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catbyte

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Wed Jan 29, 2014, 04:54 PM
Jan 2014

His disdain of President Obama and his policies was apparent and he bitched about them with “increasing frequency.” But there are two issues where, I believe, where Snowden’s true colors shine very clearly. This is one:

SNOWDEN: save money? cut this social security bullshit

User11: hahahayes

User18: Yeah! Fuck old people!

User11: social security is bullshit

User11: let’s just toss old people out in the street

User18: Old people could move in with [User11].

User11: NOOO

User11: they smell funny

SNOWDEN: Somehow, our society managed to make it hundreds of years without social security just fine

SNOWDEN: you fucking retards

SNOWDEN: Magically the world changed after the new deal, and old people became made of glass

SNOWDEN: yeah, that makes sense

User11: wow

User11: you are just so fucking stupid

SNOWDEN: yeah, [User11]. and you’re quite a gem

User19: and magically, life expectancy has doubled in the last 100 years.funny how that works.

SNOWDEN: [User19], you don’t think modern medicine has something to do with that? no? it’s social security? wow. I guess I missed that.

User11: hurr wait a second, life expectancy has shot up in recent times along with the dissolution of the communal family unit in exchange for the nuclear family

User11: gee i guess we might need to create a safety net for the sudden glut of helpless elderly????

SNOWDEN: they wouldn’t be fucking helpless if you weren’t sending them fucking checks to sit on their ass and lay in hospitals all day

User11: you are so goddamned stupd*pid

User11: PUT OLD PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE FIELDS

SNOWDEN: my grandmother is eighty fucking three this year, and you know what? she still supports herself working as a goddamned hairdresser



“Fuck old people”? An objectivist view if ever there was one. The other issue is the Second Amendment:

User: the restrictions were made to appease the conservatives to get another bill passed. fucking cons.

SNOWDEN: See, that’s why I’m goddamned glad for the second amendment. Me and all my lunatic, gun-toting NRA compatriots would be on the steps of Congress before the C-Span feed finished.
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http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/07/06/have-we-all-been-fooled-by-edward-snowden/

This is the website where he posted all that despicable shit:

