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The question of just who, what, where, and when the US government spied on and stored metadata about is moot now... thanks to Edward Snowden; but President Obama will be firing on all his teleprompter-based cylinders today as he explains the "changes" to NSA data collection and the likely "punt" deferrals to Congress:

  • HAYDEN SAYS OBAMA MAY 'PUNT' SOME QUESTIONS TO CONGRESS ON NSA
     
  • OBAMA SAID TO ORDER END OF SECTION 215 METADATA PROGRAM (as it currently exists)
     
  • NSA SAID TO NO LONGER KEEP BULK PHONE RECORDS UNDER OBAMA PLAN

Calling for an 'overhaul' of the NSA (seeking input from Congress and intelligence officials) will, we are sure, appease those who cannot believe the 'hope-and-change'-monger could have sanctioned such things; but we suspect little will change in reality.

President Obama is due to speak at 11ET...

 

 

Via The Hill,

President Obama will announce on Friday an overhaul of the controversial National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance program that collects the telephone records of American citizens, according to a senior administration official.

 

Speaking at the Justice Department, Obama will say that he is ordering an end to the telephone metadata “as it currently exists, and move to a program that preserves the capabilities we need without the government holding this bulk meta-data,” the official said.

 

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But the president will not offer a specific proposal outlining who will store the data in the future. A White House advisory panel suggested in recommendations released last month that the records be maintained by telephone companies or a third party. But companies have been resistant to that idea, fearful that it could sour their relationships with customers and prove expensive.

 

Obama will instead announce that he has asked Attorney General Eric Holder and members of the intelligence community to find a way to preserve the capabilities of the program without the government holding the metadata, according to the official.

 

“At the same time, he will consult with the relevant committees in Congress to seek their views,” the official added.

 

...

 

But its unclear whether the president’s proposal will do much to soothe the concerns of privacy advocates, who argue that maintaining the program in some form would do little to satisfy concerns about snooping.

 

“This shifting of records … would not solve the problem, it would just outsource it and possibly create new ones,” Liza Goitein, co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Program, said.

 

Having the phone companies or third parties hold the data, which can be accessed by the government as it pleases, would allow the government to “essentially launder” its surveillance activities, she said.

 

Advocates said that the president’s proposed course would mean a greater role for Congress in reforming the surveillance programs.

 

“If he does fail to take a stand … it will become Congress’ responsibility,” said Kevin Bankston, policy director at the New America Foundation’s Open Technology Institute.

 

“If he does punt to Congress, there are many standing ready” to take on surveillance reform, he said, pointing to bills like the USA Freedom Act by Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Patriot Act author Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.).

 

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Fri, 01/17/2014 - 11:59 | 4341045 Hedgetard55
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Is this the same President that tried to tell me the Syrian Army was responsible for that sarin attack, and that Benghazi was the result of a video?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:06 | 4341076 InjectTheVenom
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>>>>>  Complainer-in-Chief

>>>>>  Commander-in-Chief

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:06 | 4341081 NotApplicable
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Lemme guess... it's a "lock-box," right?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:10 | 4341099 Buckaroo Banzai
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I'm setting the over/under on how late he is at 21 minutes.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:11 | 4341103 Buckaroo Banzai
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<--- goes on before 11:21

<--- goes on after 11:21

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:15 | 4341125 Hedgetard55
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11:14. Still no Bathhouse. Muat be still working his new boy toy.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:17 | 4341136 WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot
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So the NSA is the progeny of Paul Revere and the Sons of Liberty?

 

Got it. 

 

That's rich. 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:18 | 4341146 Joe Davola
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Reichstag fire incoming in 3, 2, ...

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:20 | 4341158 Boris Alatovkrap
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Where is naked communist with burning fag?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:30 | 4341196 onewayticket2
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"those of us in the Administration have a sworn responsibility to the Constitution....oh, and disregard that piece last night in the Hill that spilled the beans on my Executive Order to raise the Minimum Wage"

 

how can we believe anything he says anymore.....?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:34 | 4341228 Boris Alatovkrap
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Can not. But what are you mean "anymore"... you are one upon time believe political tool name Barry Soetoro? You are more gullible than is stupid grandmother who is death by pillow before 2008 election.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:37 | 4341252 Dr. Engali
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Just like I said earlier. The MSN is already spinning this as Obama is taking care of the issue so shut up, everything is okay.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:42 | 4341269 onewayticket2
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im about as far from a progressive as you get.  not to worry, boris.  

