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Perhaps instead of trying to make up something about why those opposed to Snowden feel that way.... VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #1
I tried, but there is never any audio, just a bunch of text The Straight Story Jul 2013 #2
Smart ass answer. You know exactly what the poster was asking for. bluestate10 Jul 2013 #27
Heh. Ilk. Nice use of the word. The Straight Story Jul 2013 #36
"Bet if Romney was in you wouldn't be so passive about it." tex-wyo-dem Jul 2013 #68
Romney is not in, Obama is, and he is the most honest politician in modern history. tridim Jul 2013 #152
You're joking right? raindaddy Jul 2013 #154
You know we will have shitty presidents after Obama, right? The precedents the good ones make Ed Suspicious Jul 2013 #157
This is a war between the 1% and the 99%. Which side do you choose? You wont say will you? nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #43
No they won't warrant46 Jul 2013 #95
"fast and loose with the truth" Jakes Progress Jul 2013 #71
Nixon Lied....Kennedy Lied VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #155
Never said that I did. Jakes Progress Jul 2013 #172
I guess I'm one of the ilk you apparently find disgusting. I like that stand your ground A Simple Game Jul 2013 #121
you could enlighten us. nashville_brook Jul 2013 #5
That would involve an honest discussion rather than an CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #18
It comes down to how much you value democracy, representative government. I value it greatly. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #72
Beautifully stated! TM99 Jul 2013 #84
Thank you. We freedom-lovers have to stick together. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #85
We do, even when called 'libertarians'. TM99 Jul 2013 #87
Many thanks... I agree with you entirely. nenagh Jul 2013 #86
Well, this was more subtly stated than the usual CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #93
The M$M would sooner be bastinadoed than talk about policy, particularly in respect to surveillance Fumesucker Jul 2013 #94
Bingo malokvale77 Jul 2013 #104
The law LiberalLovinLug Jul 2013 #116
As I see it, Booz Allen and the government stole our information. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #130
yes marions ghost Jul 2013 #146
Bravo! kentuck Jul 2013 #96
Don't even wonder about this Aerows Jul 2013 #97
Thanks. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #106
In the not to distant past government employees... Blanks Jul 2013 #117
The government did not track our mail until recently. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #136
simplistic thinking marions ghost Jul 2013 #147
That's sure to be it. Blanks Jul 2013 #160
No need marions ghost Jul 2013 #171
Who are the Kardashians? Blanks Jul 2013 #174
Trust me--this is an everyday issue marions ghost Jul 2013 #175
I appreciate your reasoned response, but... Blanks Jul 2013 #176
OK I get it... marions ghost Jul 2013 #177
100% right on! Beautifully said. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #126
JDPriestly lordsummerisle Jul 2013 #143
+1 (nt) Kurovski Jul 2013 #165
"Because if he can be exempt, why should ANYONE be held to account for their crimes?" rhett o rick Jul 2013 #105
More of the attempted condescension CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #167
I know of lot's of bankers that broke the law in a much more serious xtraxritical Jul 2013 #118
LOL yep we bail out the criminal banksters but Snowden gets nothing. There's no real justice anymore L0oniX Jul 2013 #120
Agreed. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #137
upside down cake fascisthunter Jul 2013 #149
lol... we have fascisthunter Jul 2013 #148
nah, just drones. nt galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #3
Thats pretty much it. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #4
So more putting words in their mouth? VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #6
Obama kardonb Jul 2013 #51
fuel gauges don't register when no fuel. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #57
The plane had to land because of a problem with the fuel gauge indicator JDPriestly Jul 2013 #80
Our government should eat humble pie and apologize. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #127
Yes. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #138
Actually, information access *should* be asymmetrical. woo me with science Jul 2013 #7
Indeed. But I don't think they believe we employ them but the other way around The Straight Story Jul 2013 #9
OK. Then, when we have another Oklahoma City or 9/11, and believe me, we will if your bluestate10 Jul 2013 #21
Or another Bosten bombing? usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jul 2013 #30
