Who Cares if NSA Snooping Is Legal? It's Still Disgusting. - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Posted by gwcalvert 11 years, 5 months ago to Government
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Free people don't tolerate government officials who think "legal" trumps "right." We can do a hell of a lot better than the likes of Feinstein, Rogers and Holder assuring us that they did good because they gave themselves permission to do evil.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 11 years, 5 months ago
    “Free people do not tolerate governmental officials who think legal trumps right”

    Are these the same free people who sat silent when the car industry put little black boxes in our cars or the same free people who are totally ok with live shots of everyone's home being shown by Google maps?
    They didn’t give themselves permission; our epathy did.
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  • Posted by $ Susanne 11 years, 5 months ago
    But now "National Security" trumps both... and if it's something that could be embarassing tot he dotgov, you call it an issue of "National Security", put a lid on it, go after those you have to go after, and silence them. It doesn't matter whether it's "Legal" or "Right"... if it's "Embarassing" to the dotgov, then it must be silenced, the people responsible first skewed as "questionable" then quashed.

    Cuffy and Tinky and Mr. Thompson would be darned proud of the current Administration...
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  • Posted by $ rockymountainpirate 11 years, 5 months ago
    I wish these idiots would stop keeping me safe.

    My 2 favorite quotes from the Founders:
    "Government is like a fire. Useful in the fireplace, but when it gets out of it's place, it will consume everything you own". George Washington
    "I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery". Thomas Jefferson
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