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47. Please be serious. This is no joke and no laughing matter.

Reply to Major Hogwash (Reply #39)

Wed Jul 10, 2013, 04:57 PM

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Greenwald calls USA "lawless, rogue empire" in defense of Snowden [View all] uhnope Jul 2013 OP

Get the Fonz's leather jacket. Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #1

Glenn Beck Greenwald MjolnirTime Jul 2013 #2

Using the terms "lawless" and "rogue" while defending Snowden is priceless. nt arely staircase Jul 2013 #3

This. nt AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #28

K & R Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #35

Nailed it... SidDithers Jul 2013 #66

+1000 Tarheel_Dem Jul 2013 #67

Greenwald doesn't have a fucking clue and he knows his fans will eat Cha Jul 2013 #68

+1 n/t tammywammy Jul 2013 #86

Hey.. Journalists want to be Stars too!!!! DontTreadOnMe Jul 2013 #4

After Iraq, calling us a "lawless, rogue empire" is hardly surprising. polichick Jul 2013 #5

But ProSense Jul 2013 #6

Doesn't matter who's president, we are a "lawless, rogue empire"... polichick Jul 2013 #12

I think it ProSense Jul 2013 #16

You think the private contractors the gov't has employed polichick Jul 2013 #23

What does that have to do with being a 'lawless, rogue empire'? n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #30

I was responding to your worries about Snowden and China... polichick Jul 2013 #37

WTH would you do with all the data? You should be concerned about Snowden delivering this info Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #40

My point is, why worry about this one guy when the gov't has allowed... polichick Jul 2013 #45

You stated you wanted the info provided to others. Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #51

Where? polichick Jul 2013 #52

this. nt uhnope Jul 2013 #50

Go and educate yourself on all the things the U.S. does and tell me with a straight face... AZ Progressive Jul 2013 #14

I guess ProSense Jul 2013 #22

The US is not a lawless rogue empire in the Progressive dog Jul 2013 #42

I'm sure the people of Yemen, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nicaragua, Iran... NuclearDem Jul 2013 #71

Do you have a poll from any of those places? Progressive dog Jul 2013 #97

I think they're entitled to some opinion on the matter NuclearDem Jul 2013 #99

I don't, I'm an American, they give me no say Progressive dog Jul 2013 #100

That would be fine, if "our affairs" weren't becoming theirs too NuclearDem Jul 2013 #101

When was the last time we bombed Nicaragua, Iran etc. Progressive dog Jul 2013 #102

We funded right-wing rape squads in Nicaragua flagrantly against the law NuclearDem Jul 2013 #103

I'm an American, the government is elected by American citizens Progressive dog Jul 2013 #104

Again, I never said anyone but Americans should have any say in the US government NuclearDem Jul 2013 #105

Blocking asylum, coercing allies to deny State Heads use of their airspace, secret courts and laws.. dkf Jul 2013 #9

exactly n/t Ava Jul 2013 #11

Shooting down their planes, taking away popsickles, canceling their reservations at Olive Garden Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #39

Please be serious. This is no joke and no laughing matter. dkf Jul 2013 #47

Tell that to your new hero Greenwald!! Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #55

You really have nothing constructive to add, do you? NuclearDem Jul 2013 #57

Here? Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #58

I'll take that as a no. NuclearDem Jul 2013 #59

DUzy!! Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #60

Just means you're easily self-satisfied burnodo Jul 2013 #91

LULZ. Thats wonderful. phleshdef Jul 2013 #98

Hmmm treestar Jul 2013 #74

Wow. Deluded. dkf Jul 2013 #80

You're the one suffering delusions treestar Jul 2013 #82

So no problem with Latin American countries and Spain etal? dkf Jul 2013 #88

The OP is very new here, and couldn't be expected to know this place. kenny blankenship Jul 2013 #27

Hope we didn't run him off! polichick Jul 2013 #38

After the Vietnam War, and US sponsored Central American genocides in 80s-90s, and then Iraq kenny blankenship Jul 2013 #84

Good point - it's amazing how many people you can fool... polichick Jul 2013 #90

Better get my shoot'in iron before I head down to the saloon. JoePhilly Jul 2013 #7

I wonder if people who truly believe we live in a rogue society eissa Jul 2013 #8

Not society, "empire" - please see #12 polichick Jul 2013 #17

Semantics eissa Jul 2013 #26

"Rogue and lawless" is an accurate description for the list in #12... polichick Jul 2013 #33

"It's obvious Greenwald loathes this country and our president" Ava Jul 2013 #10

because "lawless" and "rogue" are propaganda terms, not mere criticism uhnope Jul 2013 #13

Yes, and the Bolivia incident was framed as the US breaking the law flamingdem Jul 2013 #18

What law was broken? Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #43

International law regarding passage of heads of state. dkf Jul 2013 #49

Who did this? Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #53

There is no proof of that treestar Jul 2013 #76

I don't know any country eissa Jul 2013 #20

I agree with you Ava Jul 2013 #75

WWAD? Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #48

I just tend to think that if he was smart enough Ava Jul 2013 #72

HOW DARE Greenwald and Snowden upset the powers that be! AZ Progressive Jul 2013 #15

Greenwald is a very objective journalist. Cali_Democrat Jul 2013 #19

I take it you have a very dry or ironic sense of humor. nt uhnope Jul 2013 #24

And I'm an ASTRONAUT! MADem Jul 2013 #36

Helpful primer on the NSA for everyone flamingdem Jul 2013 #21

He needs to go back to Russia! QC Jul 2013 #25

Gosh. There are rules for empires? aquart Jul 2013 #29

I'm not a "love it or leave it" patriot that chants "USA! USA!" AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #31

Greenwald is bad an he hates America. Snowden is ever worse and hates America even more Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #32

He's not a journalist. He's an advocate, and he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, either. MADem Jul 2013 #34

He's been Glenn Beck-ie from the start railsback Jul 2013 #41

He never claimed to be an objective journalist. He claims to be a journalist with an opinion. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #44

How many dongles can you fit in your .... snooper2 Jul 2013 #46

Yeah, I'd say so NuclearDem Jul 2013 #54

but but but.... north korea!!1 frylock Jul 2013 #70

Greenwald has never claimed that he was objective, as far as I know. BlueCheese Jul 2013 #56

Sadly, Greewald's characterization of the U.S. rings true to many ears. Laelth Jul 2013 #61

William Blum makes a good case: cpwm17 Jul 2013 #62

But Greenwald always tells the truth - only the most noble intentions, right? CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #63

Why is he saying that NOW? kenny blankenship Jul 2013 #64

Greenwald. LOL...nt SidDithers Jul 2013 #65

That snark really lacks bite when his stories morningfog Jul 2013 #93

Greenwald is a specialist.. he knows what propaganda will excite Cha Jul 2013 #69

Yes, all the right buzzwords to CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #85

We actually do have laws treestar Jul 2013 #73

Did I miss a sarcasm tag somewhere? NuclearDem Jul 2013 #77

All or nothing is your standard? treestar Jul 2013 #78

No, I would prefer to see the law applied equally across the board NuclearDem Jul 2013 #79

h/t Ava Jul 2013 #89

how does an empire go rogue? Californeeway Jul 2013 #81

Read the whole article bobduca Jul 2013 #83

So many attacks on the man here. Attack what you believe is not the truth if you Cleita Jul 2013 #87

K & R Scurrilous Jul 2013 #92

Correct and journalistic: USA is lawless, rogue empire. JackRiddler Jul 2013 #94

laughable. nt uhnope Jul 2013 #96

greenwald, as usual, is correct. nt boilerbabe Jul 2013 #95