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:53 | 4341307 NoDebt
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Every issue he speaks about is instantly considered addressed, fixed and put to bed.  Move on.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:59 | 4341333 derek_vineyard
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i left the room 40 minutes ago and came back to see the comments.  is that fucker still babbling?  he loves the tales he spins, doesn't he?  he believes them, too.  he should be the jester, but he is the president.  says a lot about us voters. 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 17:17 | 4342161 MedTechEntrepreneur
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Okay, lemme guess...They'll "store" the information at the IRS, since they are "technically" not the government.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:30 | 4341199 thedrickster
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No, no, this time it will be a middle class, white, gun toting tea partier.

Get with times bro.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:42 | 4341270 Boris Alatovkrap
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Naked tea bagger?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:30 | 4341443 Tall Tom
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No Boris.

 

Obama likes Reggie Love's Tea Bag on his chin while keeping his own mouth full.

 

Now do you understand what a Tea Bag is?

 

Tea Partiers are NOT Tea Baggers. Obama is a Tea Bagger.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 14:42 | 4341686 Boris Alatovkrap
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Sorry, Boris is reliant of Google Translate for nomenclature.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:12 | 4341380 LMAOLORI
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"Where is naked communist with burning fag?"

 


Are you saying obama should take off his clothes?  

 

Here's the I am so stupid defense...

 

 

WHITE HOUSE: Obama didn't know extent of surveillance...
Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:18 | 4341406 kchrisc
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In the sixth-floor window ;-)

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:19 | 4341156 Boris Alatovkrap
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iNSAtiable appetite for spy on citizenry.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:35 | 4341236 LMAOLORI
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Just remember Boris he can spy on you too - LOL  - he's not only listening to Americans this BLEEP is spying on the whole world. 

 

 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:41 | 4341263 Boris Alatovkrap
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Uh-oh, Boris is misconceive NSA as domestic spy program... but how is NSA access to foreign country phone record? Maybe NSA is watch Boris analog video web cam when Boris is walk around naked in apartment...?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:53 | 4341297 LMAOLORI
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"Maybe NSA is watch Boris analog video web cam when Boris is walk around naked in apartment...?"


Maybe we can get a live feed of that lol


NSA using radio waves to spy on computers but, it says, only overseas: NYT

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nsa-using-radio-waves-to-spy-on-foreign-comp...

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:01 | 4341341 Emergency Ward
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Videos already posted on XXX Russian Bachelor porn site....corrupt NSA agents making big revenue on videos not share with Boris....

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 14:39 | 4341677 Boris Alatovkrap
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Boris is have wife.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:33 | 4341456 Crash Overide
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Snowden didn't take an "oath of secrecy."
He swore "to support and defend the
Constitution of the U.S., against all
enemies, foreign and domestic."

He did not swear to support and
defend or obey the President,
or to keep secrets.

-Daniel Ellsberg

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:18 | 4341139 Boris Alatovkrap
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Pass out on Meth, Secret Service is attempt revive. Please wait for patiently.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:13 | 4341114 Boris Alatovkrap
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Please, you are to be patient while Barry is cut, roll, and smoke doobie. Maybe is need hit of crack to get him through. Dilated pupil is make hard tele-prompter to read.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:10 | 4341100 Boris Alatovkrap
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Libido Dominico - Lust for power

Everything member of political class is do for preserve of power.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:15 | 4341115 derek_vineyard
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live feed came on at 1113am

looks like ugly male version of stepford wives

why are bald men there?

 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:15 | 4341122 Boris Alatovkrap
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Libido Dinero - Lust for Money

Everything Central Bankster and member of financial elite class is do for acquisition of money.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:21 | 4341160 derek_vineyard
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i had to cut it off after a minute.  what an insult to my intelligence.  NSA does whatever the fuck they want whenever they want.

thats why we have guns.  or should i say HAD guns.  lol @ us for not stopping this shit decades ago.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:21 | 4341417 Meat Hammer
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If he would just pinky swear it'd be all good.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:22 | 4341419 kchrisc
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"Had guns?"

I have mine. Some may be assisting daisies with root support, but I still have mine.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:10 | 4341096 max2205
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Lol.  It's all classified so you'll never know if anything changes

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:32 | 4341211 nope-1004
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>>>>>>>>> Obama campaigning again

>>>>>>>>> Obama to actually address citizen concerns

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:17 | 4341402 Chump
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 "...but we suspect little will change in reality."

