How the Professional Left's Blind Obama Hatred Got them Played by a Far-Right Nutjob

[JDPriestly]

27. Snowden is 29, unmarried, successful, brilliant and he probably doesn't need a safety net.

Lots of young, unmarried, self-centered people of his age earning between $100,000 to $200,000 per year do not understand why people need Social Security.

But then there are not many people aged 29, unmarried, successful, brilliant and earning between $100,000 and $200,000 per year. He is an odd duck and probably quite unpleasant and self-centered.

But, think of it. Obama welcomed a discussion about the surveillance program and said he would not scramble jets to get Snowden.

But, his ambassador Eacho in Vienna, requested Snowden's extradition from the Austrian government on the grounds that Snowden was in the Vienna airport in Morales' plane.

Now. Obama said he welcomed a discussion about the surveillance program.

Then why does he want to punish, to apprehend and extradite the person who was brave enough to start that discussion.

Let's agree that Snowden is a horrible, despicable person, self-centered and egotistical. He probably doesn't care what we think.

But then let's think about Obama.
Isn't it hypocritical to welcome a discussion about surveillance while trying to punish the person who started the discussion?

I think so.

As for whether Snowden should have reported this to Congress rather than to the press?

Think about it. That is absurd. Snowden knew that if he made a call to Congress about the surveillance program, he would be discovered BY THE VERY SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM THAT HE CALLED HIS CONGRESSMAN ABOUT. So, Snowden knew that the minute he even spoke to his Congressman about the surveillance program he would be suspected of leaking.

That is why Snowden did the only thing he could do -- leave the country with documents in hand.

This should not have happened. Our government should have started the public discussion about massive surveillance itself -- and before it implemented the program under Bush or continued and developed it under Obama.

Snowden is not the issue. The massive surveillance and the collection of metadata are the issues.

No member of any agency can report wrongdoing to a senator or to the press without the government looking at the metadata of all the people who might know of the wrongdoing and interrogating them or otherwise investigating to find the "leaker." Snowden is not the first leaker to have been discovered thanks to the very program they were leaking about.

It's a vicious circle for those working for this NSA program. A vicious circle.

Same for those working in other branches of government who see wrongdoing, waste, corruption and criminal activities.

How long can our democracy last if the corrupt in our government are in charge?