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(72,903 posts) Sun Jun 16, 2013, 01:32 PM Jun 2013

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Alan Grayson: IT'S NOT OKAY WITH ME - "We are not North Koreans. & We don’t live in Nazi Germany." [View all]

ALAN GRAYSON:

I submit to you that this program, although the proponents picked it as American as ‘‘apple spy,’’ is an anti-American program. We are not North Koreans. We don’t live in Nazi Germany. We are Americans and we are human beings, and we deserve to have our privacy respected. I have no way to call my mother except to employ the services of Verizon or AT&T or some other telephone company. I’m not going to string two cups between my house and her house 70 miles away. That doesn’t mean that it’s okay with me for the government -- and specifically the Department of Defense -- to be getting information about every telephone call I make to her. It’s not okay with me.

http://americablog.com/2013/06/alan-grayson-nsa-mind-your-own-business-act.html
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-2013-06-14/pdf/CREC-2013-06-14-house.pdf

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Alan Grayson: IT'S NOT OKAY WITH ME - "We are not North Koreans. & We don’t live in Nazi Germany." [View all] kpete Jun 2013 OP

K&FuckingR! The authoritarians telling us to bend over can suck it! backscatter712 Jun 2013 #1

+10000000 forestpath Jun 2013 #2

Erase the database! reformist2 Jun 2013 #25

^ ^ THIS ^ ^ !!! lastlib Jun 2013 #53

+a billion. nt limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #73

+100% /nt demwing Jun 2013 #46

Shout it loud and long premium Jun 2013 #3

THANK YOU! woo me with science Jun 2013 #4

What do you expect from a radical leftist East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #5

NSA operations were rubberstamped by FISA Katashi_itto Jun 2013 #6

FISA doesn't have the authority to issue warrants for domestic spying, or 'collecting and storing' sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #30

Could there be a few Germans who are gratefully saying, "We don't live in the USA". AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #7

There are probably CHINESE people saying that. tblue Jun 2013 #18

There are. My wife in China is one of them Nanjing to Seoul Jun 2013 #24

Isn't that a doggone shame?! tblue Jun 2013 #38

Many English people consider Miami Boudica the Lyoness Jun 2013 #71

Thank You. I STAND with you! bvar22 Jun 2013 #8

Or me magellan Jun 2013 #9

Yes. THANK DOG! tblue Jun 2013 #19

k&r thanks for posting. rhett o rick Jun 2013 #10

Alan Grayson for President 2016 99Forever Jun 2013 #11

Warren - Grayson or Grayson / Warren 2016 Initech Jun 2013 #12

PLUS ONE! nt Enthusiast Jun 2013 #13

I absolutely agree 1000%. 99Forever Jun 2013 #15

+1 Zorra Jun 2013 #28

Ether way would be fine with me. zeemike Jun 2013 #29

I wish, but either Warren or Grayson would have DU's NorthCarolina Jun 2013 #54

You are correct. They will run all third-way neo-con's next time around. harun Jun 2013 #64

I'll bet that such a DUO Plucketeer Jun 2013 #60

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #14

k and r. that's my congressman. he rocks. nashville_brook Jun 2013 #16

And *this is why I am thankful Grayson was returned to office! Give 'em hell, sir! nt silvershadow Jun 2013 #17

But how will we eat spaghetti?...nt SidDithers Jun 2013 #20

Making comparisons to Nazi Germany ect shows how juvenile and nonsensical he is. tritsofme Jun 2013 #21

Not so juvenile. The families of a million dead Iraqis would surely beg to differ. Smarmie Doofus Jun 2013 #41

What exactly is a "Nazi Germany ect?" Le Taz Hot Jun 2013 #57

I respect Alan Grayson... one_voice Jun 2013 #22

It's not ridiculous. It's spot on. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #27

After all, who can forget the day Obama arrested all the trade unionists? NoPasaran Jun 2013 #43

Thank you. 840high Jun 2013 #23

I like Alan Grayson, but the Nazi stuff isn't necessary nt Progressive dog Jun 2013 #26

It is a reminder. RC Jun 2013 #31

No it isn't, it is over the top Progressive dog Jun 2013 #33

Germans are making the same comparisons.. frylock Jun 2013 #62

Germany was where the Nazis started Progressive dog Jun 2013 #65

the germans are making the same comparisons. full stop.. frylock Jun 2013 #67

I did, the Germans have laws about Nazi stuff, they think are Progressive dog Jun 2013 #68

No we aren't Progressive dog Jun 2013 #36

The Germans didn't think so either. tblue Jun 2013 #39

They must have missed the rallies Progressive dog Jun 2013 #48

Yeah. There were rallies. So? tblue Jun 2013 #74

Where are the NSA rallies Progressive dog Jun 2013 #75

You're on a public message board, free to be as ridiculous as you want BeyondGeography Jun 2013 #51

You mean about the ignorance of others? RC Jun 2013 #59

Obviously it is since ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #34

go read a tiny bit of history Progressive dog Jun 2013 #35

I've read plenty of history. ohheckyeah Jun 2013 #37

You're right. tblue Jun 2013 #40

Nor is the comparison to North Korea davidpdx Jun 2013 #47

....."yet"....... lastlib Jun 2013 #69

Wellm you can just substitute the Soviet Union, the KGB, East Germany/Stasi.... lastlib Jun 2013 #55

You ain't Alan Grayson, Progressive dog Jun 2013 #56

Pappa Bush's "Thousand points of light" is really a Verizon switchboard. mick063 Jun 2013 #32

+1000 blackspade Jun 2013 #42

You tell 'em, Alan Grayson! ReRe Jun 2013 #44

We're all Germans now. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #45

K&R Thank you, Alan! idwiyo Jun 2013 #49

Spying On Grandma Is Not A Recipe For Surveillance Success cantbeserious Jun 2013 #50

K&R beemer27 Jun 2013 #52

It is not ok with me either! Dorn Jun 2013 #58

. libodem Jun 2013 #61

Grayson is consistent Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #63

K&R. nt DLevine Jun 2013 #66

REC #200 avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #70

Bkmrk k & R snagglepuss Jun 2013 #72