No, there will be at least one change.  From now on, anyone working for the NSA (internal or on contract) will be required to desposit one loved one at the guard desk before heading in to work (immediate family preferred, extended family also accepted).  Gotta do something about all these damn whistleblowers after all.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:11 | 4341105 Dr. Engali
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   >>>>>>  Idiot-in-Chief

   >>>>>>  Idiot-Puppet

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:17 | 4341132 Boris Alatovkrap
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<-- A frick'n moron in chief

<-- Just nice guy, man of people, is try hard to make better society

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:23 | 4341165 Uncle Sugar
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Which delusional mother f*cker down voted Boris?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:31 | 4341205 Boris Alatovkrap
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Ooops, Boris is accidental click on down arrow.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:36 | 4341247 Boris Alatovkrap
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Okay, Boris is not extra downclick, why is ZHer display vile hating on Boris!? Or maybe is drink Barry Kool-Aid™?

Obamalamadingdong!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:37 | 4341248 Chump
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I don't see President Clownshoes that often.  He's looking like crap these days.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:50 | 4341298 Boris Alatovkrap
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Maybe Loafer-in-Chief is need Hawai'i vacation... Meth use is premature aging of skin and hair.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 14:55 | 4341729 Emergency Ward
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Peeping-Tom-In-Chief handlers think gray hair is sign of distinguishment.  When talking up spy state, hair gray, like elder statesman father of country.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 17:22 | 4342173 MedTechEntrepreneur
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Yes indeed.  Obama will soon get a set of wooden teeth and be rated higher than George Washington.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:07 | 4341085 jaap
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They frame it on section 215 but most is done under executive order 12333

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12333

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:33 | 4341455 kchrisc
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Can someone please help me find the "executive order" section of the Constitution?

I found section3, article 3 and the gold and silver clause, but no "executive order" section.

 

Uh oh, The Nuremberg principles:

Principle IV

Principle IV states: "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him".

This principle could be paraphrased as follows: "It is not an acceptable excuse to say 'I was just following my superior's orders'".

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:20 | 4341152 kridkrid
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While the lying bothers me a bit, I expect it. My expectation is that virtually all politicians who are elected to a national office are sociopaths. My grinding frustration and anger is directed more to the forking idiots who accept anything that the sociopaths tell them.... more or less everyone.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:22 | 4341167 brombones
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Anybody else's video feed screwed up? I'm just getting a big eyeball staring at me.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:25 | 4341174 tarsubil
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Yeap. Just a bunch of gobbly goop and lies.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:50 | 4341296 slaughterer
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He thinks he can get a third term with this NSA punt and perhaps a few more executive orders.  

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 15:26 | 4341824 rotagen
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Chief Puppetized Gay Chicago Minority Man Pan Volumetric Fecal Dispenser at Maximum Overload.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 17:34 | 4342213 Freddie
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The Democrats and RINOs golden child - Obama.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 11:59 | 4341047 Whoa Dammit
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The only way I'm watching this is if he crawls on his belly like the snake that he is.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:22 | 4341163 LMAOLORI
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I snorted a little of my pop up from that one lmao.

 

The Iranians said we were ruled by aliens and obama heads the alien shadow government maybe he's a shape shifter.

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2014/01/13/iran-says-tall-white-...

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:01 | 4341049 Dr. Engali
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Due to speak at 11:00 which means we will see him at 11:15.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:03 | 4341059 y3maxx
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Over 11.15

Under 11.15

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:08 | 4341088 derek_vineyard
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if anyone believes the actual spying will be curtailed....please put your tooth under your pillow and expect 1000 gold coins in the morning

what a farce

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:31 | 4341441 tony wilson
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eye heard him

he spokenon

he said it

he lade it on der line for you simple tons.

he seemed likes he was tellin der trueffer

he said he would give dem nsa boyz a good talkin to he comander in chef godamit der boss.

he told um to stop so day will stop and we bee free all over again like in abram linkins time

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:11 | 4341106 Buckaroo Banzai
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LOL you set the line too low!!!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:16 | 4341133 y3maxx
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Under wins 11.14

