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pragmatic_dem

(410 posts)
18. NSA steals our property and NSA apologists enable them. There is
Fri Apr 11, 2014, 10:52 PM
Apr 2014

no difference between the NSA apologist and global warming denier.

No difference between the NSA apologist and the people suppressing voting rights.

No difference between the NSA apologist and the people calling Wall Street CEOs "job creators".

No difference between the NSA apologist and the people calling torture "enhanced interrogation".

They all have one thing in common - protecting the 1% behind gated communities while hundreds of millions of us watch our incomes drop, opportunities fade, environment degrade and civil protections get trashed.

"It's all for our own good".

No, it isn't.

It's all for their own good.







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just meta data, doncha know? grasswire Apr 2014 #1
2 For 1 Special, I Suppose... WillyT Apr 2014 #2
we're not being spied on! because the One said so! MisterP Apr 2014 #13
More info BlindTiresias Apr 2014 #3
k and r nt Mojorabbit Apr 2014 #4
They did not write the code RobertEarl Apr 2014 #5
Sorry... WillyT Apr 2014 #7
According to the Bloomberg artilce... idendoit Apr 2014 #6
Prove it is false, because so far the only thing we have is a denial from NSA ... nt MindMover Apr 2014 #8
I'm not the one making the assertion. idendoit Apr 2014 #9
People in the know, YES .... MindMover Apr 2014 #10
Try to emulate your avatar and not worry so much. idendoit Apr 2014 #12
I know, for a FACT, that the NSA was not behind it.... PosterChild Apr 2014 #23
That's EARNED trust. Pholus Apr 2014 #11
Only two choices? idendoit Apr 2014 #14
Yup, the two people are questionable. Pholus Apr 2014 #15
+100 !!! PosterChild Apr 2014 #22
Wow, I feel so much safer...Thanks NSA! Oilwellian Apr 2014 #16
K&R. JDPriestly Apr 2014 #17
NSA steals our property and NSA apologists enable them. There is pragmatic_dem Apr 2014 #18
So everyone will know everything about each and every one of us. mia Apr 2014 #19
who cares? here is who cares pragmatic_dem Apr 2014 #20
Only those looking to control or imprison others dreamnightwind Apr 2014 #21
Every day, and in every way, I feel Safer and Safer! n/t n2doc Apr 2014 #24
I'd have thought the NSA would only be one of dozens of organizations to have taken advantage Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #25
K&R DeSwiss Apr 2014 #26
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