tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post4072381309500933054..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: President Obama on surveillance programs: Let's look at the whole elephantNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-42190902987455995612013-08-12T08:00:51.301-05:002013-08-12T08:00:51.301-05:00What I like about the ruthless strategy is that th...What I like about the ruthless strategy is that the opposition doesn't see the trap set up. They don't see they're dealing with a bullfighter. When one has been singing a song for over thirty years it's hard to change the tune. Who knew you had to come to the table with solutions? <br /><br />Vic78Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-76206101291617931422013-08-11T16:22:21.164-05:002013-08-11T16:22:21.164-05:00The question is one of degree. Governments have a...The question is one of degree. Governments have always had to have a certain amount of secrecy in the area of national defense and that doesn't bother me. I'm actually glad that the whole question of what the NSA can gather has come out. <br /><br />I'm much more concerned about lack of "liberty" due to economic and health issues. People who are living in poverty and/or who are sick, particularly sick from treatable disorders because they have not access to health care, are not "free". I'm more concerned about that than about the NSA logging metadata about my phone calls. Middle Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441441493867436577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-74521537779745378602013-08-11T15:07:56.926-05:002013-08-11T15:07:56.926-05:00Obama's elephant analogy reminds me of a defin...Obama's elephant analogy reminds me of a definition I once saw.<br /><br />Elephant: a mouse built to government specifications.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11403989875431906348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-38679996253284871412013-08-11T12:30:25.711-05:002013-08-11T12:30:25.711-05:00Why are we so willing to give up our privacy for a...Why are we so willing to give up our privacy for a few deaths by terrorists while we kill tens of thousands of Americans every year on our highways and with our guns?Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-92178162929361204242013-08-11T12:24:26.153-05:002013-08-11T12:24:26.153-05:00That is true what you say...however like the GOP a...That is true what you say...however like the GOP are doing with the ACA...trying to undermine the rollout and not wanting to fix any quirks that have come to light...so has the so called PL tried to undermine the trust of the American People by the screaming headlines and misinformation...also granted...it is easy to mistrust our government because of so many misdeeds that have been done in the name of gov....but I trust thi President as I have no other...and I do not paint him with that mistrust brush...the PL wants to say to America...see...there is nothing special about President Obama...he is like all the others...but...fortunately for us...they are so wrong!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495861806403242783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-68947329684727968082013-08-11T11:14:49.156-05:002013-08-11T11:14:49.156-05:00Well said...tweeted.Well said...tweeted.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290251031512983606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-68999599292210035542013-08-11T10:36:37.794-05:002013-08-11T10:36:37.794-05:00It's something I said back when this story fir...It's something I said back when this story first broke: even if the program is absolutely necessary, the secrecy surrounding it was undermining the people's confidence in its government. And that lack of confidence is far more dangerous than anything the terrorists could threaten us with.Chris Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139817527808942227noreply@blogger.com