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:01 | 4341053 NoDebt
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Late again.  This time it's because the NSA is making a few last minute changes to his speech.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:08 | 4341093 NotApplicable
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iTOTUS, FTMFW!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:02 | 4341057 maxw3st
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"Punting to Congress" essentially means nothing will change. It's still safe to assume you have no privacy rights or protection of private data/communication.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:03 | 4341061 arnoldsimage
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let holder keep an eye on things.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:04 | 4341064 Temporalist
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"I have sinned against you and I beg your forgiveness."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ4QT75DHeo

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:04 | 4341066 SandiaMan
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I didn't know

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:05 | 4341068 arnoldsimage
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he's late because he has to land and fold his wings into his jacket.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:04 | 4341070 B2u
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Obama will  issue  an executive order which takes away the power of  Congress and the Supreme Court.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:08 | 4341087 InjectTheVenom
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ssshhhhh.....please don't give him any ideas !!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:05 | 4341074 Shrapnel
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No way, is he late??

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:06 | 4341075 Sudden Debt
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I think the NSA has a problem of a different sort...

happend to me also when I had a Ericson cellphone...

I JUST COULDN'T DELETE THE MESSAGES AND HISTORY IN A EASY WAY!!!

I HAD TO DELETE THEL ONE BY ONE!!

just took to long and before I knew it I was out of memory...

So...

I guess that's why they're building that new supercomputer to get more memory...
but their REAL problem is probably that they just CAN'T DELETE THE OLD LOG FILES!!

ICT SUPPORT!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!
GET ME INDIA ONE THE PHONE!!! IT'S URGENT!!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:07 | 4341089 brombones
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"The average american will save 2500 invasions of privacy a year under my plan."

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:25 | 4341431 Meat Hammer
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And then have their privacy canceled.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:12 | 4341109 QQQBall
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The wrong questions are being asked...someone ask Obomber why we are still in a State of Emergency and he fires off Executive Orders?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:13 | 4341110 Shrapnel
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Holder you SCUMBAG!!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:16 | 4341126 QQQBall
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i cannot watch this

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:16 | 4341129 Shrapnel
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Only a few sentences in and already, what an insult!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:16 | 4341134 Confused
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For some reason the feed I'm getting is really shitty. No sound. Its not my connection. The video is fine. At least I can fill in the words as I see fit. 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:18 | 4341141 suteibu
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This motherfucker has told people to "See something, Say something."  Fucking Stazi.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:19 | 4341153 arnoldsimage
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nsa keeps cutting volume feed.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:20 | 4341157 The_Ungrateful_Yid
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Bathhouse Barry speaketh for the chemically subdued sheeple.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:22 | 4341162 saltedGold
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Why am I watching this crap? I'd rather masturbate with my hand wrapped in razor wire. I wonder who writes this crap for him to read off the teleprompter?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:26 | 4341177 InjectTheVenom
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I'd rather lick the toe scum of a Nigerian long-distance runner.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:28 | 4341180 Hedgetard55
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He didn't know, he tried to corral them, he was upset, but they are real patriots, blah blah blah...

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:30 | 4341195 icanhasbailout
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C-SPAN with a little dig at Obama being prepared with other material - relevant material, no less - to fill the space for the inevitable late arrival of Der Fuhbar.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:30 | 4341201 UGrev
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The only way I buy this is if they live stream the destruction of all computing hardware from that massive facility and follow it up with the live streaming of the demolition of the building. Then, the congressional prosecution of each person involved followed by their trials and execution upon conviction for treason against the constitution.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:32 | 4341212 RiverDrifter
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I wish liar liar pants on fire was a real thing.....this douche would be a blazing inferno and we wouldn't have to listen to his galling lies and outright bullshit anymore. He's not my president, I refuse to claim him as anything more than another lazy blowhard who has no f'n clue what it is to have a real job.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:32 | 4341215 LeisureSmith
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Any sophisticated gentleman will tell you that you should never trust a prostitute. Instead of looking at this manwhore talk bullshit at you.... listen to some sweet tunes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kmo1q3JtUA and have drink.

skål.

 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:33 | 4341220 novictim
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NSA wire tapping "Not illegal"??  Hello?  "Parallel Construction"? ....did Obama miss this memo??

 

I'm thinking Obama, Constitutional Scholar that he is, was absent from the month that the 4th Amendment was discussed.  Could someone mail him the Cliff Notes?

