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In reply to the discussion: NYTimes Op-Ed: "The Criminal N.S.A." [View all]Melinda
(5,465 posts)66. It's an old joke...
A little boy and his dad go to an ice cream store. The boy orders a chocolate sundae and is told there is no chocolate. He asks for chocolate again, and gets the same response. This goes on for several moments until the server asks the boy:
How do you spell the STRAW in strawberry?
The child replies "S T R A W", straw
The server asks "How do you spell the VAN in vanilla?
The child replies "V A N", van
The server then asks "How do you spell the FUCK in chocolate?
The child exclaims "There is no FUCK in chocolate"
The server finishes "that's what I've been trying to tell you - there is no fuck'in chocolate."
FWIW, my mom use to tell this joke, and I am almost 59 yrs young, lol.
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The nice thing about Op-Ed pieces is that the newspaper can't fire the writer(s)
99th_Monkey
Jun 2013
#2
THIS 'data collection' consists of monitoring who, when and how often I phone or email
99th_Monkey
Jun 2013
#5
Of course the "law is legal". The interpretation by the government may not be.
rhett o rick
Jun 2013
#21
Justice Department Fights Release of Secret Court Opinion Finding Unconstitutional Surveillance
PoliticAverse
Jun 2013
#26
The courts have not ruled on this brand new handy, dandy INTERPRETATION of the law.
Th1onein
Jun 2013
#53
"Refusing or neglecting to answer the census is punishable by fines of $100,
OilemFirchen
Jun 2013
#55
They also printed the leaks of another whistle blower. One Daniel Ellsberg.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#6
I seem to recall someone once saying that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat
Th1onein
Jun 2013
#13
"It’s time to call the N.S.A.’s mass surveillance programs what they are: criminal."
DesMoinesDem
Jun 2013
#20
"Congressional watchdogs — with a few exceptions, like Senator Rand Paul . . . "
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#22
This is no more sophisticated than right wingers declaring the EPA or OSHA or IRS to be "criminal."
treestar
Jun 2013
#39
Uh oh. Guess the Army Times won't be carrying the story. Guess the Pentagon will cut NYT from
silvershadow
Jun 2013
#51