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truebluegreen

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54. Aha!--the heart of the matter.

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 04:01 PM

Jun 2013

You mean if we weren't messing with their countries and mucking up their lives, like we had a right to, they wouldn't hate us so much?

And here I thought it was our (non-existant) freedoms. Silly me.

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Fine, you love Edward Snowden and are ready to put his face on Mount Rushmore [View all] maxrandb Jun 2013 OP

Obama + others are too smart to use the military for this flamingdem Jun 2013 #1

1 guy with 1 thumb drive. sibelian Jun 2013 #2

Funny, at first we were told that he didn't leak anything we didn't already know Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #9

That is true. What he leaked about the information gathering is nothing new. He claims to have over okaawhatever Jun 2013 #50

Okay, I'll accept your invitation Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #66

Four laptop computers full, according to him frazzled Jun 2013 #12

Probably his retirement fund Progressive dog Jun 2013 #34

Good, realistic thinking. Robb Jun 2013 #3

Im already sick of him MFM008 Jun 2013 #4

lol seriously? you think we'll go to war with Russia over this? Let me ease your troubled soul: cali Jun 2013 #5

Perhaps that's why he's stuck in Russia. railsback Jun 2013 #6

They will commit an act of war? nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #7

If you've studied history you know that wars have started on much less. n/t pnwmom Jun 2013 #15

Once again nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #16

sounds like you would be in favor of one quinnox Jun 2013 #17

Yeah, right. But I don't think Snowden would mind. pnwmom Jun 2013 #37

right, he is the world's greatest super villian quinnox Jun 2013 #40

No, he appears to be an garden variety narcissist, probably a lot like Assange. nt pnwmom Jun 2013 #45

Obama would confirm he is worse than Bush by starting a war over Snowden quinnox Jun 2013 #8

Keep calm and carry on. grasswire Jun 2013 #10

Can't say I love him but I like the fact that its gotten a debate on the police state Arcanetrance Jun 2013 #11

The only thing supporting a 'police state' is what Snowden claims. randome Jun 2013 #14

I'm gonna be completely honest my work hours and such has kept me from staying Arcanetrance Jun 2013 #20

It's the same privatization bullshit that allowed Snowden to steal documents. randome Jun 2013 #28

Can I like Binney, Drake, Weibe, Plame, Wilson, Tice, Wyden, Urdell, think Jun 2013 #13

Binney, Drake and Wiebe were all Bush Era whistleblowers. randome Jun 2013 #18

Yep old whistleblowers that were drug through hell for staying within the system think Jun 2013 #21

They helped get Trailblazer canceled. randome Jun 2013 #22

"Five Myths about the National Security State" deurbano Jun 2013 #35

Whistleblowers like Manning, John Kiriakou are paying the price for being Obama era whistleblowers.. cascadiance Jun 2013 #32

Kiriakou wasn't prosecuted for being a whistleblower. Indeed, he wasn't charged at all when he okaawhatever Jun 2013 #57

Good post. Luminous Animal Jun 2013 #23

gān bēi! Agony Jun 2013 #56

I'm pretty sure Obama prefers capturing him alive and giving him due process. JaneyVee Jun 2013 #19

Snowden May Be Too Smart By Half... KharmaTrain Jun 2013 #24

That is my takeaway. DURHAM D Jun 2013 #25

i'd go for his face on Verizon phone screensavers markiv Jun 2013 #26

he might cause the milky way galaxy to be sucked into a black hole too markiv Jun 2013 #27

John Kerry, just now on Snowden maxrandb Jun 2013 #29

my guess is, you'd have 'been done' will LBJ's vietnam war protesters too, if this were markiv Jun 2013 #41

John Kerry was something special. tblue Jun 2013 #55

So now Snowden maxrandb Jun 2013 #59

i thought you were already done markiv Jun 2013 #62

'No, my prediction is that plane will be met by some FA-18s ' markiv Jun 2013 #30

amen to your last sentence treestar Jun 2013 #31

I think some on DU maxrandb Jun 2013 #38

Solution: Shut down the spying, bring the CIA agents home, and declare Snowden retired as bogeyman. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #33

What fantasy world are you living in? maxrandb Jun 2013 #36

EEK! Bogeymen!!! Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #43

You want to end our National Security and Intelligence Programs maxrandb Jun 2013 #60

Do you ever wonder why? GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #46

Aha!--the heart of the matter. truebluegreen Jun 2013 #54

He'll be brought back by diplomacy or not at all Progressive dog Jun 2013 #39

It appears that the race to the bottom is hotly contested. cthulu2016 Jun 2013 #42

lol, I think comparing the OP to a comic book plot is giving it too much credit quinnox Jun 2013 #44

How's that war scenario work? GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #47

will bruce willis be the pilot? datasuspect Jun 2013 #48

LOL Hissyspit Jun 2013 #49

I'd guess the amount of people who want him on Mount Rushmore is equivalent to LanternWaste Jun 2013 #51

Oh, Sn-ap! Pholus Jun 2013 #52

hilarious. KG Jun 2013 #53

Where the fuck are your fantasies coming from? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #58

Yawn maxrandb Jun 2013 #61

OK, you're useless; can anyone else explain where this "Snowden knows where all CIA agents are" muriel_volestrangler Jun 2013 #64

Actually, I wanted to put Snowden's face on the nearby Crazy Horse monument. DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #63

Another FAIL from the let's-write-about-anything-except-the-issue clique. n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #65

Have you been eating paint chips? nt Bonobo Jun 2013 #67

They aren't in charge of our foreign policy. Savannahmann Jun 2013 #68

bwahahahahahahaaa... redgreenandblue Jun 2013 #69