Isn't it amusing to watch people who have called Obama-supporters 'worshippers'

[chervilant]

184. Please add

Arne "I play basketball" Duncan, and the ongoing assault on public education, to that list.

I have been watching with grim fascination the brouhaha about Snowden's actions, and have reached the conclusion that most people are concerned about our government's blanket surveillance, and the myriad possible uses of this data, such as

~ tracking and stifling activists and protesters,

~ promoting reticence, secrecy and/or compliance among the Hoi Polloi,

~ generating propaganda to diffuse or eliminate legitimate concerns about dangerous or threatening issues, like fracking and GMOs (recall that our government lied to residents of Utah and Nevada about the "safety" of nuclear testing, and many of the folks who ate cinnamon rolls and drank hot chocolate as they watched the mushroom clouds later died of leukemia and other cancers caused by the fallout from those tests).

In short, if you're not concerned, you're not paying attention.