Is there a place for Snowden on Mount Rushmore

[ProSense]

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Right between Roosevelt and Lincoln because he's a "hero"

[rug]

1. No, that spot's reserved for a granite drone.

Legacy and all.

[ProSense]

4. What's a "granite drone" and

why is it more important than Snowden, "hero"?

[rug]

5. Got me. I know what a granite drone is.

[ProSense]

10. OK, what is it, and why is it more important that Snowden, "hero"?

[rug]

11. It is a sculpture of a remotely directed mechanism deployed to assassinate suspected terrorists

and anyone else in the vicinity.

It is more important than Snowden in that it incorporates a centerpiece strategy of a Presidential administration.

Kix are for kids and Mount Rushmore is for Presidents, silly.

[ProSense]

14. Did you by any chance notice that the sculptures are of people?

"It is more important than Snowden in that it incorporates a centerpiece strategy of a Presidential administration."

Uh, don't let anyone know that you're diminishing the importance of Snowden, "hero"

I mean, think of what happened when John Lewis was misquoted.

[rug]

16. Drones have been shown to be adept at replacing people.

[ProSense]

17. OK, I'll put you down as wanting a drone to replace Snowden, "hero." n/t

[rug]

19. I aim to please.

[Pholus]

21. OMG, that was priceless!

Thanks for that!

[RetroLounge]

32. ...

LOL!

RL

[Go Vols]

43. +1

[madrchsod]

50. well mr natural agrees

[dkf]

51. Oh my. So ironic. Lol.

What you elicited is almost genius.

[JDPriestly]

57. You did please.

[cordelia]

67. Excellent.

[JackRiddler]

83. The funny thing about this awkward response...

evincing no sense of humor, is that you think your OP was a fine piece of stand-up comedy.

[ProSense]

87. No, you're wrong

"The funny thing about this awkward response...evincing no sense of humor, is that you think your OP was a fine piece of stand-up comedy."

The entertainment is in the responses.

[neverforget]

2. Seriously?

[ProSense]

8. Uh,

[itsrobert]

3. uh oh

[Rex]

6. .

[sufrommich]

7. Don't even joke that there's room for another face.

The GOP want Reagan up there.

[itsrobert]

9. The new Mt Rushmore, Reagan, Snowden, and

Rush Limbaugh

[hrmjustin]

12. I forgot about that. They are trying to name everything after Reagan.

[cordelia]

68. They pretty much have.

Ain't much left. Damn.

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Facing in the opposite direction, maybe.

[mick063]

15. Another attempt to demonize Snowden

Thus further creating a folk hero. The Mt. Rushmore touch perpetuates the legend.

Squeezing jello. The harder you squeeze, the more it oozes between your fingers.

If he is brought back, I expect martyrdom status. All because a few folks try so desperately hard to divert attention from the surveillance state.

[Scurrilous]

18. From Common Wet Dreams:

Unveiled! Portrait of American Truth Teller Edward Snowden

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/07/18-15

tytechortz lingum • 24 days ago −

We are starting to get a lot of good candidates to replace the tyrants on Mt. Rushmore.

[DisgustipatedinCA]

20. Is this the day that the cheer squad chose to go over the edge?

I heard Brad Pitt isn't supporting Matt Damon's bid to appear on Mt. Rushmore.

[cherokeeprogressive]

25. Isn't this sad? n/t

[DisgustipatedinCA]

31. Possibly sad, but what's striking to me is that they don't understand what they're doing

I'm in my mid 40's. I've been a liberal and a registered Democrat all of my adult life. I'm now at a point where I'm completely immune to protestations, haranguing, and browbeating. No one can MAKE me like what I don't like. No one can make me support a man I feel has burned a lot of people. No one can guilt me with the premise of a Supreme Court with Ted Nugent at its head. No one can tell me that the shit I'm smelling is actually roses. No one can push me into a voting booth, and no one can sway me by telling me I'm part of the problem if I don't vote. I can be, and I am motivated when I feel like my President is being honest with me, when I feel like the same things that are important to me are also important to the President. I don't think I'm alone in feeling this way.

I also believe that some of the "cheerleaders" understand this, and they've moved from attempted strong arm persuasion to plain old jeering and stick-poking. Have you noticed that in some circles, it's now fashionable to reply to Obama criticism with a reminder that you still have 3.5 years of Obama remaining, or that if you don't like this or that, don't vote for Obama next time around (insert laugh)? Personally, I'm in no rush to escort Obama out the door; my interest is in the changing tactics of the Obama-can-do-no-wrong crowd, from attempted persuasion to something a little less constructive and a little more desperate.

I'm relieved that I don't feel the sense of powerlessness these people must feel when there's nothing they can do to keep this thing from slipping through their fingers. Following a cult of personality will burn someone every time. Thanks.

[Bonobo]

37. VERY well said. Nice job.

When you have a moral and political compass, it cannot be swayed.

It is hard for those without one to understand, but those of us that do know it.

[Mojorabbit]

41. Exactly. nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

45. You should make this an OP.

Very well said and to the point.

[Pholus]

69. I'm just glad to find people who are as articulate as you just were!

Thanks for that!

[MotherPetrie]

78. Great post.

[City Lights]

29. LOL!

Good one!

[Logical]

34. Prosense is losing it at this point. n-t

[ProSense]

52. What is up with that? Are you trying to make yourself feel good?

[Logical]

54. The Mount Rushmore post was really odd! n-t

[ProSense]

56. You're responding to yourself? n/t

[Mojorabbit]

40. I know! It is pitiful isn't it? LOL Totally jumping the shark tonight. nt

[joshcryer]

64. Stole my line.

[Thinkingabout]

22. Nope, don't think so, don't know what image would be used. Even the presidential sculptor, David

Adickes probably would not create a bust of Snowden. I guess we could hang a mug
shot with his numbers on it.

[SomethingFishy]

23. Only in your mind.

Only. In. Your. Mind.

[ProSense]

26. I admit, it's not as creative as calling people "trolls" and "paid shills"

Sorry to disappoint.

[SomethingFishy]

27. Oh Prosense you never disappoint..

You always seem to know, and are never afraid.. to tell us what we are thinking...

[Pholus]

24. Actually, he's already there. Look closely at Teddy's nose.

Perhaps you should create a petition to "We the People" to have it removed....

Take the whole nose, just to be sure.

[giftedgirl77]

28. Only if they put a jail cell in Obama's

nostril after they carve his face up there.

[Cha]

61. now that's funny.

[cherokeeprogressive]

30. If there ain't, I bet there's room for Matt Damon!

[Logical]

33. Lol, you really have your feelings hurt. Wow. n-t

[Bonobo]

35. Congratulations!

You cleared that shark by a mile!

[ProSense]

39. Really, I thought it was hilarious. n/t

[Bonobo]

42. Yup, the only thing missing was Pinky Tuscadero. nt

[ProSense]

44. Jumping the shark is claiming that John Lewis compared Snowden to Ghandi

The OP is not.

[RetroLounge]

36. Teddy and Abe don't know whether to laugh at his OP or puke

But I do.



RL

[AgingAmerican]

38. Bottom feeding

nt

[Union Scribe]

46. That awkward moment

when you have to post SOMETHING but can't find any articles to selectively quote.

[Go Vols]

47. This would have been a good blue link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_incarceration_rate

[ProSense]

48. Yeah,

"That awkward moment when you have to post SOMETHING but can't find any articles to selectively quote."

...could you imagine how different the responses would be had the OP contained an article and a "blue link"?

[madrchsod]

49. oh no... you went there....

[bravenak]

53. Oooooh this is good.

I hope you're happy now. My husband is giving me strange looks 'cause I'm chortling.
He says I'm a dork. That this is nerdy funny, not funny funny. To each his own. I'm going to click out of here and wait ten minutes to see if it still makes me laugh.

[bravenak]

55. Still funny.

[ProSense]

59. LOL! n/t

[JDPriestly]

58. I had tears of laughter streaming down my face. And my laughs were not quiet.

My husband asked me to explain, but I couldn't enunciate clearly enough for him to understand what I was saying because I was laughing so hard.

[bravenak]

60. Feeling your pain.

He told me to turn off my iPad and watch breaking bad or he's going to play Fight Night. Like I'd ever do that.

[JDPriestly]

62. I'm feeling your pain. Breaking Bad is s program I absolutely cannot stand.

I can only imagine what Fight Night is like. Having to watch those things would be sheer misery.

[bravenak]

63. You made my night. Too funny.

I love breaking bad but, at the beginning of every season I hate Walter White more and more. Fight night is torture. Pot helps.

[Le Taz Hot]

65. Hon, at this point,

you have flat done lost it.

[corkhead]

66. I was going to "rec" this until I figured out that you were apparently trying to make a funny

But seriously, as one who could potentially be opened to a different point of view with sound reasoning, I have not been finding your OPs of late very persuasive.

Frankly, I am not sure what it is you are trying to accomplish. You are not going to bring me along to understand and respect your point of view by being such a boor.

Just my $.02

[ProSense]

79. Here

This may be more to your liking:

Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald will not do TV interview despite preliminary talks
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023453953

[corkhead]

82. I have one for you:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=118&topic_id=374224&mesg_id=374551

[1awake]

71. On Rushmore? Nah, but I'd sure like to buy him a beer. n/t

[hrmjustin]

73. Kicking because the thread has been unlocked.

[Motown_Johnny]

74. If you build a federal prison on top of the mountain.. then yes

there would be room for him on Mount Rushmore.

[panader0]

75. Crazy Horse

No chttp://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4877773983515244&w=80&h=80&c=8&pid=3.1&qlt=90onnection-it just made me think of this.

[UTUSN]

76. R#8 & K for, Ashton KUTCHER should be the model!1 n/t

[bravenak]

77. No.

He's a cheese faced libertarian twit.

[SwampG8r]

80. wow look at this

I feel good about this
normally I read a op from you and I go arghhh uit tonight I have read 2 or 3 I thought were pretty good stuff and now this!
this is an odd feeling I am posting a big well done for prosense
well done prosense!

[NuclearDem]

81. Oh. Alrighty then.

Nope, not ridiculous at all. Carry on.

[SidDithers]

84. DU rec...nt

Sid

[kentuck]

85. No, but there is at Fort Leavenworth.

Nobody's kidding anybody.

[Hekate]

86. Really weird responses in this thread. Kick'em, wreck'em.