Death by terrorist is statistically zero compared to other causes of death. Yet rhett o rick Jul 2013 #45
"If people are so afraid of dying, they'd be better off chasing down drunk drivers"... Kurovski Jul 2013 #166
We'll have another Oklahoma City or 9/11 whether or not we live in a security state. winter is coming Jul 2013 #33
+1,000 n/t Lugnut Jul 2013 #55
You put STFU in your post (on DU of all places) go west young man Jul 2013 #46
They said "please". Enthusiast Jul 2013 #131
TERRA! woo me with science Jul 2013 #50
Why do you worry about these singular events when a MILLION Americans die mbperrin Jul 2013 #63
+1000! tex-wyo-dem Jul 2013 #78
Yes, and that's why single payer universal is STILL my top priority! mbperrin Jul 2013 #103
There are too many factions profiteering on our health care. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #133
If you want safety, buy a house on a big lot and build a bunker on your property. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #75
So, you would have no problem explaining how this would have stopped either Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #90
Frankly, I don't give a fuck. Those events happened even with government invasion of privacy. JVS Jul 2013 #92
I'll take 'What a scaremonger would say' for $50 bobduca Jul 2013 #110
Careful ...I hear Conda Sleeza Rice is roaming around on DU. L0oniX Jul 2013 #125
Except that all this spying has not stopped ANYTHING. alarimer Jul 2013 #123
I hear there's a possible mushroom cloud if we don't go to war right now. L0oniX Jul 2013 #124
Bush had plenty of information to stop 9/11. It could have been prevented. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #140
I agree. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #139
When people start demonizing the Bolivian president, not for anything he actually did, but Marr Jul 2013 #8
If these are truly Democrats that are saying that, then it shows that... AZ Progressive Jul 2013 #10
His story stinks, jazzimov Jul 2013 #15
You won't make any statements, but Morales is a liar DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #25
For his story not to be true it would have to be a stream of lucky go west young man Jul 2013 #49
We'll roll us a fattie. Enthusiast Jul 2013 #135
Any theory contradicting his story rapidly descends into obviously farcical nonsense. sibelian Jul 2013 #91
What Morales said agrees with what the Austrian and French sources say. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #141
I am truly sorry that you are getting that sense, jazzimov Jul 2013 #11
Nice try on that last part The Straight Story Jul 2013 #17
I'm more concerned about what Obama admitted to than what is in the documents. JDPriestly Jul 2013 #156
He makes the people look powerful... kentuck Jul 2013 #12
I think that's totally it Hydra Jul 2013 #13
Pretty much. To some, Obama is their personal hero LittleBlue Jul 2013 #14
I don't like Snowden because he is a coward and a traitor. No one else, in the history bluestate10 Jul 2013 #16
Given we have tortured people and put them in jails without charges and keep them there The Straight Story Jul 2013 #19
You tell it just the way it is...we are not the same movonne Jul 2013 #47
Thank you for saying it well. mbperrin Jul 2013 #64
Some might define coward as someone who targets civillians with drones. HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #59
Mark Felt hid for over 30 years before he was revealed as Deep Throat muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #99
Apparently you've never heard of ... GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #132
Snowden took aim at President Obama on the international scene hardcover Jul 2013 #20
you think leaking info to the Chinese & Russians is "making the establishment look bad"? LOL! KittyWampus Jul 2013 #22
Most emphatically, yes. n/t DisgustipatedinCA Jul 2013 #28
Keep waving that flag blindly. We didn't use to do so in last admin The Straight Story Jul 2013 #31
It's disingenious anyway, as he has not exclusively shared anything with the chinese or russian gov. Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #89
he looks bad because he is being used as a doormat Blue_Roses Jul 2013 #23
That may be true for some folks, but mostly likely in my mind is ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #24
It's just the same sort of blind partisanship you see from Sean Hannity or some other Fox News type. Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #26
it will self-correct in 2016 Skittles Jul 2013 #48
HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #29
Snowden is a coward. ProSense Jul 2013 #32
The government should let it go noise Jul 2013 #37
Not likely. n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #40
