so GG is just a comedian now... (Reply #104)

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Tue Jul 1, 2014, 10:46 AM

VanillaRhapsody (21,115 posts)

104. so GG is just a comedian now...

Good I always saw him as a Court Jester..

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So Greenwald weighs in...telling us to read Kennedy's concurrence, noting that Ginsburg is incorrect [View all]	msanthrope	Jun 2014	OP
He's always been an ah*.	CherokeeDem	Jun 2014	#1
The thing is....I agree the NSA should be exposed, but as Cryptome has pointed out, GG's	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#2
I know.....	CherokeeDem	Jun 2014	#10
You can read GG's book for free on the Cryptome site...it's pretty apparent	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#11
His appearance on Bill Maher's show....	CherokeeDem	Jun 2014	#13
Ask yourself why it doesn't. Personally, I think we are watching internecine	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#14
That could be true...	CherokeeDem	Jun 2014	#20
Yep.	joshcryer	Jun 2014	#51
Well said. I have thought that myself and agree with you.	Justice	Jun 2014	#22
He's using it to sell books and shit too	uponit7771	Jun 2014	#36
that's what all of this is mostly for him	JI7	Jun 2014	#61
We are not surprised.	frazzled	Jun 2014	#3
That sweet, sweet Omidayar money, coupled with being of the 'owner' class, undoubtedly	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#6
This ought to be good.	MohRokTah	Jun 2014	#4
I expect to be accused of smearing GG by quoting GG. nt	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#7
The BEST way to smear GG is t let GG speak.	MohRokTah	Jun 2014	#8
"Let an asshole be an asshole." nt	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#9
See post #143.	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#170
I adore him, but don't agree with him on this issue.	Fawke Em	Jul 2014	#132
Good. any day is a good day for a FUCK GREENWALD thread.	BootinUp	Jun 2014	#5
Well - we could have just ignored his statements - would that have been preferable? nt	el_bryanto	Jun 2014	#17
No, not any day.	pnwmom	Jul 2014	#173
He probably jizzed himself just like his worship for the Citizens United decision. Fuck him. n/t	Tarheel_Dem	Jun 2014	#12
Glenn Greenwald has offered nothing of value to this world.	Dawson Leery	Jun 2014	#15
He's a weasel.....a Libertarian one. nt	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#16
This^^^	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Jul 2014	#195
the visceral hatred on this thread is shameful...	grasswire	Jun 2014	#18
Yeah...I fucking hate overprivileged white Libertarians who could give two	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#19
Incredibly fucking paternalistic-thank you!	bettyellen	Jun 2014	#23
Yeah...if you read the white male opinion on your reproductive rights, bettyellen, you'll	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#25
Damn.....what she said.	Bobbie Jo	Jun 2014	#63
You seem to judge a lot of people by their gender, race and religion.	hugo_from_TN	Jun 2014	#78
Ya know what's even less "productive"? GG.	Tarheel_Dem	Jul 2014	#84
I'm no Greenwald fan	hugo_from_TN	Jul 2014	#87
this has a lot to do with gender, race and religion	JI7	Jul 2014	#90
Well, between the liberal woman who sued the military, and the Libertarian who defended a Nazi,	msanthrope	Jul 2014	#97
Right on! Well said!	MADem	Jul 2014	#131
+1000.	pnwmom	Jul 2014	#194
What's shameful is GGs overt hackery and the reflexive support for it	uponit7771	Jun 2014	#37
It's no more important than...	Wait Wut	Jun 2014	#46
I haven't seen anyone discuss Palin's, Limbaugh's or..	grasswire	Jul 2014	#96
He's Not A Likable Guy	otohara	Jun 2014	#64
so GG is just a comedian now...	VanillaRhapsody	Jul 2014	#104
Isn't that the excuse the ditto heads use everytime Limbaugh jumps the shark?	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Jul 2014	#196
+10000 Typical propaganda tactic. Deliberately trying to incite visceral emotion to override logic.	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#146
