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last1standing

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32. If you're asking me, the answer is "no."

Thu Jun 27, 2013, 01:42 AM

Jun 2013

Bush couldn't figure out how to stop a wrist watch with a hammer in one hand and a bucket of water in the other.

Could any reasonably intelligent president have potentially stopped 9/11 with the evidence he was provided? Yes.

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If I agree that Snowden is a Libertarian coward and Greenwald is a cynical porn pushing tax evader.. [View all] last1standing Jun 2013 OP

I will heartily agree with that Narkos Jun 2013 #1

You were doing so well , til your last para Q?....just another Framer one liner ... pkdu Jun 2013 #2

Teabaggers have little in common with Benjamin Franklin other than the choice in hats. last1standing Jun 2013 #8

Equally , if you take that sound bite from BF to mean there s to be no balance between the two pkdu Jul 2013 #69

Benjamin Franklin was an abolitionist -- before it was popular. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #36

Thank you. I learned some things about BF that I'm pleased to know... pkdu Jul 2013 #70

The Constitution was a compromise. reusrename Jun 2013 #37

No. no no no no no. Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #38

I will raise you one DonCoquixote Jun 2013 #3

Ouch! May I borrow that? nt Pholus Jun 2013 #4

by all means DonCoquixote Jun 2013 #5

That one's been taken already... ;) nt Pholus Jun 2013 #6

Yes, I think the two sides meet somewhere around the area flamingdem Jun 2013 #7

Personally, I find the attacks on Snowden and Greenwald to be pointless distractions from the issues last1standing Jun 2013 #18

There could be questions about the NSA programs but no one wants to discuss treestar Jun 2013 #9

That' a hilarious reversal of the situation. Bonobo Jun 2013 #12

Exactly and I just saw a prime example in another thread Union Scribe Jun 2013 #23

It is like the movie "Idiocracy". Bonobo Jun 2013 #25

So make another thread or respond to that post treestar Jun 2013 #47

No one is suggesting that they can't say what they want here within reason. EOTE Jun 2013 #67

If people want to talk about it they can treestar Jun 2013 #43

Again, could Bush have stopped 9/11 with the intelligence provided? Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #13

Who knows, but unlikely. treestar Jun 2013 #44

Or, everything the Police State Lite does is fine, because it's Barack Obama! AMIRITE?? MNBrewer Jun 2013 #14

Complete Straw Man treestar Jun 2013 #45

Quiet, you! You have plenty of rights! QC Jun 2013 #60

I think it's been a two sided affair. last1standing Jun 2013 #16

Maybe, though attacking posters as proxies for Snowden doesn't seem to be happening treestar Jun 2013 #46

I think everyone could use some introspection here. last1standing Jun 2013 #52

Congress would have to repeal it treestar Jun 2013 #54

The problem as I see it is mostly defensive. last1standing Jun 2013 #57

What the hell website are you reading? nt Union Scribe Jun 2013 #21

No, no, no and no. jeff47 Jun 2013 #10

kick and thanks to jeff47 for honesty NT sigmasix Jun 2013 #17

Why does the belief that Snowden only leaked damaging info make you not want to look into it? last1standing Jun 2013 #20

I'm not saying we should ignore it. jeff47 Jun 2013 #40

Yeah, Snowden is holding back the NSA's GOOD spying programs. mhatrw Jun 2013 #49

Or you know, the one that let us win WWII. jeff47 Jun 2013 #61

the problem with that line of thinking is that by analogy, we, the american people, are Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #62

Only if you think the NSA is spying on us. jeff47 Jun 2013 #63

oh my mistake, I thought we were having a reasonable discussion about the limits Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #66

I thought the internment camps won us WWII. n/t mhatrw Jun 2013 #64

Then it sounds like you actually agree with my OP. last1standing Jun 2013 #58

Yeah. The "no, no, no" isn't supported or explained. Orsino Jun 2013 #56

Oh my God! He DECIDED what to leak. mhatrw Jun 2013 #48

The same argument applies to "officials". jeff47 Jun 2013 #59

Speaking of bottom feeding scum... Pale Blue Dot Jun 2013 #11

If you're asking me, the answer is "no." last1standing Jun 2013 #32

Dimson had a PDB briefing at his cartoon ranch and he didn't want to read it entirely. Amonester Jun 2013 #65

Yes, Gore would have taken the threat seriously. last1standing Jun 2013 #68

@jeremyscahill: This smear campaign against @ggreenwald is utterly despicable. All of the "reporters Hissyspit Jun 2013 #15

How about we agree all this should have been Maximumnegro Jun 2013 #19

Couldn't agree more. last1standing Jun 2013 #22

I agree we need to ask and answer all those questions about the NSA and internal surveillance. pnwmom Jun 2013 #24

I'll agree that we should look into it. last1standing Jun 2013 #29

I don't care about those kind of personal things. But I am worried about what's in the thousands pnwmom Jun 2013 #33

#1. Snowden assassinated his own character. #2. The latest crap about Greenwald is just crap. KittyWampus Jun 2013 #26

I've seen many threads dedicated to only talking about NSA abuses derailed with gossip and insults. last1standing Jun 2013 #30

Agreed, and recc'd...nt GReedDiamond Jun 2013 #27

libertarian porn sounds like the most boring porn ever arely staircase Jun 2013 #28

Libertarian porn would just be masturbation. last1standing Jun 2013 #31

masturbation and rape fantasies mhatrw Jun 2013 #50

All the important stuff only makes people's heads hurt gtar100 Jun 2013 #34

Finally someone showing sense! intaglio Jun 2013 #35

I get your point but... JackRiddler Jun 2013 #39

What's distracting from the real issue is absurd claims like the NSA stores the entire Internet Recursion Jun 2013 #41

No, they won't. sibelian Jun 2013 #42

And the response you left just me on a thread: "NO, MOMMY. YOU'RE NAUGHTY. YOU ARE, YOU, YOU, YOU!" flamingdem Jun 2013 #51

I forgive you flamingdem Jun 2013 #53

Good luck with that. Matariki Jun 2013 #55