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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
125. And this isn't?:
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:02 PM
Jun 2014

"I figure that one way to figure him out is to see what's he's like on a long trip together or to see how he deals with service workers. "

Let's ask him if he has stopped beating his wife yet.

It's interesting how we tend to pathologize those with which we disagree. Gravitycollapse Jun 2014 #1
Indeed it is LordGlenconner Jun 2014 #138
I admire his tenacity quinnox Jun 2014 #2
The First Amendment AtlantaBlue Jun 2014 #5
Agreed! quinnox Jun 2014 #8
As GG has no license to practice law, ES is not his client. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #13
Like you, I seriously doubt that this would have happened without Snowden et al. Vattel Jun 2014 #64
No, it would never have happened without them or their like. nt ancianita Jun 2014 #96
When bullshit in journalism is close to a media standard, no-bullshit journalist is subversive. nt ancianita Jun 2014 #94
No he's not. Hassin Bin Sober Jun 2014 #3
he may be addicted to love hfojvt Jun 2014 #83
I would listen to Richard Clarke rather than GG bradla Jun 2014 #4
have to agree with Richard Clarke... VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #6
On some things... AtlantaBlue Jun 2014 #7
Clarke billhicks76 Jun 2014 #17
Clarke is like many smart posters on this board...able to decry government excesses while msanthrope Jun 2014 #18
Really? billhicks76 Jun 2014 #22
Yes, really. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #24
Totally Backwards billhicks76 Jun 2014 #72
Snowden is/was NOT a whistle - blower .. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #76
Yes he is. Hissyspit Jun 2014 #91
Not according to the whistle - blower law. eom. 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #120
That shitty watered-down thing? Hissyspit Jun 2014 #121
Be that as it may ... 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2014 #122
Yeah, that would upset GG.. Snowden is his cash cow. Cha Jun 2014 #10
To Each Their Own billhicks76 Jun 2014 #14
Clark knows a lot more about national security than Greebwald does. And the damage that lumpy Jun 2014 #78
If harm has been done, the NSA must prove it. Maedhros Jun 2014 #134
You mean he made an argument? Hissyspit Jun 2014 #86
he's obsessed with it. he can dish out shit but don't try to point out he's wrong..he'll come after Cha Jun 2014 #9
We Need People Obsessed With It billhicks76 Jun 2014 #11
Yeah, GG is vicious when he's wrong... never admits it. Self righteous a$$hole. Cha Jun 2014 #12
I Like When Journalists Get Vicious billhicks76 Jun 2014 #15
And now that GG has sold out to Omidayar, that makes him Pierre's steno. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #20
Hey, but getting paid by a billionaire oligarch libertarian frazzled Jun 2014 #23
Indeed.....the more Libertarian your money is, the cleaner! nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #25
The Message billhicks76 Jun 2014 #27
This is the truth. PragmaticLiberal Jun 2014 #16
Exactly PragmatricLiberal! Mr Scorpio is dead on. Cha Jun 2014 #19
He is a lawyer. What do you expect? It's his job to argue. It's his job to think. JDPriestly Jun 2014 #21
He argued and burnt bridges AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #26
+1 Lint Head Jun 2014 #28
Greenwald did not receive a Pulitzer prize. lumpy Jun 2014 #81
Yes - he was just the lead reporter for the Guardian Maedhros Jun 2014 #135
Greenwald didn't win a Pulitzer prize. The British newspaper The Guardian that revealed lumpy Jun 2014 #80
I did. You an parse it any way you want. Lint Head Jun 2014 #97
Parse? Uh...OK lumpy Jun 2014 #131
Read? I detect condescension. Lint Head Jun 2014 #133
Ignore Lumpy. He's not arguing in good faith. Maedhros Jun 2014 #136
I watched that and I must say.... Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #29
here we go again grasswire Jun 2014 #33
And the haters pretend to be so sorry for him elias49 Jun 2014 #35
I've known some people with these kinds of anger issues... Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #51
Doctor Cali Democrat? grasswire Jun 2014 #87
She can't stop it. It's part of the smear campaign. Vattel Jun 2014 #119
Some of us are not 'defenders' of the NSA, just against a journalist who seeks glory by riding the lumpy Jun 2014 #84
I'm sorry. I must have missed that new 9/11. Fawke Em Jun 2014 #118
The fact that several news outlets/individuals have access to the remaining NSA documents lumpy Jun 2014 #132
That's kind of you.. I don't feel sorry for him at all. He's his own worst enemy and Cha Jun 2014 #36
Hmmm, I wasn't aware that you had the creds to diagnose over the tee vee, like the Ablow guy on Foox tea and oranges Jun 2014 #77
this armchair psychologist stuff is insidious and odious grasswire Jun 2014 #90
Fuckety fuck totally! tea and oranges Jun 2014 #105
^^^^^^^^^^^nt grasswire Jun 2014 #106
You really don't have a shred of decency, do you? Vattel Jun 2014 #128
LOL...the ardent Greenwald defenders didn't like my post. Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #130
I can see that too. Especially at the NSA where the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals said "no" Lint Head Jun 2014 #30
Why would Greenwald feel challenged? MannyGoldstein Jun 2014 #31
He's an attorney. QuestForSense Jun 2014 #32
Love those straw man arguments. nt Live and Learn Jun 2014 #34
Mr Scorpio pointing out GG's "he always has to be right".. is a "straw man argument"? Cha Jun 2014 #37
