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How The World Feels About Pervasive US Surveillance And Spying: One Curious Finding
Perhaps the only thing more surprising that someone actually needed a poll to "discover" how the world feels regarding the NSA constant snooping of every form of electronic communication, is that a majority of the respondents in India, Nigeria and the Phillippines actually approve of having zero privacy. Oh, and the United States too.
As for the 10% of Russians who said "approve", we assume they were either seriously drunk or even more seriously hung over when responding to the poll.
Source: Pew
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U.S. 49 % think acceptable? wtf? i mean, really people.
Maybe...just maybe...poll numbers are manipulated in an effort to mislead and sway public opinion?
good point..
How many of those responding don't understand that that means THEIR country spies on them, too ?
Whas a spi, dawg?
It feels so good knowing that I'm being watched all the time. Love you, Big Government!
"Bet you didnt know someone could love you this much....here they come! Here they come, out of the shadows!"
Between Government surveillance and big data in business, I'd be surprised if both didnt know you had some undigested corn kernels in your shit this morning.
There's another way to manipulate polls. Only poll like minded people. Like packing the house with Obama supporters and telling them when to stand up and cheer. To the sheeple it looks like mass approval.
Pick any random audience and he'd probably have feces hurled his way.
Considering what the electorate keep selecting for office, I'm surprised the 'approves' are only 49% —
It's all about how the questions are posed.
If the numbers are truly accurate, then I would guess that the question went something like this:
"Do you agree with the US Government capturing all electronic communication including voice calls, emails, texts, and all other electronic transmissions if it means without this surveillance, you and your family will get blown to bits in a fiery explosion perpetrated by those nasty terrorists?"
Pavlov dog theory.
Cookie on yes button, tazer on the no.
Kenya seems to approve, because Obama.
There is a name for that, and it's called a push poll. The question is framed in such a way as to not only get the desired answer, but to also convince you of a particular viewpoint. Polls can be used to get public opinion, but they can also be used as propaganda. Not saying that was or was not here, 'cause you know. 'Murica 'n eagles 'n shit. There are some dumb motherfuckers who don't have a fucking clue what is going on and still trust the government here.
EDIT: The question wording is on the pic. This does not look like a push poll. We just have some dumb motherfuckers.
...some dumb mf'ers. But the oldest of the Western civilizations, the Greeks, seem to get it.
That's because if they are brainwashed, it wasn't the same kind of brainwashing that we're subjected to. 'Murica!
Maybe the Greeks have long NAZI memories, eh? Kinda like the, been there done that thingy.
Murica, is now off the cliff of the mountain, it's the landing that hurts! So my good people, strap on the Chinese nose guards and stay alert, this fucker is going down soon.
You can see it with regard to the economy, banker suicides, 401k possible bail ins, baltic dry, UBS trading desks empty, Fed pump and dump, socialists/communists in our govt, bubbles everywhere, and much, much more.
Geopolitically, just look at the tinderbox my brothers and sisters, the rhetoric will turn to steel, as we see in Israel/Gaza, Ukraine to follow, then China/Japan, ISIS/Iraq/Iran, and so on; then it's on like Donky Kong.
Please don't bother with the 'collapse takes a long time' BS, it has been going on for about 100 years.
As to Geopolitics, take NOTHING for granted, believe not a word from either side, for as we know banksters profit from both sides. Follow the money, the PR firms are paid by....
It is a sad day for me really, to see my country, sink so low with regard to Freedom, Liberty and pursuit of Happiness. Just astounding to see the fall of free markets to full on socialism.
Molon Labe, bitchezzz!
For those that are siritually inclined, God Bless. To those that are not, Good Luck! When you rebuild your Communities, use the Constitution as your basis, that is all...
The constitution is outdated. While we have a 2nd Amendment, it does not explicitly specify that the government does not have a monopoly on force. If there is going to be any sort of government, it needs to be so clear that the citizenry is allowed to kick its ass that even questioning the citizenry's right to kick its ass results in a serious ass kicking. There will always be people who wish to take the reins of power in any system, and those people need to be scared that they will be killed if they step over the line.
