BOTH PARTIES say "Asylum for Snowden is an Affront to the U.S."

[warrprayer]

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(CNN) – Any country that offers asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden pits itself against the United States, lawmakers from both parties agreed on Sunday.

Venezuela and Bolivia have extended asylum to Snowden, and Nicaragua has said it would consider it.


"It's very clear that any of these countries that accept Snowden and offer him political asylum is taking a step against the United States. It's making a very clear statement. I'm not surprised by the countries that are offering him asylum; they like sticking it to the United States," Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, said on Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."
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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/07/07/lawmakers-asylum-for-snowden-is-an-affront-to-u-s/

[indepat]

1. We can take comfort that big brother never acts in a manner that would be an affront

to others.

[warrprayer]

3. ...

thanks for the laugh!

[Rex]

2. I cannot decide who is trying to be the bigger fool now

the Feds or Snowden.

[warrprayer]

4. no

... you are not stupid. (sig line)

[Rex]

6. Love the Paul Wellstone button!

We need him now more than ever imo.

[warrprayer]

8. agree wholeheartedly

not to mention reporters like Mike Hastings

[Rex]

9. Yes I don't care who calls me a tinfoil hatter.

That 'accident' was anything but imo.

I also question PWs plane crash...but you know how we get laughed off of DU for making any such speculation.

[warrprayer]

11. LOL

yes we will never see Geraldo or Blitzer go up in a giant fireball.

[Rex]

15. Or Rick Perry.

Or Dick Cheney. Funny how that works.

[Catherina]

5. Haha and add Uruguay (& Ecuador) to that list.

Ecuador's offer is still on the table too they never rescinded their willingness to work on it.

Uruguay Ready to Consider Asylum for Snowden – First Lady
Topic: Ex-CIA Employee Discloses US Secret Surveillance Programs

BUENOS AIRES, July 8 (RIA Novosti) – Uruguay’s first lady, Senator Lucia Topolansky, said Monday that her country would consider giving asylum to fugitive former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

“This issue should be considered, once a request is filed,” Topolansky said. “Uruguay has traditionally been a country that grants asylum. I think that every country is free to shelter whomever it wants.

“Every country has its own rules and makes its own decisions, and no one is allowed to interfere with the sovereignty of other nations,” she added.

...

http://en.rian.ru/world/20130708/182130900/Uruguay-Ready-to-Consider-Asylum-for-Snowden--First-Lady.html

[Rex]

7. I just hope Snowden realizes he is dealing with people

that (like the USA) think of him as a product and not a human being. They are all sharks passing around a chunk of meat imo.

[warrprayer]

10. he could move

... to the Dark Side of the Moon and he will never be safe another day in his life.





"Prism" - how appropriate

[Douglas Carpenter]

12. The Military Industrial Complex was a bi-partisan effort and so is the Intelligence Industrial

Complex. The former was grew out of and was legitimized by post-World War II Cold War insanity. The later has exploded into the stratosphere and has been legitimized by post 9/11 "War on Terror" insanity.

[hifiguy]

34. Umm, This. Times a googolplex cubed.

Yes, it is fascism now. Out in the open fascism. The mask has been dropped.

[Hydra]

13. LOL

"Don't you dare help this guy...you brown people we don't like anyway!"

Smooth PR as usual lately.

[xiamiam]

14. 74% of americans in favor of asylum according to newsweek july 7..our reps paying attention

or not

[Progressive dog]

20. Sometimes reps. ignore polls and do what they

think is right. This may be one of the few times that is happening in recent history.
It's tough for American politicians to support a fugitive from their own nation's justice.

[cascadiance]

29. And sometimes they all will say what they are told to say if they don't want Anthony Weiner moments!

I think the rest of the nation, when hiding in the larger morass of numbers and not being singled out, shows a more accurate and genuine concern of the issues he brings up when they currently aren't being threatened with such.

[Progressive dog]

30. If they have Anthony Weiner moments

maybe they shouldn't run for office. The rest of that is word hash.

[sufrommich]

23. That doesn't seem at all likely. Do you have

a link for the poll?

[xiamiam]

31. saw it here yesterday but i cant find it..went thru a couple dozen posts..nt

[hifiguy]

35. 91% of the public were in favor of tougher gun lawsbl

after the Connecticut massacre. You saw how far that got.

Anyone who believes that public opinion actually influences anyone at any level of the federal government any longer is living in a fool's paradise and, as my ol' dad used to say, blind in both ears and deaf in both eyes. It is fascism now.

[idwiyo]

16. Well, both can kiss my British arse. It's bad enough MY bloody government is openly spying on me,

I should also have to consider that fucking US government does the same thing, AND keeps the info in some fucked up database. Never mind that said info is collected and processed by people without any ethical values, because only absolute scum would do a job like that.

[Martin Eden]

17. The US deserves to be Affronted

BOTH PARTIES are not learning the lesson here.

[progressoid]

18. Oh dear me. These countries are giving US the vapors.

[malaise]

19. So were all of the previous offers of asylum by the US government

affronts to governments across the world. Many helped to destabilize said governments.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

25. Well put.

[msongs]

21. Both?? there are 2??? oh yeah, republicans and republican lites nt

[Cleita]

22. Quell surprise considering both parties are on the payroll of the MIC. n/t

[Egalitarian Thug]

24. Big Brother always agrees with Big Brother. n/t

[burnodo]

26. wait what??

I thought the two parties were fundamentally different. Isn't that why we're told to hate Republicans at all costs?

[woo me with science]

27. The charade of Red versus Blue falls apart when the people unite against their bullshit.

The collusion between the parties is now in our faces, instead of hidden and denied.

This is an important lesson. Wagon-circling doesn't work. For the first time, we are united in our outrage, and for the first time we have a real opportunity to force change.

[cascadiance]

28. Yep! A testament of blackmail from domestic spying being used in a bipartisan fashion!

[Incitatus]

32. I do have to wonder.

What kind of files the NSA has on politicians, considering the data it keeps on regular citizens.

[hifiguy]

36. I am certain that they make old Hoover's files

look like pretty small beer.

[Incitatus]

37. Absolutely, this program is Hoover's wet dream. nt

[Safetykitten]

33. Without comment...

[warrprayer]

38. ROTF

thank you for making my day!!!!