PIC: Obama campaign speech & Snowden

[yurbud]

This was posted at Reddit with the caption "Change one thing... and perfect."

[RC]

1. We need to stop imprisoning those that do.

[Beaverhausen]

2. but should those citizens flee to Russia or China with secret documents?

[yurbud]

3. Would you want to end up like Bradley Manning?

And does our government really take the rule of law seriously when it only applies to leakers whose harm is mostly hypothetical but not those who harm the US and world economy through intentional fraud or those who killed a million Iraqis and thousands of US troops in a war based on lies?

[morningfog]

8. If the choice is that or a life sentence?

[WillyT]

4. K & R !!!

[yurbud]

5. thank you for your support!

[WillyT]

6. Anytime...

[Whisp]

7. He didn't say steal shit, stand up, and speak up.

Minor detail, I know.

[morningfog]

9. Nothing was stolen, the US still possesses all the information.

[Cha]

10. Exactly, Whisp.

[yurbud]

12. so...you must think we should be as aggressively hunting down Wall Street for stealing through fraud

banks for stealing homes through fraudulent foreclosures, and Bush & Cheney for trying steal EVERYTHING in Iraq?

[ProSense]

11. Except

"PIC: Obama campaign speech & Snowden"

...the quote was from a speech on climate change a few weeks ago

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Americans are not a people who look backwards; we're a people who look forward. We're not a people who fear what the future holds; we shape it. What we need in this fight are citizens who will stand up, and speak up, and compel us to do what this moment demands.

Understand this is not just a job for politicians. So I'm going to need all of you to educate your classmates, your colleagues, your parents, your friends. Tell them what’s at stake. Speak up at town halls, church groups, PTA meetings. Push back on misinformation. Speak up for the facts. Broaden the circle of those who are willing to stand up for our future. (Applause.)

Convince those in power to reduce our carbon pollution. Push your own communities to adopt smarter practices. Invest. Divest. (Applause.) Remind folks there's no contradiction between a sound environment and strong economic growth. And remind everyone who represents you at every level of government that sheltering future generations against the ravages of climate change is a prerequisite for your vote. Make yourself heard on this issue. (Applause.)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/25/remarks-president-climate-change

AL Gore:"terrific and historic speech, by far the best address on climate by any president ever"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023093358