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du rec. xchrom Jun 2013 #1
-1 wish there was an UNREC button. graham4anything Jun 2013 #2
I wish there was too! DocMac Jun 2013 #25
Haha. City Lights Jun 2013 #42
My view is not based on 100 others liking me. Its so junior high school ish. graham4anything Jun 2013 #50
Don't worry, graham4anything. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #110
Could it be that I was 100% correct and the 80-20 is going to change everything shortly? graham4anything Jun 2013 #115
No. It could not be. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #120
I'll never forgive Nader for that. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #126
wait janlyn Jun 2013 #133
from the first minute it happened. No one believed Dan that it happened graham4anything Jun 2013 #138
This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Jun 2013 #155
wtf?? delrem Jun 2013 #140
Mean Gals Skittles Jun 2013 #111
For what it's worth, I admire most of your posts very much. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #125
+1 Segami Jun 2013 #67
Hehehehehe! Add me to that thought as well.... truebrit71 Jun 2013 #69
No one is surprised. Bradical79 Jun 2013 #64
Yes, it would make an important litmus test... JackRiddler Jun 2013 #89
as Danny Kaye said in White Christmas, "Oh, the crooner is now the comedian". graham4anything Jun 2013 #92
I can see why you're not bothered by blanket NSA data processing. delrem Jun 2013 #141
Cause man you'd hold the record LondonReign2 Jun 2013 #108
If you rec something, the button changes to 'undo' if you change your mind.Or am I missing something IrishAyes Jun 2013 #124
a thumbs down button one that would give a -1 to a count of a post. You tube videos have both graham4anything Jun 2013 #154
Same here!! SkyDaddy7 Jun 2013 #147
Of course. sibelian Jun 2013 #152
yeah, it's like that... KG Jun 2013 #3
I don't know, I'm kinda with Schieffer on this one. RevStPatrick Jun 2013 #4
+1 Progressive dog Jun 2013 #6
sorry, repeating it makes it sound even more ridiculous Skittles Jun 2013 #127
It was never a real comparison, the Snowden crowd Progressive dog Jun 2013 #150
the "Snowden crowd" Skittles Jun 2013 #156
Would you rather I said the Snowden- Progressive dog Jun 2013 #157
lol Skittles Jun 2013 #158
the comparison is so absurd. cali Jun 2013 #8
The comparison is absurd. I think ole Bob's expiration date is way past due..Retire FGS..n/t monmouth3 Jun 2013 #21
He should go back to playing golf with his good buddy George W. Bush. Fuddnik Jun 2013 #68
I believe he's beginning to ferment. Segami Jun 2013 #70
Is that why really old people smell like that? Fuddnik Jun 2013 #85
Maybe he knew the MLK was assassinated. GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #10
Yep. nt Mojorabbit Jun 2013 #105
Er, no, Eddie is not going to be assassinated treestar Jun 2013 #135
And that... MynameisBlarney Jun 2013 #11
So if he allowed himself to be imprisoned for 20 years he'd have your respect? East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #13
Yes. RevStPatrick Jun 2013 #33
If he were my son, I would want him to go to China. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #112
Well, the facts of the story kind of remain the same sibelian Jun 2013 #153
I think it is a bit more than taking his lumps. zeemike Jun 2013 #20
+1 christx30 Jun 2013 #23
Bwhahahahahahaha reusrename Jun 2013 #36
This, 100% this! one_voice Jun 2013 #60
His argument is pretty idiotic Bradical79 Jun 2013 #65
Was racism on bus lines a SECRET ?! KurtNYC Jun 2013 #74
All these people running around pretending surprise and shock IrishAyes Jun 2013 #128
The story is really two stories. timdog44 Jun 2013 #83
What does that have to do with the TRUTHS he told? Doctor_J Jun 2013 #116
If Snowden hadn't "snuck off" he'd be incommunicado, in solitary, delrem Jun 2013 #142
they'll say anything. they all just lie anyway, why expect logic? whores sniffing for money. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #5
bravo. well articulated and thought out. k&r cali Jun 2013 #7
LOL, ok! n-t Logical Jun 2013 #9
Phillip Agee creon Jun 2013 #12
He has a right to his opinion, true IrishAyes Jun 2013 #131
Bob Schiefferis an... 99Forever Jun 2013 #14
Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2013 #15
This is ProSense Jun 2013 #16
Oh for chrissake. If you can't understand the profound legal differences between Zorra Jun 2013 #24
Please ProSense Jun 2013 #28
Why do you keep repeating this? reusrename Jun 2013 #51
Utter nonsense. n/t ProSense Jun 2013 #52
So that's how it is. reusrename Jun 2013 #55
Why do you have to keep repeating every thing? Fuddnik Jun 2013 #66
Edward Snowden ProSense Jun 2013 #37
Yes, we hear that about every whistleblower who does not turn themselves in for Zorra Jun 2013 #41
Please ProSense Jun 2013 #44
I will no longer be responding to disruptive post from that member. reusrename Jun 2013 #56
Gee, how "adult" of you. Zoeisright Jun 2013 #93
Right, and there's another thing... JackRiddler Jun 2013 #90
If the penalty for what he did is really that severe treestar Jun 2013 #136
As far as Snowden being anywhere near the same standard might be wrong but for those who thinks Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #17
Bob Schieffer. kitt6 Jun 2013 #18
but neither Parks nor King was exposing a secret KurtNYC Jun 2013 #78
There certainly is a broad range of opinion on this story. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #19
Well said. The Revolutionary Idiocracy of the Woodchuck is upon us. Zorra Jun 2013 #22
K & R Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #30
It's bad enough that he can't go home again LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #26
Maybe the asshole should not have become a criminal if he did not want to be imprisoned. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #34
