RE: Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations.
June 10, 2013 at 2:06 pm
(June 10, 2013 at 1:18 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The time to bitch and moan about this shit was when it was enacted. By now it is a tad late.
This is one of those times where A Theist would be justified in saying "both sides do it". Both Democrats and Republicans are quite happy to sign away our rights to privacy and now we have one president from each political party who's been happy to use the broad powers granted by the so-called "Patriot Act".
Of course, he and other conservatives are NOT saying "both sides do it". They were quite happy when W Bush had that kind of power and would be perfectly content if a Republican were in the White House once again. It's only when the scary-black-Sekrit Muslim guy is in the White House that they are up in arms about the latest "scandal" (the first one of many faux scandals that is actually a legitimate source of outrage).
Maybe they could install an amendment to the Patriot Act where it's only in force when a member of the GOP is president. I shouldn't say that too loudly.
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