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Cryptoad

(8,254 posts)
98. again,,,
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 05:39 PM
Aug 2013

if a surgeon can be a terrorist then practicing medicine can be terrorism.

yes indeed comprehension is key,,,, but I Logic is even more important!

The tide is turning Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #1
This is a defining civil rights issue of our time. Are you for civil rights for blacks, for gays? chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #4
I support 100% civil rights and civil liberties Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #9
Oh doncha know it because its OLD!!111! From Bush days and we KNEW about it riderinthestorm Aug 2013 #11
Yet Snowden and Manning need to be drawn and quartered because they hurt national security! backscatter712 Aug 2013 #61
Oh, yeah, we suspected all this stuff Warpy Aug 2013 #86
Because it's not really spying. tazkcmo Aug 2013 #24
You need to keep up nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #36
I think that person was being sarcastic. Fawke Em Aug 2013 #59
It is so easy to miss it these days nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #74
You can do a lot with metadata. A good mathematician teamed with a good lawyer can JDPriestly Aug 2013 #40
the sarcasm wasn't dripping in red, but I believe it was there ;) nt magical thyme Aug 2013 #68
Yes... dennis4868 Aug 2013 #77
But you don't own your meta data, didn't you hear about that? Your meta data belongs sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #96
it was actually a supreme court case dennis4868 Aug 2013 #107
So was Bush V Gore and Citizen's United where Corporations became people and a loser sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #110
Okay... dennis4868 Aug 2013 #116
Please, answer the question. xfundy Aug 2013 #104
knr Douglas Carpenter Aug 2013 #2
That damn Paulbot. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #3
Black Helicopter Leftess! n/t leftstreet Aug 2013 #5
LOL burnodo Aug 2013 #44
But the swooners all swear he deserved it because Greenwald is a hack or crook or something!!11!1!! PSPS Aug 2013 #6
And Snowden's ex girl friend is a pole dancer. RC Aug 2013 #14
Gasp! tazkcmo Aug 2013 #25
How will we ever erase that image from our brains, ya know? RC Aug 2013 #27
Dances With Poles tblue Aug 2013 #56
It was the boxes in the garage Aerows Aug 2013 #65
I'm enjoying "didn't pay his bar fees" currently DirkGently Aug 2013 #19
Maddow is an UNSerious, Libertarian, racist, Republican, Paulbot, who never loved him... Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #7
Run, Rachel, run! East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #18
It's crowded down here nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #37
Just wait, there'll be a rumor she's a **lesbian**!!!!!!! Scuba Aug 2013 #22
Say it aint so!!! nt Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #23
And I hear she drinks Ravens.Ransom Aug 2013 #33
She makes cocktails on her show! Clearly she is not to be taken seriously. n/t cui bono Aug 2013 #39
You forgot to mention that she fears black helicopters. Bonobo Aug 2013 #50
Good for her. Some things are more important than party politics and it's sad that there those sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #8
I honestly think the intelligence agency cabal is bigger than the President. rhett o rick Aug 2013 #99
I wouldn't worry what a few people who dither around DU with not much to contribute sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #111
I dont pay mind to those that S-lither about DU trying to PPR anyone that remotely rhett o rick Aug 2013 #112
Lol, me neither. sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #115
Rachel is obviously a "bad journalist" for not letting all the "facts" come out yet riderinthestorm Aug 2013 #10
K&R!!!!!! felix_numinous Aug 2013 #12
Wouldn't that be great? Maybe Rachel will help some of the blind see the error of their ways. chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #43
yes when you have lost rachel questionseverything Aug 2013 #54
The Pauls got to her! WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2013 #13
Lies! All Lies! Rand got to her! She has boxes in her garage! neverforget Aug 2013 #15
''She has boxes in her garage!'' DeSwiss Aug 2013 #31
Rachel Maddow never really loved him! QC Aug 2013 #16
And under the bus she goes! NealK Aug 2013 #17
Regardless of how you feel about Greenwald, morningfog Aug 2013 #20
Damn, now Obama's going to kill another kitten mindwalker_i Aug 2013 #21
I respectfully disagree with Rachel's take on what happened. AppetiteForApathy Aug 2013 #26
+1. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #28
