Big Sis Invades Walmart- Establishes Christmas Snitch Patrols
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, December 6, 2010, 12:00 PM
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano launches- “If you see something – Say something” campaign.
Drudge reported:
BIG SIS INVADES WAL-MART: ‘IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING’
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.
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Granny commented:
That will keep me out of WalMart.
gastorgrab commented:
By “terrorism”, does she mean ‘Christmas decorations’?
Sandy commented:
I see something at Walmart so I’ll say it. Just bought a Crockpot for under $15.00. Is that what you want to hear Big Sis?
Chisum commented:
Yowser, that’s one homely grinch!
bigkahuna commented:
13 million dollars ???? You gotta be kidding me. These people are dumber than dirt. What are you gonna report on the fat nasty women wearing pants that are 5 sizes to small running around the store ? Do we have a huge threat from terrorists invading walmart…well not including illegals…those dont count so dont call ! That would be hilarious if everyone callewd reporting illegals and overwell the morons at the phones.
Forget secret document dumps…gotta spy on walmart customers. This administartion is closer to a 3 stooges movie than anything else.
Clusterf*ck pure and simple
StandUp4Chuck commented:
Sounds kind of like how the Gestapo got started.
daryl commented:
So that’s where they get these WalMartian photos.
499 Funny Pictures from People of WalMart Photos
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?page_id=9798&paged=4
Cindy commented:
My husband just said if you see something at Walmart, you are supposed to take a picture and send it to peopleofwalmart.com.
Cindy commented:
Lol..so I see Daryl and I were posting the same thing at about the same time. Great minds think alike.
memomachine commented:
Hmmmm.
So when do they start scheduling the Two Minute Hate?
With Google TV’s they can even do it over the internet.
Maybe Rush Limbaugh will be the new Goldstein.
The Underground Conservative commented:
This approach was popular in Germany in the 1930s. The Obama Regime has been inspired by the Third Reich in the past, too. Remember flag@whitehouse.gov?
kahall commented:
I saw someone there with food on their butt. I must report.
Dinkiedow commented:
Pants on the ground,Obama Administration New Logo,Remarlable!
The Most Humiliating Administration Ever!
garrettc commented:
How about young arab-looking males purchasing numerous disposable cell phones. Does that qualify? Buying 14 bottles of chlorox and 6 bags of fertilizer. Does that qualify?
pst314 commented:
What’s so scary and fascistic about the “If you see something – Say something” program? Americans have been hearing such reminders for years on commuter trains.
On the other hand, I wonder what that $13 million budget actually paid for.
Chisum commented:
I have something to report!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAQoMF9fhHk
tarpon commented:
Hey try shouting there is an illegal, and see what happens.
IronDioPriest commented:
So I wonder how long before some liberal idiot with an anti-gun axe to grind will “say something” upon catching a glimpse of a legally carried firearm in a Walmart store, causing consternation and inconvenience for a law-abiding citizen?
I wonder how much of this initiative is designed to accomplish exactly this goal, as the DHS and this radical Leftist regime seek to make American citizens feel the heat of the government breathing down their necks, as radical Jihadis are sheltered from scrutiny?
Hockey44 commented:
I see something….oh never mind its just a group of protected (illegal) citizens coming in from the shadows to buy their 50″ flat screen..
bobdog commented:
No, the idea is OK. It’s just the wrong way to do it.
See, we recruit school kids. Give ‘em fancy uniforms and stuff to wear at school. Send ‘em off to summer camp together, and train them to keep an eye on their parents, their teachers and their siblings. Assign them mentors from the State Security Service (the SSS). Any acts of disloyalty or suspicious behavior gets investigated. Once identified, the slime can be rounded up and resettled in the East.
It’s for the children.
daryl commented:
Yo! BIG SIS!
SUMTHIN!! There! I said it!
New species discovered at Walmart!
More Wal-Martians (all new!)
http://www.forwardon.com/view.php?e=Id1268b721c3b8bc80
Or maybe this
8 Years AFTER Clinton left DC
Whole new meanin’ to “sumpthin’ strange” happnin’ here.
