Edward Who?

It struck me after only a few minutes of Watching Brian Williams in a Moscow meeting room that I just don’t care about Edward Snowden.

I really don’t.

I thought to myself “What if this guy were to come back to the U.S.?” and “What if this guy has spilled secrets to Russia?” and “What if a Giant Sexually Frustrated Purple Rhinoceros charged into the room and Raped this Guy?” with all the same answer of “So What?”

Even if the Rhino raped Snowden I don’t think I would have cared.

In the End,

It’s not about Snowden… it has always been about a Government that has become too powerful and unchecked.

It is about Privacy… Liberty… and Freedom of the Individual.

Your Freedom is directly correlated with your ability to remain anonymous.

Whoops.

So I have to believe this is all Political Theater!

(I’m being funny for those of you who follow along with my nonsense.)

Snowden did us all a service. But he is neither a Hero nor a Traitor. He’s just some dude who did what he thought was right.

Wouldn’t it be refreshing if our Government was Full of people like that? People that did what they thought was right in terms of preserving our Freedoms and Liberties by making sure the very place they worked remained constrained and in check at all times?  Wouldn’t it be comforting if those in charge of keeping us safe spent more time protecting Us from our Government than protecting our Government from Us?

I know… I’m Drunk. The stupid Rhinoceros keeps making do shots… for some reason… It feels like he’s sitting too close…

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It’s a Catastrophe!

This is all we Hear from the Republicans…

But our Answer is a Loud and Clear “So What!?”

As Leftist Progressives we don’t need Obama Care to work. We just need enough Time to remove all of Your Other terrible Options.

It’s our “Put Some Time on it, You’ll Forget” Strategy.

This is not a New Strategy, it has Been our Strategy from the Beginning.

It’s the same Strategy We Liberals use for everything because it works.

We Do it for You.

We Promised the most Transparent Administration in the History of Administrations?

Put some Time on it… you’ll Forget.

We Promised to Reduce the Debt?

A little Time always helps… you’ll Forget.

We closed the Open Air Monuments during a Government shut-down over delaying the Individual Mandate… something We Did Anyway… to Punish Veterans?

You just need time… you’ll forget.

We Up-Armed Mexican Drug Cartels which resulted in the Deaths of hundreds of innocent Mexicans and some our own Border Agents?

Rub some Time on that…  you’ll forget.

We Abandoned our Diplomat and his staff in Benghazi to Die at the hands of well-trained Islamic Terrorists in the name of “looking Nice on the World Stage”?

You just need a little Time… you’ll forget.

We Used the IRS to target our political opponents for fiscal destruction?

Time is all you need… you’ll forget.

We, the self-proclaimed Party of Privacy, have the NSA collecting every bit of electronic information from your credit card purchases to you e-mail and text messages then storing them forever?

We suggest Time…  you’ll forget.

We Promised Cheaper Health Insurance?  We Promised you could keep Your Doctor?  We Promised You could Keep Your Plan?

Obama Care is a complete failure?

Easy…

We Need More Time!

And during that time You can Help us demolish any institution that might offer a way back.  Together we’ll Destroy Big Insurance Companies, Big Hospitals and even Big Doctors in order to assure there is no return.  We will berate, demean and demonize those Idiotic Citizens that come forward and imply openly that Obama Care has failed them.  With your Help We will paint all Politicians who get in our way as Evil.  We will Force all Young People, except for You, to buy it just like We do to get Them, except for You, to vote for us.  We just need more Time…

And in Time, you’ll forget ALL of this.

And We Win.

And just to make sure… We’re all going to talk about Equal Pay, Amnesty, Gay Marriage and Minimum Wage.  Don’t Worry, we Realize All of these issues have Reasonable Answers, but they aren’t simple for you to Understand and would Never supply them Anyway.

And, according to our Focus Groups, You don’t really want to Think about all this stuff Anyway.

So We Win Again… and again… and again.

So Please be Afraid of Those Evil People Who Say Things You Don’t Want to Hear!

Send your Donations to Organizing For America in denominations of .10, .25 and .50 cents.  Help Us Help You Forget.

Do It NOW… before you absent mindedly start doing something else.