It is the, "even if they're initially wrong" part of the argument that made it invalid. nt Live and Learn Jun 2014 #39
Nope.. just pointing out the facts. That's an especially valid point with Greenwald. Cha Jun 2014 #42
No, that is your opinion, not a valid argument. nt Live and Learn Jun 2014 #45
Oh Riiiiight! I forgot.. Greenwald's NEVER WRONG. LOL Cha Jun 2014 #55
Another invalid argument. Live and Learn Jun 2014 #57
Exactly. Because he's wrong quite often and refuses to admit it. Cha Jun 2014 #58
And, you still forgot to use the 'in my opinion', Live and Learn Jun 2014 #59
I don't have to ..you keep kicking this thread to say it for me. Cha Jun 2014 #61
No, I am betting that you keep kicking the thread because Live and Learn Jun 2014 #62
LOL KICK! Cha Jun 2014 #63
In your opinion? Live and learn. lumpy Jun 2014 #85
His dismissal over "it's about Greenwald and Snowden" bugs me the most. joshcryer Jun 2014 #38
Why aren't you insisting that the NY Times, The Guardian, and Bart Gellman RELEASE THE FILES! Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #43
I already said Gellman should release them. joshcryer Jun 2014 #44
Pro Publica and the NY Times have them. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #46
Then they should release them. joshcryer Jun 2014 #49
Indeed. Start OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP after OP Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #50
Why would I spam the forum? joshcryer Jun 2014 #52
Hopefully they won't release them for security reasons. lumpy Jun 2014 #93
How do you know. Prove it. Snowden forbid them originals; they could only get viralled copies ancianita Jun 2014 #98
The Guardian gave what they had to them. You think the Guardian is lying? Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #103
When did this happen? I'm going to ask Greenwald about this this coming Thursday in Chicago. ancianita Jun 2014 #108
August 2013 and nobody claimed the NY Times got all of it. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #137
The documents are supposidly to be scanned for US security reasons, according to Greenwald's lumpy Jun 2014 #92
Horrors that someone argues politics. I suggest that DU shut its doors. SHUT IT DOWN. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #40
Welcome back. joshcryer Jun 2014 #41
What do you mean when you say DU should shut its doors? Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #47
It must be a very very very bad thing to arguing politics. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #48
Greenwald's responses on Real Time were nothing but spittle. joshcryer Jun 2014 #53
You saw nothing of the kind. I watched the whole show and nothing of the sort happened. Why bullshit ancianita Jun 2014 #99
not according to the audience grasswire Jun 2014 #107
People cheered over Crossfire too. joshcryer Jun 2014 #112
Have you seen Real Time with Bill Maher before? Cali_Democrat Jun 2014 #54
Anger expressed over our loss of our civil rights is so de classe. Luminous Animal Jun 2014 #60
I've seen Ann Coulter keep her shit together better. Wow....that was quite the display by GG. nt msanthrope Jun 2014 #69
Saying "bullshit" after being rudely interrupted is not keeping your shit together? Bullshit. ancianita Jun 2014 #100
Well, like your reply, it does seem to indicate a fair amount of heat that a more msanthrope Jun 2014 #104
audience 100, msanthrope 1 grasswire Jun 2014 #110
I'm okay with not being one of the "popular kids" grasswire. Nor do I care msanthrope Jun 2014 #116
Heh. That was rhetoric, not heat. ancianita Jun 2014 #117
Yes, we should all use Ann Coulter as a measurement for successful discourse. Hissyspit Jun 2014 #126
Oh fucking hell, Greenwald just fawned over the GOP on Real Time. joshcryer Jun 2014 #56
Just you wait until August, MrScorpio! randome Jun 2014 #65
I really stepped into it this time MrScorpio Jun 2014 #67
I thank you for your post.. someone had to say it. It needed to be discussed.. Cha Jun 2014 #74
Wow: Hissyspit Jun 2014 #124
I know some right wingers like that treestar Jun 2014 #66
Treadmills only go in one direction. randome Jun 2014 #68
This thread says way more about your mania than his whatchamacallit Jun 2014 #70
I wrote an elaboration in post #67 MrScorpio Jun 2014 #71
Just your opinion? lumpy Jun 2014 #95
What a very sharp observation. KittyWampus Jun 2014 #73
Satire, right? Hissyspit Jun 2014 #127
I'd personally love to have a chat with him Blue_Tires Jun 2014 #75
K&R, thank you, MrS. Before there was SNOWDEN, I had never heard of GREENWALD UTUSN Jun 2014 #79
unlike most of the rest of us hfojvt Jun 2014 #82
We're really scraping the bottom of the barrel on ad Hominem, aren't we? Hissyspit Jun 2014 #88
When you're the best informed, personally, by a whistleblower, it's tempting to respond to the ancianita Jun 2014 #89
Yeah, GG is over the top.. it's so obvious to not mention it would be sweeping it under the rug. Cha Jun 2014 #101
And this isn't?: Hissyspit Jun 2014 #125
Naw AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #102
it gets really old and smelly nt grasswire Jun 2014 #111
Grennwald. LOL... SidDithers Jun 2014 #109
+1 Couldn't agree more! He's a right wing propagandist! B Calm Jun 2014 #113
Aw. You must be one of those people who are scared of clowns! elias49 Jun 2014 #114
Like I said. Comedy gold... SidDithers Jun 2014 #115
Actually, as I already pointed out... Hissyspit Jun 2014 #123
Kind of like most LWolf Jun 2014 #129
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