I don't see the problem, we're all potential criminals and terrorists.

It always feels like somebody's watching me. And I have no privacy.

/Orwell for 200 Alex.

inline4: I don't see the problem, we're all potential criminals and terrorists.

I think that's the way they see us anymore.

How's that hopey changey thing working out for you guys?

/ hello, is this thing on?

// I keed, I keed

ThePixies: It always feels like somebody's watching me. And I have no privacy.

/Orwell for 200 Alex.

Oh goddamn you, that's going to be in my head all say. And that's the only two lines I know.

Keep burning that Constitution, Dems.

And Republicans.

Just about everybody, in fact.

/BSAB,SVR!
//getting it out of the way
///I haz a sad

B-b-but Barry promised to repeal Bush's policy on that.

/It's OK they are only watching right wing extremist anyway

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

They're working hard to fight illegal wiretaps. By just making them legal!

/not mine

Somebody is watching me

They hate us for our freedoms.

(Our dear leaders, that is)

FTFA: A federal judge agreed, ruling the ACLU, Amnesty International, Global Fund for Women, Global Rights, Human Rights Watch, International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association, The Nation magazine, PEN American Center, Service Employees International Union and other plaintiffs did not have standing to bring the case because they could not demonstrate that they were subject to the warrantless eavesdropping.

Those groups are made of Americans and Americans are subject to the warrantless wiretapping. When do I get my telescreen watching every inch of my apartment while displaying a image of Big Brother?

Yeah change!

Another boost in electricity production.

http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php? db=comics&id=2429

It's a cowards USA

Quit complaining; this is what almost *all* of you voted for. 

Clearly, this means giving Obama another term so he has the time to fulfill his '08 elections.

Onkel Buck: B-b-but Barry promised to repeal Bush's policy on that.

/It's OK they are only watching right wing extremist anyway

you have a problem with this law citizen? That sounds un-American. Maybe we should wiretap all your electronic communications and if we don't find anything illegal we'll just release to wikileaks whatever embrassasing things we find and ruin you all while building a better case on Julian Assange.

Xenomech: Quit complaining; this is what almost *all* of you voted for. 


Not me I voted to piss off my cracker ass neighbor and for free shiat. I didnt sign on to have him all up in my bidness!

Speaking as CENSORED, FISA as originally written and implemented by CENSORED, was more than sufficient to deal with furrin' turrists.
This turdpile of unconstitutional legislation is used for doCENSORED, which I can CENSORED from CENSORED without CENSORED quite adequately under FISA before these changes.

DIRNCENSORED can CENSORED and CENSORED until CENSORED his own mCENSORED. Do you hear me?

/Um, er, _{"no comment"}. 
//Gotta go. Somebody at the door.

Well except that this is the bill authorizing the court the issues the WARRANTS allowing this activity, but yeah other than that it's exactly like the Bush-era program of deciding that they would wiretap anyone without even bothering to go to the FISA court,

I'm not too worried about the government watching me or us. Have you seen how piss-poor the government is at collecting and using data? Every government document I've ever received has some error in even basic information (e.g. how to spell my name). I've worked in the public sector...my experience with gov't data is that it is often incomplete, inaccurate and so poorly organized that it's almost impossible to use for any purpose.

pedobearapproved: Onkel Buck: B-b-but Barry promised to repeal Bush's policy on that.

/It's OK they are only watching right wing extremist anyway

you have a problem with this law citizen? That sounds un-American. Maybe we should wiretap all your electronic communications and if we don't find anything illegal we'll just release to wikileaks whatever embrassasing things we find and ruin you all while building a better case on Julian Assange.

0/10.

Magorn: Well except that this is the bill authorizing the court the issues the WARRANTS allowing this activity, but yeah other than that it's exactly like the Bush-era program of deciding that they would wiretap anyone without even bothering to go to the FISA court,

I guess "patriot" means "police state". We are smack dab in the middle of Orwells 1984.

Xenomech: Quit complaining; this is what almost *all* of you voted for.

Thank you. If you didn't vote third party you have brought this on yourselves.

So Wyden said he would lift his hold in exchange for a Senate floor vote on an amendment requiring the government to account for how many times Americans' communications have been accepted, and another amendment prohibiting U.S. spy agencies from reviewing the communications of Americans ensnared in the program.

If that doesn't go over, he'd lift the hold so the Senate could vote on brief extension of the act so his amendments and others could be fully debated next year.

"I'm willing to go along with a short-term extension as long as we have a chance in the early future, in 2013, to have a debate," Wyden said.

Well, Mr. Wyden, that's a rather abrupt and naive about-face.

One would almost suspect that something happened that you don't want to talk about, like a threatening visit in the night if you didn't back off.

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