General Discussion

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

40. You don't have the right to not be offended.

Sat Jun 8, 2013, 08:13 PM

Jun 2013

Last edited Sun Jun 9, 2013, 09:47 AM - Edit history (1)

Would it make you feel better if I compared America's alphabet soup agencies with the KGB?

In Soviet America, your computer surfs you!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

61 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

America don't GESTAPO! [View all] Octafish Jun 2013 OP

That is the ultimate irony isn't it? whatchamacallit Jun 2013 #1

Truman wrote CIA morphed on us. Octafish Jun 2013 #9

Yup. Notice the date he said it. roamer65 Jun 2013 #37

If he said it in December 1963 truebluegreen Jun 2013 #43

It was Nixon's code word for the Kennedy assassination. roamer65 Jun 2013 #56

A fact curiously missing from American history and any mention of the Warren Commission Octafish Jun 2013 #57

Even Nixon called the Warren Commission... roamer65 Jun 2013 #59

James Jesus Angleton, a foul name from the past. LBJ reportedly said of the Kennedy byeya Jun 2013 #61

I am Jewish and this is offensive. Rand Paul (Jorg Haider) would be the ones your title refers to. graham4anything Jun 2013 #2

Here's what my Jewish friend's best friend wrote on the subject... Octafish Jun 2013 #4

I'm a 10th generation American in favor of free speech and proud of every opinion that you post. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #11

What's offensive? premium Jun 2013 #5

I am unaware of Rand Paul being in the CIA. I think you are mistaken. GoneFishin Jun 2013 #13

Of course you're offended... Shade7M Jun 2013 #17

+1 L0oniX Jun 2013 #23

You woo me with science Jun 2013 #31

... L0oniX Jun 2013 #24

For you, we can edit the apt Gestapo tag and just go with NKVD. Feel all better now? DisgustipatedinCA Jun 2013 #26

Somehow, I don't believe the poster is familiar with the GULAG Archipelago... Octafish Jun 2013 #29

Is that a TSA employee? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #32

Well trained apparatchik for a future job specialization. Octafish Jun 2013 #45

Most of my Jewish friends finds our spying offensive, too usGovOwesUs3Trillion Jun 2013 #35

You don't have the right to not be offended. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #40

I don't think it matters very much whether or not you're offended. nt sibelian Jun 2013 #51

Liars become paranoiacs. Paranoiacs become snoopers.... Junkdrawer Jun 2013 #3

like people who are serial alerters here..be very cautious around those folks..they're dangerous..nt xiamiam Jun 2013 #16

Frighteningly correct Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #34

‘Secrets’: How America Lost Its Way Octafish Jun 2013 #18

Thanks for posting this. JEB Jun 2013 #19

Mr. Parry has given his permission? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #33

By the same types who said the BFEE secret government axis of treasonous weasels does not exist? Octafish Jun 2013 #44

The war against "underground newspapers"... CanSocDem Jun 2013 #50

GOP - when a bunch of Hate-filled Goobers got in with both Mafia and NAZI money from Wall Street Octafish Jun 2013 #58

Nixon. roamer65 Jun 2013 #36

Bunker mentality.... Junkdrawer Jun 2013 #38

The government does seem paranoid. limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #41

Except when we do. Fuddnik Jun 2013 #6

BFEE Takes Charge: The Uses of 'Counter-Terrorism' Octafish Jun 2013 #20

It didn't end there. Your're right. Arctic Dave Jun 2013 #7

SECRET Government Is a One-Way Mirror. Octafish Jun 2013 #25

^^^cool website. limpyhobbler Jun 2013 #42

For a country that doesn't do Gestapo - and I agree with you more than disagree - we sure took in a byeya Jun 2013 #8

in all fairness iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #15

in all fairness, I think you have come up with an excellent analysis. byeya Jun 2013 #21

'Mexicans' aren’t America’s immigration problem. NAZIs are Octafish Jun 2013 #28

+ + + byeya Jun 2013 #48

There's a lot of German ancestry in the U.S. backscatter712 Jun 2013 #46

The SW USA was populated with American Indians and Mexicans in the 1600s. Spanish speakers byeya Jun 2013 #47

Indeed. Many of the "illegal aliens" who are native Spanish-speakers... backscatter712 Jun 2013 #49

There are reasons why the surveillance of all Americans is necessary: AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #10

LOL. GoneFishin Jun 2013 #12

Money to be made with the right scrap of information. Octafish Jun 2013 #30

i agree with the general sentiment.. iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #14

Agree 99-percent. The brass is the problem. They are corrupt. Octafish Jun 2013 #52

Your papers please. L0oniX Jun 2013 #22

It's like we live in NAZI times. Octafish Jun 2013 #53

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #27

Pentagon Spending Spree no one seemed to notice in all the blood lust. Octafish Jun 2013 #55

It is more like The Staatsicherheit American-style. tsuki Jun 2013 #39

Absolutely! Power the Semantics of Terrorism Octafish Jun 2013 #54

The USA is never wrong! Don't forget golden rule number one. Rex Jun 2013 #60