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Indi Guy

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25. Well, this is after all a "post 9/11 world"...

Reply to underpants (Reply #8)

Thu Oct 31, 2013, 07:10 PM

Oct 2013

I'm so tired of hearing that phrase reverberating in the echo chamber...

This is a post 1776 world!.

The phrase was:
"Give me liberty or give me death."...not, "Give up your freedoms or we're all going to die."

...and I'm tired of hearing from the ass-kissing fear mongers of both parties.

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Revealed: NSA pushed 9/11 as key 'sound bite' to justify surveillance [View all] Indi Guy Oct 2013 OP

Cui Bono Ezlivin Oct 2013 #1

People Can't Handle The Truth billhicks76 Oct 2013 #6

Welcome to DU. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #10

Welcome to DU. n/t truedelphi Oct 2013 #13

I'll go to my grave convinced it was an inside job.... olddad56 Nov 2013 #29

I think that anyone who has the capacity for rational thought without emotional bias... Indi Guy Nov 2013 #30

the official story is real 'conspiracy theory'. olddad56 Nov 2013 #32

Having spent countless hours... Indi Guy Nov 2013 #33

Thanks billhicks76 Nov 2013 #38

There's been allot of intimidation... Indi Guy Nov 2013 #39

Very much agree. truedelphi Oct 2013 #12

The MIC has no intentions of letting tax money benefit the taxpayers. Quite the opposite. Indi Guy Nov 2013 #28

Indeed... Indi Guy Nov 2013 #36

Note to CNN: this might be worthy of "uncovering" Blue Owl Oct 2013 #2

Not likely... Indi Guy Oct 2013 #4

In 2 years, christx30 Oct 2013 #20

Thank you Piers. ... Indi Guy Oct 2013 #21

hunh. interesting in that there is a subset of posters here pushing that same meme. frylock Oct 2013 #3

Yes but... Indi Guy Oct 2013 #22

I think they finally realized the NSA is mostly Republicans. /nt Ash_F Oct 2013 #23

They have to justify the massive surveillance state somehow but more importantly the neverforget Oct 2013 #5

Exactly; and what ever happened to the $3Trillion that Rumsfeld said went missing on 9/10, 2001? Indi Guy Oct 2013 #16

This is not exactly what was announced... JackRiddler Nov 2013 #26

Here's an interesting report... Indi Guy Nov 2013 #27

sounds like Frank Luntz has trained them too nt grasswire Oct 2013 #7

+1. jsr Oct 2013 #14

That's a d'uh underpants Oct 2013 #8

Well, this is after all a "post 9/11 world"... Indi Guy Oct 2013 #25

It's a classic jakeXT Oct 2013 #9

That was well done, and quite entertaining. Indi Guy Oct 2013 #19

same tactic the IRS used Wash. state Desk Jet Oct 2013 #11

Propaganda used to be un-American Octafish Oct 2013 #15

"Propaganda?" I remember when... Indi Guy Nov 2013 #37

Ahhh, now we're getting to the right time in American history... KansDem Oct 2013 #17

Gee, who could have imagined that?! BadgerKid Oct 2013 #18

They promised 9/11 would "change everything." An "Operation Northwoods" type thing?!?! blkmusclmachine Oct 2013 #24

cheney and friends pushed the NSA over 9/11 Rosa Luxemburg Nov 2013 #31

Not surprising... bobGandolf Nov 2013 #34

It's one thing to play the 9/11 card... Indi Guy Nov 2013 #35

No dispute from me.... n/t bobGandolf Nov 2013 #40

Yeah, like we didn't know this a decade ago Le Taz Hot Nov 2013 #41

All too true. Indi Guy Nov 2013 #42