Why? It's the same outrage that is being directed at everyone who supports this	pnwmom	Jul 2014	#172
Exactly	Andy823	Jul 2014	#193
In fairness he only is discussing whether corporations have religous rights	dsc	Jun 2014	#21
No...in fairness, he's pushing the idea that the religious rights of the owner class allow them to	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#24
I notice you didn't answer my examples	dsc	Jun 2014	#41
I didn't answer your examples because I didn't want to be rude and point out to you that	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#54
Any ruling or law that further transfers "human" rights to corporations is wrong.	bluesbassman	Jun 2014	#39
so the Congress could pass a law banning corporate owned newspapers from	dsc	Jun 2014	#40
Much as your "kosher" analogy is false these are too.	bluesbassman	Jun 2014	#42
If a jurisidiction passed a law banning kosher slaughtering	dsc	Jun 2014	#43
again your analogies are assuming the laws were passed to restrict religious freedom.	bluesbassman	Jun 2014	#45
there would be no court hearing under your theory that is my point	dsc	Jun 2014	#47
Of course there would be court hearings.	bluesbassman	Jun 2014	#58
I really don't know what else to say to you	dsc	Jun 2014	#59
You know, it's sad when a debater resorts to insults.	bluesbassman	Jun 2014	#60
Someone injecting imaginary facts into a debate about reality is where i try to jump off also.	nolabels	Jul 2014	#126
HHS already exempted non profits.	joshcryer	Jun 2014	#48
and how you never learned to read, I don't know	dsc	Jun 2014	#49
This isn't about the corporation, it's about the employees.	joshcryer	Jun 2014	#50
can you think of a single hypothetical case that would actually make it to court?	bettyellen	Jun 2014	#72
I'll help!	OilemFirchen	Jul 2014	#86
Paul Reikoff destroyed him on Maher's show the other day! Totally destroyed him!	Liberal_Stalwart71	Jun 2014	#26
Greenwald loses one on one arguments all the time.	BootinUp	Jun 2014	#28
That's probably because he does not represent the "Liberal PoV." eom.	1StrongBlackMan	Jun 2014	#29
Yes, there is that.	BootinUp	Jun 2014	#30
Absolutely...	CherokeeDem	Jun 2014	#31
Nothing against Reikoff (he has done excellent work for veterans)	Dawson Leery	Jul 2014	#111
Assholes can still do a lot of good.	NCTraveler	Jun 2014	#27
Grayson is an abrasive liberal, Greenwald is a libertarian	geek tragedy	Jun 2014	#32
What is a "borderline white nationalist xenophobe"	NCTraveler	Jun 2014	#33
He used the same tropes about how illegal immigration	geek tragedy	Jun 2014	#34
No no no... that was "before I had a major blog" ... so ... that GG racism doesn't count /sarcsm	uponit7771	Jun 2014	#38
It must be a Libertarian thing.	Chan790	Jul 2014	#80
BUT WAAAAAAAAAAAIT... he and Snowden repeated what Obama said just louder and with stolen docs	uponit7771	Jun 2014	#35
All hail corporations!	joshcryer	Jun 2014	#44
but he is attending a socialist event and took a pic with a member of the socialist party	JI7	Jun 2014	#52
Greenwald is a right winger	Cali_Democrat	Jun 2014	#53
And there are those who insist otherwise. If Citizens United weren't enough, they defend even this.	Tarheel_Dem	Jun 2014	#57
Snowden, though!!!1! NSA!!11! LOOK AT ME I'M SUCH A LIBERAL LOOK AT ME LOOK!!!1!	LadyHawkAZ	Jun 2014	#55
Such a liberal, except when it comes to women and minorities. nt	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#56
just another self loathing Republican.....	VanillaRhapsody	Jul 2014	#106
OMG, you got me ROFLMAO here! You crack me up.	freshwest	Jul 2014	#91
Thank you, msanthrope.	Cha	Jun 2014	#62
The mere mention of Greenwald turns some here into adolescent idiots	TriplD	Jun 2014	#65
Agreed! nt	elias49	Jun 2014	#70
It's Greenwald who acts like an "adolescent idiot". He's such a "petulant hater".	Cha	Jul 2014	#79
DU would be better again...	Chan790	Jul 2014	#82
It's all very serious business, the smear.	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#144
