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Marco Rubio: We Need To Add To US Surveillance Programs (dailydot.com)
Patrick O'Neill writes: The debate over surveillance hit the 2016 race for the White House again on Sunday when Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio said he wants to add to American surveillance programs, many of which were created after 9/11. He invoked a recent shooting of a Philadelphia police officer by a man who allegedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. "This the kind of threat we now face in this country," Rubio said. "We need additional tools for intelligence." Rubio also addressed the NSA leaks that led to this debate: "Edward Snowden is a traitor. He took our intelligence information and gave it to the Chinese and gave it to the Russians. We cannot afford to have a commander-in-chief who thinks people like Edward Snowden are doing a good public service."
It was neat to read about all the assholes in history when I was a kid in school. Was always amazed how no one really noticed how fucked up they were until several million bodies stacked up somewhere. But in the end the asshole(s) got killed and their followers were dispersed to never really be seen again. Now I sit here and watch as 'The Greatest Country On Earth' turns into another one of those assholes I read about when I was a kid. The arrogance of humanity is fucking horrible.
> And he calls himself a conservative. I am tired of these people who claim to be conservative, complaining about big government, and then turning out to be power-hungry hypocrites.
I've made that point calling conservative talk radio, and I called and said that to my House representative when he visited the local radio station. I hope you and others do the same.
Um, no we don't.
I've always wondered how conservatives can justify to themselves their vigorous defense of the rights granted under the Second Amendment, but seem far less concerned with those granted under the First and Fourth.
Lobbyists. You really want to ensure no bullshit is happening, track every single registered lobbyist.
Those guys are doing FAR more to undermine your government by ensuring that corporate interests take precedence over everything else.
The ones writing checks are also writing policy.
The Copyright cartel (which is mostly multinational corporations) practically write laws and trade agreements for the US government these days, and the government is largely on the payroll of corporate interests.
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
Not a valid reason to not be an (R). I am an(R) a rather staunch (R). I do not support or agree with him in the least. Now if he manages to get the nomination I will vote for him as I disagree with him less than I disagree with the (D) candidates, but I will push my congress critters to block him at all costs. But know that many (R)'s are not happy with the surveillance and security theater imposed by our party leadership after 9/11. It goes contrary to the basic principles of conservatism. But Rubio is an establishment candidate, but most the R candidates are better than him on this topic. We may not agree on much, but on this we are in more agreement than you think.
I'm too lazy to compose a creative sig.
A government that's absolutely trusted to confiscate everyone's guns but can't be trusted with information.
The only ones talking about seizing guns are the pro-gun lobby and all of their unwitting minions. The rest of us just wish for more common-sense measures, like universal background checks.
People who say "sheeple" have about as much sophistication as an AOL user, and in fact are probably actually AOL users.