Comments on: Specter Hearts NSA Spying

By: Moose

Moose — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 18:49:15 +0000

Ye Gods, did somebody open the Ark of the covenant or something? Nasty.

By: Kolin

Kolin — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:30:15 +0000

this is total bull crap he dosent deserve to be put away for what he did

By: Haninah

Haninah — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:01:20 +0000

I don’t think it’s fair to call the support of about 50% of the population (according to most polls) “overwhelming support”.…
That’s like the old Bolshevik-Menshevik trick: the party whose platform lost by one vote at the convention got slapped with the label Mensheviks (minoritarians) and made to look like the out-of-touch reactionaries, while the more extreme party labeled themselves the Bolsheviks (majoritarians).
By which I don’t mean to go around calling anyone a communist, just to point out that turning 50% into “overwhelming support” is a nasty rhetorical trick.

By: Kaltes

Kaltes — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:56:55 +0000

I fail to see what is scary about the legislation given the information in the underlying DT post.
The NSA program has the overwhelming support of the American people. The only people I see opposing it are hard core privacy absolutists and their allies on the left who jumped this bandwagon as a way to take shots at Bush and his supposedly out-of-control imperial Presidency.
I don’t think the executive has ever been weaker than it is now, with the whole mainstream media establishment actively undermining it coupled with their criminal leaker insider allies.
I wish I didn’t have to draw that line with “liberals” but unfortunately the stark contrast is there. The US has enough enemies abroad to worry about without having liberals undermining our efforts to keep the country safe because they want to make the republicans/bush look bad.

By: Joe091

Joe091 — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 06:04:39 +0000

Wait... are some of you actually supporting Specter's Bill? Say what you will about the (amusing) picture, but this is some sriously scary legislation. And why must everyone run around calling each other "Liberals" or "Conservatives" in a condescending manner? We are Americans, not Democrats or Republicans. It's fine to have an opinion one way or other on an issue, but it's another thing to take that view just because that's what your party tells you. It's also equally stupid to take a side just because your "political enemy" holds an opposing view. Use common sense and take the position that is good for the country.

By: The Z man

The Z man — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:35:28 +0000

Kaltes,
My sentiments exactly. I have been following defensetech.org for about 2 years now…the leftward tilt is becomnig more and more extreme. Who is the real threat? Bush?
Meanwhile back in realit.…Iran and NK are building nukes and delivery platforms while collaborating with fascists Islamists in Iran and Hezbollah whom wish to hasten the arrival of the 12th Imam and Armageddon. Yeah we should be worried about Bush and the evil NSA trying their best to catch these psychopathic killers.

By: Harry Toor

Harry Toor — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:18:20 +0000

Yeah, that picture is possibly the worlds worst looking human being…photographed…no offense to the man…heh