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lark

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5. That's another problem, and I don't disagree.

Reply to agent46 (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 12:56 PM

Oct 2013

But, he created these circumstances by letting all the Bush embeds stay in place instead of firing them as is the normal practice. His deep desire for bi-partisanship has been his undoing since day 1, imagine where we'd be if he hadn't caved in to the Repugs and let the Bush tax cuts stand a few years ago. Imagine him prosecuting the traitorous actions of the previous admin? Imagine him going all out for single payer? Imagine him standing firm on privacy? So many wasted opportunities.

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EXCLUSIVE: NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide, Snowden documents say [View all] Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 OP

This administration totally blows when it comes to privacy issues. lark Oct 2013 #1

Allowing this? agent46 Oct 2013 #3

That's another problem, and I don't disagree. lark Oct 2013 #5

so true Chaco Dundee Oct 2013 #15

Why would he have control over embeds? DeSwiss Oct 2013 #21

The President is just the actor representing the interest and will of the Corporations harun Oct 2013 #7

You are right of course LiberalLovinLug Oct 2013 #16

Actually, we had a president who did exhibit the courage you speak of . Indi Guy Oct 2013 #19

The era of the savior is over perkygrubb Oct 2013 #27

Don't you think they have compromising information on the President? The Stranger Oct 2013 #11

You know, I've wondered about that often. lark Oct 2013 #31

I don't know what you'd call it either, but it Hoover wrote the book on it. The Stranger Oct 2013 #32

Trojan... perkygrubb Oct 2013 #33

Just because some person is a self-proclaimed "scholar" of something, does not necessarily follow blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #29

LOL, too true lark Oct 2013 #30

Yet another reason Kelvin Mace Oct 2013 #2

The NSA 'breaking into' Google & Yahoo is like... Indi Guy Oct 2013 #4

Well, this is certainly outside the scope of theoretically-legal surveillance: Maedhros Oct 2013 #6

He's going to get up in front of christx30 Oct 2013 #12

Didn't they already break this but in an even more sinister way... FoxAcid Jesus Malverde Oct 2013 #8

"I hope you publish this." DirkGently Oct 2013 #9

Hey! Glad to see you posting. PassingFair Oct 2013 #14

Ha! Never left -- iDevices are great. DirkGently Oct 2013 #18

Hope you're feeling no pain! PassingFair Oct 2013 #24

Where is Joe Biden now that we need him? bvar22 Oct 2013 #10

Good Question! He's walked to lunch with POB a couple of times KoKo Oct 2013 #20

K & R & AzDar Oct 2013 #13

This is news? They're always messing with me when I'm researching. nt Zorra Oct 2013 #17

K&R DeSwiss Oct 2013 #22

I knew the NSA did some outrageous shit, but this is most outrageous of all. SlipperySlope Oct 2013 #23

For years no one would even admit that the NSA existed. DeSwiss Oct 2013 #25

looks like we need a president who has no family grasswire Oct 2013 #26

Waiting for the flood of "Snowden's still a traitor/patsy/scumbag" brigade to arrive 3..2..1.. riderinthestorm Oct 2013 #28

KNR Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #34

knr Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #35

The NSA is just going by the book. Indi Guy Nov 2013 #36