# "Concerned Citizens of the United States" Looking Out for Our Interests! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 14, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679 "2010-07-14T17:34:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/221 "2010-07-26T20:39:16Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > \*Because we know how much they loved the Irish, and the Italians, and the Catholics in general, and… “All right, we’ll take the niggers and the chinks, but we _don’t want_ the Irish!” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/222 "2010-07-26T20:41:05Z")
Yeah, that should have read “aren’t already here”. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/223 "2010-07-26T20:43:13Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > “All right, we’ll take the niggers and the chinks, but we _don’t want_ the Irish!” Nitpick: “We’ll _give some land to_.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/224 "2010-07-26T21:10:10Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Nitpick: “We’ll _give some land to_.” You are impossible sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/225 "2010-07-27T13:58:33Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > You are impossible sometimes. Well, \*I \*thought it was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/226 "2010-07-27T19:07:55Z")
(Sorry to interrupt the flaming, but have they caught the people who did this yet?) ===eta=== [Yes, they have a suspect.](http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700050975/Suspected-list-maker-Teresa-Bassett-raises-questions-about-disaster-preparedness-in-letter.html) ==eta== [and another](http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/50001449-76/carson-state-employee-list.html.csp) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/227 "2010-07-27T19:11:11Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > (Sorry to interrupt the flaming, but have they caught the people who did this yet?) Sort of. They (think they) know who did it and have terminated one and moved to begin termination proceedings on the other, pending a hearing. [Story here](http://countusout.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/utah-moves-to-fire-2-over-concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-alleged-illegal-immigrants-list-video/). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/228 "2010-07-27T19:11:39Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > (Sorry to interrupt the flaming, but have they caught the people who did this yet?) They got one. > [@Monty](#): > > [One of the two jerks involved fired already, the other soon to be fired.](http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700049611/Probe-Just-2-involved-in-list.html) On preview, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/229 "2010-07-27T19:15:18Z")
It is the thought that counts and I appreciate yours. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/230 "2010-07-27T19:18:44Z")
> [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](#): > > ===eta=== > [Yes, they have a suspect.](http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700050975/Suspected-list-maker-Teresa-Bassett-raises-questions-about-disaster-preparedness-in-letter.html) Aye, and she’s a nutter: > [@](#): > > A woman under investigation for allegedly using a state database to create a list of purported illegal immigrants has sent a letter to the media questioning whether the government is prepared to handle natural disasters. > > In a letter to the Deseret News, Teresa Bassett also asks for information about emergency preparation and disaster planning. > > “For example, after the Katrina tragedy, I have become somewhat skeptical about the role of the federal government in supporting any major disaster that may occur in the country,” she wrote. “I am also really not all that confident about how the state government and my own local government will be involved in helping during a serious disaster!” Doesn’t seem so bad yet, does it? Wait until you read some more of the letter. > [@](#): > > In her one-page typed letter, Bassett wrote that she has been interested in all aspects of emergency management for many years. She wants to know what the newspaper’s role would be in a disaster scenario. “ **Would you be the ones that actually get the information or instructions from the appropriate government agency or other news source and then get it to us and whatever you tell us to do, we can assume would be from the authorized source?** ” she wrote. > > Bassett also requests names of groups or organizations that might respond to emergencies and tell her how the media would be involved. IMO, she’s passive/aggressive fishing for a conspiracy and promoting going outside of government channels whenever she thinks that they are too cumbersome or bothersome. She’s living a life of fear, like a lot of conservatives. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/231 "2010-07-27T19:34:39Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > She’s living a life of fear, like a lot of conservatives. “A lot of”? You’re lowballing that estimate, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/232 "2010-07-27T19:39:57Z")
Wait… this woman works for the state government? Or did she hack their database? ETA: Either possibility seems equally unlikely. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/233 "2010-07-27T19:42:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Bassett worked as a computer analyst in the Utah Department of Workforce Services ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/234 "2010-07-27T20:09:45Z")
Well, Mormons. Program in BASIC. ---
**Author:** ![xanthfreek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9d8465/32.png) [@xanthfreek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthfreek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/235 "2010-07-27T21:04:50Z")
> [@Laudenum](#): > > I see nothing wrong with concerned citizens reporting illegals to the relevant authorities, no more than I would have a problem with a person who reported that their neighbour was a law-breaker. > > It is the duty of every good citizen to report illegals and other lawbreakers, and not turn a blind eye to their activities. That’s what Hitler and Bush (a la the “Patriot” Act) said. ---
**Author:** ![xanthfreek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9d8465/32.png) [@xanthfreek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthfreek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/236 "2010-07-27T21:07:42Z")
> [@Laudenum](#): > > I see nothing wrong with concerned citizens reporting illegals to the relevant authorities, no more than I would have a problem with a person who reported that their neighbour was a law-breaker. > > It is the duty of every good citizen to report illegals and other lawbreakers, and not turn a blind eye to their activities. That’s what Hitler and Bush (a al the Patriot [Patriot]?Act) said. ---
**Author:** ![xanthfreek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9d8465/32.png) [@xanthfreek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthfreek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/237 "2010-07-27T21:16:31Z")
"I see nothing wrong with concerned citizens reporting illegals to the relevant authorities, no more than I would have a problem with a person who reported that their neighbour was a law-breaker. It is the duty of every good citizen to report illegals and other lawbreakers, and not turn a blind eye to their activities." Same thing the Nazis and Bush (a la the Patriot [Patriot?] Act) said. ---
**Author:** ![xanthfreek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9d8465/32.png) [@xanthfreek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthfreek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/238 "2010-07-27T21:17:55Z")
Sorry, I’m a newbie and still trying to get this posting thing figured out. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/239 "2010-07-27T21:19:40Z")
::sigh:: I can remember my first day like it was yesterday. Welcome aboard. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679/240 "2010-07-27T21:41:51Z")
If you’re using the quick post box at the bottom of the page, it’s usually a good idea to hit “Go Advanced” when you’re done composing–that will take you to a preview window where you can edit. “Post Quick Reply” will send your response to the thread. FWIW, once you’ve posted, you have a five-minute window to make changes to that post. In the bottom right-hand corner of your own posts, you’ll see an “Edit” button (next to the quoting buttons). ETA: Although I see you were quoting another poster, so you probably weren’t just posting from the bottom of the thread. If you want to play around with creating threads and posting, the ATMB (About This Message Board) forum is a good place for test threads. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerned-citizens-of-the-united-states-looking-out-for-our-interests/546679.md?page=13)