 

"I'm not going to dwell on Snowden"?  YOU HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DWELL ON HIM...That is what this is all about you scumbag corporate fascist creep! 

 

 

Snowden put this goof ball/evil sell out in the position of making this bullshit speech. 

We can't start fixing this problem until we get YOU out of office, Mr. President scumbag.  YOU and all the fear mongers and police state shills are our biggest enemy and threat.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:34 | 4341222 Duc888
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So they "outsource" spying to a private contractor, where the compilation and dissemination of the material is legal.

 

I see what you did there.

 

Absolutely nothing has changed.  Don't fall for it.

 

Same as "military contractors" where they can bend / break the "rules" of war.

 

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

 

 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:37 | 4341224 Shrapnel
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Despite the liar in chief's claims, the NSA's surveillance is utterly ineffective in foiling "terrorist" attacks. The Boston Marathon 'event' would have been a perfect example of how the NSA's surveillance programs don't prevent attacks.....if only it hadn't been a drill organized and run by traitors.

http://benswann.com/new-report-shines-light-on-nsas-mishaps-and-ineffect...

 

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/the-fact-that-mass-surveillance-doesnt-keep-us-safe-goes-mainstream.html

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:08 | 4341365 kridkrid
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“The technetronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. Soon it will be possible to assert almost continuous surveillance over every citizen and maintain up-to-date complete files containing even the most personal information about the citizen. These files will be subject to instantaneous retrieval by the authorities" - Zbigniew Brzezinski He wrote this back in the early 70's.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:34 | 4341225 suteibu
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Yeah, he wants to protect America's bank account.  Obamacare is a hacker's dream.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:34 | 4341230 djsmps
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I didn't realize the US was the world's only Superpower.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:35 | 4341232 Dr. Engali
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Fuck this guy goes on forever. Why can't he just say is piece and just move on? Oh yeah...he's a fucking narcissist. 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:04 | 4341347 kralizec
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Can't stand his face, can't stand his voice...can't stand anything about the bastard!

Next up?

Watching the Great Weeping Carrot circle-jerk himself in response to this bullshit.

I tell ya, this jackass can do antyhing...nobody is stopping him...they might just as well throw what's left of the Constitution into the shredder and be done with it.  Time to move onto the next phase...

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:35 | 4341237 olle
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One must admit that he´s a hell of a good speaker...... if that then has anything to do with being a good leader is another question.... a hot air vortex from DC might help balance the artic vortex... btw...20 min´s are enough...disconnect...

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:57 | 4341323 _SILENCER
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People think he's some master speaker because compared to Dubya he's a silver tongued devil.  He's an ignorant blowhard faggot.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 15:03 | 4341764 Emergency Ward
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.....adoring followers swoon at every [pause]......

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:35 | 4341239 Winston Smith 2009
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They have completely lost my trust in anything they say on this subject and that should be the same for anyone with even half a brain. Ignore mode ON. If it's even true, I'm sure they'll find something else to store in their huge data facilities.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:35 | 4341240 RiverDrifter
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Lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie after lie.....that's all he spews is lies.  Does he even believe this shit or are most of the people who listen to really that stupid?

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 15:06 | 4341776 Emergency Ward
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I doubt if he believes it (thought he may be delusional); many of the true believers know it's bullshit but eat it up anyway...

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:36 | 4341244 chunga
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Oblama:

"NSA folks are our neighbors and friends"

FUCK YOU shit-lips!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:32 | 4341452 Meat Hammer
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After 5 years of Obungles, I hate the word "folks".  It sends me into a violent rage.  This motherfucker uses it to sound like his pinko commie regime are just regular people, having a bbq at the park and playing some touch football before they go home to watch reruns of Ozzie and Harriet.

I need to warn my wife and children never to say "folks", lest they desire an uncontrollable flurry of haymakers directed toward them.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:37 | 4341251 Everybodys All ...
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I can't stand listening to this Marxist at all.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:43 | 4341276 LMAOLORI
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 I just came to read the comments that's the best part.  Turn off the volume. 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:39 | 4341259 Duc888
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'Despite the liar in chief's claims, the NSA's surveillance is utterly ineffective in foiling "terrorist" attacks. The Boston Marathon 'event' would have been a perfect example of how the NSA's surveillance programs don't prevent attacks.....if only it hadn't been a drill organized and run by traitors."