+1, they're embarrassing, I agree.	Marr	Jul 2014	#150
I'm sure everyone who	leftynyc	Jul 2014	#184
What a giant turd he is	alcibiades_mystery	Jun 2014	#66
Fuck the smear machine. Seriously.	woo me with science	Jun 2014	#67
Also, notice how they're conspicuously absent from Octafish's TISA thread?	Electric Monk	Jun 2014	#69
+100000 Isn't that remarkable?	woo me with science	Jun 2014	#71
I wish you could take the science part out of your handle LOL	snooper2	Jun 2014	#73
Could probably take out the bit about "wooing" too...	Number23	Jun 2014	#74
This. nt	Bobbie Jo	Jul 2014	#105
USA NSA USA NSA USA NSA n/t	bobduca	Jul 2014	#138
now on the other hand, your sig line you sport is perfect	snooper2	Jul 2014	#139
yup just like your username	bobduca	Jul 2014	#140
Says I got paid $11.23 this last quarter to denounce your posts	snooper2	Jul 2014	#148
Nah we both know i'm referring to your day job, not your hobby	bobduca	Jul 2014	#153
day job has been boring lately, just working on some PCI compliance issues	snooper2	Jul 2014	#154
SOX compliance eh?	bobduca	Jul 2014	#155
We use a trusted third party and only get relatively small x number of warrants a year	snooper2	Jul 2014	#156
You and me, we're network plumbers	DisgustipatedinCA	Jul 2014	#157
I think the NSA spends 90% of their time mining the public intertubes from all the slides-	snooper2	Jul 2014	#158
They're not going to like this: the NSA review team says the NSA is doing a good job.	randome	Jul 2014	#160
Ah Mr Roffle Waffles, the mark of quality for any pro-nsa post!	bobduca	Jul 2014	#168
The OP is ardently against the spying machine.	joshcryer	Jun 2014	#76
War is Peace!	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#99
Lies are Truth!	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#121
I think you are correct, the OP seems rather shameless in the link you provided	nolabels	Jul 2014	#127
+1	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#141
What's shameless about their comments there?	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#178
The exent of the post was to the OP's veracity	nolabels	Jul 2014	#182
Are we back to using "Stasi?" I've missed that! Again....I'm still waiting for.you	msanthrope	Jul 2014	#128
+1, wow-- hadn't seen that one.	Marr	Jul 2014	#152
Kindly cite a single post where I've 'defended' illegal actions by the NSA. I'll wait. nt	msanthrope	Jul 2014	#98
I had a host tell me I must support spying because I never post in NSA threads!	bettyellen	Jul 2014	#100
I bet I can guess which Host it was...	SidDithers	Jul 2014	#102
LOL. I think I know that host	Cali_Democrat	Jul 2014	#116
Yep	Bobbie Jo	Jul 2014	#120
Name drop, please.	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#125
It's against DU rules	leftynyc	Jul 2014	#185
Obviously, since I've never posted about my dislike of NAMBLA, I must be a member. nt	msanthrope	Jul 2014	#107
that is the level of paranoia and hatred here. and it's fucking up DU.	bettyellen	Jul 2014	#108
That's basically the idiotic sentiment.	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#124
tell me about it- I got a why don't "you people" meaning feminists and POC post on Snowden/ GG	bettyellen	Jul 2014	#164
Worse is when it's some issue not covered by the media.	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#175
yeah, feminists get the why do people ignore or get mad when I post about women having X happen in Y	bettyellen	Jul 2014	#176
You have been on record overturning these laws.	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#122
So Greenwald is smearing himself	Cali_Democrat	Jul 2014	#114
Machines don't smear people, personas do.	bobduca	Jul 2014	#136
+1	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#142
+1, the only reason the usual crew cares about Greenwald's thoughts on this issue	Marr	Jul 2014	#151
+1	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#163
You were not wrong...	Tikki	Jun 2014	#68
A question about what Greenwald ACTUALLY SAID (if we can stop flinging poo for a moment)	Jim Lane	Jun 2014	#75