“I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman”
http://www.forwardon.com/view.php?e=Id120222ee27f14fb5&type=featured&time=all
Todd commented:
In my Midwest community there is not that many Muslims that wear the gear, so to speak. So now if I see one at my local Wal-mart in the turban and all that and I get suspicious can I report them?
AC commented:
Remember, kids, you get double Cadre Points for reporting a family member.
TheTriGuy commented:
Chances are if they’re wearing a turban they’re not muslim but Sikh (and they will gut a muslim rather than talk to them).
Taking a step back though, I’m not sure how to react to this. Yes, I do think we want everyone to be more aware. It’s how the police get most of their leads on everyday crimes. But as someone said before, isn’t this how the Nazi government started to crack down on citizens who weren’t following the Nazi line? As mush as I agree with the basic concept of being a good citizen I’m more afraid of what information might be gleaned from these reports and how this information might be used. There are lots of people out there who are looking for praise from someone and will use this (and will be used by this) to do the wrong and not the right thing. Is this the beginning of what Barry said would be a civilian force as well funded and as strong as the military?
Joanne commented:
“Homeland security starts with hometown security, and each of us plays a critical role in keeping our country and communities safe,” said Secretary Napolitano.
She says this while ignoring the southern border’s gaping hole. Hypocrite.
JimmyT commented:
We laugh at this crap, but, I wonder if the incoming repubs will have the guts to defund some of these agencies to the point where this crap will stop due to funding shortages? FDA, DHS, EPA, FCC–just to name a few.
Chisum commented:
Daryl, those links were excellent!
2011herewecome! commented:
Ok, so the other day when I watched the WalMart cashier give her friend something free into the bag without scanning it I am suppose to report it? Huh?
What about at the GoodWill last weekend when a woman at the donation door obtained an item dropped into her convenient bag from a worker at GW? Huh?
“Not I” said the Captain! I am just an observer of it all.
Yeahright commented:
Ensuring that everyone knows how to say ‘baaaaaaaa’ — right American sheeple???
theBuckWheat commented:
What I see as the biggest imminent threat to my family’s liberty and prosperity is Big Statists like Big Sis run amok in a government that is hell-bent on imposing debt slavery on us while they destroying what is left of the land of the Used-To-Be-Free.
daryl commented:
Our local County Commissioner wore the muslim garb like John Wiley Price in Dallas County until 9/11.
After that it kinda-sorta fell out of “fashion” and “style”. I’ve seen little if any of the robes and little gold lame’ pill box hats since then.
Granny commented:
BTW, this “program” is going to include video monitors at the checkout so you can watch the government message. – http://drudgereport.com/flash2n.htm
I stopped buying money orders at WalMart not long after 911 when they tried to tell me that the “Patriot Act” required them to keep a hand written record in a school notebook of my name, address, DL number, SSN, the amount of the money order and who it was for. When I pointed out that there were no such requirements in the Patriot Act, they said that it was a direct request from Homeland Security to WalMart. HMMMMMM – makes you wonder what else they report to Homeland Security.
SLDAV commented:
That was my thought Hockey 44.
They seem to have a problem with protecting the southern border.
burt commented:
The Democratic Party’s campaign to destroy WalMart. Why WalMart would allow this clown to attack their stores is beyond me. Turn in an illegal ailen in and you’d end up in jail, but this campaign is done for the sake of the unions.
Ginger commented:
daryl…
Thanks.. I sure had some good laughs!
Glen Harness commented:
Great! So if you see someone you think is an illegal alien, tell someone at Walmart.
Cargosquid commented:
I think that the “people of walmart” site should be sent to the DHS repeatedly. I mean, if I saw some of those people, I would want to report it to somebody…..
Alana commented:
Oh for God’s sake. What a stupid waste of money.
John Stanford commented:
Wait, why does Gateway Pundit support terrorism, just because a Democrat is in office?
Oh, so every time he said that 9/11 was bad, he was only doing it as a partisan pro-Bush political ploy?
