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In reply to the discussion: Fuck... Another Hero Down The Tubes... Must Want His Chops Back... [View all]dawg
(10,624 posts)72. Washinton was much more of a traitor.
He took up arms against King and country. Had we lost the revolution, he would be a villain in our textbooks to this day.
But sometimes, the "traitor" is actually the good guy.
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"I don’t know, but I don’t think anything that I’ve learned justifies the treasonous acts of
neverforget
Dec 2013
#5
He's wrong, which is no reason to diminish all the times he was right, but he's wrong this time.
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#18
Clarke IS wrong. He tried it YOUR way and got nowhere. Nothing changed. Snowden's way is working
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#29
Clarke's own record is a refutation of what YOU asserted. Clarke KNEW the Bush
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#38
So The Guardian and Der Spiegel and the NYT are 'foreign governments'? Iow Snowden did NOT
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#62
Well, if the Russians had an opportunity to spy on Snowden, the only people to blame for that is the
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#65
OH PULEEZE! You cannot possibly be so in love with Bush's Appointees in the NSA, Clapper who lied to
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#95
Sure, if I saw two wrongs. I see ONE egregious wrong, which I saw way back when it began.
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#125
Snowden is revealing the corruption of a Private Corporation, Booz Allen in this case. I hope that
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#129
Here, let me make it simple for you. Allegiance to corrupt, multi-billion dollar Corporations is not
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#131
Good for him for exposing corruption in our government. He did the right thing, he leaked it to the
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#83
Try to get a handle on just how important our Constitutional Rights are to the American people. It's
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#86
There it is again, that old Bush Supporter talking point about Liberals. I had so much
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#140
I didn't say you were. I said you were using Right Wing attacks on Liberals which were as stupid
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#143
No actually you did....You think ANYONE who doesn't support Snowden is...
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2013
#144
Lol, I could have bet on that response and won. Snowden IS a hero, like it or not.
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#148
He is full of shit on this. I wish he had done what Snowden had the guts to do instead of
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#51
Clarke couldn't be more wrong and his acceptance to be on the panel convened BECAUSE of the
sabrina 1
Dec 2013
#19
You've stooped to replying to posts 10 days old to be rude? Predictable as well.
DevonRex
Dec 2013
#117
You don't get to decide what constitutes committing acts against your government
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2013
#79
On the other hand Reagan, George H.W. Bush & Junior Bush all seem to have committed acts that fit
dflprincess
Dec 2013
#52
Albert Einstein said: A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of the truth.
mitty14u2
Dec 2013
#58
No. But maybe three will. Civics 101 says sometimes laws have to be broken to change things.
Lint Head
Dec 2013
#73
this is hardly "breaking a few laws" like speeding or smoking a joint my friend.
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2013
#76
Who are you quoting? I didn't say "breaking a few laws". Any law, no matter how extreme, can be
Lint Head
Dec 2013
#91
Yes it can...but we have methods to change them. Unlike a real "tyranny"
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2013
#103
clarke confirms what i felt. and i have always respected and trusted clarke, so
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#119