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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald Calls Obama's NSA Speech A Publicity Stunt [View all]frylock
(34,825 posts)112. i'd be more willing to entertain your bullshit if you could provide links..
proving that greenwald is either a libertarian or a racist, as he has unequivocally denied those allegations. so let's have them.
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That you would consider this exceptional violation of the 4th Amendment "good" is disgusting. nt
Poll_Blind
Jan 2014
#6
@ggreenwald: It has that effect regardless of motive RT @tnyCloseRead Obama: we don't collect intell
Hissyspit
Jan 2014
#14
@ggreenwald: So let's imprison for decades he who enabled it RT @janinegibson Obama: "One thing I am
Hissyspit
Jan 2014
#16
@ZoeSCarpenter: Obama failing to acknowledge that pre 9/11 intel failures had nothing t
Hissyspit
Jan 2014
#20
Given that it would not be true, why would the President say it? He cited that there was overseas
24601
Jan 2014
#97
@attackerman: Nothing in these proposals addresses the weakening of encryption standard
Hissyspit
Jan 2014
#23
Saying Greenwald is a "journalist" is like saying I'm a major league baseball player.
George II
Jan 2014
#124
In your first post, baldguy, you argued that those who are opposed to the NSA mass surveillance
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#75
Sorry, but I don't think W could give a speech like that. Say and feel how you want but one thing
kelliekat44
Jan 2014
#129
@jricole: RT @KenRoth: New Obama position on metadata still seems to assume we have no privacy right
Hissyspit
Jan 2014
#15
Well it is funny that I just heard John Fugelsang on Stephanie Miller's show yesterday ...
Botany
Jan 2014
#206
Maybe people just get sick of the made-up shit, lack of substance, and character assassination
Hissyspit
Jan 2014
#207
@ggreenwald: "Store all citizens' communications records" is a radical policy. But it's been transfo
Hissyspit
Jan 2014
#19
I remember the good old days when so-called journos used to actually write shit
Blue_Tires
Jan 2014
#36
You mean as opposed to posting random tweets? You should win a DUzy for that! nt
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#71
all my attempts have failed because I guaran-fuckin'-tee you that no DUer wants to venture into wher
Titonwan
Jan 2014
#84
Greenwald has been routinely criticized for being excessively prolix in his articles n/t
Fumesucker
Jan 2014
#119
if it gives you a thrill to imagine your hero beating up on strangers in your imagination,
geek tragedy
Jan 2014
#162
We don't have access to his financial records, but I'm sure he's making a bundle on his crap
George II
Jan 2014
#171
LOL! Greenwald calling it a publicity stunt? His whole career is a publicity stunt.
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2014
#24
It really is, right? Liberals supposedly supporting a racist libertarian...
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2014
#98
Absolutely. A self-serving publicity whore calling the President one is a LOL moment.
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2014
#110
No subject changed. he's still a lying, Iraq War supporting, right-wing libertarian backing racist.
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2014
#118
As a patent attorney. Not exactly because of liberty or civil rights interests....
msanthrope
Jan 2014
#150
I don't lack anything. Here we have a publicity whore calling Obama a publicity whore...
Drunken Irishman
Jan 2014
#109
If you AREN'T outraged by the NSA and the inadequate controls the Executive Branch has on it
Demeter
Jan 2014
#35
Obama could have filibustered retroactive immunity and brought FISA back to pre-Bush status.
OnyxCollie
Jan 2014
#37
Why don't you go start an "Obama is a Fascist" thread and be done with it?
BeyondGeography
Jan 2014
#154
"They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve..."
Poll_Blind
Jan 2014
#50
It appears that those who yelled "TRAITOR!" at Snowden have switched to slamming Greenwald
Demeter
Jan 2014
#57
Snowden also carefully sifted through all the candidates and chose Ron Fucking Paul.
tridim
Jan 2014
#62
Udall, Wyden, Heinrich Statement Reacting to President's Speech on NSA, Surveillance Reform
ProSense
Jan 2014
#58
I'm willing to listen to Obama, but if the news leaked about his speech is correct,
JDPriestly
Jan 2014
#63
Not yet, but in about two hours I'll be taking the dog for a walk, THEN I will give a crap to him!
George II
Jan 2014
#136
Awww! The president just stepped all over GG's book deal, and multimillion dollar business venture.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2014
#152
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
pa28
Jan 2014
#177
Of course he is correct. Those attacking Greenwald have no actual argument with his point.
TheKentuckian
Jan 2014
#176
If you can't argue the point, resort to gay bashing. Second time I've seen this on DU
Luminous Animal
Jan 2014
#216
Glenn is so predictable he'll soon be regarded as boring -- and after that he'll just become corny
struggle4progress
Jan 2014
#180