Thank You,

The Democrat National Committee

(“You’ll Forget”,”Help Us Help You Forget”, “Rub Some Time on It”, “Embrace the Suck”and “Time is on Our Side” are all Trademarked by the Obama Campaign Organization and it’s affiliates including ACORN, Organizing For America, Communist Party USA, The Democrat National Committee, George Soros Investment Brokers, France, The Black Liberation Theological Front and Trinity United Church.  Any use is must accompany the express permission from those organizations.)

The Cute Little Furry Face of the NSA

 

Sit NSA, Sit.

There was an incredibly Important Interview with NSA Director Keith Alexander that you Probably Missed because you were studying the vagaries of fuzzy blobs provided by various unclassified Satellites roaming the Earth. Let me tell you a little about it…

(And I also would like to suggest a couple additional Questions that must have been overlooked by the Interviewer, and in the Rare Event that another Opportunity to Record an Interview with General Alexander would be really Cool to ask.)

So the Full Court PR campaign is underway to put a Happy Face on No Such Agency.

The Fear is that Voters will demand the NSA be a Campaign Issue heading into the Midterms and Force Candidates to take a Position… Like; Do you think it’s OK for the NSA to Spy On American Citizens that have Committed No Crimes?

Eeewww… That could definitely suck.

Too Bad.

As I have said before… there is an Element of Danger one must accept in Order to Remain Free.

The Argument that the NSA is “Keeping Us Safe” may be true, but it is most certainly removing our Freedom to be Left Alone and is arguably Unconstitutional… no matter how “Nice” those good Folks at the NSA may be.  It’s also worth Remembering that All of Government is made up of Human Beings… Whom are All Flawed deeply by their personal interests and insecurities.  Men are not Angels.

But what really piqued my interest in this interview was a specific quote from General Alexander regarding the monitoring of Citizen’s e-mail (Jimmy Carter was the Citizen of question.):

“…The reality is, we don’t do that. And if we did, it would be illegal and we’d be…held accountable and responsible.”

Alexander said that even after an investigation into the agency’s practices,

“no one has found anything, zero, except for in 12 cases where people did that and we had already reported those.”

(Bold and Italics mine. Since I’m Cherry Picking, Full Transcript Here.)

 

Well OK then…  Except for those we caught doing it, nobody has done it.

I will refer you to previous posts here that have dealt with NSA Domestic Spying which you can skim if you’d like.

Love NSA Style and Love NSA Style II and NSA Dir. Keith Alexander and Kevin Bacon

This Interview Left me with Two Questions that seemed Natural as Follow Up’s to General Alexander’s Unequivocally Hazy Statement.

1.  “Sir, When you say held accountable and responsible does that mean these Individuals who Spied on Citizens without the Knowledge and Approval of the NSA were Prosecuted?”

2.  “Were the Victim’s of this Domestic Spying Informed of the Acts and allowed to take Appropriate Actions?”

Just for the Fun of It, what do You think the response to those questions would be?

(Update:  Someone should tell James Clapper to get on the Same Page… since he’s out admitting they do it.  Do it.  As in right now are Doing It.)

 

 

It’s Time to Get Tough with Putin!

The United States can no longer sit back and Tolerate the Blatant Disregard of the Rules the World has set Forth.

We know that Civilized Countries recognize War, and Brute Force, to be Outdated Methods of Communication.

We, as Citizens of The World, decided that Compromise and Common Purpose is what guides us in all our Endeavors. Of Course we understand that occasionally any one of us may become Confused or Feel Misunderstood.  Which brings us to today.

That circumstance has presented itself with Vladimir Putin.

It feels like Some Men just Can’t be Reached…

But President Putin is simply Misunderstood, he is lashing out because of his frustration. We need to reach out to him and bring him back into the Common Fold of Communal Understanding. We need to be ready with Open Arms upon his Return to the International Brotherhood of Man.

But until that time it’s clear that Mr. Putin requires some Tough Love.

So the following is my plan that the Obama Administration may employ.  It reflects the Hardline tactics the Current Administration has employed in the past when dealing with those who stray too far from the Common Goal.

The 10 actions for Immediate Implementation:

1.  The United States must triple the number of Rubles in the Russian Monetary Supply so the common people can realize the benefit of a burgeoning Economy which always results.