 

It was never about "terror" attacks.  It is all about having a digital record of everything a person does from the time he / she is born until they die.  Every purchase, every phone call, text, email, browsing history, where they travel (through cell phone GPS as well as in every new automobile they hop into), who they associate with.............etc.....  They store these details indefinitely.

 

Now why would they do that you ask?

 

Think.

 

Glenn Greenwald explained it on Reddit quite niclely a day or two ago.

 

It's not about fighting terror.  It's about ownership.  You are a cow, enjoy your stay at the ranch.  Don't ever get out of line.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:39 | 4341261 RiverDrifter
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I have to admit....I honestly did not think there could be a worse administration than Dubya's with all the bad actors in that group.  But this guy....I can't believe how deeply I could feel contempt for another person than I do this clown.  Ron Paul cured my apathy, this douche woke up my anger.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:40 | 4341262 Calculus99
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Whenever I see an American politician with a US flag(s) as a backdrop I normally wretch. Same with big business - if in doubt pull the flag trick.

Folks, both parties don't give a rats ass about the country.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:40 | 4341266 arnoldsimage
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ok... it's nut-cutting time. who believes this kenyan? green arrow-yes. red arrow-no.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:44 | 4341273 Bunga Bunga
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You must believe me, i am the liar in chief!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:46 | 4341282 haskelslocal
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Americans are so stupid because, he can say "meta data" and say, "it will only be followed if there is a SPECIFIC lead.

Yet NOBODY asks:

WTF is a specific lead?

Oh, I see, anything you want it to be.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:46 | 4341288 RonJon715
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Yes....the "limited" use of National Security Letters and metadata.  Who the fuck is this for?  It "consolidates" these records that we can query.  This program "could" be used for more intrusive surveillance.  Goodbye...I'm gonna go rinse my mouth with toilet water to cleanse my palate. 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:47 | 4341291 all-priced-in
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Long winded POS. 

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BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:51 | 4341299 suteibu
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When has he worked with Congress on anything?  And what makes him think anybody trusts Congress? 

I see an EO coming for this...

    "I have a pen..."

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:52 | 4341304 _SILENCER
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Look how skinny this guy is.  Functional drug addict, and I'm sure the rough bathouse set like their submissive twinks slim and hairless.

Drones in the NPR-O-Sphere will suck up whatever this turdwipe says and swallow it like their sugar free red bull. Hopped up on bullshit and that feeling they're on the winning team, they'll subit to, and agree with, goddamned anything.

Digital communication is the best thing that has ever happened to the intelligence/spy/surveillance apparatus. Nothing is secure. When (and they may already be here, hell who knows) the next level of computing arrives, encryption is dead. It's back to passing notes and pillow talk to swap information.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 14:22 | 4341622 all-priced-in
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"Functional drug addict" 

Addicted to crack - butt crack not crack cocaine.

 

 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:55 | 4341311 suteibu
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Podesta?  We are fucked.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:54 | 4341312 Joebloinvestor
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The lies and obfuscation are amazing.

The data isn't just who you called and at what time.

IT IS THE CONTENT.

Why do you think there was such a big push to go all digital?

It saves the step of converting the analog to digital (much easier storage).

That massive storage facility (and secret prison) isn't just for calls made and received.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:58 | 4341313 wisefool
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And there it is "We will appoint a new person at the whitehouse to monitor this"

Just like after Benghazi "we will create a new position for dangerous embassies"

Government will limit its scope by creating more government.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:24 | 4341427 Bunga Bunga
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The more complicated you make it, the more loopholes you get.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:55 | 4341314 DOT
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So much bullshit:

"Compelling security purpose...."

"Let me be clear............"

And a fucking Blue Ribbon Panel to look at "Big Data".

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:56 | 4341320 Dr. Engali
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Arrrrgggggg......He is still fucking talking!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:56 | 4341321 JR
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An important point to make is that it is not Obama who is spying on you. It’s the people who control Obama who are spying on you. And it’s time to find out who they are and why.

To think that the people that control Obama are spying on you so they can keep America safe from terrorists is a 21st century joke. They wanted this power to print money to buy people. Why?  So that they could have a wonderful John Adams’ country? No. They did that so they could control people and resources and keep the money in their pockets. And they worked very hard to do that.

This reminds me of a cartoon of Obama at a lunch counter where he happens to be sitting next to a little boy. And the little boy says, “My daddy says you are spying on us.”

