that major Corps. carry around with them to think that they can offer the Govt. some kind of useful service in lieu paying taxes like their told to...
The last time I was in wal-mart there was a dark skinned man in front of me at the checkout with a cart full of breakfast cereal. When he left, the redneck drunk lady behind me said "do you think I should report him to the cops or store security of something? My response was "I don't think "Coco Bombs" means what you think it means".....and promptly got the hell out of there, and I haven't been back.....

[krabigirl]

58. This will go beyond walmart...it is just the beginning. I think i want to leave this place :(

Where i can go is not much better, but i don't want my kids growing up in an Orwellian hell.

[Devil_Fish]

77. +1,000,000

[Downwinder]

64. When will WalMart install body scanners? To be really secure.

[katty]

65. Corp and Country together-a perfect match! what a joke

[ehrnst]

66. The terrorists have already won--won low, low prices that is!!! (nt)

[onecent]

67. 1984 and Big Brother ...here we come...to save the day....NOT.

Jesus...when is all this stupid shit gonna end. I keep thinking I'm gonna wake up and all this is a freakin' nightmare....

[high density]

70. Hopefully we can give Wal-Mart some money to install the TSA & Nude-o-scopes in their stores

Wanna be safe and everything, ya know.

By the way, Mohammed Atta shopped at our local Wal-Mart on 9/10. I am sure that strip searching him when he shopped there would've stopped the plot! :sarcasm:

[ehrnst]

71. I thought our troops were fighting them in the lawn & garden supply aisle over there

so we wouldn't have to fight them in the lawn & garden supply aisle here at home.

[Matariki]

76. Oh Fuck. We're doomed.

As a culture.