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delrem

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142. If Snowden hadn't "snuck off" he'd be incommunicado, in solitary,

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 12:24 AM

Jun 2013

with a to be determined number to be done on him.

Travelling to Hong Kong gives him a window to explain his story before he's taken out.
In case you haven't noticed, the US is getting increasingly brutal in its methods of taking out dissidents. Obama has accelerated programs already put into high gear by G.W.B.

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Bob Schieffer destroys himself. Can't remember history. Pimps ad hominem illogic. [View all] KurtNYC Jun 2013 OP

du rec. xchrom Jun 2013 #1

-1 wish there was an UNREC button. graham4anything Jun 2013 #2

I wish there was too! DocMac Jun 2013 #25

Haha. City Lights Jun 2013 #42

My view is not based on 100 others liking me. Its so junior high school ish. graham4anything Jun 2013 #50

Don't worry, graham4anything. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #110

Could it be that I was 100% correct and the 80-20 is going to change everything shortly? graham4anything Jun 2013 #115

No. It could not be. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #120

I'll never forgive Nader for that. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #126

wait janlyn Jun 2013 #133

from the first minute it happened. No one believed Dan that it happened graham4anything Jun 2013 #138

This message was self-deleted by its author Iggo Jun 2013 #155

wtf?? delrem Jun 2013 #140

Mean Gals Skittles Jun 2013 #111

For what it's worth, I admire most of your posts very much. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #125

+1 Segami Jun 2013 #67

Hehehehehe! Add me to that thought as well.... truebrit71 Jun 2013 #69

No one is surprised. Bradical79 Jun 2013 #64

Yes, it would make an important litmus test... JackRiddler Jun 2013 #89

as Danny Kaye said in White Christmas, "Oh, the crooner is now the comedian". graham4anything Jun 2013 #92

I can see why you're not bothered by blanket NSA data processing. delrem Jun 2013 #141

Cause man you'd hold the record LondonReign2 Jun 2013 #108

If you rec something, the button changes to 'undo' if you change your mind.Or am I missing something IrishAyes Jun 2013 #124

a thumbs down button one that would give a -1 to a count of a post. You tube videos have both graham4anything Jun 2013 #154

Same here!! SkyDaddy7 Jun 2013 #147

Of course. sibelian Jun 2013 #152

yeah, it's like that... KG Jun 2013 #3

I don't know, I'm kinda with Schieffer on this one. RevStPatrick Jun 2013 #4

+1 Progressive dog Jun 2013 #6

sorry, repeating it makes it sound even more ridiculous Skittles Jun 2013 #127

It was never a real comparison, the Snowden crowd Progressive dog Jun 2013 #150

the "Snowden crowd" Skittles Jun 2013 #156

Would you rather I said the Snowden- Progressive dog Jun 2013 #157

lol Skittles Jun 2013 #158

the comparison is so absurd. cali Jun 2013 #8

The comparison is absurd. I think ole Bob's expiration date is way past due..Retire FGS..n/t monmouth3 Jun 2013 #21

He should go back to playing golf with his good buddy George W. Bush. Fuddnik Jun 2013 #68

I believe he's beginning to ferment. Segami Jun 2013 #70

Is that why really old people smell like that? Fuddnik Jun 2013 #85

Maybe he knew the MLK was assassinated. GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #10

Yep. nt Mojorabbit Jun 2013 #105

Er, no, Eddie is not going to be assassinated treestar Jun 2013 #135

And that... MynameisBlarney Jun 2013 #11

So if he allowed himself to be imprisoned for 20 years he'd have your respect? East Coast Pirate Jun 2013 #13

Yes. RevStPatrick Jun 2013 #33

If he were my son, I would want him to go to China. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #112

Well, the facts of the story kind of remain the same sibelian Jun 2013 #153

I think it is a bit more than taking his lumps. zeemike Jun 2013 #20

+1 christx30 Jun 2013 #23

Bwhahahahahahaha reusrename Jun 2013 #36

This, 100% this! one_voice Jun 2013 #60

His argument is pretty idiotic Bradical79 Jun 2013 #65

Was racism on bus lines a SECRET ?! KurtNYC Jun 2013 #74

All these people running around pretending surprise and shock IrishAyes Jun 2013 #128

The story is really two stories. timdog44 Jun 2013 #83

What does that have to do with the TRUTHS he told? Doctor_J Jun 2013 #116

If Snowden hadn't "snuck off" he'd be incommunicado, in solitary, delrem Jun 2013 #142

they'll say anything. they all just lie anyway, why expect logic? whores sniffing for money. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #5

bravo. well articulated and thought out. k&r cali Jun 2013 #7

LOL, ok! n-t Logical Jun 2013 #9

Phillip Agee creon Jun 2013 #12

He has a right to his opinion, true IrishAyes Jun 2013 #131

Bob Schiefferis an... 99Forever Jun 2013 #14

Recommended. H2O Man Jun 2013 #15

This is ProSense Jun 2013 #16

Oh for chrissake. If you can't understand the profound legal differences between Zorra Jun 2013 #24

Please ProSense Jun 2013 #28

Why do you keep repeating this? reusrename Jun 2013 #51

Utter nonsense. n/t ProSense Jun 2013 #52

So that's how it is. reusrename Jun 2013 #55

Why do you have to keep repeating every thing? Fuddnik Jun 2013 #66

Edward Snowden ProSense Jun 2013 #37

Yes, we hear that about every whistleblower who does not turn themselves in for Zorra Jun 2013 #41

Please ProSense Jun 2013 #44

I will no longer be responding to disruptive post from that member. reusrename Jun 2013 #56

Gee, how "adult" of you. Zoeisright Jun 2013 #93

Right, and there's another thing... JackRiddler Jun 2013 #90

If the penalty for what he did is really that severe treestar Jun 2013 #136

As far as Snowden being anywhere near the same standard might be wrong but for those who thinks Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #17

