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Octafish

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34. SECRET Government Is a One-Way Mirror.

Sat Aug 24, 2013, 04:57 PM

Aug 2013

No Scrutability.
No Accountability.
No Telling Who Benefits.

Seeing how the rich keep getting richer and everyone else poorer, we've got a pretty good idea what they're doing with all that data.

SOURCE: http://www2.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html

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''Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?'' [View all] Octafish Aug 2013 OP

"But terror and stuff" whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #1

If Rehnquist and Scalia hadn't fixed the Florida problem there wouldn't have been any war on terra. Octafish Aug 2013 #4

Staggers the mind pondering the alternate realities whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #7

Yep. They literally changed the course of history, and got away with it. Just like they did with silvershadow Aug 2013 #21

crown jewel alert... crown jewel alert... nebenaube Aug 2013 #61

I will repeat what I have said all along. mick063 Aug 2013 #2

NSA probably has on file what Pelosi and everyone really think. Octafish Aug 2013 #10

And former President Carter: "America has no functioning democracy." woo me with science Aug 2013 #36

With electronic voting, does it matter? AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #53

As they are unable to determine who placed the Downwinder Aug 2013 #3

Buzzy Krongard probably had that particular tape erased. Octafish Aug 2013 #6

That's still the elephant in the room Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #8

Says who? I say we start talking about it. silvershadow Aug 2013 #23

It may smell like a zoo johnnyreb Aug 2013 #25

K&R PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #5

J. Edgar Hoover with Supercomputers Octafish Aug 2013 #15

I think I remember reading this when it was newly published. PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #16

K&R! Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #9

Edward Snowden’s Brave Choice Octafish Aug 2013 #18

K&R Ocelot Aug 2013 #11

The U.S. National Security State Octafish Aug 2013 #22

Yes it is Al, yes it is... nradisic Aug 2013 #12

Couldn't be more like 1984 if they appointed Gen Clapper to investigate himself. Octafish Aug 2013 #24

It's just you, Al. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #13

Your sources, please? Octafish Aug 2013 #17

Damn your eyes, I'll never reveal my sources. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #19

k and r panader0 Aug 2013 #14

Meat Ax or Scalpel? Octafish Aug 2013 #28

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #20

Three Illusory "Investigations" of the NSA Spying Are Unable to Succeed Octafish Aug 2013 #32

But, as a protection racket it pays well. Tierra_y_Libertad Aug 2013 #26

Outgoing FBI director uses fear-mongering to defend spying programs Octafish Aug 2013 #33

What's outrageous is a government that demands full disclosure from it's citizens,... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #27

That's not just outrageous, it's a recipe for disaster. winter is coming Aug 2013 #30

Any politician that doesn't see that is too isolated in the DC bubble.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #31

SECRET Government Is a One-Way Mirror. Octafish Aug 2013 #34

He might not "have invented the internet," but he certainly understands it well enough! :) Pholus Aug 2013 #29

Al Gore Tears Into NSA Defenders: 'We Don’t Do Dial Groups On The Bill Of Rights' Octafish Aug 2013 #35

He certainly should try to! nt Pholus Aug 2013 #37

Good God that's a wonderful idea! Gore. nt snappyturtle Aug 2013 #59

It's Not Secret otohara Aug 2013 #38

You got that right. Octafish Aug 2013 #52

THANK YOU, former President Gore! Th1onein Aug 2013 #39

An Open Letter to My Former NSA Colleagues Octafish Aug 2013 #44

Thank YOU, Octafish, for educating me, and others. Th1onein Aug 2013 #48

****DEAR MR GORE, The blanket surveillance by the gov isn't all secret and never has been**** uponit7771 Aug 2013 #40

Nothing like missing the point. Octafish Aug 2013 #42

Nothing like spewing more libertarian sophistry surveillance doesnt mean spying..two difference word uponit7771 Aug 2013 #45

Wow. A minor talking point and a cheap smear. Octafish Aug 2013 #47

NOT a minor talking point a HUGE difference...surveillance is not spying. Boston would uponit7771 Aug 2013 #49

Keep digging. Octafish Aug 2013 #50

Holy Cow! That might be one of funniest things I have ever seen on DU HangOnKids Aug 2013 #57

Flushbo. Octafish Aug 2013 #58

"the equivalent of the second X-Men movie where..." Union Scribe Aug 2013 #46

cultists only like him when they can blame Nader: what Gore actually does and says is beyond them MisterP Aug 2013 #41

Amazing, isn't it? Octafish Aug 2013 #56

Al Gore always hated Obama... 99Forever Aug 2013 #43

He's a ratscrewing paulite libertarian. Octafish Aug 2013 #54

Kick... AzDar Aug 2013 #51

In part I blame the sheep who were/are willing to stand in airport lines while getting free feel-ups AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #55

K&R'd immediately upon reading Gore's tweet....but snappyturtle Aug 2013 #60