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LanternWaste

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8. The stories re: warrant-less surveillance themselves are important

Reply to JJChambers (Original post)

Mon Jun 2, 2014, 03:07 PM

Jun 2014

The stories re: warrant-less surveillance themselves are important (as they were in 2005 when Bush addressed them in more than one weekly radio broadcast).

The rest, including gossip and chit-chat of dramatis persona worthy of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper though, is merely window dressing for the Entertainment Tonight crowd. Sticking to the actual stories are a difficult trick for the infotainment rabble.

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Snowden: Traitor, Hero, or Just Another Schlub? [View all] JJChambers Jun 2014 OP

A 21st century hero. BillZBubb Jun 2014 #1

There's nothing inherently wrong with "authoritarians" JJChambers Jun 2014 #2

We have a fundamental disagreement. BillZBubb Jun 2014 #4

Shitty choices. Would have voted none of the options, but since it's a push poll pushed back to hero JVS Jun 2014 #3

How is it push polled? BillZBubb Jun 2014 #5

Don't tell me how to vote. The options already suck and you know why. JVS Jun 2014 #6

Wow. BillZBubb Jun 2014 #7

No, I'm not interested in you telling me how to vote, and that's just what you did. JVS Jun 2014 #9

Lol JJChambers Jun 2014 #10

The stories re: warrant-less surveillance themselves are important LanternWaste Jun 2014 #8

yeah, it's the substantive stuff that is more important Leme Jun 2014 #11

Do you think it is just window dressing? BillZBubb Jun 2014 #12

I have no reason to think its a conscious decision to deflect or re-brand... LanternWaste Jun 2014 #13