Hmmm… Because Napolitano’s new play is to have people watch out for terrorism, and Gateway claims he is against that…
Redwine commented:
Maybe Walmart was threatened to play along or be forced to unionize.
Rhinestone Suderman commented:
Because we know how many Islamic terrorists have attacked Wal-mart!
(Meanwhile, the southern border remains wide open, and the drug war is spilling over into our country. But Big Sis is on the job, making sure nobody goes after the Dora the Explorer dolls, or gets into the popcorn stand!)
squeaky commented:
“If You See Something, Say Something” campaign today, with a total of 588 Walmart stores” and if you say something you better be right. you’ll find a gloria allred clone sitting on your doorstep….
bg commented:
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“If you see something – Say something”
and this is bad because (fitb)??
the only thing wrong with it that i can see is irrelevant to the safety of our people & country, and that is the Liberal/Progressive/Whatever they label themselves today/Democratic HYPOCRISY..
Well, years ago after 9/11 he [GB] did say that mail carriers and others who work in neighborhoods should report any suspicious activity that would perhaps indicate terrorism. And the entire media and the Democrats screamed and screamed that Bush was spying on the people.
oh btw..
iWatch Program
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Granny commented:
bg #43 – I would not have the first objection to this being run as a public service announcement. I have HUGE objections to any government/Walmart interface. It blurs the boundaries between private enterprise and government.
Rock commented:
Hey Big Big Sis hear tell there’s a boat load of Democratic Members who belong to the Democratic Socialist Party, and another load who have dealings with or take money from CAIR, a organization with ties to Hamas and other terrorist organizations. Ah forget it you all really don’t care anyway
JKB commented:
I suggest everyone call the number to report increased sightings of Stasi-like behavior.
Oh and don’t forget the molestations witnessed when you were at the airport.
bg commented:
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John Stanford #39
wow, you sure know how to twist the truth don’t you..
fyi: Napolitano is Big Sis, perhaps not in this case, but
it’s undeniable she has a thing against Americans & for
Islamists..
and albeit i often disagree with GP’s headlines..
fact is GP has every right to use his ‘poetic license’ as much as Obama
obviously has to outright lie to “we the people” anytime he feels like it,
unfortunately, that too is quite often..
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bg commented:
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Granny #44
“I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You
See Something, Say Something’ campaign.
i understand what you’re saying, but for some reason i don’t think it went down the way you stated it (can’t seem to find a YT of it either, gah, i ehat them anyways)..
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luckyone commented:
Say something and you will be sued by CAIR.
bg commented:
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bottom line for me, i see something, i’m going to say something,
whether or not it’s okay with Big Sis/Bro or anyone else period!!
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John Stanford commented:
Re: BG #48 – Napolitano hates America and supports Muslims…
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Um… Sources? Wait, why does Napolitano hate Americans if she is trying to protect America from terrorism? And when did Napolitano ever do anything to give unfair treatment to Muslims? (There seems to be an obsession with Muslims at this website.)
You did say, “Napolitano is Big Sis, perhaps not in this case.” Why not in this case? Because she is only protecting Americans from terrorism by extending the same PR campaign that President Bush’s Anti-Terror Administration started. She is, in fact, telling people to WATCH OUT for terrorism. So, how is watching out for terrorism going to hurt us? That is the question I proposed, because I was referring to what is happen in this post that Gateway disagrees with.
bg commented:
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John Stanford #52
you have got to be joking.. look i’m not going to knock myself out proving
anything to you that you should know if you had been be paying attention
all along.. like all the regular readers & posters of GP do..
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Granny commented:
#49 December 6, 2010 at 3:33 pm
bg commented:
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Granny #44
“I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You
See Something, Say Something’ campaign.
i understand what you’re saying, but for some reason i don’t think it went down the way you stated it (can’t seem to find a YT of it either, gah, i ehat them anyways)..
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I never said I applaud Walmart for this. I will immediately cease doing business with Walmart over this. Not sure what you’re talking about at all . .
