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DeSwiss

(27,137 posts)
12. I'm SHOCKED!!!
Tue Sep 3, 2013, 03:29 AM
Sep 2013

So you're saying it is within our purview to bug the phones and email of a sitting President in another country, one who is not our enemy, but an ally? One to whom we sell jets and tanks and stuff? Oh right, never mind. I guess they are our enemy.

- There seems to be a lot of them.......




Ed McMahon: ''Oh Carnac The Magnificent, mystical sage that you are -- I hold in my hands a letter that has been hermetically-sealed and placed inside a mayonnaise jar, held on Funk and Wagnall's back porch until NOON TODAY! NO ONE! No one has seen the contents of this letter. But you with your strange and mysterious powers of divination shall reveal to us their contents without opening it.'' {hands him the letter}

Carnac The Magnificent: {holds letter to his head and closes his eyes} ''A public castration.''

Ed McMahon: {annoyingly repeating} ''A public castration.''

Carnac The Magnificent: {glares at Ed, then says} ''What did the British House of Commons recently give to David Cameron?''

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It should spark outrage in the US also but it won't gopiscrap Sep 2013 #1
Why should it? The NSA and CIA are supposed to be spying on foreign countries. pnwmom Sep 2013 #6
Spying on international friends under anti-terrorism programs? Celefin Sep 2013 #18
Brazil is a close ally with Cuba, with whom we have long had a strained relationship. pnwmom Sep 2013 #19
That implies Brazil would sponsor hypothetical Cuban terrorism Celefin Sep 2013 #21
No, it doesn't. As I said, I think we were probably spying on Brazil pnwmom Sep 2013 #22
Hm... guess we'll just have to agree to disagree then Celefin Sep 2013 #23
Thank you! n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #24
exactly Jeneral2885 Sep 2013 #20
How is WWII relevant to our current times or for that matter to this particular situation? n/t Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #27
This is the way to treat friends? Or do "we" really have any friends, after all? n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2013 #2
Aren't Mexico and Brazil some our biggest trade partners? Lobo27 Sep 2013 #3
Do you think our interests are completely aligned with Mexico's? pnwmom Sep 2013 #8
Yes, I know the corruption is crazy down there. Lobo27 Sep 2013 #13
No serious people would be calling for a war on Mexico because they were discovered pnwmom Sep 2013 #16
True, no serious people would be calling for a war on Mexico for such a thing. ocpagu Sep 2013 #17
k n r cui bono Sep 2013 #4
If we're doing Brazil and Mexico..... DeSwiss Sep 2013 #5
And other countries are spying on us. This is news? n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #7
Are you accusing Brazil and Mexico!?!? DeSwiss Sep 2013 #9
I think it would be stupid to blindly trust Mexico, given its political situation. pnwmom Sep 2013 #11
This sounds just like our goverment. Lobo27 Sep 2013 #14
How are we 17th? Our elections, with unlimited campaign cash from BIG DONORS Dustlawyer Sep 2013 #25
Are you aware of the connections between the drug cartels in Mexico pnwmom Sep 2013 #10
I'm SHOCKED!!! DeSwiss Sep 2013 #12
Yes, I am. They may be an ally, but that doesn't mean we can trust them blindly. pnwmom Sep 2013 #15
K&R idwiyo Sep 2013 #26
Remember when Mom clouted you for rolling you eyes when she said: Rain Mcloud Sep 2013 #28
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