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In reply to the discussion: WAIT!!!!!!!! [View all]RobinA
(9,888 posts)71. You Might
want to take a quick glance at a logic book at some point. You would probably be able to argue more convincingly.
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+1 Money talks, even if I donate 5 dollars on the straight up it's still a sign of support
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#3
Pretty soon, both the far right and far left will be talking about the FEMA camps.
JoePhilly
Jun 2013
#17
Ahh, essentially doing the equivalent of an O'Reilly "Cut his mic off" act.
Fantastic Anarchist
Jun 2013
#30
Bush committed "warrantless wiretapping". Do you know what "warrantless" means? False equivalence
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#133
+1, whistle blowing is outing someone doing something illegal. Leaking is for the sake of a good sto
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#153
More sophistry, what does Obama have to "defend"?!?! He doesn't even need a warrant!!!!
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#15
Excellent post. And I am dismayed how many eat up his lying smears about Greenwald.
Luminous Animal
Jun 2013
#53
This is not what I said, you're misrepresenting what I said AGAIN.. not surprised. Regards
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#68
So you're in favor of "the President's domestic surveillance of citizens"
LondonReign2
Jun 2013
#146
I'm in favor of you knowing the difference between spying and surveying too
LondonReign2
Jun 2013
#154
wow Glen Greenwald worked for CATO? he write a paper on drug policy for them as part of a debate
azurnoir
Jun 2013
#22
I do not look at these latest revelations to be an attack on the President
snappyturtle
Jun 2013
#25
The accusation of war monger was the OP's, not mine. I was meerly pointing out
snappyturtle
Jun 2013
#43
No, he didn't kill the Tienanmen Square guy. He just killed his credibility. nt
SunSeeker
Jun 2013
#44
I'd find him more credible if he didn't lavish praise on Chinese "free speech" while bashing the US.
SunSeeker
Jun 2013
#67
You keep avoiding the point that he praised China, which has terrible abuses.
SunSeeker
Jun 2013
#75
...If she were a winger? YES!! She's NOT a winger like Greenwald and Snowden.
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#89
OFFS, Hong Kong is no haven of free speech. I can't believe you are singing its praises.
SunSeeker
Jun 2013
#119
Oh, but he did support Iraq! Not only did he support it, he was Bush fanboy who got duped!
Tarheel_Dem
Jun 2013
#138
If he doesn't want to live in a country where there has ever been an atrocity, he's got slim picking
SunSeeker
Jun 2013
#52
It's stupid to go to a country with even worse abuses & lavish praise on it while bashing the US.
SunSeeker
Jun 2013
#61
Yeah, lets take the Carlyle Groups, Cato, Rand Paul supports and Bush appoligist at face value...
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#70
Don't have to be a conspiracy to look at the background of those who are telling this story and
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#81
IF they supported Bush to a shill level like Glen or Ron Paul like Snow they're NOT to be trusted...
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#157
How did the preface of Greenwald's book attacking Bush make him a "shill" for Bush?
DirkGently
Jun 2013
#159
And the "hero" volunteered to fight in the Iraq war after believing everything Bush/Cheney said.
bushisanidiot
Jun 2013
#65
DING DING DING!! Needs to be a Top Post too. When I see a progressive that isn't bashing Obama
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#78
thx I need them, gotta look at things plainly sometimes ... don't know why ANYONE is listening to
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#87
...if the messenger was a war mongering, cato institute winger who supported Rand Paul then we shoul
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#93
I know he is not a liberal, he is a libertarian, but i did not know he supported the Iraq war
still_one
Jun 2013
#94
Support Iraq war AND wirte for CATO and is an asshole, and Snow didn't contribute 15 dollars he gave
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#125
Irrelevant to the question, the question was did he support Bush's war the answer = YES
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#151
REALLY?!?! He even says he gave them the benefit of the doubt!!! I NEVER gave that bastard the
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#158
Me neither. But most of America did, for a moment. Doesn't make him a "shill."
DirkGently
Jun 2013
#160
I agree, if that was the ONLY thing I would agree but it wasn't. Glen is an ass, CATO I contributor
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#161
Yup, it be froggy. But consider that the media is all we got. Besides memory and brains.
freshwest
Jun 2013
#131
Anyone who calls Greenwald "war mongering" clearly has not read Greenwald
Bjorn Against
Jun 2013
#136
And then he became one of the most vocal critics of the Bush Administration
Bjorn Against
Jun 2013
#141
Yeah after it was seen that Bush was losing!! The SECOND there were no WMDs found guys like Glen
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#150
I agree, only after the shit hit the fan though...like most kkkons they dropped the Bush admin like
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#166
And then they all started blogging extensively and expertly on how Bush's actions
Hissyspit
Jun 2013
#177
"I accepted his judgment that American security really would be enhanced by the invasion of this ...
uponit7771
Jun 2013
#165
All these recs for an OP that starts out with two lies in the first sentence
Hissyspit
Jun 2013
#174
Washington Post has not only backed away from its initial reporting, it now says that Obama won't
Number23
Jun 2013
#176
Boo. Common lies used by right-wingers and Obamabots to smear Greenwald because of the stuff he says
limpyhobbler
Jun 2013
#210