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no FirstLight Nov 2013 #1
I didn't know we were allowed to keep score over these sorts of things Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #2
They're just doing their jobs. Plus, powerpoint documents aren't proof of anything. DesMoinesDem Nov 2013 #3
Fuck naw, Snowden still a traitor to his country and Glen is still an asshole to humans... uponit7771 Nov 2013 #4
Damn fuckin' straight. AverageJoe90 Nov 2013 #16
I think the 1950's needs their clue phone back HangOnKids Nov 2013 #23
A little music while you wait.... QC Nov 2013 #27
We need a bigger playlist. rug Nov 2013 #57
Pfffft .. being an apologist means never having to say your sorry. 1000words Nov 2013 #5
Arguing on the internet PERIOD means never having to say you're sorry... Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #8
Helps if you have a like-minded posse to assist your belittling efforts 1000words Nov 2013 #9
We've really got to change that smiley. NuclearDem Nov 2013 #44
I wouldn't know; I put those idiots on IGNORE Skittles Nov 2013 #6
+1 L0oniX Nov 2013 #32
The Gen Clapper apologists are keeping their heads down. rhett o rick Nov 2013 #7
It sucks that people like that never have to pay a price for being so wrong! suede1 Nov 2013 #10
Isn't being like that a punishment in itself? 1000words Nov 2013 #12
For that type their goal is to get someone else to pay the price. jtuck004 Nov 2013 #13
Nah, they're busy trying to slander Alan Grayson. Fuddnik Nov 2013 #11
that is exactly it. n/t truedelphi Nov 2013 #21
When will Snowden apologize for unnecessarily leaking pnwmom Nov 2013 #14
They aren't our international countries Fumesucker Nov 2013 #15
Yeah, I'm tired, obviously. I meant international spying pnwmom Nov 2013 #17
We have international countries? sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #19
Well said! 20score Nov 2013 #20
No, we don't. That was a mistake of mine. But Snowden did nothing to help the US pnwmom Nov 2013 #24
Wait, you forgot "the Vatican, when we had no fucking reason whatsoever", and Warren Stupidity Nov 2013 #68
And many of our illustrious leaders, like truedelphi Nov 2013 #22
Notice the deflections using an obvious typo... SnowGlen had other means that were more progressive uponit7771 Nov 2013 #25
To paraphrase Sean Penn, moondust Nov 2013 #18
Naw. The news cycle changed, and "we all know it now so just deal" is the meme. Pholus Nov 2013 #26
Thank you! 20score Nov 2013 #28
There are few -if any- 'champions' of the NSA on this board. randome Nov 2013 #29
I thought you were an authoritarian apologist. I was wrong. Wilms Nov 2013 #31
Enlighten me, then, since I'm such a dullard. randome Nov 2013 #33
We've been round and round it. Wilms Nov 2013 #36
Kerry, Gore and too many to mention have all acknowledged the NSA has exceeded its legal authority riderinthestorm Nov 2013 #43
But it hasn't treestar Nov 2013 #48
Policy opinion is not rule of law. Sheepshank Nov 2013 #49
It's an interesting dilemma. randome Nov 2013 #53
NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds muriel_volestrangler Nov 2013 #55
Mistakes occur in every law enforcement agency. This was an internal audit, too. randome Nov 2013 #60
I'm still wondering how Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #64
I wasn't one of the former, & proudly *am* of the latter, & nothing to apologize for!1 UTUSN Nov 2013 #30
Nope, nup, not me. But I *would* luerve a trip to Rio!1 n/t UTUSN Nov 2013 #69
Have the "enemies of the NSA/Obama" actually documented illegal spying yet? jeff47 Nov 2013 #34
In all seriousness, I really do want to collect some goddamned apologies Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #35
The SECOND apology I want is from those cowards in '06 Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #40
The THIRD apology I want Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #42
The FOURTH apology I want Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #45
The FIFTH apology I want Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #50
An early Festivus airing of grievances? 1000words Nov 2013 #52
The SIXTH apology I want Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #59
The SEVENTH apology I want Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #61
Apologized to whome? nt. NCTraveler Nov 2013 #37
Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming!...nt SidDithers Nov 2013 #38
I can still see that huge graphic! treestar Nov 2013 #47
Glad that clown is gone. bravenak Nov 2013 #51
It was. He was just the only one here that didn't know it. Number23 Nov 2013 #70
Sid, one thing is for sure . . . Snowden now has something in common with Sister Sarah Palin . . . Major Hogwash Nov 2013 #71
All states that turn authoritarian grow propaganda machines. woo me with science Nov 2013 #39
To even get to where you need to go to make an apology... pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #41
You've said no more than that people should apologize for disagreeing with you treestar Nov 2013 #46
Nope didn't even imply that. 20score Nov 2013 #56
knr Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #54
I'll never apologize for championing President Obama. n/t Scurrilous Nov 2013 #58
If anyone should apologize, it should be people who act like the NSA is something new, Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #62
Seems like nothing, or little has changed. I have never understood the authoritarian mind. 20score Nov 2013 #63
I know that feel Blue_Tires Nov 2013 #65
Have to agree with your list too. 20score Nov 2013 #66
There may be one or two with honor but most like their dumber cousins further right will double down TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #67
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