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MisterP

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38. it's not happening--you think you know better than our rulers?!

Wed Jan 8, 2014, 02:17 AM

Jan 2014

Your ignorance is not as good as that person's knowledge. The people who run the Middle East desk at State, at Defense, at Langley know more than you. It is not "authoritarian" to say so. It is plain fact! They've never lied to us before and there's no reason for them to start now!

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Whoa, And... Oopsie... 'The Danger of NSA Spying on Members of Congress' - TheAtlantic [View all] WillyT Jan 2014 OP

The NY Times sat on the story for the 2004 election underpants Jan 2014 #1

And Pressured To Do So By A Democrat No Less... WillyT Jan 2014 #3

Blackmail/extortion is how politicians are kept in line notadmblnd Jan 2014 #2

That is exactly how this story reads, blackmail. PowerToThePeople Jan 2014 #5

J. Edgar Hoover on steroids. (n/t) spin Jan 2014 #9

J Edgar Hoover with supercomputers Octafish Jan 2014 #23

About a year ago I reread George Orwell's novel, "Nineteen Eighty-Four" ... spin Jan 2014 #29

Outstanding book that detailed where the world was heading. Octafish Jan 2014 #40

"The Last Gasp of American Democracy" an excellent read that summed up where ... spin Jan 2014 #41

Links are helpful things WilliamPitt Jan 2014 #4

Oops... WillyT Jan 2014 #7

I do remember this event. 2banon Jan 2014 #6

shhhhh, you can't talk about Israeli crimes in GD. Whisp Jan 2014 #17

the sibel edmonds story is all about spying on congress too questionseverything Jan 2014 #8

K&R Solly Mack Jan 2014 #10

More powerful than tha Stasi. Disturbing. grahamhgreen Jan 2014 #11

what I find disturbing is what Harman did... Whisp Jan 2014 #19

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2014 #12

Anytime... Uncle Joe, Anytime... WillyT Jan 2014 #34

... spanone Jan 2014 #13

K&R It is not that there is no difference between the parties, Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #14

From Wikipedia malaise Jan 2014 #15

For those who are pro-Snowden, anti-NSA and super pro Hillary: Whisp Jan 2014 #16

He is the President and the State Department is part of the Executive Branch neverforget Jan 2014 #18

I want shit to change too. Whisp Jan 2014 #20

It's way to early for me to get worked up about the 2016 primaries. Hillary is not neverforget Jan 2014 #24

Are we "there" yet? bvar22 Jan 2014 #21

Every politician, every judge, every cop, every prosecutor. What could possibly go wrong. Scuba Jan 2014 #22

It's remarkably dishonest reporting from a conservative writer at the now-conservative Atlantic struggle4progress Jan 2014 #25

And Sometimes... The Left And Right Find An Issue They Can Agree On... This Is One Of Those Times. WillyT Jan 2014 #26

Did anyone ever verify Stein's story? struggle4progress Jan 2014 #28

BTW... AGAIN... The Messenger Is Attacked... WillyT Jan 2014 #27

Friedersdorf's resurrecting a five year old story alleging unethical behavior by Harmon struggle4progress Jan 2014 #30

Well... WillyT Jan 2014 #31

Yet another April 2009 story based on Stein's CQ report can't provide additional evidence to us: struggle4progress Jan 2014 #32

Yes, Yes... Let's Look Forward And Not Backward... WillyT Jan 2014 #35

And You... Being On Democratic Discussion Board... WillyT Jan 2014 #36

I spent much of the Bush era pissed at Harmon -- but that's a separate issue. struggle4progress Jan 2014 #37

It's become like watching the "Godfather" Movie ....the way KoKo Jan 2014 #33

it's not happening--you think you know better than our rulers?! MisterP Jan 2014 #38

Hoover it all up and blackmail each and every one of us with our The Second Stone Jan 2014 #39