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HardTimes99

(2,049 posts)
21. Actually, Stasi 3.0 (the 60s in America being Stasi 2.0). But I've got that
Fri Jun 21, 2013, 12:17 PM
Jun 2013

same confirmation bias big-time

+ Infinity - The American Democracy And Constitution Has Clearly Died cantbeserious Jun 2013 #1
the minute you use words like "stasi state" cali Jun 2013 #2
The fact is that this is what we have become. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #3
...& maybe watch "The Lives of Others" appal_jack Jun 2013 #8
Highly recommend that movie! tblue Jun 2013 #23
Came out the same time as "Pan's Labyrinth." Both excellent anti-fascist / totalitarian statements villager Jun 2013 #27
I love that one too! tblue Jun 2013 #39
Damn, I did not! Just looked him up on IMDB. I think the director wanted to work with him again, too villager Jun 2013 #40
Use of the term Stasi State 2.0 CanonRay Jun 2013 #13
you didn't tune out because of confirmation bias, same goes for me cali Jun 2013 #15
Actually, Stasi 3.0 (the 60s in America being Stasi 2.0). But I've got that HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #21
You think those people need an excuse? MNBrewer Jun 2013 #19
Well, frankly I no longer care what ignorant people, people with no knowledge of what is very recent sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #56
I agree. Nt newfie11 Jun 2013 #4
Agreed, but please remember to pay all attention to the man behind the curtain. Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #5
This is exactly what I want to know. If you notice the spy machine we have incl Clapper, etc. is rhett o rick Jun 2013 #9
This is not about Obama, but now that you bring it up..... Th1onein Jun 2013 #26
IMO, when Obama became president, he was told that there was a super-duper spy machine in place that rhett o rick Jun 2013 #29
Isn't it pretty to think so. Th1onein Jun 2013 #30
Why then would Pres Obama appoint the same people to run the economy and the intelligence agencies? rhett o rick Jun 2013 #32
Lol, that's a real good question. Th1onein Jun 2013 #44
No, both President Obama and Bush's former advisers have said that Obama made changes when he became okaawhatever Jun 2013 #36
I dont believe any of that is true. If you do, more power to you. nm rhett o rick Jun 2013 #37
What? The NSA is part of the executive branch. Congress allegedly has oversight, Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #51
Congressional law governs the general program. If Wyden wants Clapper to speak okaawhatever Jun 2013 #52
I thinks your's is a best case scenario explanation. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #47
Rougue elements that explain how x will happen if y does not remain in tact think Jun 2013 #54
Cheney said that he approves the NSA programs... grasswire Jun 2013 #33
Great question. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #46
J. Edgar Hoover had his own secret spy program called COINTELPRO. pacalo Jun 2013 #6
Only legal from the point of view some appointed republican judge(s) who......... nolabels Jun 2013 #48
I was thinking today, which country is going to be the one to tell the U.S., "Tear down this wall." pacalo Jun 2013 #49
The politics of ridicule never served the minority nolabels Jun 2013 #50
As a matter of fact, I was trying to imagine a great big steel fence around the pacalo Jun 2013 #55
It is laughter i feel ( because in thinking of the xenophobes it would be just too sad to cry for) nolabels Jun 2013 #57
The more the world hears about those nut-jobs, the less need for a fence to keep them out. pacalo Jun 2013 #59
K&R with thanks n/t Catherina Jun 2013 #7
well said kentuck Jun 2013 #10
Did you mean to say, "...democrat-IC republic?" Misusing that word is often a rightie smear LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #11
You caught me. Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #14
No...I caught 'it', or actually, IC, as it were... LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #16
I actually had in mind the idea to write something along these lines. Jackpine Radical Jun 2013 #12
It is about the future of democracy. Octafish Jun 2013 #17
This is nothing more than some who have a cause and nothing more to entertain themselves Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #18
I saw (a version of) this when you posted it in, I think, Kentuck's thread. I was HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #20
A 'scandal' is an event felix_numinous Jun 2013 #22
K&R nt Mnemosyne Jun 2013 #24
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #25
Well said. HooptieWagon Jun 2013 #28
I honestly don't think Obama has much powe r over the intel empire. grasswire Jun 2013 #31
k&r n/t RainDog Jun 2013 #34
Well done! Vinnie From Indy Jun 2013 #35
I think you have more or less nailed it... kentuck Jun 2013 #38
This is what the Patriot act has brought us AgingAmerican Jun 2013 #41
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2013 #42
Thank you for an excellent OP. scarletwoman Jun 2013 #43
K&R! "It is a crisis of governance." Enthusiast Jun 2013 #45
Excellent Op Warren. Thank you Autumn Jun 2013 #53
knr Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #58
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