Pulitzers Make Rep. Peter King Mad
from the he-never-got-a-pulitzer-for-appeasing... dept
Rep. Peter King has made it clear that he will stop at nothing to attack anyone who thinks Ed Snowden did something useful. He was one of the first to call for the reporters who revealed the NSA's surveillance to be prosecuted and has no qualms about lying to get his way. He's even gone so far as to argue that anyone who claims the NSA is "spying" or "snooping" is committing slander.
His main beef is his supposed belief that Snowden and anyone reporting on the facts he revealed are somehow "appeasing" terrorists. Of course, that's quite ironic, given King's history as a major terrorist appeaser in supporting the IRA decades ago, even as they were blowing up buildings that resulted in death and injury to many.
However, it's long been clear that King has no self-awareness and no understanding of his own hypocrisy. Within minutes of the Pulitzers announcing that one of its prizes was being given to the publications that reported on the Ed Snowden documents, King angrily tweeted his disgust:
Notice that King refers to two respected news publications and countless journalists as "enablers" rather than journalists. There's only one person who's a disgrace in this situation and it's Rep. Peter King. Someone might want to send him a copy of the First Amendment, and its parts about freedom of the press. King seems to have forgotten his oath to uphold that part of the Constitution.
His main beef is his supposed belief that Snowden and anyone reporting on the facts he revealed are somehow "appeasing" terrorists. Of course, that's quite ironic, given King's history as a major terrorist appeaser in supporting the IRA decades ago, even as they were blowing up buildings that resulted in death and injury to many.
However, it's long been clear that King has no self-awareness and no understanding of his own hypocrisy. Within minutes of the Pulitzers announcing that one of its prizes was being given to the publications that reported on the Ed Snowden documents, King angrily tweeted his disgust:
Awarding the Pulitzer to Snowden enablers is a disgrace
— Rep. Pete King (@RepPeteKing) April 14, 2014
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http://www.nationaljournal.com/defense/peter-king-states-his-case-in-quest-to-be-intelligence-co mmittee-chairman-20140413
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Rep Peter King makes Me MAD!
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King believes ....
He is clearly exercising his right to free speech. I applaud this exhibition and the insight it provides:
http://www.quoteworld.org/quotes/10303
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Response to: Loki on Apr 14th, 2014 @ 2:17pm
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Recently as little as one or two non conussion causing blows to the head in football have shown to drop IQ by 1 or 2 points. At that rate, King just might be in the negative.
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http://www.killingmycareer.com/the-sociopathic-business-model/government-the-sociopathic-business-mo del/
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Do NOT vote republican or democrat
DO NOT VOTE REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT
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I'd rather have their idiocy on display for the whole world to see!
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The kicker is, the Boston Bombing a year ago, is a near identical carbon-copy of the Warrington bombing that occurred almost exactly 20 years earlier. even the death toll was eerily similar. But he has a problem with one and actively supported the other.
Man's an absolute fucking disgrace.
He's no room to talk about anything or anyone about causing people to be mad. He makes my blood boil every time I see him spout more shit. Mainly because I was AT that bomb attack he supported. I was just 13, and I heard that bang, and felt something just miss my head.
Well you know what, go fuck yourself you corrupt terrorist piece of shit. Go rot in jail where you belong.
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A good laugh...
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Re: A good laugh...
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Here, let me fill in the blanks for you.
"Fucking idiot" seems to suit and 99.99% of your posts you very well.
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FTFH
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Re: Snowden must be stopped
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After all, this is the most prestigious prize in Journalism and even they recognize the value of Snowden's revelations.
Like they didn't think long and hard about it? Yes, indeed. They give it out to everyone because they want to without thinking.
That goes for the honored papers too. They didn't think twice about publishing the most noteworthy series in about 40 years.
No indeed. They just did it because they felt like it.
Never mind that the Guardian was threatened with government closure by the British government during the publication, that Greenwald's partner was detained at Heathrow Airport for over 12 hours on a phony 'terrorist' basis and that all the reporters have had to take extraordinary steps to keep themselves safe to continue reporting on the information.
No, not thinking stuff. Just plain courage.
Notice that nobody else besides King has had anything to say about it, positive or negative. They've been kicked in the pants thoroughly with the awarding of this prize.
Which requires thinking and reticence.
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Re: Do NOT vote republican or democrat
Third parties exist. Let's be talking about them and discussing their policies on our social media accounts.
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How Un-American of you, My Name Here.
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First Amendment or whole Constitution?
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I guess the only reason is that he prospered in a country comprising the biggest racists and bullies.
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Don't complain about it here, tell the man himself
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Stopped from doing WHAT?
very distressing that pirates and freetards would think otherwise.
The distressing part is the slinging of emotive words VS using words to reflect the actual reality.
Thinking is obviously hard for scum like you.
Undertanding is the 1st step to get to thinking. You seem to not understand that Snowden has no documents in is possession. He's passed 'em all on to others.
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Re: First Amendment or whole Constitution?
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Imagined conversation:
Us: "So, troll, how does China's authoritarianism differ from what we have here?"
Troll: "The people running it speak Mandarin."
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Wow. So much wrong in such a small sentence.
Snowden is a United States citizen. If he wasn't, the US couldn't have childishly revoked his passport. Being a US citizen makes you about as "American" as one can be.
And he isn't in Hong Kong and hasn't been since June 2013 when the US revoked his passport mid-travel and left him stranded at the Moscow airport.
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Crap. You might be correct.
Apparently I've run into a bit of pronoun trouble. Shoot me now! Shoot me now!
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Because Peter King is a white guy.
I'm really not sure what the heck you're trying to get at.
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I would very much enjoy that week of news.
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Report.
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