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  • On the post: USTR Refuses To Show Up For Senate Hearing On Fast Track

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2014 @ 01:53pm

    If I was in the Senate...

    I would see if I could fire the entire USTR.

  • On the post: The Fact That The US Intelligence Community So Readily Admits To Fantasies Of Killing Ed Snowden Shows Why They Can't Be Trusted

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2014 @ 06:16am

    So, what you're saying is...

    The NSA and the like are run by a bunch of hormonal teenagers.

  • On the post: The Corruption Of Power: President Obama Trusts Himself Not To Abuse NSA Info

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2014 @ 03:33pm

    Re: Re: THis is probably why...

    No, see, you don't NEED to abuse any of the powers, just use them to the logical extreme.

    "Oh, hey, I have the NDAA at my disposal, I think I'll round up all the bankers of the 2008 crash, several members of Fox News, MSNBC, Karl Rove, the Koch Brothers, maybe a few members of Congress and ship them all away."

    That rule alone... Along with the NSA spying, just start using it. The only reason it's not repealed is because it's not being used.

    Use Drones to spy on people, then have them arrested under the NDAA.

    And this is why, if I was President, I would be seen as the worst President ever...

    Sometimes, the only way to change the world is to be an anti-hero.

  • On the post: The Corruption Of Power: President Obama Trusts Himself Not To Abuse NSA Info

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2014 @ 12:31pm

    THis is probably why...

    I could never be President.

    I don't trust myself to not abuse the power I'd have.

  • On the post: FISA Court Judges Say They Don't Want Any Changes To How The Rubber Stamp Court Is Run

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2014 @ 02:07pm

    Well then...

    Might I suggest that since they're saying "fuck off" to the public that the public tells them and the NSA to "fuck off" for good?

  • On the post: Empire State Building Supposedly Sues Photographer Over Photograph Of Topless Woman

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 15 Jan, 2014 @ 02:20am

    If anything...

    It should boost the reputation of the Empire State Building.

    "Look at us, we're so safe and secure that you can go topless and aren't assaulted."

  • On the post: Weather Channel To DirecTV: Meet Our Cost Demands Or EVERYONE WILL DIE!

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2014 @ 02:58pm

    Re:

    I use accuweather myself.

  • On the post: Copyright Week: Our Lost Culture: What We Lose From Having Killed The Public Domain

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2014 @ 12:53pm

    Re:

    Not to mention that the anime industry would have never left Japan outside of a few shows. If not for piracy, shows like Ranma, Sailor Moon, Yu Yu Hakusho, One Piece, and others would have never gotten popular outside of Japan.

  • On the post: South Carolina Senator Aims To Criminalize The Recording Of Criminal Activity

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2014 @ 09:58am

    Re:

    Just wait a bit, you'll see how far that goes, upcoming article is about cops doing just that.

  • On the post: Dangerous Ruling In Virginia Allows Cleaning Company To Identify Anonymous Yelp Critics

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2014 @ 02:04pm

    One just needs to remember...

    That without anonymous speech, the U.S. wouldn't exist.

    Benjamin Franklin used anonymous speech to say what would have gotten him into trouble all the time.

    He was also a troll, predating the internet by well over 200 years.

  • On the post: South Carolina Senator Aims To Criminalize The Recording Of Criminal Activity

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2014 @ 06:59am

    Sorry, South Carolina...

    But you are no longer allowed to watch Dragonball Z Abridged.

  • On the post: NSA Officials Hate Ed Snowden With A Passion

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 06:11pm

    Re: Re: Re: seems like yet another false claim by TD

    BTW, just so you know, women's sufferage, here in the U.S.

    Started in 1848.

    Women would NOT get the right to vote for another 72 years.

    Civil Rights?

    1955 to 1968

    Vietnam protests?

    1964 to 1975

    In light of that, Snowden's revelations are still pretty new.

  • On the post: NSA Officials Hate Ed Snowden With A Passion

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 06:06pm

    Re: Re: Re: seems like yet another false claim by TD

    also on 9/11 US politics changed in an instant, and forever.

    And look at how fucked up things have gotten since then.

    Maybe you're willing to just go "oh, nothing's changed by now" and give up.

    Did Women's Sufferage happen overnight?

    Did the Civil Rights movement end in a few months?

    How about the Vietnam protests?

    Study up on YOUR history and realize that stuff can take WELL over a decade before something positive happens.

  • On the post: NSA Officials Hate Ed Snowden With A Passion

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 05:20pm

    Re: seems like yet another false claim by TD

    if the Ed Snowden releases have not made significant changes BY NOW, they WILL NEVER MAKE THOSE CHANGES.