2.  The United States must create and administer a Public Service Campaign using Icons such a Man in Pajamas and Kittens to establish a relationship with the Common Russian Citizen and demonstrate doing what we want them to… is nice.  And We’re Serious.

3.  The United States should let the Russian People know that we will stop recording all of their phone calls… but not their e-mail, text messages and internet surfing habits.  We can give Mr. Putin credit so he can build up his reputation with his people.

4.  We should ask Mr. Putin who his political enemies are and once identified send our Professional IRS agents over to consult on how to effectively target them.

5.  If Mr. Putin insists on annexing just a few more countries we should send over our best BATFE agents to help coordinate the sale and transfer of firearms in order to create a reasonable case for incursion by the Russian Military.  We could even offer to up-arm the Bratva if Mr. Putin thinks it’s to his benefit.  That organization alone could provide a substantial number of votes not to mention voter loyalty inside and outside Russia’s borders.  They might even be persuaded to conduct voter registration as organizations like them have done here in the US for decades.

6.  We must set up a Twitter account for Mr. Putin so Citizens of the World can hear him.  Communication is the Cornerstone of Understanding.  And Concise Communication is always preferred when outlining Complex Ideas.  #Onebadasssoviet

7.  We can send over our other Best Practices such as wantonly Spending Taxpayer Dollars on Green Energy Companies doomed to Fail but Owned by Major Political Contributors, and Government Imposed Education which requires More and More of the Citizens money every year while providing Lower and Lower test Scores… but keeps Union Money heading his direction with no Accountability!

8.  In exchange we can ask Mr. Putin for advice in dealing with our Second Amendment Problem and how He might remove Guns from Citizens without Amending a Constitution.

9.  We can further support Mr. Putin’s Economy and the Choices His Citizens have. We would do this by Taking Over Russia’s Health Care System.  We can show them how to set up a semi-functional website to Facilitate the Process.  I understand there’s a number of Eastern European programmers who would be willing to build it pro-bono.  They were apparently involved in the construction of ours…

10.  And Finally Our Leaders can meet for a sit-down Dinner somewhere in Europe  where They could present Him with the other Bust of Winston Churchill with a collection of Cassette Tapes encompassing all of President Obama’s Speeches and Audio Books from 3rd Grade on.  Having a full belly, and some gifts, always lends to a Happier and more Congenial Environment in which to talk out our Problems.  If all this Fails to create a break-through… start with the Keg Stands.

As a note to the Obama Administration, please feel free to use any, or all, of these suggestions without hesitation.  I require no acknowledgement of any kind…

I’m just here to help.

 

 

Either President Obama is Telling us we are All Number One…

…or His Middle Finger is stuck in the Upright Position.

In the Doubling Down on Totalitarian Ideas file; President Obama is moving Forward! by expanding the NSA Domestic Spying Program.

(This is the Lead on Drudge… but it’s big enough to demand as much repetition as possible.)

The Folks at Zero Hedge has summed it up.  Link here.

But here’s an Executive Summary:

“Screw You.” – President Barack Obama addressing the American Citizens who do not want the National Security Agency reading, listening and archiving our personal information.

End of Summary.

Considering the Presidents feigned concern regarding this egregious infringement on your right to Privacy…

I’ve decided there should be a reboot of the 80’s Classic “Say Anything“.  It should star Barack Obama (If you like your plan you can keep it.), Kathleen Sibelius (I don’t know where that 7 million Obama Care enrollment number came from!), Hillary Clinton (What does it matter anyway why the Ambassador died?), Lois Lerner (There was no IRS targeting, but I plead the fifth.), Susan Rice (The Murders in Benghazi were a result of an internet video.), Harry Reid (All the Obama Care Horror stories are False.)and Nancy Pelosi (We have to pass it to see what’s in it.).

It’s a story about learning to say whatever it takes to get people who trust you to leave you alone so you can do whatever you want.

…Kind of a Socialist Love Story.

I’m sure it will be a hit on the coasts.

A New Line? Reagan created the NSA?

I just heard a Liberal Fox News Contributor defending President Obama’s use of Executive Orders.

Even after presented with the Presidents own words Demonizing the use of Executive Orders prior to being Elected, the Contributor stuck to the line that the number of Executive Orders were less than previous Presidents.  Not that the number particularly matters… it’s a symbolism over substance argument, but’s it’s all they have.