The US Constitution RESTRICTS government rights, if it is adhered to, not like today, we could rebuild quite effectively. Problem now is, the Constitution is in shreds, and we don't follow it, not that it is outdated; to say that is ludacris. There have been so many socialist/progressive laws written, they now overlay the document.
Force of arms should only be a last resort, bloodshed is not the answer every time, that is anarchy. That is all...
The constitution was born out of bloodshed. There are, and always will be, people who wish to control others. A piece of paper will not change that, and it will not stop them from achieving their goals without a very real threat of bloodshed to the sociopaths and control freaks. They will use violence against you if it suits their interests. To deny this is folly, and to be able to strike back makes them reevaluate what their interests are. Mind telling me why the Constitution has been shredded?
It doesn't matter one bit as to the eventual outcome. "Socialist" or otherwise the "perpetual growth on a finite planet" shit is going to FAIL! Further, 3,000 years of empire collapses shows that ideologies/dogmas have no real bearing on collapse:
http://www.rexresearch.com/glubb/glubb-empire.pdf
NOTE: Glubb failed to understand the growth issue; however, the signs and the behaviors are, as he documents, pretty predictable.
Growth goes hand in hand with complexity. Put Glubb together with Joseph Tainter. Look at what drives empires.
How could a country run by the letter of the constitution be an empire? Ideologies/dogmas do matter. Our founding ideology/dogma has been abandoned and that is the reason we have an empire and so the empire will collapse, growth or no growth.
An example: Our cities are vastly overpopulated due to socialism. Without socialism we would have a much smaller and sustainable population. Instead of having to make it on your own or rely on the good will (or lack thereof) of your neighbors we now take some from all who have anything to give to those who do not have anything but the ability to make babies.
Someday, if anyone survives what is coming, honest historians will look back and describe socialism as the first dozen reasons for the failure of our "modern" society.
Thank you for saving me the clarifying keystrokes, well put replacement.
"From each according to his ability, to each according to his need." Marx was wrong then, as his dogmatic followers are now.
Molon Labe
I'm not sure I see what you mean by rappers having anything to do with the constitution.
Perhaps the constitution is considered by these goons in power to actually be a "wrapper" , like something one would use to wrap fish.
That would be a ludicrous statement to make, of course.
The actual question is quoted under the article and above the bar chart.
This is a good point. And it was actually illegal for the government to spy on American citizens before the oh so well named "Patriot Act." Bastards.
Count me among the "47%" with a brain. I wonder what "Belgium" thinks of US spying.
Note the question wording at the top of the graph. I can hardly believe the citizenry of this (US) country anymore. Keep giving them cheap crap friom China and they're good.....
82% of Israelis think the US spying on them is unacceptable? Oh, that is just tooooo good..
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/nsa-americans-personal-data...
That article is still the most important snowden information released, so far.
Well, when polled, 49% of Merikans wanted dihydrogen monoxide banned...
Didn't you hear? It's like THE worst greenhouse gas!
It's also at a dangerous level in any honest hard working American body. Why it wasn't banned before it could reach such a level?
And if our typical yanqui were told today that as little as 19% O2 in the atmosphere could be fatal, they'd surely be against oxygen too. However, it should be clear that simple educational neglect is insufficient to explain this amount of stupidity. Not ignorance, but stupidity: those who should know better, but refuse to know better. The school of hard knocks can't be far off.
...or...
Who was responsible for our edewkayshun? *cough* The State *cough*
How to manipulate fora on the internet, the official walkthrough :
http://pastebin.com/irj4Fyd5
The "poll" numbers are manipulated indirectly through media manipulation.
I think of it this way: these are experiments to test how effective that world controller persuasion is. As for the U.S. respondents, I must resign myself and adjust to the fact that Huxley was right: the slaves do indeed love their servitude.
