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In reply to the discussion: Jesus Christ..Enough of the anti-Obama NSA Spying issue.. [View all]Caretha
(2,737 posts)64. Most of us
Last edited Sun Aug 18, 2013, 10:06 AM - Edit history (1)
can still chew gum & talk & walk at the same time.
Your post to me has nothing to do with my comments regarding Jack Rabbit's post, which incidently was not about shutting the "government down", nor did he state anywhere or suggest that "progressives must entirely focus on Obama's role in the NSA spying scandal" <-----your words.
Your attempt to pull out the ol' boogey man and by using hyperbolic phrases like,
For if we loose the House,Senate and Presidency our country will be paralyzed for several decades.
does nothing to bolster your argument.
You have demonstrated exactly what I ended my last post with perfectly -
All other posts regarding these issues are just noise.
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you can always hide posts with "NSA" in the title and *poof*DU is "anti-Obama NSA Spying issue" free
corkhead
Aug 2013
#2
Why should s/he hide them and let exaggerated, hyperbolic, or trollish posts go unopposed?
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#13
You mean the exaggerated, hyperbolic, trollish posts that come from MAJOR NEWS SOURCES?
Th1onein
Aug 2013
#15
And THAT is a good reason why the surveillance state should be reigned in,
East Coast Pirate
Aug 2013
#8
Dealing with a protection racket is much more feasible than reasoning with the Criminally
busterbrown
Aug 2013
#42
Oh, great, bring "Him" into it. Like we haven't got enough people listening in already. n/t
jtuck004
Aug 2013
#14
It is possible to be critical of one's own side while still fighting the other team.
leveymg
Aug 2013
#26
Of Course...One is from Kenya the other is from.....Where the hell is he from?
busterbrown
Aug 2013
#33
Where in the post did I mention the fact that I supported Obama’s NSA policies?
busterbrown
Aug 2013
#40
Articulate might be a word appropriately used when having a conversation with one who is connected
busterbrown
Aug 2013
#62
You see if the" boogey man" represents cutbacks to your S.S. and Medicare...
busterbrown
Aug 2013
#66