    You DO realize that even Watergate took more than one year, right? Nixon was in his sixth year when he was facing charges and quit.

    Or how about what happened with Clinton when he was impeached? That took SEVERAL years.

    Big changes don't happen in one weekend in politics, look how long it took the government to work out a deal for spending, they had to partially shut the government down.

    He has one shot at making a difference, he failed, no difference was made

    Uh huh, no difference was made, except that people are still talking about it, Congress is making moves, court cases are being heard up to the Supreme Court and, considering it's an Election Year, I wonder how that'll play out come November...

    Also, the planet has NOT moved on.

    The UN is making resolutions about spying, the E.U. Parliament is setting up for a video conference with Ed Snowden to testify to them about the spying, Brazil gave away a giant multibillion dollar contract to Sweden over an American company, other American companies are losing money due to NSA actions...

    If anything, the world is going to use this for a long, long, LOOOOONG time.

    After all, Iran is STILL a mite bit pissed at the U.S. for its actions in the 1950s and 1980s, Germany is STILL nervous about showing national pride or allowing any kind of surveillance state, the Polish people were the ones who drove ACTA's defeat and Russians loathe Boris Yeltson for causing the collapse of the Soviet Union and the fallout from that.

  • On the post: USPTO: The Term 'Redskins' Is Offensive And Can't Be Trademarked

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 05:10pm

    Re: Re:

    What? You mean that's the secret in Coke?!

    No, wait, it's Sugar these days, isn't it?

  • On the post: NSA Officials Hate Ed Snowden With A Passion

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 01:45pm

    Re: Re: More importantly

    Technically, not traitors.

    What you get is 1 patriot and a bunch of scum.

  • On the post: NSA Officials Hate Ed Snowden With A Passion

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 01:12pm

    Re: who is reacting emotionally?

    How about saving some outrage for when a sentient being spies on you, as opposed to some program that generates so much data it's like being outraged someone could find a sand grain in the Sahara and potentially link it back to being once stuck to your shoe? What are they going to do with that? Persecute you?

    Look up J. Edgar Hoover or Richard Nixon sometime to see what could happen if one of them had access to this information.

    If I find all the faux outrage exasperating it's because I know what it's like to live in a real surveillance state as opposed to an imagined one. Chinese cops were wielding cameras in my private apartment last August. No warrant of course. That, my friends, is violating my privacy. Maybe one day you'll get off your high horse and understand what a real violation is.

    Gods, you remind me of someone who lived in Korea for awhile and went "it's not as bad as other countries have it, so just suck it up."

    How about a giant FUCK NO?!

    I do NOT want to live in a country where the government can just SPY on you for whatever reason and if someone in law enforcement decides they don't like you, they can have you thrown into jail! It happens all the time and THAT'S why I get so mad about people, much like yourself, who are WILLING to ignore the SACRIFICES that your forefathers made to protect peace and security!

    You and others like you who just go "what can we do" have given up!

    It's people like you who make the sacrifices that Dr. King, Rosa Parks, Lucy Stone and others who fought for equality for all races, genders and identities in this country worthless.

    All because you have this attitude of "it's not so bad" or "what can one person do" or even "you shouldn't complain".

    You, sir or madam, make me sick. Doubly so since you LIVED in China, according to your post and you KNOW what it could end up being!

    Go talk to the Germans or the Polish people and ask THEM how they feel about government surveillance.

    Or how about reading up on a former Stasi member views what the NSA is doing and his thoughts on it?

    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130627/15455123642/

    Don't go "oh, you don't know what it's like being in a real surveillance state, stop complaining".

    By the time we GET to that stage we won't BE ABLE TO COMPLAIN!!

    By protesting, calling our members in congress, speaking out and, yes, complaining, reporting on it, even if it gets exhausting, we can hopefully CHANGE the course before it's too late!

    I would rather get tired of reading about this stuff than forget about it.

  • On the post: NSA Officials Hate Ed Snowden With A Passion

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 12:35pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Of course they hate Snowden...

    Just like the NSA!

  • On the post: NSA Officials Hate Ed Snowden With A Passion

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 12:27pm

    Re: Re: Of course they hate Snowden...

    So it was all cake?

  • On the post: USPTO: The Term 'Redskins' Is Offensive And Can't Be Trademarked

    silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2014 @ 03:31pm

    Honestly...

    I don't give a crap about sports teams having "offensive" names.

    Redskins, Chiefs, Blackhawks, etc.

    Making the teams change their names is just a headache and a half.

    Fuck you, NCAA!

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