What the government has been doing is criminal. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #38
here is where you are misinformed, this is with a warrant, can Snowden produce his warrant for his Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #47
If the NSA is getting warrants for all the shit they do, LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #54
You can cry about kangaroo courts all you want, FISA court is legal but again I ask where is Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #57
I guess what it comes down to is that I really don't give a fuck LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #62
do you hate gubermint? Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #82
That's the best you can do? LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #86
watch your back, the gubermint is listening Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #88
you break the law every day.. frylock Jun 2013 #81
I'm guessing you forgot the :sarcasm: tag? baldguy Jun 2013 #27
I gave up on Schieffer years ago. 4_TN_TITANS Jun 2013 #29
Schieffer is a RW tool. closeupready Jun 2013 #31
In this instant Schieffer is right. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #35
You are entitled to believe the sun sets in the East. closeupready Jun 2013 #49
But I know the sun sets in the west, I don't believe when others tells me otherwise. Knowing the Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #58
Oddly... Maedhros Jun 2013 #73
and they weren't facing decades in jail either stupidicus Jun 2013 #32
Why limit the discussion to is Snowden a whistleblower or a traitor.? watoos Jun 2013 #39
Not everything that hits the press Maedhros Jun 2013 #75
Historical precedent existentialist Jun 2013 #40
Bob Shieffer has had no shame for a long time. He's a bad corporate joke, should retire in disgrace. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #43
Worry about your own nose, "Kurt" Kolesar Jun 2013 #45
Schieffer could have chosen other historical figures -- Ellsberg, Bradley Manning, even Paul Revere Progressive dog Jun 2013 #46
In comparsion to MLK and Rosa Parks, Ellsberg and Manning does not even start to compare. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #48
Gack. HangOnKids Jun 2013 #98
I could have worded it better but I Progressive dog Jun 2013 #102
But Schieffer did not originate the comparison, did he? Someone started the "Eric is like Rosa" Number23 Jun 2013 #122
You have to undertand the rationale behind the anti-Snowden threads brentspeak Jun 2013 #53
That's the only explanation that makes sense. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #59
It's the only one that makes truebrit71 Jun 2013 #71
Thanks, I knew that post needed something. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #76
You're welcome!! truebrit71 Jun 2013 #80
Well, when their arguments consist of nothing but an insult and an emoticon Maedhros Jun 2013 #79
Hmm. I think you misunderestimate DU Freeperness Coccydynia Jun 2013 #106
Yes. Do not forget that these organizations get fat government welfare/ closeupready Jun 2013 #61
I agree Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #63
It is an interesting phenomena. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #87
Wow. It took three edits to pull that off that mediocre posts? Kolesar Jun 2013 #129
Thank you & when they don't have their talking points, they go apoplectic Catherina Jun 2013 #143
I believe you are right. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #148
Not quite all. I keep saying... Enthusiast Jun 2013 #149
Now we jump into comedy nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #72
Did Paul Robeson 'run' from US racism? duhneece Jun 2013 #77
they pulled Robeson's passport KurtNYC Jun 2013 #84
I was responding to the staying/leaving argument duhneece Jun 2013 #94
k&r avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #91
Get off my lawn, you narcissistic, traitorous kids! MNBrewer Jun 2013 #95
This comment is interesting..... George II Jun 2013 #96
You argue both that he would be safer here AND that he is a coward for going to HK KurtNYC Jun 2013 #103
You didn't hear his "interview" today, did you? George II Jun 2013 #121
Video on Youtube has 3 likes, 25 dislikes alp227 Jun 2013 #97
Oh so that's who he is Cronus Protagonist Jun 2013 #114
"He could help himself by voluntarily coming home to face the consequences" Catherina Jun 2013 #144
deep throat didn't go on teevee did he? pansypoo53219 Jun 2013 #99
General Patton once said that no one ever won a war by dying for his country. nt Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #100
K&R for a great post MotherPetrie Jun 2013 #101
It was a bad commentary. Reminded me of Andy Rooney ragging on Kurt Cobain Hissyspit Jun 2013 #104
re: the word "pimp" redqueen Jun 2013 #107
Gailhen gailhen Jun 2013 #109
Schieffer did not get much intellect or analytical talent. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #113
He needs to be put out to pasture... nradisic Jun 2013 #117
Bravo warrprayer Jun 2013 #118
Excellent point. Those who sign his paycheck may have been pleased, but they seem to be pacalo Jun 2013 #119
Very good post. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #123
Well that was a lot of filler Kolesar Jun 2013 #130
Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #132
IMO the idea of even considering Eddie in the same light as those two treestar Jun 2013 #134
Shieffer picks on Eddie treestar Jun 2013 #137
Once a B-teamer, always a B-teamer. :-| K&R n/t DeSwiss Jun 2013 #139
Kurt, thank you so much for this superp post. Catherina Jun 2013 #145
Schieffer's comparison didn't even reach apples and oranges status. lexington filly Jun 2013 #146
yes bob has no shame . madrchsod Jun 2013 #151
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