Redwine commented:
June 2009
Janet Napolitano Appoints Jihadist to Homeland Security Advisory Committee: Logical Conclusion to ADC Outreach Bush & Chertoff Started (http://www.debbieschlussel.com/5277/janet-napolitano-appoints-jihadist-to-homeland-security-advisory-committee-logical-conclusion-to-adc-outreach-bush-chertoff-started/)
Simon commented:
Does this mean they’ve unionized Walmart?
bg commented:
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John Stanford #52
re: [BG #48 – Napolitano hates America and supports Muslims…]
hey you (fitb) i did not say that & you know
it.. but since you did, here ya go you (fitb)..
Re: BG #48 – Napolitano hates America and
supports Muslims… not to mention Islamists..
to be continued due to linkage..
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bg commented:
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re: #57
and a flashback to 07 just for the heck of it..
Accommodation as an Islamist Political Instrument
btw, that was written by a Muslim, much more here..
btw, we went the Sharia round quite extensively in a
previous thread so your feigning naivety is just that..
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bg commented:
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Granny #54
oh i know you didn’t say it!!
i copied, pasted & added a link to it from the
report above in reference to my opinion..
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Simon commented:
Btw s. service? Nobody will treat him like a martyr, they’ll just forget.
Evil Otto commented:
Remember to report thoughtcrime whenever it occurs, comrades.
Rhinestone Suderman commented:
John Stanford, if Napolitano was interested in protecting Americans, she’d close the Mexican border and institute Israeli style security and profiling, abolishing the TSA. All this Kabuki theater of groping airline passengers, checking out bus stations, and Big-Sistah-is-watching-YOU at Wal-Mart won’t stop any terrorists, and will, in fact, help them, by spreading our resources, and security too thinly. (“I dunno, I think that Salvation Army lady out there might be a Martian! Yes sir, gonna report her to Homeland Security! And that guy by the apple stand over there looks mighty suspicous too. . .!” What sort of terrorist activities could be going on at Wal-Mart anyway, that people are supposed to watch out for?)
It’s all about intimidating ordinary Americans, and forcing them to knuckle under to big government. And you’re in favor of it because it’s being done under a president with a “D” instead of an “R” after his name.
Rhinestone Suderman commented:
“Uh-oh, there’s a guy in the toy section, looking at the Barbie dolls kinda weird!” I mean, WTF? If they have reason to fear an attack at a Wal-Mart, shouldn’t they be going after the attempted perpetrators, instead of just setting up video cameras, and signs at the check out counters? “Got a red alert here, there’s a kid crying in Aisle 12 cuz he dropped his ice cream cone!”
And there’ll be whistleblower protection, yah, right. . . accuse a Moslem of anything suspicious, and CAIR will be on you like a ton of bricks! Remember the flying imam case? They wanted to sue all the passengers on that plane! “If you see something, say something!” Uh-huh.
bg commented:
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i know you missed this..
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Harrison commented:
How is this any different from what’s in Europe or “loose lips sink ships”?
bg commented:
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evidently some people believe in fighting
submission via submitting?? uh – okay..
YOU = 0
CAIR +1
to those people i say, LOSER!!
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Granny commented:
#65 December 6, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Harrison commented:
How is this any different from what’s in Europe or “loose lips sink ships”?
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Let’s start with Loose Lips Sink Ships. This was a WWII public service message encouraging people on the home front not to talk about any of the things military that they came across in their daily lives – their son just shipped out, they saw a aircraft carrier pull into port and so on and on.
Now, if you cannot immediately see the very real difference between the government telling everyone to keep the lips zipped in wartime and the government intruding into a private business transaction between Walmart and the customer encouraging citizens to rat out anything “unusual” then you have a real problem with logic & patterning.
Rhinestone Suderman commented:
Because we just know that Wal-Mart is just packed full of state secrets, and is full sooooper seeeekrit information, that would be a disaster if anyone leaked it!
Seriously, just what is it about Walmart, of all places, that demands this extra security, and scrutiny?