The slaves are programmed for it. As I always say: It's the System!
Huxley was a true "Seer."
Foreign government opinion. "Sorry Ms. Merkel, we must continue the spying, our citizens would rise up if we don't".
And all the third world countries that approve don't have electronics, so they don't care if someone else is monitored.
Foreign government opinion. "Sorry Ms. Merkel, we must continue the spying, your citizens will rise up if you don't let us".
FIFY!
It's what the people want. We are a government that responds to the will of the people.
you're saying that we need to see what others think before we can form our own opinion?
It's the Thought that counts!
A little "Operation Underpass" action involved....
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-online-polls-...
Maybe...just maybe...poll numbers are manipulated in an effort to mislead and sway public opinion?
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They would have chosen some other company. Actually, the company seems to indicate the data were manipulated to get a reaction among US Americans.
For US Americans, the question should have been:
-agreeing on spying of foreign countries?
-agreeing on spying 'America'?
Then, there would have some difference, greeks would not champion for privacy in one case and the last in the list would not champion for lack of privacy.
US of A would champion for both cases.
That is why US of A are in the middle: they are unable to decide over the benefits of spying on other people and being spied at the same time.
'Americans' are easy to read: they do not disagree with tyranny, they disagree with being tyrannized.
No! Why would anyone want to do that?
Screw the numbers, just by maninuplating the questions you can get any result you want..statistically proven!
No one ever polls me.
Ever.
Regards,
Cooter
I have some Herefords that were polled. 'Bout the only critters that were done so around here.
If the results have any validity, Americans are even more stupid and totalitarian-ready than I ever thought. Fuck 49% of them!!
I believe that the 49% who agreed are spies and informers for the government.
Random button pressing while doing the survey in a WalMart check out line?
Same people who keep Obama's approval rating over 40%.
Ahhhh, the good old red/blue divide. I favor no team at this point, but vividly recall the red team defending these spying tactics by saying, "Welp, if you have nothing to hide" and now are so upset about these policies. Same with the blue team. Our country is so easily divided over blaming the other side of the aisle, instead of the whole rotten bunch.
Take the whole immigration crisis. Do any of the red team fans remember how congress passed a bill (both red and blue in Congress) with Bush's signature that requires children that enter our country to be kept here and released to a family member in the US? Nope, it's all Obama's fault they say, he is trying to destroy this country. Again, it's the whole rotten lot of assholes.
Fuck the state.
As I have said before, if you are still stuck thinking the parties matter, you have taken the blue pill.
Eisenhower was the first to publicly warn people the presidency (and parties) had lost its power, which means it probably happened about 50 years before that.
The power was lost in 1913 with the creation of the fed.
Yeah the president of the US has about as much significance in running the country as the queen of England does over Tuvalu. No wait, the queen is at least featured on their money there.
Not picking sides, merely pointing out the fact that large numbers of Americans have a keen ability to deny reality.
Exactly.
Either that, or have a "Plan B" that is not discussed openly.
Jus' Sayin'.
There is no “Plan” B. Perhaps “Delusion” B….
Cannibalizing the neighbors is the plan. After that first bite stays down….
Well, like it or not, The President is still the head of your government.
He might be just a sock puppet, but formally he's still in charge.
And the current president turned out to be the dumbest of all...
This poll is very troubling indeed. It shows mainly what attitude people, from different places of the world, have vs personal freedom. For Americans, this poll is downright terrifying. But it the end, "The People" get the government they deserve... always !
49% that live in Urban areas drink Fluoride, .. that explains a lot iMO
.. sorry the number is actually 72%! with Politically "Blue" areas getting the brunt of it.
It is amazing how US polls never show a clear indication of anything...Except they are bullshit designed to make you think there is no clear opinion on anything.
Sheep like easy decisions and following herds. So when there is only two herds to follow....
Designed choice by plan indeed.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-14/new-snowden-docs-british-spies-...
Moustache Rides,
Another (deliberately?) misleading poll with an ill-defined question.
