SmarterThanYall’s Comments

• Jul 23rd, 2013 @ 7:06am

  Re: Missing the point....

  on Ex-CIA/NSA Boss Says Snowden Worse Than Every Spy From Benedict Arnold To The Rosenbergs
  Got anything like, you know, proof of your assertion that Snowden is actively releasing sensitive information to foreign governments? Nah..., didn't think so.
• Jun 19th, 2013 @ 11:34am

  Re: contravening constitution

  on It's Come To This: Commentators Arguing That The Press Commits A Crime In Exposing NSA Surveillance
  Why? Because for those whose financial standing places them above the need for such protections, said protections are an impediment to getting richer and/or more powerful. The ideals embodied in The Constitution were revolutionary, put in place by men with both vision and a desire to end the kind of tyranny and abuse that has always been the sequelae of concentrated power.
• May 6th, 2011 @ 7:52am

  Secede now, Texas

  on Cheerleader Told To Pay School She Sued After Being Kicked Off Squad For Refusing To Cheer Guy Who Assaulted Her
  Will Texas please stop embarrassing the rest of the country and finally act on their heretofore empty threats to secede from the United States? Please? Any time.
  BTW, I live in TX.
• Apr 20th, 2011 @ 10:32am

  No warrant? No tracking.

  on Feds Tell Supreme Court They Should Be Able To Stick A GPS Device On Your Car Without A Warrant
  It's so simple. Demonstrate to a judge that you have probable cause and you'll get your warrant. That's how the system was set up and it has worked pretty damned well. Why, oh why, do we suddenly need to hide the actions of law enforcement and other government bodies from the judiciary?
• Mar 3rd, 2011 @ 6:31am

  Re:

  on Texas Governor Blocks Reporters He Doesn't Like From Reading His Tweets
  Yeah, but you are not an elected public servant. You have a reasonable expectation to not have some reporter dogging you. Gov. Dimwit, not so much.
• Mar 3rd, 2011 @ 6:20am

  Re: The lack of comments kinda says it all.

  on Ask Congress To Make Public Domain Congressional Research Service's Reports Public
  Well now, see? There's your problem. You still believe that they're your representatives. They're not. Oh sure, you were allowed to vote for one of the candidates, but virtually all of them are already beholden to the people who wrote the big checks that got the on the ballot in the first place. In other words, big business and big money are the only real "constituents".