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In reply to the discussion: Pelosi booed for supporting NSA spying on Americans [View all]smokey775
(228 posts)27. I guess that means you agree with Bush when he said the same thing?
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"Strike the right balance" means "we won't do anything of substance to change the status quo,
winter is coming
Mar 2014
#5
I guess you haven't paid attention to the last 1,000 iterations of "strike a balance".
winter is coming
Mar 2014
#10
I find her statement to be reasonable. I don't think it should be twisted. nt
Cali_Democrat
Mar 2014
#12
Actually, it's a bitch-at-politicans-who-disregard-our-4th-Amendment rights.
winter is coming
Mar 2014
#15
Well, last time they were caught, Bush/Cheney and their Corporate friends in the telecom business
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#17
Actually Obama voted for that retroactive change in the laws to protect the telecoms
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
#34
I know, he wasn't the only Democrat. But I was referring to Bush/Cheney being caught red-handed
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#38
They want to treat Snowden harsh to discourage others from speaking truth to power.
rhett o rick
Mar 2014
#44
Good, she needs to be booed. Her and all the other surveillance state apologists.
hobbit709
Mar 2014
#9
I think they've gone into hiding since being questioned about their insinuations that Snowden
sabrina 1
Mar 2014
#18
She is the 1%er that took impeachment "off the table" piss on her and her political leadership n/t
bobthedrummer
Mar 2014
#21
Who gets to decide what the "balance" is? Politicians and spymasters.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Mar 2014
#29
Well deserved, the balance struck is in the Bill of Rights not security thug machinations
TheKentuckian
Mar 2014
#33
Authoritarians cant stand whistle-blowers. If the NSA is violating our Constitution
rhett o rick
Mar 2014
#45