Of course at least 49% of US citizens would logically reply"approve"
that it is acceptable for the US government to monitor (wiretap) US citizens
on a limited basis with a proper court order.
Perhaps even you would feel logically compelled to answer "approve" if you were thinking of Mafia,
corrupt business dealings, or the like, under proper Constitutionally legal circumstances.
IF this poll is true/accurate, then the USA is TRULY FUCKED!
that is all...
It is because of immigration. In recent years the U.S. has been absorbing all the half wits and double digit IQ's from the rest of the world.
Don't buy it?.....visit a WalMart on the first of the month. Can someone please tell me what the root word of diverse is?
But dey gon' sabe us from der terrererrerrisssisisss.......FREEDUMB!
...meanwhile, 37% of American respondents agreed that living in a cage would make them safer too and 13% thought dying would be the safest form of living.
Being born is the leading cause of death. So abortions save lives. Too bad when they're retroactive it's called murder, because a WHOLE LOT of people in government who are violating their oath and the Constitution, need one!
We're screwed.
looks like america made it to the bottom of yet another list.
It figures...the United States sheeple prove that they have no fucking clue what's really going on. It's shameful, really...clueless, apathetic, dumbed down, idiots all over this country with their heads stuffed as far up Kim Kardashian's fat ass as they can possibly get, and they have no idea how fucked their freedom and liberty is. And it's only getting worse by the day.
It's hard to believe that any country or society would be below the poll results of the very top of the chart which is Greece. The 2% to 3% being the government scum who approve of the spying while the rest of the populace by vast majority should always completely disapprove.
The United States down with all the third world countries- this just shows the US is too debased to self-govern. We have bred and become inhabited by idiots who know nothing about the value of freedom or self worth. We are now perfectly conditioned to be ruled by a Stassi-like thug government.
What the fuck is going on with Indians? Did they only pose the question to government employees or something?
Very strange given that India is a prime target of NSA spying:
Among the BRICS group of emerging nations, which featured quite high on the list of countries targeted by the secret surveillance programs of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for collecting telephone data and internet records, India was the number one target of snooping by the American agency.
In the overall list of countries spied on by NSA programs, India stands at fifth place, with billions of pieces of information plucked from its telephone and internet networks just in 30 days.
Asked by The Hindu why a friendly country like India was subjected to so much surveillance by the U.S., a spokesman of the U.S. government’s Office of the Director of National Intelligence said: “The U.S. government will respond through diplomatic channels to our partners and allies. While we are not going to comment publicly on every specific alleged intelligence activity, as a matter of policy we have made clear that the United States gathers foreign intelligence of the type gathered by all nations. We value our cooperation with all countries on issues of mutual concern.”The DNI spokesman chose not to respond to questions about how the NSA managed to pick so much data from India — 13.5 billion pieces of information in just one month — especially from its telephone networks, and about whether it had received the cooperation of Indian telecom companies.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-among-top-targets-of-spying-...
Well, India does have one of the largest Islamic populations in the world, they have a twitchy, nuclear-Pakistan for a next-door neighbor, and they suffered through the horrific Mumbai massacre, so they might not feel that more surveillance is such a bad thing.
Very strange given that India is a prime target...
It doesn't seem so strange when one considers all the off shore help lines the nation provides. I suppose the NSA figures that when a person in the US accesses an "english" speaking help line and it's inevitably routed out of country, it then becomes fair game therefore no reason to bother with judicial proceedings. Not that they were that concerned about that trivial matter anyway, what with executive fiat and all.
jmo.
50% of all Indians also defecate outdoors. India is #1 in outdoor #2. Thus one might conclude that there are some cultural biases in this survey which, in the absence of further evidence, would be difficult to disentangle.
Makes me wonder how this poll was done. If they asked people on the street, homeless people with no phone, they don't give a shit about it.
In India shaking your head up and down is NO,side to side is YES.
Western poll takers no doubt.Laks of furlongs off.
