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18. Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming!

Fri Aug 9, 2013, 05:14 PM

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Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming!

Edward Snowden's Dad Calls Him 'Modern Day Paul Revere'
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/edward-snowdens-dad-calls-modern-day-paul-revere/story?id=19554337

Hmmm... who knew how influential a DU meme could be

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Obama: ‘I Don’t Think Mr. Snowden Was A Patriot’ [View all] ProSense Aug 2013 OP

Ditto, Mr. President. Wait Wut Aug 2013 #1

I agree...same sentiment. Tikki Aug 2013 #10

I am almost 60 and I think exposing wrongdoing has always been patriotic. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #20

Exactly! It's highly patriotic of a person mindwalker_i Aug 2013 #76

Meh. The 'Patriot' Act isn't either n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #2

It's important to remember that the acts title is a NeoCon acronym HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #6

Wasn't it passed unanimously, and continues to pass both parties usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #89

According to press accounts, my senator was the only one that bothered to read it. HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #105

right usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #106

Snowden Robbins Aug 2013 #3

Two words... Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #8

weak nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #12

No, the point. The way he has exposed this has guaranteed that Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #21

yeah he's brilliant arely staircase Aug 2013 #27

! Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #32

Why do you think he wound up in Russia, instead of one of the other nations he applied to MNBrewer Aug 2013 #49

I don't think he deserves asylum anywhere arely staircase Aug 2013 #57

I'm sure you believe all of that, and so what? MNBrewer Aug 2013 #60

I have quite a bit more sympathy for Manning arely staircase Aug 2013 #86

Why would anyone care about your sympathy? Marr Aug 2013 #82

oh I definitely think he sucks arely staircase Aug 2013 #83

I know. The critics really have a bizarre level of hatred for this man. Marr Aug 2013 #85

nah, disgust for traitors isn't bizarre nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #87

It is similar with others who spoke truth to power usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #95

I do usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #91

Ouch, the irony is rich usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #90

that one is so lame treestar Aug 2013 #34

FYI: the totalitarians forbid whistleblower protection for Intel workers usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #98

That's such an absurd position to take. Marr Aug 2013 #81

Life behind bars, torture, murder, is the US usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #88

He's not. He cut and ran rather than stand up for his "beliefs" CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #4

You are the first Democrat I have ever seen using the republican term, cut and run. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #22

Insinuating that a long term DUer is a Republican is an argument failure. MADem Aug 2013 #47

Not insinuating anything. Just an observation. I have never heard a Dem use that term before. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #52

I don't buy that. It's like the "When did you stop beating your wife?" question. MADem Aug 2013 #59

Perhaps in your mind it is but I intended nothing of the kind.Good evening.nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #66

Well, your "observation" stunk like an insult--and I don't think I am the only one who noticed. MADem Aug 2013 #67

I can confirm. Amonester Aug 2013 #75

Reading a novel and having a glass of wine. Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #78

Bourgeois! :) Amonester Aug 2013 #80

I think of Mean Jean Schmidt in red, white, & blue as soon as I hear that detestible phrase DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #58

That was my first thought also. It was a visceral reaction, hearing that phrase again. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #62

Do you want put a ban on the phrase CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #64

If I were queen of the world I would. But I am not so have at it. Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #65

Seriously? CakeGrrl Aug 2013 #63

snowden's a ron paul lovin' libertarian who hates Social Security and Cha Aug 2013 #72

Again? Seriously? bowens43 Aug 2013 #5

So a sitting President's opinion on leaks is JoePhilly Aug 2013 #7

I don't know about that. Skidmore Aug 2013 #9

She physically cannot stop. It is like she cannot say "I might of been wrong" n-t Logical Aug 2013 #11

Apparently, neither can you. Skidmore Aug 2013 #13

What was I wrong about? n-t Logical Aug 2013 #14

No, ProSense Aug 2013 #19

lol treestar Aug 2013 #35

Certainly not a "patriot" to the surveillance state, rule by secrecy and decimation of the 4th... dkf Aug 2013 #15

pass a law to allow it, voila, it is suddenly legal. where did we see this before? nt msongs Aug 2013 #16

