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96. They are pandering to the masses

Mon Jun 24, 2013, 11:35 PM

Jun 2013

Who naturally will find Eddie's disappearance more interesting than abstract questions of the constitutionality of FISA warrants for metadata.

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Snowden is a snot nosed idiot traitor & Greenwald is smug, friendless know-it-all. [View all] mhatrw Jun 2013 OP

pretty sure this is satire Marrah_G Jun 2013 #1

I hope it is satire nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #2

Me too. kentuck Jun 2013 #4

I either hate my enemies Aerows Jun 2013 #9

Attempts at intimidation Aerows Jun 2013 #65

CORRECT Skittles Jun 2013 #6

I deserve Aerows Jun 2013 #12

I believe the OP is disgusted with DU's resident non-critical thinkers Skittles Jun 2013 #16

My ass Aerows Jun 2013 #17

I WILL KICK TONED AEROWS ASS ON MY SCHEDULE Skittles Jun 2013 #94

Wait-we have critical thinkers on DU? Who the hell invited them? MichiganVote Jun 2013 #27

Gate-Crashers Aerows Jun 2013 #30

Its getting so you can't smoke bad cigarettes, drink bowel loosening wine and MichiganVote Jun 2013 #33

I said Snowden's Mother was a hamster Aerows Jun 2013 #38

That's some sorry assed shit. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #47

That was some famous satire. Aerows Jun 2013 #48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAy4zULKFDU MichiganVote Jun 2013 #51

Why am I unsurprised Aerows Jun 2013 #55

I am trying to be polite Aerows Jun 2013 #57

:) Not a clue. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #58

Clearly :). n/t Aerows Jun 2013 #60

But then again... MichiganVote Jun 2013 #66

You had to resort to youtube for a comeback? Aerows Jun 2013 #69

Are we fighting? sniff. I'm merely entertained by the thread. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #71

Perhaps you should Aerows Jun 2013 #76

+1 silvershadow Jun 2013 #56

It is hard to tell the difference and has been for a long time Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #40

You just don't know Aerows Jun 2013 #42

And I wasn't disagreeing with you Aerows Jun 2013 #49

I read a synopsis of various conspiracy-theory-based smears of Snowden MNBrewer Jun 2013 #73

It is. Hissyspit Jun 2013 #7

You really don't know Aerows Jun 2013 #22

Yup. Good luck with your post, here. longship Jun 2013 #3

Clearly Aerows Jun 2013 #11

Whoooosch. truebluegreen Jun 2013 #34

What does 'liking strippers' have to do with hijacking top secret information MichiganVote Jun 2013 #5

Do you like strippers Aerows Jun 2013 #10

Not only that but I have 3 laptops at my house, a few cell phones and MichiganVote Jun 2013 #13

You over-educated person Aerows Jun 2013 #14

Actually although I like dogs I loathe my neighbors dogs. MichiganVote Jun 2013 #23

Congress Aerows Jun 2013 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author shenmue Jun 2013 #8

Stripper? 90-percent Jun 2013 #15

Not to denigrate said pole, but isn't pole dancing sorta like stripper light? MichiganVote Jun 2013 #29

Psssst. It's Edward. cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #18

. ucrdem Jun 2013 #20

Thanks! Now fixed. mhatrw Jun 2013 #21

Traitorous Clowns Aerows Jun 2013 #35

"speaking truth to power." ucrdem Jun 2013 #19

You should know about Aerows Jun 2013 #24

You may have to deal with the fact it may be self serving treestar Jun 2013 #26

In the word's of Joe Biden Aerows Jun 2013 #28

How dare I argue? treestar Jun 2013 #87

so a young man living in Paradise, making 6 figures, beautiful GF... grasswire Jun 2013 #31

Selfish spotlight whore. GoneFishin Jun 2013 #72

I think 90% of this board Aerows Jun 2013 #80

I totally agree. I was doing parody of people who could believe for a second that he GoneFishin Jun 2013 #82

Maybe. Not everyone is entirely rational treestar Jun 2013 #86

It feels like you are really reaching this time Mojorabbit Jun 2013 #107

Still obsessing about personalities I see... truebluegreen Jun 2013 #37

What about the ones calling him a hero? treestar Jun 2013 #90

They are obsessing about personalities as well, truebluegreen Jun 2013 #92

Obama has done zero wrong treestar Jun 2013 #95

Uh-huh....kthxbye truebluegreen Jun 2013 #102

We've gotten to where you break with reality nt treestar Jun 2013 #104

Agreed. The REAL story is Snowden's MOTIVATIONS! mhatrw Jun 2013 #41

Not everyone agrees they are the doom of society treestar Jun 2013 #88

It is the corporate media that has made SNOWDEN & GREENWALD the issue. mhatrw Jun 2013 #93

They are pandering to the masses treestar Jun 2013 #96

the masses or their MASTERS, who want the focus on anything BUT mhatrw Jun 2013 #97

I don't think the media does much but go with what sells treestar Jun 2013 #103

luckily terror, war, true crime and personalities sell mhatrw Jun 2013 #106

Should presidents who insert themselves into the limelight get a pass? Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #50

What President has ever gotten a pass? treestar Jun 2013 #89

K&R Well done! idwiyo Jun 2013 #32

I sure am glad I voted for Snowden! Turbineguy Jun 2013 #36

Why, yes. Yes I am. truebluegreen Jun 2013 #39

If we get really lucky Turbineguy Jun 2013 #52

How do you live with the fear? nt truebluegreen Jun 2013 #67

There's a better chance of a police swat team pscot Jun 2013 #75

sequestration requires you to kick your own door down these days. nt grasswire Jun 2013 #79

You are obviously unaware of DOJ's new pscot Jun 2013 #81

I'm actually shocked I have not seen a Snowden 2016 statement somewhere treestar Jun 2013 #91

This message was self-deleted by its author MattFromKY Jun 2013 #43

Yeah, Obama has gone over to the dark side. mhatrw Jun 2013 #46

+1 MichiganVote Jun 2013 #62

You almost got me... senseandsensibility Jun 2013 #44

I'm so glad I voted heroicly Aerows Jun 2013 #45

TRUST US. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #53

you've got the script down pat: gossip and personality assassination to distract from content yurbud Jun 2013 #54

Best Satire I've seen here in a while. Ford_Prefect Jun 2013 #59

What do we do with snitches? tblue Jun 2013 #61

They're troublemakers who embarrassed the big shots. We need more like them. Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #63

Glenn Greenwald: snort Jun 2013 #64

Drunk? Me too! n-t Logical Jun 2013 #68

Not only is Snowden NOT a whistleblower, "by definition" MNBrewer Jun 2013 #70

And thank Darwin they are! Coccydynia Jun 2013 #74

"Thank god" that Michael Hastings got killed? You're sick Kolesar Jun 2013 #77

He never once blew an actual whistle. I knew somebody that worked in a whistle factory GoneFishin Jun 2013 #78

Maybe it was a dog whistle, dgibby Jun 2013 #85

For the first couple of sentences I thought you were serious because some people are totodeinhere Jun 2013 #83

Woah! PrestonLocke Jun 2013 #84

You got the title right.. except Greenwald has lots of "friends". Cha Jun 2013 #98

Not sure I catch your drift. mhatrw Jun 2013 #99

The depraved motivations and behavior of Snowden & Greenwald are STILL the ONLY story here. mhatrw Jun 2013 #100

You probably thought that the satire was obvious, Democracyinkind Jun 2013 #101

Excellent satire! yardwork Jun 2013 #105

The treachery of Snowden & Greenwald is ruining our celebration! mhatrw Jun 2013 #108