Indians are HUGE government tit suckers.
I would hope the U.S. results would be different if people were first told how pervasive the surveillance really is (they monitor and permanently record all of your calls, emails, facebook activity, internet activity), and then asked what they think. Most people still accept the MSM explanation that the spying is far less than it really is. Then again, most people probably still wouldn't give two shits.
after being told they would feel much safer.
I will call this my "sheep indicator" chart.
Nigerian goat herders, Untie!
We are in good toletarian, corrupt company. The bottom ten read like a list of places you are most likely to get you head blown off.
You're gif image almost just killed me. Is that George C. Scott? lmao
I dunno. Nigeria practices a form of anarchy, so I suppose it doesn't matter that you're surveilled if you live in a country where there the rule of law is non-existent and corruption is the only thing that passes for order... oh. I am describing the uS. Sorry.
get out while you can!
Surveying is one thing, but the story is far worse than that. They are stealing our money to bribe companies. They are illigally using the laws to threaten and harrass people providing private communications (Ladar Levinson). They are bribing Microsoft to use Microsoft's own labor to install backdoors in their products. They are lying to congress.
It would be interesting to see how countries would respond to a question of whether it is OK for their government to monitor their citizens. I think if you were to ask Americans if it was OK for China to monitor their communications, they would be quite opposed. This is quite sad that people are so gullible as to trust the government with their well-being.
It comes down to religion. "God" already knows everything everyone does, so what does it harm if someone else knows as well? Fricking sheep don't understand that it isn't God who is going to judge them, but some installed facist instead.
Does this mean that only 2% of the Greek population were drunk when they answered?
No! it does mean that, that is the entire support for the Zionist Banksters. It isn't very hopefull for them.
Greece might be actually the First country to abandon the West. (It already is in the East part of Europe).
If the Turks wake up as well, the game is over for NATO.
Luckily for the Banksters, the Elites in both those countries, are Either RELATED (Karaman Alis, Turkoglu aka Venizelos and all the derivitives) or in cahoots over the populations that they lord it over them.
possible flaw in Pew question?
"is it acceptable ..." for the US government to monitor ...
The monitoring was not adequately defined.
Possibly, for example, some were thinking of limited wiretaps with a proper court order
(to monitor actual criminals, child pornographers, financial fraud etc.).
If so, then "approve" responses from (especially) US citizens might not be completely unreasonable or unexepected.
Polling can be very precise. If the poll does not appear to be rigourous it is because it was created to be that way. PEW is not known for being unbiased.
If you really want to know something you can design a great questionaire.
If you just want to influence opinion you come up with something else...like this one.
The question is manipulative. It uses the American Gov spying in all the questions. If, for example, it would use the Russian Gov spying, you would have the same percentage of U vs A in Russia. Come on ZeroHedge!
Interesting that 'approval' seems highest in poorer countries (US included).
I guess Sally Struthers has won over quite a few Africans.
I'm sure the Nigerians are just thinking that someone that's listening will help them get the 4.5 million dollars they've inherited safely stored in a US bank account.
Trust in government is a destructive vice. The fools believe because they have nothing to hide, they're safe. The fools believe whatever the government tells them is in someone else's file.
Fluoride, Pharmaceuticals, Days of TV viewing, Poor education system and the greatest circus entertainment industry on the planet is responsible for the USSA being evenly split!
Don't forget the fascination of teams of grown men playing with balls and all of the glorification of the state, military, and banking institutions. All hail the state!
I think the real question is how I can monetize my own personal surveillance. Perhaps I can get some free stuff from Google?
God Bless America.
Glenn Greenwald just posted about some new toys gchq/nsa have...
Hacking Online Polls and Other Ways British Spies Seek to Control the Internetwell, not new...
Probably reason behind the US's 49% is because they've been well trained to think there's a Terrorist hiding behind every bush and trash can.