Bob Schieffer. kitt6 Jun 2013 #18

but neither Parks nor King was exposing a secret KurtNYC Jun 2013 #78

There certainly is a broad range of opinion on this story. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #19

Well said. The Revolutionary Idiocracy of the Woodchuck is upon us. Zorra Jun 2013 #22

K & R Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #30

It's bad enough that he can't go home again LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #26

Maybe the asshole should not have become a criminal if he did not want to be imprisoned. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #34

What the government has been doing is criminal. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #38

here is where you are misinformed, this is with a warrant, can Snowden produce his warrant for his Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #47

If the NSA is getting warrants for all the shit they do, LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #54

You can cry about kangaroo courts all you want, FISA court is legal but again I ask where is Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #57

I guess what it comes down to is that I really don't give a fuck LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #62

do you hate gubermint? Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #82

That's the best you can do? LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #86

watch your back, the gubermint is listening Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #88

you break the law every day.. frylock Jun 2013 #81

I'm guessing you forgot the :sarcasm: tag? baldguy Jun 2013 #27

I gave up on Schieffer years ago. 4_TN_TITANS Jun 2013 #29

Schieffer is a RW tool. closeupready Jun 2013 #31

In this instant Schieffer is right. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #35

You are entitled to believe the sun sets in the East. closeupready Jun 2013 #49

But I know the sun sets in the west, I don't believe when others tells me otherwise. Knowing the Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #58

Oddly... Maedhros Jun 2013 #73

and they weren't facing decades in jail either stupidicus Jun 2013 #32

Why limit the discussion to is Snowden a whistleblower or a traitor.? watoos Jun 2013 #39

Not everything that hits the press Maedhros Jun 2013 #75

Historical precedent existentialist Jun 2013 #40

Bob Shieffer has had no shame for a long time. He's a bad corporate joke, should retire in disgrace. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #43

Worry about your own nose, "Kurt" Kolesar Jun 2013 #45

Schieffer could have chosen other historical figures -- Ellsberg, Bradley Manning, even Paul Revere Progressive dog Jun 2013 #46

In comparsion to MLK and Rosa Parks, Ellsberg and Manning does not even start to compare. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #48

Gack. HangOnKids Jun 2013 #98

I could have worded it better but I Progressive dog Jun 2013 #102

But Schieffer did not originate the comparison, did he? Someone started the "Eric is like Rosa" Number23 Jun 2013 #122

You have to undertand the rationale behind the anti-Snowden threads brentspeak Jun 2013 #53

That's the only explanation that makes sense. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #59

It's the only one that makes truebrit71 Jun 2013 #71

Thanks, I knew that post needed something. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #76

You're welcome!! truebrit71 Jun 2013 #80

Well, when their arguments consist of nothing but an insult and an emoticon Maedhros Jun 2013 #79

Hmm. I think you misunderestimate DU Freeperness Coccydynia Jun 2013 #106

Yes. Do not forget that these organizations get fat government welfare/ closeupready Jun 2013 #61

I agree Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #63

It is an interesting phenomena. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #87

Wow. It took three edits to pull that off that mediocre posts? Kolesar Jun 2013 #129

Thank you & when they don't have their talking points, they go apoplectic Catherina Jun 2013 #143

I believe you are right. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #148

Not quite all. I keep saying... Enthusiast Jun 2013 #149

Now we jump into comedy nadinbrzezinski Jun 2013 #72

Did Paul Robeson 'run' from US racism? duhneece Jun 2013 #77

they pulled Robeson's passport KurtNYC Jun 2013 #84

I was responding to the staying/leaving argument duhneece Jun 2013 #94

k&r avaistheone1 Jun 2013 #91

Get off my lawn, you narcissistic, traitorous kids! MNBrewer Jun 2013 #95

This comment is interesting..... George II Jun 2013 #96

You argue both that he would be safer here AND that he is a coward for going to HK KurtNYC Jun 2013 #103

You didn't hear his "interview" today, did you? George II Jun 2013 #121

Video on Youtube has 3 likes, 25 dislikes alp227 Jun 2013 #97

Oh so that's who he is Cronus Protagonist Jun 2013 #114

"He could help himself by voluntarily coming home to face the consequences" Catherina Jun 2013 #144

deep throat didn't go on teevee did he? pansypoo53219 Jun 2013 #99

General Patton once said that no one ever won a war by dying for his country. nt Romulus Quirinus Jun 2013 #100

K&R for a great post MotherPetrie Jun 2013 #101

It was a bad commentary. Reminded me of Andy Rooney ragging on Kurt Cobain Hissyspit Jun 2013 #104

re: the word "pimp" redqueen Jun 2013 #107

Gailhen gailhen Jun 2013 #109

Schieffer did not get much intellect or analytical talent. JDPriestly Jun 2013 #113

He needs to be put out to pasture... nradisic Jun 2013 #117

Bravo warrprayer Jun 2013 #118

Excellent point. Those who sign his paycheck may have been pleased, but they seem to be pacalo Jun 2013 #119

Very good post. IrishAyes Jun 2013 #123

Well that was a lot of filler Kolesar Jun 2013 #130

Post removed Post removed Jun 2013 #132

IMO the idea of even considering Eddie in the same light as those two treestar Jun 2013 #134

Shieffer picks on Eddie treestar Jun 2013 #137

Once a B-teamer, always a B-teamer. :-| K&R n/t DeSwiss Jun 2013 #139

Kurt, thank you so much for this superp post. Catherina Jun 2013 #145

Schieffer's comparison didn't even reach apples and oranges status. lexington filly Jun 2013 #146

yes bob has no shame . madrchsod Jun 2013 #151