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johnnyred commented on the diary post Yes, Congress and the President are responsible for the surveillance state by danps.
I don’t see how the voters get any blame when they aren’t offered any choice. Many in this country gave up on the Ds and Rs a long time ago, which is why half the population doesn’t vote. Bill Clinton was elected twice with less than 25% of the voting age population, and he was [...]
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Supreme Court Needs to Realize Technology Has Advanced Since the 70′s
What part of “Supreme” don’t you get? They will dispense justice however they wish, despite the protestations of you peons.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Americans Disapprove of NSA’s Domestic Surveillance Programs
Just another meaningless poll, telling people they aren’t alone in their opinion. Anyone who thinks poll results will determine the extent of NSA spying is seriously out of the loop. I remember Dick Cheney, on national TV, in response to a poll which said most Americans disapprove of the Iraq war : “So what?”
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Even If You Trust Obama, Do You Trust Every Possible President for the Next Hundred Years?
There are those of us who will never trust anyone in power, which I think is a rational position, and those who will place varying degrees of trust depending on party affiliation or whatever. All of this is beside the point. Constitutional protections are not based on trust, and should not be abrogated by poorly designed law.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Obama Administration Stops Fighting Open Access to Plan B
I think these cuts are already baked into the cake. They’re just waiting until Obama is closer to leaving so they can pass something vicious in the middle of the night.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Well, I’m glad we can be clear on that
It’s the culture of secrecy inculcated into the top NSA brass. They actually believe it’s their job to lie to Congress, if that’s what it takes to keep America safe. True believers is who these people are.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Video: Kevin Gosztola on the Left Forum Panel
After reading Kevin for some time I have to say I was shocked to see him speak. He’s so young! I expected a forty year old, grizzled, ink stained wretch. Good for him.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Obama FCC Chairman Nominee Walking Conflict Of Interest
Obama the sock-puppet extraordinaire.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post NSA Collecting Phone Records Of Millions Of Americans Daily
I suppose now is the time for the inevitable “if you’ve done nothing wrong…” crowd to chime in. The stupidity of this line of thinking is breathtaking, yet never fails to re-appear. The very concept of privacy is an alien concept to some people.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Obama Has Stopped Trying to Play Nice With the GOP
I suspect bravery never was his strong suit, which is why he’s so comfortable with chickenhawk neocons. Hagel is the sole appointment he’s made with which I can agree.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post So When Will Panetta Be Prosecuted for Leaking?
What makes this so sad is that everybody knows the answer.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Obama Has Stopped Trying to Play Nice With the GOP
What a cop-out. If he can’t take the roar of the big guns, he should get the fuck off the main deck.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Holder’s Off-the-Record Meetings with the Press: A Ploy Intended to Make a Public Relations Point
I suppose the government finds it easiest to slap those within reach. Any press that attend an off-the-record meeting with those it’s investigating are compromised by definition, no?
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johnnyred commented on the diary post When a foreign military shoots a U.S. human rights defender “at point blank range,” shouldn’t the U.S. investigate? by Laura Raymond.
The U.S. government taking the side of a foreign government against it’s own citizen is an outrage. The press should be and should have been, all over this. International Criminal Court should be the next step.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Holder in Damage Control Mode
The “gravity of the situation didn’t fully sink in until Monday morning…”er, excuse me, but this is the Attorney General of the United States. Are we supposed to believe he thought this would all just blow over? And they call the reporter “comically inept”. It seems to me ineptitude is the Hallmark of Holder’s Justice Department.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Obama Admits 4 US Citizens Killed by Drones, Deaths of Those Not Targeted Left Unexplained
Convenient that no evidence is provided of anything. The legality of this whole program is something every American should be up in arms about. Instead, we’ll discuss the efficacy of homosexual illegal immigrants. Or boy scouts. Who cares if the government claims it has the right to kill you at will, as long as it supports gay marraige?
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Moore, Oklahoma
I was in Norman OK in may of ’99 when the last tornado destroyed Moore. It was something to behold. Many people in the area have storm shelters, usually homemade. Someone I know had buried a junk car, and was using it as a shelter. What I can’t imagine is why anyone would build a house in Moore, OK. Talk about the writing on the wall.
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johnnyred commented on the blog post Fox News Journalist Pursued by Obama Justice Department as ‘Co-Conspirator’ in Leak
I’m more concerned about government going after the journalists than the leakers. The leakers are government employees, and so they can make a case that they’ve done something wrong. It is not the job of the press to acquiesce to such aims.
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johnnyred commented on the diary post Washington press corps catches up to 2002, discovers surveillance state by danps.
It seems to me this changes nothing. The lapdog press will continue to roll over and play dead. This incident with the AP is just a whack with a rolled-up newspaper. I find talk of the AP “turning on Obama” to be hilarious. A few treats and a new chew toy, they’ll be back to [...]
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johnnyred commented on the diary post On Becoming One With the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Elliott.
If the earth had no atmosphere, Mr. Tyson would be correct.
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