http://arstechnica.com/about-us/

He deserves it! bananas Jan 2014 #1
Couldn't think of a more deserving person. n/t unreadierLizard Jan 2014 #2
Hope he gets it. AzDar Jan 2014 #3
Not to rain on anyone's parade but, Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #4
. jakeXT Jan 2014 #7
Rush Limbaugh has been nominated a few times LynneSin Jan 2014 #11
Precisely Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #25
What do you think of Barack Obama receiving the prize? RC Jan 2014 #12
You think Snowden will actually RECEIVE the NPP? LOL KittyWampus Jan 2014 #18
He might. He deserves it more than Keith Alexander does. RC Jan 2014 #21
To be perfectly honest Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #24
+1000! Fearless Jan 2014 #83
Maybe so . . . another_liberal Jan 2014 #33
You are a very optimistic person Kelvin Mace Jan 2014 #45
Maybe ten to one . . . another_liberal Jan 2014 #48
Wait! What's that sound I hear? MattSh Jan 2014 #5
How Funny! Cryptoad Jan 2014 #6
Rush Limbaugh got nominated a half dozen years back, too.... MADem Jan 2014 #8
Beat me to it! 7962 Jan 2014 #10
See my reply to Kelvin Mace . . . another_liberal Jan 2014 #34
Time will tell. Rush really thought he had a shot, too... nt MADem Jan 2014 #37
As for Rush . . . another_liberal Jan 2014 #38
Far be it from me to ascribe anyone's sincerely held--if inaccurate--beliefs to drug use! nt MADem Jan 2014 #40
Well in 2057 maybe Rush will be able to finally say 'I TOLD YOU SO' LynneSin Jan 2014 #56
K&R!!! DeSwiss Jan 2014 #9
Anyone who thinks this is amazing clearly has no clue how the nominating process works LynneSin Jan 2014 #13
Snowden deserves two things: Herman D Jan 2014 #14
and full honors as an American Patriot in the True sense of the word Demeter Jan 2014 #15
Except Snowdon is a 2nd Amendment gun nut, wants to abolish Social Security, hates Obama catbyte Jan 2014 #17
Shhhhhhh! No dissing Saint Ed! MADem Jan 2014 #39
You MIGHT want to do a fact-check Demeter Jan 2014 #67
Pardon the hell out of me. So sorry for "slandering" St. Eddie. Here ya go: catbyte Jan 2014 #68
Neither of these are what they call "reputable" sources around here. Demeter Jan 2014 #71
Dig through the website he posted on like I did. Jesus Christ. I have been a DU catbyte Jan 2014 #74
I'm just not all that impressed with what you think you know. reusrename Jan 2014 #76
Yeah, he snookered people out of their logins & passwords as "administrator" catbyte Jan 2014 #79
At least you're honest about it. reusrename Jan 2014 #80
Want more? Here: catbyte Jan 2014 #72
Do ya really think they want the truth? Good post. Thinkingabout Jan 2014 #77
Saw a snip O giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom toby jo Jan 2014 #19
And at least ten years in a federal prison. aquart Jan 2014 #44
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #57
so rtracey Jan 2014 #16
Wrong! Carolina Jan 2014 #20
^^^this^^^ L0oniX Jan 2014 #27
True! another_liberal Jan 2014 #32
+1000000000 SoapBox Jan 2014 #23
Good for Russia! SoapBox Jan 2014 #22
Comrade? You are bitchkitty Jan 2014 #70
K & R L0oniX Jan 2014 #26
Holy shit. This is a game changer. zonkers Jan 2014 #28
Really? Did you think Rush Limbaugh's nomination was a game changer LynneSin Jan 2014 #29
Rush Limbaugh never had a ghost of a chance to win. another_liberal Jan 2014 #31
I think he has about as much chance as the 300-500 other nominees LynneSin Jan 2014 #35
You may be underestimating how much the rest of the World hates . . . another_liberal Jan 2014 #36
Not at all LynneSin Jan 2014 #41
Ahh. Thank you. zonkers Jan 2014 #61
yw and btw I am not trying to be anti-Snowden LynneSin Jan 2014 #66
He won't get it. He hasn't killed any innocent people with drones. DesMoinesDem Jan 2014 #30
Pretty sure Obama won before the drones. aquart Jan 2014 #43
3 days after Obama became President he killed at least 14 innocent people with a drone, 4 children. DesMoinesDem Jan 2014 #49
How many American soldiers were killed? aquart Jan 2014 #50
Zero. These happened in Pakistan. Would an American soldier death make killing innocent people OK? DesMoinesDem Jan 2014 #52
Pakistan. A nuclear nation. aquart Jan 2014 #53
Where the hell have you been over the last 6 years? Open a newspaper. DesMoinesDem Jan 2014 #54
Or you could answer the question. aquart Jan 2014 #55
I told you they happened in Pakistan. What more can I say? DesMoinesDem Jan 2014 #58
You can say if Pakistan gave permission or not or you are wholly ignorant of a vital factor. aquart Jan 2014 #59
If you think Pakistan permission makes killing innocent people, children OK then you can look it up. DesMoinesDem Jan 2014 #60
Still avoiding the Pakistan permission thing. aquart Jan 2014 #62
Why won't you argue with my strawman? Whahahahahaahah! DesMoinesDem Jan 2014 #63
The Pakistani ethnic group in power is ok with killing minorities? Ash_F Jan 2014 #81
Thank you for your OP. truedelphi Jan 2014 #75
Ahem, I believe the "approved" term for someone killed in a drone strike is "suspected militant". hughee99 Jan 2014 #73
What peace has he brought? aquart Jan 2014 #42
Well apparently he has brought Australia and Indonesia closer to war... EX500rider Jan 2014 #46
Now this should be one in a long line of results when an scumball steals information and does not Thinkingabout Jan 2014 #78
Snowden did carve off . . . another_liberal Jan 2014 #47
Was that the guy running a top secret spy agency? aquart Jan 2014 #51
Yup. another_liberal Jan 2014 #64
Maybe he'll be our next president? RoccoR5955 Jan 2014 #65
K&R Indi Guy Jan 2014 #69
Any discussion of Snowden winning the prize puts pressure on the administration for amnesty. pa28 Jan 2014 #82
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