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KoKo

(84,711 posts)
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 06:13 PM Aug 2013

OBAMA HUMOR...NSA SPYING (from Obama Supporters)


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This is what the YOU TUBE Poster says: (I can't verify this poster..but, here it is)
***Again, please note that this is political SATIRE. The creators of this cartoon do not hate President Obama, nor are they fans of George W. Bush. (They not only voted for President Obama - twice - they donated money to both of his presidential campaigns.) They aren't, however, fans of blind allegiance and would appreciate it if their president cared more about the spirit of the laws he cites than the technicalities he chooses to exploit. