Napolitano Gone Wild: Homeland Security ‘messages’ coming to Walmart, hotels, malls

[Write Left]

Shoppers at Walmart will soon have something other than glossy magazines and chewing gum to look at when in the checkout line: A "video message" from the Department of Homeland Security asking them to look out for "suspicious" activity and report it immediately.

It's part of a new Department of Homeland Security program that could see Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's face on video screens in malls, retail outlets and hotels across the United States.

The Walmart video, which will soon be launched at 230 locations nationwide and may eventually be expanded to nearly 600 locations in 27 states, features Napolitano thanking the retailer by name for participating in the program.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/12/homeland-security-messages-coming-walmart-hotels-malls/

[grasswire]

1. this woman is a menace

the fearmongering is so out of control

[avaistheone1]

5. The paranoia is nuts.

This country is feeling less and less like America every day. Who the hell want to go fly anymore, or go shopping when you are going to have brownshirts all around spying on everyone.

This is just another McCarthy witch hunt. I think Napolitano should have her ass fired, and take Pistole with her.

[Javaman]

40. but it's the main job requirement at HLS. nt

[Rex]

2. Great, now we have reached the level of reality that exists in

cheesy Terminator movies!

"Citizen be not alarmed we are just scanning your DNA for bad intentions, winter coats are on sale at Old Navy".

[BadgerKid]

3. Insert George Orwell quote(s) here. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. So let me get this straight

after 9.11 when they SHOULD have done this, they launched color codes... and now they are doing THIS?

Either they got intelligence or most likely they are trying to justify their existence.

[avaistheone1]

6. What kind of intelligence?

That Osama's friends shop the Friday night specials at Walmart?

[krabigirl]

12. +1

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. That is why I said, most likely they are trying to justify their existence

And the intelligence they have it... nebulous as always.

Now on a very serious note though, when you face a TERRORISM problem, no matter if this is externam or internal, educating your population to look for things out of place is like standard and shit. I knew they were NOT serious when they did not do this immediately or soon after 9.11

Trust me plastic and duct tape is not the way to respond to it... and doing this NOW, while logical from that POV, is a little too late... imho.

[Hannah Bell]

7. "1984, brought to you by Walmart"

[slay]

18. +1

scary shit - scary place - i refuse to shop there and i hope everyone else will too!

[neverforget]

8. I hope she was a better governor for Arizona.......

[LibDemAlways]

9. Big Sis is watching you. Next step will be nude-o-scans

at the entrance to check for explosives and at the exit to check for stolen goods.

Welcome to the new normal.

[Bluebear]

10. "Be aware of swarthy men with accents carrying almanacs.And, shoppers, all outerwear now 50% off!"

[krabigirl]

11. This is disgusting..what happened to the US? What country is this?!

And all of this, under Obama?!!

[Blue_In_AK]

13. This is really sickening.

Fear, fear, fear. I thought we had enough of that under **.

[Bluebear]

14. "Change!"

:silly:

[Warren DeMontague]

15. Wait a minute. If you "see anything out of the ordinary" at Wal-Mart?

That 800 number is going to be ringing off the fucking hook.

[earth mom]

16. The name of the game is Endless Terror so they can push their Endless Wars.

Courtesy of the BFEE and Homeland Security: bringing you the REAL TERROR since 9/11/01!

[Journeyman]

17. Once again, encouraging Joe & Josephine Citizen to go all Deputy Dawg on my bookshelf . . .

[JDPriestly]

19. When the Unabomber was on the loose, I saw a guy who looked

just like him in our county courthouse. I reported it to security and felt like a fool afterwards. What if I reported a completely innocent person? That is a horrible thing to do.

We are supposed to call in to an anonymous number if we see child abuse. It would be great for the children if more people would do that. But the problem is just what I mentioned. We have to make a judgment call based on very little information when we report something suspicious.

I fear, in other words, that Homeland Security will get a lot of well meant, but totally useless calls and leads. Just because someone looks like the Unabomber and you are afraid of the Unabomber does not mean that he should be reported. It should take something more than that. I felt bad about reporting this guy when the chances were so slim that he really was the Unabomber.

[sandyj999]

20. Whose Side is She On?

Nothing like being constantly reminded that the sky "may" be falling.

[dgibby]

21. This Soap Opera needs a title.

How about: As the Noose Tightens? Feel free to add your own.

[Cal Carpenter]

30. As the Frog Slowly Boils

Not very romantic sounding though.

[seabeyond]

22. that is what duers have been advocating for the last couple weeks with assenge....

this is no different. the society so many here want. cant say booyah to one, and george orwell on another. NO PRIVACY sees to be the meme here on du the last week.