This is an appeal to authority.	joshcryer	Jun 2014	#77
You set this out very clearly. Thanks. n/t	pnwmom	Jul 2014	#174
His observations are a mix of sophistry, lies, and presumption.	OilemFirchen	Jul 2014	#83
Yeah, it's obvious their dissent on RFRA is for flexibility.	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#92
Or...	OilemFirchen	Jul 2014	#94
KnR	sheshe2	Jul 2014	#81
Post removed	Post removed	Jul 2014	#85
If it helps...	OilemFirchen	Jul 2014	#88
a good day for ignore	reddread	Jul 2014	#89
"unhinged"	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#93
Alert Swarming for the win!	bobduca	Jul 2014	#137
Well, that was ironic	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#143
Facts aren't smears.	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#169
You understate your point, but you are correct.	Vattel	Jul 2014	#110
+1	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#147
That's expected. Libertarians are the architects of the coming Kochstitution, so they oppose Obama:	freshwest	Jul 2014	#95
No glen, Ginsburg is not correct. This ruling is specifically against women. In fact it says	lostincalifornia	Jul 2014	#101
DU rec for pissing off all the right people...nt	SidDithers	Jul 2014	#103
OMG, Greenwald didn't directly answer a tweeted question. He is so evil!!!!!	Vattel	Jul 2014	#109
Thank you for mansplaining to me why I shouldn't worry. nt	msanthrope	Jul 2014	#112
yw	Vattel	Jul 2014	#113
What does "yw" mean?	msanthrope	Jul 2014	#115
you're welcome	Vattel	Jul 2014	#117
Do I not rate full words? Capitals? Punctuation? nt	msanthrope	Jul 2014	#118
lol, IMHO prolly u do	Vattel	Jul 2014	#119
The OP's linked post doesn't link to where he linked the conservative reading.	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#123
The question he didn't directly answer was whether he agreed with the ruling.	Vattel	Jul 2014	#134
It doesn't matter whether he says he agrees.	joshcryer	Jul 2014	#171
The text makes no such distinction. The law applies to the free exercise of religion by persons.	Vattel	Jul 2014	#192
+10000 Any smear will do	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#145
I guess, but here is my puzzle.	Vattel	Jul 2014	#161
Well,	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#162
Some of it might be an organized attempt at disinformation and disruption, but	Vattel	Jul 2014	#165
Oh, I'm sure there's some of that, too.	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#166
You may be right. Be that as it may, the stupidity of most of the smears never ceases to amaze me.	Vattel	Jul 2014	#167
Bwah. Yeah, you're right.	woo me with science	Jul 2014	#177
Again we see his agenda isn't to do the right thing, it's to promote Libertarianism and...	stevenleser	Jul 2014	#129
But...but....but...! Snowden!!!	MADem	Jul 2014	#130
This thread has more fireworks in it than what Greenwald promised.	randome	Jul 2014	#133
HATE GREENWALD RAWR ARGLE BARGLE	bobduca	Jul 2014	#135
Okay! You're in!	randome	Jul 2014	#149
GREENWALD IS HIS OWN WORST FUCKING ENEMY. I can lock my caps, too.	Cha	Jul 2014	#181
you be nice now, as you can see I'm now a member of the kewl kids club	bobduca	Jul 2014	#186
Don't be paranoid.. I see no club.	Cha	Jul 2014	#188
Dang if it doesn't work for him	flamingdem	Jul 2014	#190
Ha, like the cult of GG gives a shit what he does.. he could go out and defend a misogynistic	Cha	Jul 2014	#191
How stupid of him to jump forums and speak! Now, WOMEN won't give a crap about Snowdon.	TheNutcracker	Jul 2014	#159
Uhmm...your link doesn't say what you claim.	TheKentuckian	Jul 2014	#179
There is much about him that bothers me. nt	arthritisR_US	Jul 2014	#180
Greenwald continues to be the snotty, self serving, CEO fellating little prick he has always been.	phleshdef	Jul 2014	#183
that that... fellator!1111	bobduca	Jul 2014	#187
Ugh	flamingdem	Jul 2014	#189
It's The S&G Show! Now in its second exciting season!	randome	Jul 2014	#197

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