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- Bob Juch
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Re: Fun
What special prosecutor is being investigated?Beebs52 wrote:Oh, and really the only reason I post this is because the special prosecutor investigation should prove to be very entertaining.
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Um bad phrasing, asshole. Mueller et al.Bob Juch wrote:What special prosecutor is being investigated?Beebs52 wrote:Oh, and really the only reason I post this is because the special prosecutor investigation should prove to be very entertaining.
Well, then
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Re: Fun
Fairly disingenuous of the Nat Review to pretend this is exclusive to the Obama era. This unlawful surveillance came about because of the incredibly-named PATRIOT Act, post 9/11, and true libertarians (note the small l) have been complaining about it, mostly to deaf ears, ever since.
Here's a slightly less biased review of why this is hitting headlines right now. And make no mistake, I'm not defending the Obama administration, or saying that this surveillance is legal or ethical. But it was the bad acts of Congress in the post 9/11 hysteria that started it, and led to the unconscionable expansion of it.
Here's a slightly less biased review of why this is hitting headlines right now. And make no mistake, I'm not defending the Obama administration, or saying that this surveillance is legal or ethical. But it was the bad acts of Congress in the post 9/11 hysteria that started it, and led to the unconscionable expansion of it.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
- Beebs52
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Um, you do see the irony or bullshit involved with the "left" not assuming the mantle of using whatever means are accessible to do the same that they accuse the "right" of doing?mrkelley23 wrote:Fairly disingenuous of the Nat Review to pretend this is exclusive to the Obama era. This unlawful surveillance came about because of the incredibly-named PATRIOT Act, post 9/11, and true libertarians (note the small l) have been complaining about it, mostly to deaf ears, ever since.
Here's a slightly less biased review of why this is hitting headlines right now. And make no mistake, I'm not defending the Obama administration, or saying that this surveillance is legal or ethical. But it was the bad acts of Congress in the post 9/11 hysteria that started it, and led to the unconscionable expansion of it.
Well, then
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Mueller is a Special Counsel.Beebs52 wrote:Um bad phrasing, asshole. Mueller et al.Bob Juch wrote:What special prosecutor is being investigated?Beebs52 wrote:Oh, and really the only reason I post this is because the special prosecutor investigation should prove to be very entertaining.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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Quite as clearly as I see all the other irony and bullshit.Beebs52 wrote:Um, you do see the irony or bullshit involved with the "left" not assuming the mantle of using whatever means are accessible to do the same that they accuse the "right" of doing?mrkelley23 wrote:Fairly disingenuous of the Nat Review to pretend this is exclusive to the Obama era. This unlawful surveillance came about because of the incredibly-named PATRIOT Act, post 9/11, and true libertarians (note the small l) have been complaining about it, mostly to deaf ears, ever since.
Here's a slightly less biased review of why this is hitting headlines right now. And make no mistake, I'm not defending the Obama administration, or saying that this surveillance is legal or ethical. But it was the bad acts of Congress in the post 9/11 hysteria that started it, and led to the unconscionable expansion of it.
There is no "left" or "right" any more. Only "us" and "them."
Politics as sports.
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. -- Richard Feynman
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I totally agree with you on that.mrkelley23 wrote:Quite as clearly as I see all the other irony and bullshit.Beebs52 wrote:Um, you do see the irony or bullshit involved with the "left" not assuming the mantle of using whatever means are accessible to do the same that they accuse the "right" of doing?mrkelley23 wrote:Fairly disingenuous of the Nat Review to pretend this is exclusive to the Obama era. This unlawful surveillance came about because of the incredibly-named PATRIOT Act, post 9/11, and true libertarians (note the small l) have been complaining about it, mostly to deaf ears, ever since.
Here's a slightly less biased review of why this is hitting headlines right now. And make no mistake, I'm not defending the Obama administration, or saying that this surveillance is legal or ethical. But it was the bad acts of Congress in the post 9/11 hysteria that started it, and led to the unconscionable expansion of it.
There is no "left" or "right" any more. Only "us" and "them."
Politics as sports.
Well, then