But if they did the maths of how many potential terrorists there are in the world, who have the brains, money, planning ability, guile, street smarts and bravery to do something big to the US, the number would probably be about 5,000, that's all. Folks, don't forget most of them drive round on mopeds and are semi-literate and getting to the US is about as hard for them as you going to the Moon.
So that's it, 5,000 against the most powerful military in the world. 5,000.....
However, fighting terrism is a vote winner so what do you expect, voters played, again, for mugs.
and those 5,000 are, unwittingly, on CIA payroll
Every Bush & trash can?
Code words for talking about the last 2 US presidents?
I use 'the cloud' and have no worries about spying. :) Corporations keep me confidential.
Looks like the internet has about run its course as a forum for free thought. Time for something else.
" Time for something else. "
Telepathy ?
(sorry, I just bought the Martian Chronicles series)
I wouldn't rule it out; the human mind is certainly due for an evolutionary overhaul.
With the latest advances in physics it looks like Neutrinos and Gravity waves may be new communication mediums that break loose from the constraints of terrestrial bound cables and the assorted leaches that attach themselves to them. Quantum tunneling may also prove to be a neat site to site communications portal that completely bypasses any and all uninvited parties from listening in. This is of course assuming we do not lobotomize or blow ourselves to smithereens toying around with the destructive potential of new physics sandboxes and the assorted rules that come with them we are just beginning to comprehend.
New technology is expensive and a wonderful way to bankrupt an adversary should they try to keep an ever present edge: Brought down the Soviet Empire without a single military skirmish.
Yay! Canada and Australia are not on the list. Is this confirmation that we're not being spied on?
Land of the free home of the brave....brainwashing does work.
China and Japan seem to have at least one point on which they agree.
A government spying on its citizens irrespective of probable cause and due process is a manifestation of tyranny. This is EXACTLY the kind of oppressive government overreach the founding fathers were trying to prohibit, amongst other violations, by enshrining its prohibition in the Bill of Rights; insisted upon, if I remember correctly, by anti-federalists as a Sine qua non for passage of the Constitution in the first place.
Any country with results below 90% unacceptable is unacceptable for me.
Philippines apparently LOVES american spying even more than america does... but the flips have always been rather retarded on just about every single issue since the dawn of time.
I prefer the term goo goos, as in goo goo eyes.
"Philippines apparently LOVES american spying"
In the Philippines, Nigeria and India the government is too incompetent,corrupt or underresourced to systematically abuse private information against the citizens. This may explain the relative lack of fear for an outside power doing the spying. They may even think that US spying would help uncover corruption..
I like the fact that in EVERY poll there's that percentage of people who just can't decide, they can't or won't take a position.... On anything in life. And you try to ask them...like...really....slowly... So that maybe they get the context of the question. But no, they just sit there like a fucking lamp!
Those people that stay neutral, never taking a position are called Swiss. Easy I'm part Swiss I get to say this.
Like Obomber's nationality, I'm half & half on this issue!
America has an aging population and as my dad always told me, there aint no fool like an old fool.
pew
Margin for error?
Rating of who the least "Dumb Fucks" are I guess.
Is it Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory that in Vietnam I shot VC at point blank range in the head to stop the spread of Communism in SE Asia? Please don't use the "long time ago, far, far, away" excuse. Because they did it to our guys, I then cut their penis off and put it in their mouth. No regrets! I was fighting for my country, right! Of course, if I do that here, it is murder. Trust the US goverment! Ask any Indian, he'll confirm. By the way, I got a Purple Heart for the trouble, but I cut it into little pcs. and sent it to Tricky Dicky w/ a note to shove it up his ass. Got a visit from the Secret Service for that one. Told them to shove up their ass too!
Have a great day!!!!!!!
As abhorent as that sounds, I suspect the ability and will to do that would come in very handy in a SHTF scenario. It's hard to see myself pushed to that, but maybe conditions will trigger an adaptation.
