They're manpulating us right into a "frickin" Tea Bagger veto proof majority

[1StrongBlackMan]

97. Nope ...

Doesn't do a thing to explain how the government collecting me phone records will affect my life.

And, as to the video of President Obama opposing the Bush era iteration, that is too clever ... by half ... President Obama has done exactly what he said he would do; the collection is judicial, i.e., (presumptively) constitutional; it was passed and re-authorized by Congress and is being over-seen by Congress, i.e., presumptively legal.

This outrage inducing (for those with a bent for fantasy) program does not illegally wiretap of American citizens (there is a judicial process) ... it does not provide for National Security letters to spy on American citizens who are not suspected of a crime (it collect meta-data), nor is there a polical motive for operating the program.

What it does do is: provide our intelligence and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to track and take out the terrorists without undermining our Constitution and our Freedom”.