This has been the defense offered for the last several weeks… since the “I’ve got a Pen and a Phone…” comment by the President.

But what I found most interesting was a New Line seemingly tossed out for effect.  Smells a bit like a trial balloon.

The Contributor said: “You know… President Reagan created the NSA with an Executive Order.”

Well, considering I’ve heard NSA stories from as early as the late 60’s that statement struck me as immediately false.  It should be noted however that Martha MacCallum allowed it to go by unchallenged.  Maybe she didn’t know, but this is what the Left does.  They make up something and throw it out in an unrelated discussion knowing they will not be called on it due to time.  And, when not called on it, those who don’t know accept it as truth.

The Progressives are aware that the NSA Domestic Spying is so poisonous that they need to figure out a way to pin it on someone else.

Who better than Reagan?

So, to clarify the record, President Truman (D-MO) created the National Security Agency.  Here is the link from the NSA’s own site.

We are coming into election season and these types of History Revision will increase as the Left desperately tries to save what support they have remaining.

Someone please let Martha know.  She’s going to have to be on her toes…

A Gift of Clarity.

Just when I get back from my lengthy, unbelievably expensive, vacation in Hawaii with my daughters in tow… while leaving my wife there to run up the bill… I’m presented with a Gift.

No, the gift is not that my wife stayed 4800 miles away from me.

Rather, It’s a study of the different types of Republicans. It is an illustration of the division within the Republican Party. It is a bit of clarity offered up as a feud between Representative Peter King (RINO-NY) and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY).

Rep. King went to the camera’s to vehemently declare that Rand Paul needed to be exiled, excommunicated, condemned, involuntarily contorted, run out of Dodge and everything else short of direct execution.  (I’m sure that was on his mind but he’s been a politician long enough to know not to mention it just like his support of the Soviet Supported Irish Republican Army.)  Apparently Peter thinks the idea of the NSA Domestic Spying program is brilliant and shouldn’t just be left alone and ignored, it should be celebrated and promoted.  It is Senator Paul’s opposing viewpoint that has a distraught Representative King foaming at the mouth.  Rand Paul’s position that collection of American Citizens Data by Computers, Humans who run the Computers or anyone else is Unconstitutional and a direct invasion of an individual’s right to privacy and freedom from illegal search… and is willing to do something about it… is very, very irritating to Representative King.  So much so that he went on a tirade.  The Representative unequivocally denied there had been ANY abuses of the NSA’s power to spy on American’s… (except when there is… when King was confronted on this during the interview his hemming and hawing was in need of a laugh track.)

All kidding aside, if there was ever a crystal clear contrast between the two primary groups coalescing within the Republican Party this is it.

You have the Pete Kings, John McCains, Olympia Snows, Lindsey Grahams et al on one side.

You have the Rand Pauls, Ted Cruzezezez, Trey Gowdeys, Mike Lees et al on the other.

One group gets along with the Socialist Progressive Liberals in Government and sells themselves as the great compromisers.  (Because that’s how politics works…)

The Other believes they have been sent to government by their constituents and the American People to protect their Individual Freedom and Liberty.  Which includes their privacy rights.  Their right to own functional firearms without infringement or registration.  Etc.  (Because that’s how we remain Free… from those who wish to control us in the name of the State.  They understand there will always be an element of danger which must be accepted in order to be Free.)

One group shows little difference between themselves and those they supposedly oppose.

The Other is hated by those they oppose as well as those who share the Republican nameplate.

Please watch the video link above.  Then ask yourself where you fall.  Clarity is truly a gift.

Found a new Gin by the way… Sage.

Spying on Other Countries!

This cannot stand!

We must be outraged!

At least according to Diane Feinstein.

“With respect to NSA collection of intelligence on leaders of U.S. allies — including France, Spain, Mexico and Germany – let me state unequivocally: I am totally opposed.” -Sen. Diane Feinstein D-CA

In regard to the NSA’s Domestic Spying program affecting 330,000,000 Americans the Senator is silent.  Well actually not silent so much as a proponent.

So one must discern in her mind it is out of bounds to collect intelligence from Socialists around the Globe as well as on our borders, but clearly acceptable for the U.S. Government to do so from million’s of innocent Americans.