It was no problem in Nam. I ended up very well adjusted w/ a beautiful wife and five (5) grown and very successful children. There are very dedicated and smart folks trying to get thing right in DC. There are also a bunch of careerist pigs that don't give a shit about anything but their wallets and careers. Figuretively speaking, I'd like to do to them what I did in Nam! Fighting for my country yea know. I love my country. With all the madness, I considerate it the best thing going in the world at this present conscience moment.
It really is the Older population that still thinks the Gov't is looking out for us. That combined with the "Free shitters" who support anything the president tells them to gives us the 49%. Any one that can think logically (growing fewer everyday) knows this is the begining of a police state.
You don't know many of the Older population do you. Your out of touch!
"Land of the free" my ass. I blame public schools. I blame the leftard media and politicians of both parties that have created a nanny state so "of course mommy and daddy need to know what I'm doing to keep me safe". The USA number is absolutely pathetic. The Framers of the Constitution would weep.
Your an uneducated stupid redneck....................
If you are not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to hide. If our benevolent government is spying on you then you must have done something wrong. /s
FUCK THIS I'M MOVING TO NIGERIA.
Well I think it's much better that USA monitors than Russia monitors. Obama is not a Putler, remember
Putin gave an interview to French media (you remember the one in which he said women can be unstable when Hillary's name came up). He did it on RT so who knows what the ground rules were but it was FAR more in depth than any US president of the past 20 or more years has ever done. They asked about Crimea, his plan to give up power, his intentions in Ukraine, relations with Merkle, Hollande and OB.
If it was a show it was a good show. If it was for real then Putin is far more open than any US official of the past 20 years.
I'm not being naive here but if one must judge on the basis of the info one can get his mitts on I'd say Putin is the good guy and Obama (if he really is the one calling the shots) is the bad guy. I suspect the Putter has a view of things to come and is simply moving on past the USA and preparing for an era of increased international trade in a dollarless world. He is trying to put Russia ahead of the pack.
The US simply cannot act in that manner until the dollar does die because to plan would destroy all confidence in the dollar. Until then we must act like a superpower. Kinda like the English Lord who is near broke but must attend functions in a tux with a worn seat.
So I walked into a grocery store in a small town in east texas. I picked up a single bottle of $12 wine. I waited in line about 5 minutes. I was greeted by a cheery employee who promtly rang up the bottle of wine. Then she looked up and said, "I Just Need Your Drivers License."
whaaa? I am 57 years old, you don't need my drivers license!
she said, "Yes, I have to scan it"
I paused a moment, in shock, told her to keep it and walked out of the store.
True story, happened 3 days ago.
Isn't interesting how Kenya and the US are only 2 steps apart? It must be something in the water; it couldn't be genetic. Also, Niggeria and the White house are both at the bottom of the list.
Your a racist jackass! Pissed off at the world. I suggest some counseling. Try not to show the internet world what a jerk you are!
Kprime, U should change your moniker to Subprime. You're as worhless as those bundled up mortgages!
WTG, Americans. We're dumber than I thought, and I held a low opinion all along. Time to buy that 36 footer and shove off for the islands.
…and the difference between their pervasive surveillance and spying and our pervasive surveillance and spying is what? Do they actually think the NSA collects all this flawed data themselves? Do they actually think?
•••• these pols may have been altered or influenced by the Brittish Intellegence Agency•••
I fully expect to wake to 'Internet is experiencing temporary problems' when the shit gets real.
These bastards who have sworn to uphold our rights just explain guilt away and do what they want to do.Rationalization is easy once you get rid of the conscience. They act like they need complete control but when the country needs help (as in a financial catastrophe) they will not be able to help anyone. They will probably use technology to escape blame (and the country). Scum.
They're called "PEW" for a reason. Oh, and why the cheap shot against the Russians? You must be pro-fuckin' around in Ukraine.
Uh, in America it should've been 100% to 0% against the NSA asswipes as it's illegal for the NSA to spy on Americans without court order by FISA.
Man, Americans that said it's acceptable should move to some fascist country...like America. Never mind.
The polling is by PEW because it stinks!