Snowden is a Hero! He deserves a medal

[arely staircase]

[MineralMan]

1. LOL!

Nicely done!

[OKNancy]

2. ROFL

[handmade34]

3. we will see

[geek tragedy]

4. well played nt

[Floyd_Gondolli]

5. He's in talks to be on The Bachelor

[warrior1]

6. sorry don't get it

what kind of metal is this

[arely staircase]

7. It is called the "Hero's Medal" and is awarded by the People's Republic of China

these respecters of freedom and privacy.

[handmade34]

8. Chinese

hero's medal

[olddots]

36. Is it made in America ?

cheaper labor

[hugo_from_TN]

9. looks like gold, but probably just plated

I'm guessing nickel underneath.

[Whisp]

13. and you want another one in about 20 minutes. n/t

[Whisp]

63. Meaning the saying about being hungry again in 20 mins. after having Chinese food...

o well, my delivery could use some work. I hope someone got it tho.

[HubertHeaver]

11. Probably brass

[warrior1]

10. ahh thanks

[cali]

12. "Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." -

look where you land- according to Eleanor Roosevelt.

[arely staircase]

17. "look where you land"

China?

[Fantastic Anarchist]

48. Ironic that he's safer in China, eh?

[arely staircase]

49. not now that we know he is sharing info with them

it actually makes sense now. it was ironic when he went around complaining about the loss of privacy in america while hunkering down in a totalitarian country. now it is just logical.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

51. You know what I find interesting?

Is the color of both the US and China in terms of NSA surveillance.

China is a totalitarian state; on this we agree.

<img></img>

http://rt.com/news/germany-spied-nsa-snowden-515/

[Whisp]

19. lol. ok.

let's not talk about people then.

let's talk about politics of, say, crickets?

[MineralMan]

21. "Distraction is the essence of obfuscation."

-MineralMan

[arely staircase]

26. +1

nt

[MineralMan]

27. I rarely rely on the quotes of others.

I make up my own.

[rhett o rick]

42. Well put. That's why so much attention is being directed at Snowden and Greenwald and away

from what is really going on.

The American public (including you) do not know what's going on with the NSA. Some want to know but apparently others dont, preferring to live in a comfortable denial bubble.

[MineralMan]

52. You're correct. I don't know what's going on with the NSA.

I haven't been near it for 44 years, now.

[BenzoDia]

28. Wait...you just did the same thing!

[timdog44]

30. Oh ye of small mind.

A comment of the kind you make is basically discussing the person, who wrote the OP.

But of course you won't know this as I am sure I am on ignore by you for discussing ideas you don't like.

[phleshdef]

31. I discuss ideas, events and people... what does that make me?

[SidDithers]

50. Informed...nt

Sid

[Life Long Dem]

46. Then no one should be discussing Snowden as a hero

[HappyMe]

14. Oh, well done.

He's a real hero, all right.

[Whisp]

15. wait, I can hear it.... I can feel it!

cricket time is here again. Can set my clock by it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

16. Skip the medal. Let's settle for a debate on the issue of the peoples right to privacy.

[arely staircase]

18. spying for foreign countries is a serious issue too

nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. So is spying on foreign countries..which we do.

Are we still at war with EastAsia or Germany?

[arely staircase]

24. yes we do

and when Americans reveal the details of it to those countries it is a very very serious crime. as it should be.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

41. I think it's a helluva lot more serious "crime" for the government to spy on its own people.

And, then have the gall to tell us they're doing it to "protect" us from the likes of the Chinese because they would spy on us.

[okaawhatever]

37. Are you kidding me? You think East Asia (mostly China) isn't spying on us? The Chinese government

called John McCain to express "concern" over a letter he sent to the new President of Taiwan. Problem was, the letter was never mailed. It was only a draft copy still on McCain's campaign computer. the Chinese hacked into both McCain and Obama's campaign computers. Have you looked at some of the new military hardware China has "invented"? It looks remarkably similar to the United States'. So similar, it's as if they took the plans right off of our computers. Apple has revealed to have found worms/spyware in 20% of their computers made in China. When Israel had those F-16 engines "stolen" from their bases where do you think they went? Good money is on China. (Most thing Israel sold them). Like the kids say, "Don't hate the player, hate the game."

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

47. Is this like WMD? Should we invade Thailand. Send the fleet to the Tonkin Gulf?

Raise the bogeyman alert to Red?

[HappyMe]

23. I had my doubts all along about this asshat.

The fact that he's a traitor removes any hair's breadth of belief I had in him.

The damn documents here could all be bullshit, for all we know. The hero just sold us all up the damn river.

[rhett o rick]

43. WHAT? You are not falling for the distraction? nm

[sibelian]

22. Mmmm....nah.

I don't think he deserves a medal.

Anyway, by talking about him at all, I think you're just playing into his colossal NARCISSISM, which must always be written in capital letters to indicate the enormous signifance of this personality flaw.

What do WE deserve?

[arely staircase]

32. more like his colossal treachery

sorry you hero turned out to be a chinese spy.

[HiPointDem]

34. what's to spy on? US, european & japanese corporations capitalized china & provided it with

technology & arms.

wtf is left to spy on?

[arely staircase]

39. uh, giving the chinese details of our operations against then

that spying.

[HiPointDem]

53. funny way to run a railroad, capitalizing & transferring technology to rivals, then spying on them.

makes people wonder what's actually going on.

[sibelian]

40. GASP!

OMG I am so weirdly prescient.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022990949

How can I worship him now? I'm even MORE disillusioned.

[SidDithers]

25. Hehehe....

Sid

[Progressive dog]

29. Now that I know what medal that is

I understand and agree with the sentiment.

[msongs]

33. notice how this crowd seeks to take the spotlight off the NSA spying on us lol nt

[BenzoDia]

35. Or more simply, this crowd likes makes jokes!

[MineralMan]

38. There has been a minor change, msongs.

You may have missed it. "I have new information. It's the Aurora Borealis."

Note: 50 points to the first person to identify the film where that quote appears.

[serbbral]

44. Why?

I really would like to know why? This type of thing has been going on for 50 yrs. or more.

[rhett o rick]

45. I bet you supported George Tenet getting a medal. nm

[DrewFlorida]

54. Heros don't give away surviellance information to other countries, that is treasonous!

I agreed until today that Snowden had done something good, however upon finding out he has given information to China regarding our surviellance there, I no longer agree that he is a whistleblower. He is now a traitor!

[HiPointDem]

55. you mean he gave information to china after our corporations gave information to china for 40

years?

shocker.

[Whisp]

56. Here, have some before the supply runs out.

[HiPointDem]

57. foreign corporations capitalized china and transferred technology to china since the 80s. now

you're worried about china getting 'information'?

what a joke.

[Whisp]

58. no, I'm worried about judgements on what a 'hero' is. n/t

[jeff47]

62. (It's a Chinese medal) (nt)

[flamingdem]

59. arely you rock

lol!!!

[arely staircase]

64. you rock too, fd

[flamingdem]

65. wooo hooo!

[hrmjustin]

60. This man Snowden is getting himself in deeper trouble and it is his own fault.

I am glad these issues with the NSA are being talked about but this guy is dancing with treason now.

[ForeignandDomestic]

61. tssk...

Mccarthyism at it's finest, what we do without you neo-cons..err liberals saving us from the commies!!

Defending the government spying on it's own people, and using the Chinese as the scare tactic, talk about IRONIC!!!!

[flamingdem]

66. funny thing is that the Chinese might be scared of him

and the bullet might come from their guns

why would they want him around after they glean what they need?