And Obama says, He’s not your daddy.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:57 | 4341325 suteibu
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We are not China, jackass.  But you sure seem to want to make us like China.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 14:21 | 4341458 Bunga Bunga
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I grew up in a dictatorship and their spying was a joke then compared to what the NSA can do these days. On the other hand, I really have to thank the Americans to help end the dictatorship I lived in by teaching us the values of freedom and democracy. But what I experience today is exactly the opposite. The US is not the same country like it was in the 1980s, it turned around by 180 degrees. The sad thing is, that most people in the US even do not notice that. When people in this country finally wake up, it will be too late.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 12:58 | 4341328 DOT
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All over the map on this rant,  chart -on!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:00 | 4341336 Ghordius
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No mention of any changes to the current Five Eyes etc. setup

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:37 | 4341462 tip e. canoe
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of course not.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:00 | 4341337 SilverFish
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He just said "May god bless the united states of america"

 

 

I guess everything's cool now. No worries.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:00 | 4341338 Atomizer
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Don't worry, this is the same jackass who rolled out ACA, Epic failure. 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:01 | 4341339 Atomizer
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Don't worry, this is the same jackass who rolled out ACA, Epic failure. 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:01 | 4341342 Mesquite
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I wish I could believe all this...

(Somewhere there is a real good speech writer...)

Oh well....

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:23 | 4341407 haskelslocal
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Using the art of suggestion with hollow points that offer 95% probability that listeners will not question. It works espcially well when listeners are not allowed to ask questions. 

 

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:07 | 4341349 Tall Tom
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Comedy Central.. He just tells one unabashed lie after another. I swear that I watched him morph into George W. Bush in that presentation on one occasion...or more.

 

It was hilarious. Yes the Surveilance Activities are going to change...for the worse. You can bet that the NSA drafted the changes and already has procedures implemented to exploit well written loopholes into the policies..

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:04 | 4341350 hunglow
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Great speech.  Do you think Mom will buy it?

Good talk Rusty.  Go to bed.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:05 | 4341353 Burticus
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If you like your Kenyan Usurper sock puppet, you apparently can keep him...with the complicity of the elephant sock puppets.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:06 | 4341358 Emergency Ward
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Not one fucking word to indicate that the Obama Administration considers your private communications private.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:11 | 4341381 gdiamond22
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We all know about his incessant lies. What most sheep won't pick up (nor will the media), which is not shocking is this:

During the summer he blasted that there was NO domestic NSA spying program of any sort. A few weeks later he spewed out in one of his tele-prompter based speeches that Republicans were running on 'phony scandals'. So, he first denied it, then called it phony - now he is ending said spying program, thereby proving he lied - again. Anyone else catching on to this? Anyone want to take a guess at how many RINOs will call him out on this?

Every fucking day the soul of this country slowly disintegrates.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:30 | 4341446 JR
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This is what dictators do, make speeches. As our liberties and freedom shrink and the Obama Administration's scandals worsen, Obama talks about his reverence for the constitution. As the Obama wealth transfer continues from the middle class to the top .01% and to the lower 47% (think Obamacare), he "talks" about how hard work pays off (especially for his voters who don't work but can vote themselves the treasury)... as we enter the 6th year of Obama's failed /economy...

Obama and his backers want the rewards without the labor, and to get them, they will use the vote and the power of the Fed to take from others what they worked hard to gain.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:37 | 4341461 Meat Hammer
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But, but....gay marriage n stuff!

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:17 | 4341399 kchrisc
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If I wanted to be lied to this morning, I'd go over to a kindergarten.

No wait. They lie less.

My bad.

 

"Guillotines are the future."

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:18 | 4341405 roadhazard
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I can't believe people even listen to Presidential speech's or political promises. That is MAX propaganda telling you what you want to hear. And if it's not what you want to hear, well, they've got your name and number.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:22 | 4341418 One of We
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The Obama/Boehner regime punts on first down.  Might as well get on with it, send these fucks home, and let the spooks and the banks run this country into the ground in broad daylight.

Fri, 01/17/2014 - 13:21 | 4341420 tony wilson
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belief

believe

he said it

so

why not

just belief

believe

he speaks as oracle

follow feel good

feel better

it will be ok

thats it dr feelgood has spokenenon.

everytin A ok.

just watch your kids it is masonic satanic child vanish time.

cern saturn needs feedin

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