RE: NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls

[Caro]

DU post here

If you’re not afraid of these people yet, I suggest you have not been paying enough attention.

What’s to stop the regime in power, whoever it might be, from using this information against its perceived political enemies? As I keep telling the right-wing crazies who write to me, whatever power they grant to George Bush will be available to Hillary Clinton when she becomes president. Not that I’m supporting Hillary for president, but it makes their neck veins bulge because they hate her so much. But this is exactly how we should all look at incursions of government power: If we don’t want that power in the hands of people we don’t like, then we’d better not put that power in the hands of people we do like.

And then there’s the matter of all the “privatizing” going on. To the Bushistas, privatization means giving away to their buddies whatever hasn’t been nailed down, and even some things that have. What kind of business advantage could someone obtain if he was able to snoop around in his rivals’ phone records?

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[acmejack]

1. We're so screwed.

America is over, I am afraid. I won't give up, but I become increasingly convinced we are chasing a vanished dream.

[madokie]

3. it just means we have our work cut out for us.

they will take my country from me only from cold fingers. I share your concerns though but I feel deep down that our country will rebound with new vigor and the willingness to add whatever it takes to ensure this repuke experiment will never be possible to happen again. Lets hope anyway.
peace
:hi:

[undeterred]

2. Are the police gonna arrest me for not calling my mother enough?

[Loge23]

4. It is clear that America is no longer free

The NSA scam is only a symptom. We have an unchecked power grab from the administration, a complacent public and press, and a flawed election process.
If this isn't stopped soon, we will descend into chaos. The criminal WH is already aligning their troops. If the military splits, watch out.