On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 6:24 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote:
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/28/broadcast_exclusive_declassified_docs_reveal_military > > so the facts as outlined above -- assuming they are true -- are NOT ok? Is > that what I am hearing? > I'm confused. Do you like the President or not? This is happening under Obama's watch. I have no idea if what the military did is appropriate or not. My first guess is that they were concerned about potential terrorist attacks. Remember those pesky things? Does that make it OK? I have no idea. True, but he can do that anyway if he really wants to. But ok. Supposing > Evil Obama were to do such a thing, that would be bad. > Your words, not mine. I think the President is a decent guy. > Eh. It's bit Hitler youth. It's one thing to campaign for the guy and > another to work for him for free after he is elected, I feel. or Soviet-era citizen informants. There is no upside to this tactic, only political damage for the Administration. > But if someone > feels moved to write in and say blog ex say you eat babies from breakfast, > I > really don't have a problem with that in and of itself. I would want to > know > if someone was saying that kind of stuff about me, He's the President, of course people are saying stuff like that about him. That's the nature of the job, or of being a public persona in general. You don't need an informant network to figure that out. Just look at the tabloids. > But I feel the need to point out again that there is no quesiton what Dick > Cheney would have done. > We don't have to speculate. Cheney was VP for 8 years and the administration never asked citizens to inform on their fellow citizens about protected speech. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301620 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