Face it. Our NSA and CIA got caught with their hands in the cookie jars of the world. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #42
+1 Little Star Aug 2013 #48
Why such hamfisted reponses? Are they panicking, pissed off, stupid - all of the above? chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #97
All plus proud and dependent on the program for their livelihoods. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #100
Obama doesn't seem to have a problem sayind no to his BASE. chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #101
True. We need to organize as Progressive Democrats -- a the grassroots level. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #114
Ouch! DeSwiss Aug 2013 #29
K&R midnight Aug 2013 #30
an outrage indeed. it's time for the party to get on the right side of this. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #32
Go for it polynomial Aug 2013 #34
What is this? Aerows Aug 2013 #67
We have a second bus coming by...can we pencil you in for a 8am Rex Aug 2013 #35
Well at least one mainstream journalist gets it... ljm2002 Aug 2013 #38
Awesome! eom.. ut oh Aug 2013 #41
The usual suspects are conspicuously absent from this thread burnodo Aug 2013 #45
Their strategy is to ignore it Enthusiast Aug 2013 #49
I guess Rachel is a bridge too far tblue Aug 2013 #57
They're still putting the new batch through focus group testing. backscatter712 Aug 2013 #62
Link to the video: 'Journalism is not terrorism' flpoljunkie Aug 2013 #46
Thanks for posting the video! chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #52
Knee jerks defend every government action, without thinking. morningfog Aug 2013 #47
This message was self-deleted by its author Sunlei Aug 2013 #51
HUGE K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #53
Soooooo Cryptoad Aug 2013 #55
Yes, Rachel is clearly a terrorist! Civilization2 Aug 2013 #63
why you think that? Cryptoad Aug 2013 #71
The corporate-military kills "terrorists" all the time, using drones to murder them, right? Civilization2 Aug 2013 #91
I've seen plenty of wrong headed statements on DU Aerows Aug 2013 #69
I have seen plenty of posters who Cryptoad Aug 2013 #72
internet posters can be terrorists, but just by posting on the internet you are not a terrorist. nt La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #75
I didnt ask Cryptoad Aug 2013 #76
so is comprehension. i used an analogy to explain what rachel said La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #80
Oh,,, i understand what you wrote Cryptoad Aug 2013 #81
no journalism cannot be terrorism. some surgeons can be terrorists, but medicine is not terrorism. La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #92
again,,, Cryptoad Aug 2013 #98
i think to have logic you need to be at the very least capable of La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #109
And this might redeem Rachel in my eyes. I know that for me, the homophobic streak in the Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #58
+1 n/t Aerows Aug 2013 #70
The homophobic undertones have been evident to me since early on. The Link Aug 2013 #84
Is she still insisting snowden prove his self Jesus Malverde Aug 2013 #60
It's 'prove himself'. And do you have any support for your assertion as to Maddow's position? Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #64
Points of view change over time Harmony Blue Aug 2013 #66
sadly, it often takes an event like this.. frylock Aug 2013 #78
We should all be outraged. nt DLevine Aug 2013 #73
Some are conspicuously absent from this thread. Curious. NorthCarolina Aug 2013 #79
The silence from some quarters is deafening. JEB Aug 2013 #82
A brilliant, "uppity" woman with a national tv show who just happens to be a lesbian. libdem4life Aug 2013 #83
Maddow appreciates the words you put into her mouth, I'm sure. nt uhnope Aug 2013 #85
K&R n/t myrna minx Aug 2013 #87
I applaud Rachel for this. dawg Aug 2013 #88
Rachael gets it. Jasana Aug 2013 #89
Why do many refer to al-Jazeera journalists as terrorists? kelliekat44 Aug 2013 #90
actually if the people did something worth exposing it does give a journalist La Lioness Priyanka Aug 2013 #93
"People" call AJ journalists terrorists because that's how Bushco wanted them portrayed. NuclearDem Aug 2013 #105
Because those people are stupid and uninformed. Next question? LeftyMom Aug 2013 #113
Good on Rachel!! K&R Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #94
I love Rachel! warrprayer Aug 2013 #95
She might also be concerned that her partner could Cleita Aug 2013 #102
Very good point. Clearly that spectre has been raised. chimpymustgo Aug 2013 #103
It IS possible for "journalists" to be, or act in, xfundy Aug 2013 #106
Who knew that would be a controversial statement DirkGently Aug 2013 #108
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