And what “unusual” things are we supposed to rat out? That’s dangerously vague! The crazy guy, talking to himself in the bakery section? The weird looking woman in the sunglasses, and tight leopard skin pants fingering the electric fans? The Punker in Aisle 7, with a purple mohawk? What exactly are we supposed to be looking for—in Walmart, of all places? Maybe Big Sis could have clued us in a bit better about this? I see strange things every time I go to a big store, especially at this time of year! Should I report the woman with the ring in her nose, and the weird little yapping mini-dog she’s hauling around in her purse? The guys dressed up as Princess Jasmine? That’s pretty “unusual”, isn’t it?
(We know it’s not Islamic terrorists we’re supposed to be watching for, because A. We know Big Sis kinda likes them, judging by the linkes above, and. . . B. Even if someone did spot an Islamic terrorist act at Walmart, CAIR would immediately sue them, and accuse them of Islamophobia—and Homeland Security would roll over, dump them and leave them at CAIR’s mercy.)
(Anway, doesn’t Walmart, like all big stores, have its own security?)
fightinggranny commented:
How many billions of dollars do we spend on this insane woman and department?
Haven’t shopped at Walmart since they backed Obamacare, dropped Sam’s and
continue to boycott those companies who do not share my values. I know I am
correct in doing so after reading this article about WalMart involvement.
donh commented:
BIG Sis is asking the Walmart Shopper to engage in PROFILING . Seek the harassment of people who look suspicious.
silentcal_rox commented:
big sis is one big ugly nazi!!
Timmy commented:
Thank goodness there are cheaper places to shop than WalMart! I won’t be stepping in their stores again.
Is it my imagination, or is America becoming a police state? TSA doing full body scans at the airports, scans at the Greyhound terminals, telling me what to eat, etc. The list is endless. What happened to my freedom and liberties? When will the internal passports be issued?
Henry Hawkins commented:
I’m taking names and I’m going to drop a dime on all of you obstructionary racist rebels, Commander Pundit included. No taxes this year for Henry…. cha-CHING.
aprilnovember811 commented:
This is demented. She wants citizens to spy on other citizens. She is trying to make people paranoid of eachother. This is absolutely sick. I’m writing Walmart, and I’m telling them I will not walk into one of their stores if they will be spying on citizens. Exactly what is this ugly NAZI looking for? Islamic terrorist or someone with a “Don’t tread on me flag,” on their car?
BBC commented:
Who do I report it to?
I just saw a fat white ugly middle aged woman groping groins, feeling up tits and taking naked photos of people…..
jorgen commented:
‘IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING’
I see blundering fools in the DHS. Now, I have said it.
DHS, go to Israel and learn how to do your job.
arch patchman commented:
A see another AA line cutter who just had to rush in front of me as I was walking to check out lane. And then go slow as heck to self check her out. Talk about selective rushing.
Andreas K. commented:
Homeland security starts in your own house. With the 2nd amandment.
Big Sis, who should come to Europe and work for the EUSSR after her time will be up (she’d fit perfectly) wouldn’t understand that though.
Andreas K. commented:
#65 December 6, 2010 at 5:12 pm
Harrison commented:
How is this any different from what’s in Europe or “loose lips sink ships”?
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What’s in Europe?
In Europe criminals are treated better than their victims. There are no such campaigns. In fact the media, with the help of politicians, are hiding facts from the people when it comes to crimes. There are only campaigns when, let’s say, a German stabs a mohammedan woman (like it happened some time ago in Dresden), but when immigrant “youths” beat an old man almost to death in a subway station in Munich, then there’s NOTHING.
backhoe commented:
Since I’m probably on every “list” of subversives this “regime” has, I sent my loco Wal-Mart an email along the lines of “Are you crazy? This is the most hated regime since Lyndon Johnson’s- feature this loathsome woman and her Gestapo message, I’ll go to Target…”
AlaskaHome1959 commented:
“Hello, Department of Homeland Security? I am a supporter of Secretary Janet Napolitano and the “If You See Something, Say Something” and I want to report an act of domestsic terrorism I saw today. Yes, I will gladly supply you with the details. I was at the airport and I saw a TSA screener…. “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?? I thought that was the military? But I just want to report a case of domestic terrorism by the TSA…. Hello…. Hello…. I wonder why they hung up on me?”