Unauthorized access: "SNOWDEN IS A HERO"

[kpete]

Unauthorized access


Unauthorized access
Published: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:06 AM CDT

Someone hacked into this Colorado Department of Transportation portable, electronic variable message sign on southbound Highway 145 near Illium on Tuesday and changed the message to motorists. The sign had alerted drivers to delays related to rockfall mitigation work in the area earlier this week. CDOT Public Relations Manager Nancy Shanks said the sign was probably left unlocked. Edward Snowden is the computer specialist who leaked details of a U.S. mass surveillance program to the press. [Courtesy photo]



http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2013/08/22/news/doc52154157b3afe254343018.txt

[uponit7771]

1. Snowden is a thief who had other means to start the debate on the agencies but choose to take

...a more selfish route bolstered by a jack ass book pusher.

Claiming that Snowden had a less than perfect justice system to deal with as justification for running is NOT ... NOT extended to people in this country who have more of a reason to flee it than Snowden did because of Americans justice system.

Give me Americas warts....

Snowden can keep Russia's

[kpete]

3. good advice from a Russian:

“In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousand fold in the future. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers, we are not simply protecting their trivial old age, we are thereby ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations.”

― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

[chervilant]

22. And therein lies my concern

about so many Democrats willing to give Bush and his cronies a pass, willing to avoid prosecuting the criminals in the financial sector -- what legacy are we leaving our children?

[RetroLounge]

6. You better hurry, there may a thread left in GD you haven't spammed yet with your snowden hatred.

I doubt it, but there nay be one.



RL

[DisgustipatedinCA]

17. Who is this Jack the Assbook Pusher? I hadn't heard of him until now.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Assbook is an unsocial network website

It has options for how to insult other people on the network - 'moon', 'fart in your general direction', etc. If you decide to take it back, there's a 'kiss ass' option.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

23. Perfect response!

I guess I'm just work-zonked today, but when I read the screed, my brain started creating contractions and changing syllable stresses and it came out the way I typed it. And in the end, maybe it's better for my health to laugh at a thing rather than argue with someone who won't be swayed.

[Cali_Democrat]

2. But remember, it's not about Snowden. n/t

[RetroLounge]

5. You do know how lame that reply has become, right?

RL

[Cali_Democrat]

7. I know

I grew tired of it the first 100 times I saw it on DU.

If I posted something critical of Snowden, I would see dozens of replies to my post saying "it's not about Snowden."

We're on the same page here.

[RetroLounge]

8. You and I? We're not even in the same book, but nice try.

It must be getting lonely on the authoritarian front.

Keep posting the master's talking points, it makes it easy to see who we can ignore.



RL

[Cali_Democrat]

9. An additional set of talking points will be delivered from the master in a few more hours

They're usually delivered directly to my inbox immediately after they've been approved and released.

I'll keep you notified.

[RetroLounge]

10. No, we know who gets them first.

You just get copies.



RL

[Cali_Democrat]

11. I usually don't see the first draft

I only see the copies from the master once they've been approved.

However, being a paidpropagandiststasiauthoritariancorporatistquislingfascistsockpuppet has it's perks.

I get free key chains in addition to my bi-weekly pay check.

[RetroLounge]

12. No, what you get is your soul sucked out...

but some people like that.

RL

[Cali_Democrat]

13. True

My soul has indeed been sucked, but the money is great.

Also, don't forget about those key chains!

[RetroLounge]

16. That's nice

RL

[tridim]

20. It's not nice, it just is. nt

[RetroLounge]

25. and now you're locked out of the thread.

RL

[burnodo]

18. except for the Snowden haters

[hootinholler]

4. Much better than Zombies Ahead n/t

[bvar22]

14. Like It.

I hope I would have the courage to do what Snowden did in the same situation.
Apparently, over 1.4 Million Americans witnessed this outrageous government over reach, but only Snowden STOOD UP and said, [font size=3]"NO! This is WRONG!"[/font],
and did it in such a way that it couldn't be swept under the rug!
Courage AND Brains!

The problem may be that most Americans do NOT know what is so WRONG about the Government Spying on Americans.

[MineralMan]

19. Altering the message on warning signs is

a very bad idea. Someone could die. That is why it is a felony in most jurisdictions. I am sure you understand.

There are much better ways to publish a message.

[bvar22]

26. You have a point about safety concerns,

....but I still like it!

[struggle4progress]

27. +

[idwiyo]

24. K&R Good one!

[snappyturtle]

28. Love that!