I agree with the president.nt sufrommich Aug 2013 #17

Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming! usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #18

Too bad your meme is based on a common misconception. millennialmax Aug 2013 #23

I think it works for most usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #28

i like the paul revere in a coon skin hat arely staircase Aug 2013 #29

Shhhh!!!! zappaman Aug 2013 #30

even the pro-snowden people think it is embarrassing arely staircase Aug 2013 #37

Thanks for that link, millennialmax! sheshe2 Aug 2013 #51

he can see russia! arely staircase Aug 2013 #36

And not from a jail cell usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #70

No doubt arely staircase Aug 2013 #71

And that he was able to escape the clutches of the US pirates will inspire more usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #73

how ironic nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #74

Yup Bobbie Jo Aug 2013 #110

K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #24

And he is somewhat lousy as a President. So? Safetykitten Aug 2013 #25

and you have over three more years of butthurt arely staircase Aug 2013 #33

. Egnever Aug 2013 #93

I don't think anyone should be using the word patriot Life Long Dem Aug 2013 #26

Amen! treestar Aug 2013 #31

I agree with the president, patriot and Snowden are on two opposite ends. If Snowden was Thinkingabout Aug 2013 #38

People Who Just May Be Violating Their Oaths Of Office They Swore To, Should... WillyT Aug 2013 #39

"And I am NOT just talking about the President." ProSense Aug 2013 #43

And He's One Of Many In Official Washington To Do So... WillyT Aug 2013 #44

I agree with the President Progressive dog Aug 2013 #40

He's no George Herbert Walker Bush. Octafish Aug 2013 #41

let me guess. you think Bush I was in on the Kennedy assasination arely staircase Aug 2013 #42

Don't know why else he would laugh about it. Octafish Aug 2013 #45

he couldn't possibly be chuckling because he thinks the CTs are laughable? arely staircase Aug 2013 #46

Not exactly. Poppy reported his suspicions to the FBI only AFTER JFK was dead. Octafish Aug 2013 #50

I have seen them before. arely staircase Aug 2013 #54

What do you make of the Poppy Bush-George deMohrenschildt connection? Octafish Aug 2013 #107

don't know about him arely staircase Aug 2013 #108

Here's something every Democrat and person who cares about democracy should see... Octafish Aug 2013 #114

Here's a patriot. MADem Aug 2013 #48

This is a true patriot, the other not in my book so Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #55

I'm not "proving" anything. I'm just posting a picture of an icon I admire. MADem Aug 2013 #61

Nice photo. n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #56

yep arely staircase Aug 2013 #69

Edward Snowden is a modern day Paul Revere with a thumb drive full of news that Tyranny is coming! usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #84

Wouldn't Paul Revere be the NSA? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #92

No. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #96

Wasn't he warning of a foreign invasion? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #97

Ah, no. They were the legal authorities. You should read up on the period. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #100

Which Paul Revere event are you referring to? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #101

Listen my children and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of Apri usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #102

The British are coming? JaneyVee Aug 2013 #103

Wrong, as everyone was British then, he said the RED COATS are coming. usGovOwesUs3Trillion Aug 2013 #104

What, no etching? nt MADem Aug 2013 #99

I love you. Perfect post. nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #53

Lol.. the first comment under the TPM statement from PBO.. Cha Aug 2013 #68

Thanks for the link, Cha. Amonester Aug 2013 #77

Or care.. is my guess, Amonester Cha Aug 2013 #79

the MVP list of human rights nt arely staircase Aug 2013 #94

I don't think he is a whistleblower. Rex Aug 2013 #109

So he thinks Snowden is what? rug Aug 2013 #111

Not a "patriot." n/t ProSense Aug 2013 #112

That's what he thinks he's not. What does he think he is? rug Aug 2013 #113

DU rec...nt SidDithers Aug 2013 #115

K & R Scurrilous Aug 2013 #116