No, a coward is someone who kills kids using drones from thousands of miles away The Straight Story Jul 2013 #38
How about ProSense Jul 2013 #42
If you are bombing people not a threat to you. Yes. They call it something else when citizens do it The Straight Story Jul 2013 #44
Song for you courtesy of Roger Waters. "The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range" go west young man Jul 2013 #53
Others might call that state-sponsored terrorism. nt HooptieWagon Jul 2013 #60
... Apophis Jul 2013 #65
Strange definition of "coward" LiberalLovinLug Jul 2013 #128
Is calling Snowden a coward just another psy-ops technique? JDPriestly Jul 2013 #161
+ Democracy Octafish Jul 2013 #173
Makes sense to me... fadedrose Jul 2013 #179
Wide scale surveillance noise Jul 2013 #34
You got it right nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #35
Oooof. "The Establishment" alcibiades_mystery Jul 2013 #39
What's wrong with "The Establishment"? Yes, it's somewhat outdated but the Cleita Jul 2013 #56
Thank you for putting it into words, The Straight Story. Octafish Jul 2013 #41
speaking of security agencies.money and bodies questionseverything Jul 2013 #81
end game questionseverything Jul 2013 #82
oh for sure, that's what's so creepy about. allin99 Jul 2013 #52
. blkmusclmachine Jul 2013 #54
I don't like him because he has been actively interfering in foreign diplomacy pnwmom Jul 2013 #58
What diplomacy? mbperrin Jul 2013 #69
He shared documents about our spying on China when Obama was meeting with pnwmom Jul 2013 #70
Okay, so the Chinese and the Russians had NO idea that we were spying on them before Snowden, yet mbperrin Jul 2013 #102
Are you kidding me? The American people didn't know that we spy on China and Russia pnwmom Jul 2013 #162
A 29 year old low level civilian contractor can access all that info mbperrin Jul 2013 #163
He wasn't low level. He had high levels of access in his last position pnwmom Jul 2013 #164
He's a 29 year old employee working for a private firm for a short time. mbperrin Jul 2013 #170
I'd imagine a lot less outrage here if Romney had won the election. nt Incitatus Jul 2013 #61
Trust them....sure. ohheckyeah Jul 2013 #62
ding, ding, ding. . .the peon made the nobles looks like shit. Nobles want blood Nanjing to Seoul Jul 2013 #66
Ya think? Th1onein Jul 2013 #67
This is an excellent OP. Uncle Joe Jul 2013 #73
From an objective non-ideological PoV, who is Snowden actually helping? struggle4progress Jul 2013 #74
This message was self-deleted by its author blue cat Jul 2013 #76
Many HATE him because he is a TRAITOR! Lady Freedom Returns Jul 2013 #77
You are assuming he has given secrets to foreign powers muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #100
Bush & Cheney = much bigger fish ...peep ...pin drops L0oniX Jul 2013 #119
K&R DeSwiss Jul 2013 #79
He doesn't seem to care about consequences. And with the responsibility he had, that should be SleeplessinSoCal Jul 2013 #83
What specific things has he said that you regard as treasonous? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #101
"Our" establishment, not "the". Democracyinkind Jul 2013 #88
+ 100 - Well Said cantbeserious Jul 2013 #98
Ha who knew felix_numinous Jul 2013 #107
I am getting the odd sense that you hit the nail on the head. Autumn Jul 2013 #108
I don't like Snowden because he is a far right wing hypocrite. phleshdef Jul 2013 #109
So you're ok with NSA spying on us, but are only mad because the public exposure of it makes Obama rusty fender Jul 2013 #112
Wow, the illiteracy is strong with this one ^ phleshdef Jul 2013 #113
Illiteracy? Really? rusty fender Jul 2013 #114
Oh my, grahamar air ers!!!! phleshdef Jul 2013 #115
TPTB have now become the overly jealous, domineering, controlling lover. Jamastiene Jul 2013 #111
Yes, because they are "our" leaders. alarimer Jul 2013 #122
Gettin' there, are ya? Iggo Jul 2013 #129
Maybe because Snowden violated laws in a nation of laws Progressive dog Jul 2013 #134
Funny Thing Those Laws - Seems They Don't Apply To The 1% - But Do For The 99% cantbeserious Jul 2013 #144
Perfect reply! fascisthunter Jul 2013 #150
You are off topic and wrong, the USA has special prisons for the wealthy Progressive dog Jul 2013 #168
Thanks For The Scolding - I Needed That - We Will Have To Agree To Disagree cantbeserious Jul 2013 #169
That's not the reason I don't like Snowden. classof56 Jul 2013 #142
Obama was better . . . another_liberal Jul 2013 #145
Easy Rex Jul 2013 #151
I'm getting the not-so-odd sense Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #153
Could be Summer.. who knows what produces these "odd feelings" Cha Jul 2013 #159
I think Snowden is the one who makes himself look bad. So you Cha Jul 2013 #158
Then that tells me that you don't understand the issue at all jazzimov Jul 2013 #178
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