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limpyhobbler

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35. kick. nt

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Aug 25, 2013, 12:39 AM

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Obama Was Wrong: NSA Employees Have Deliberately "Abused" Their Power - Slate [View all] WillyT Aug 2013 OP

Obama is wrong? But Obama is the change we've been waiting for. Does-not-compute. Does-not-compute. Pterodactyl Aug 2013 #1

Snort! MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #2

He made a mistake. Surely by now you must know that Obama is only human. Many inside of gov. kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #11

Its his job to know. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #16

He made a mistake that he's CONTINUING to repeat. Th1onein Aug 2013 #30

If only Obama knew! Pterodactyl Aug 2013 #40

K&R MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #3

Defense of abusers is a regular feature of the Obama administration. forestpath Aug 2013 #4

The Government does not spy on Americans bvar22 Aug 2013 #5

My personal favorite LearningCurve Aug 2013 #17

I know that one is a favorite of Republicans, Libertarians, & Conservative "Reagan Democrats", bvar22 Aug 2013 #24

Reagan gets credit for the line, which is why Republicans like it so much LearningCurve Aug 2013 #28

Learning Curve, this is a liberal forum and that's a Ronald Raygun quote. Th1onein Aug 2013 #31

See my post right above yours LearningCurve Aug 2013 #41

We need to kill off the police forces, then railsback Aug 2013 #6

no, we need to reign them in- a lot. just like the NSA. cut the fuck out of their funding. cali Aug 2013 #7

Interesting railsback Aug 2013 #10

NSA... quakerboy Aug 2013 #12

Do you really think you know all the police force abuses? railsback Aug 2013 #21

Who cares about the porn? quakerboy Aug 2013 #23

Game, Set, & Match. bvar22 Aug 2013 #25

So true!! n-t Logical Aug 2013 #42

An average of one case out of billions a year? Isn't that to be expected? No system functions pnwmom Aug 2013 #8

And all it takes is one guy like Snowden to put them in a tailspin Ocelot Aug 2013 #13

Billions of cases per year? HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #18

So, you're admitting that they are spying on billions? Th1onein Aug 2013 #32

No. The billions refers to the number of incidents, not the number of targets. pnwmom Aug 2013 #33

That's what I'm talking about. Th1onein Aug 2013 #34

That isn't what the OP said. It's referring to the number of occurrences, pnwmom Aug 2013 #36

Okay, pay attention now: Th1onein Aug 2013 #37

They are collecting metadata on all the calls, so in that sense they're spying on all of us. pnwmom Aug 2013 #39

Sorry, but you are WRONG. Th1onein Aug 2013 #43

Then complain to your Congress people for making it legal. n/t pnwmom Aug 2013 #44

Oh, I've done that. Also, I DON'T support anyone, in any way, INCLUDING OBAMA, Th1onein Aug 2013 #45

du rec. xchrom Aug 2013 #9

A friendly message from the US government to its people: Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #14

K&R NealK Aug 2013 #15

"Proof," as they construe it, is irrelevant anyway. woo me with science Aug 2013 #19

Your link had an update LearningCurve Aug 2013 #20

Thank You For That !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #22

But only to make sure their spouses aren't cheating! Or, to help the DEA arrest pot smokers. Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #26

K&R idwiyo Aug 2013 #27

We just need to halt all human activity. gulliver Aug 2013 #29

There. It's been said. Having BEEN said, can we now approach the problem with some semblance cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #46

kick. nt limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #35

Kick! nt Logical Aug 2013 #38