[TexasObserver]

23. She's terrible.

They want to cut the deficit? Stop wasting money. Terminate Homeland Security as an agency.

[hobbit709]

24. I will start reporting every officious gestapo type I see.

Buffalo Springfield had it right in 1967.

"Paranoia strikes deep, into your life it will creep"

[dchill]

25. Janet Napolitano's behavior is suspicious.

Where do I report her?
:shrug:

[whatchamacallit]

44. +1

[Caretha]

26. My plan

anytime I see something suspicious, no matter where I am, I will call the nearest Wal-Mart and ask for the manager...

Whenever I see the Homeland tape of Janet Napolitano, I will stand tall & straight and execute a perfect military salute.

Attack this crap with theatre everywhere - maybe we can beat it that way.

[Catherina]

27. Which Republican nominated her? Oh wait... n/t

[Little Star]

28. Can she please color code that??????????????

:silly:

[Better Believe It]

29. Be afraid, Be very afraid.

[Buns_of_Fire]

31. Francis Scott Key would have some rewriting to do if he penned "The Star-Spangled Banner" today.

"Land of the free?" "Home of the brave?" Fran, I know you've been out of the loop for a while, but let me tell you how Everything Changed on Nine-Eleven...

[LibDemAlways]

32. Oh say can you see

My junk on the scan
Big sister is gloating
We're a gullible nation

Our 4th amendment rights
Disappeared without a fight
While Chertoff made sure
We were nude-o-scanned before a flight

And young children and nuns
With hands on their butts
Give proof every day
That our nation's gone nuts

Oh say do those fingers in your crotch
make you safe?
In the land of the scared
and the home of the afraid


with sincere apologies to Francis Scott Key

[Sannum]

33. I think that Wal-Mart is a biohazard

I went to one in the middle of nowhere for odds and ends. I was so overcome by the smell of cardboard, chicken mcnuggets, freon and feet, that I almost vomited and left immediately.

[Dappleganger]

34. We're just a step away from illegal searches being performed before going into any

mall, sports complex, major stores, etc.

All in the name of protecting our 'freedoms.'

[w8liftinglady]

36. allow me to quote Orwell

•"It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself--anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face...; was itself a punishable offense. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime..."


is this what we have resorted to?

[Desertrose]

37. Welcome to Alternate Reality US of A

O. M. G.


Janet should have stayed in Arizona!!

[pecwae]

38. I expected this kind of crap

when the opposing party held the WH. Now......? Each week brings something more bizarre.

[Write Left]

42. It's much worse now.

[Javaman]

39. I'm glad we got rid of the terror color code only to be replaced by this.

Orwell laughs at us.

[Javaman]

41. Attention China-Mart shoppers...

Squawk box: Do not be alarmed. Security, IED in isle 5!

A sharp blast is heard.

Squawk box: Security, never mind...
Maintenance! Clean up in isle 5! Enjoy your holdi--err, Merry Christmas!

[whatchamacallit]

43. Word to the wise: if you can, get out now! (nt)

[gkhouston]

45. It would be great if someone could find a way to hack these, a la the traffic signs

in Austin. ("Caution. Zombies ahead!!!") Some "alternative" video about how Big Brother is watching you might be appropriate.

[Lucian]

46. So she wants us to spy on and turn in our neighbors.

I thought this country was supposed to quit doing this shit when Obama became President. I was wrong.

[Initech]

47. V For Vendetta: Now officially a reality.

[Kaleko]

48. I keep saying the same thing. The USA is a rapidly closing society

subjected to a crypto-fascist regime that blares its slogans from every TV.

[IDemo]

49. Operation TIPS, Part ll

It's bad enough getting Fauxpinions blasted at me at public places, but to see this woman admonishing people to spy on each other for durr Homeland is sickening.

When does this lunacy stop, or at least take a breath?

[Anakin Skywalker]

50. The Paranoid People Already Shop at Wal-Mart. Does Fatherland SSecurity Really.....

need to encourage them?

Enjoy finger pointing, morons!

The Orwellian society is creeping ever closer.

[skoalyman]

51. what next? Do we get to the stage were people start disappearing

20 years ago if you told somebody this would happen they'd lock you up.
Now days you might get detained if your first name doesn't rhyme with you last name.
:crazy:

[Skip Intro]

52. Her appointment to that post was met with wild approval here months ago.

nt

[quinnox]

53. I will do my patriotic duty and spy on my fellow citizens!

Any abnormal behavior will not go unreported! :patriot:





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