I wonder what label she would give her preferred flavor of governing theory?

I’ve long held that these people will tell you what they think if you’re willing to listen.

France… OFF LIMITS!

You… Fair Game.

Does the Sequester have anything to do with it?

– Asked Bill Hemmer of Fox News  (091713) in regard to the “lax background checks” which are being looked at after the shooting at the DC Navy Yard.

Let me answer this stupid question: “No.”

The proper, and non-idiotic, question is: “Does Government Waste, Fraud and Abuse in addition to Overreach syphon off dollars which would be better spent on things like thorough background checks on those holding, or applying for, Security Clearances?”

The answer to this non-stupid question is: “Yes.”

Simple enough.

The idea that a 5% decrease in the GROWTH of Government spending, particularly when the Federal Government is enjoying RECORD tax receipts, is inane… at best.

At Best. At worst, someone with an agenda is in his ear telling him to ask that specific question.

This is a fundamental flaw we experience when discussing the problems associated with Government.

We accept the premise that every single thing Government does is Imperative.  We START the conversation with the idea that not a single dollar is wasted… not a single department bloated… and there is not a single place where Government doesn’t belong.

Stop It!

Stop It!

Stop It!

That mindset is exactly the opposite of what the Founders had in mind when crafting this Great Experiment. Exactly the Opposite!

I expect everyone who reads this blog to pay attention, to makeaneffort to listen carefully and think… think about what is being said, and asked.

The very first question is “What is the Foundation of this argument?”, whatever the argument may be.

The Government is TOO BIG, TOO INTRUSIVE and now TOO OPPRESSIVE when it takes all our money, our liberty and now our privacy.

This Government was designed to be Limited. Limited. Limited.

Right now it enjoys NO limits.

So let me ask you, does the sequester have anything to do with lax security background checks?

Or… should the Government stop doing crap it has no business doing and focus on what it should be doing as outlined in the Constitution of the United States?

There are entire Departments, and projects, that are not detailed in the U.S. Constitution as a Federal Responsibility (The Dept. of Education?  The EPA? Up Arming Al Qaeda in Syria?  Arming Mexican Drug Cartels?  Covering up our Malfeasance in Benghazi?  The IRS targeting political groups it doesn’t like?  Or… How about The NSA Domestic Spying Program?) and if shut down would free up Billions of dollars… the may be a few of those could be used to check out crazy, violent and destructive individuals before we give them access to our secure installations.  And, we can still keep cutting the size of Government at the same time!

How’s that for a premise?

Hero or Traitor?

Not Really, and Not Really.

Boehner will be added to my list of Republicans to vote against in a future Primary… as his assessment of Snowden as a Traitor is flawed, but indicative of his mindset.

Snowden only revealed that the Government is Spying Domestically.  Not How they are Spying Domestically.

And Frankly, compared to the Fact, that which is known, that our Government is killing U.S. Citizen with Missiles from Above, it pales in comparison.  But the public views it differently because it directly affects them and the way they lead their lives.  It is an admission that Privacy is Dead in America.

I believe Mr. Snowden did the right thing.  As far as being a Hero, that is left to be determined.

For those that fear he has damaged the NSA’s ability to Spy Domestically and have labeled him a Traitor, there is no evidence of that.

Is this another case of Idealistic Obama supporters “coming home to roost”?

Most definitely.

Someone should remind the Smartest Man to ever occupy the White House that when you run, and win, on Platitudes, your supporters hear what they want… just like you want.  Surprise should be suspended when they believe what you wanted them to believe, and then are disappointed when you fail to deliver.  And, Mr. President, your list of not delivering on your promises is very long indeed.

Mr. Snowden is just a harbinger of things to come.  And I say “good”.

Many of us on both sides of the aisle have screamed for greater transparency for decades.  If this is how we must get it, then so be it.

In regard to living in fear of terrorism, get used to it.

Even with this program operating for almost a decade, “Terrorism” never went away or ceased to exist.  And that’s the point.

It is better to live free with Terror being present than to live under the scrutiny of Government Force with Terror still being present.

It is how we were founded.  And, Terrorists are not “New”.

It is going to be an interesting future.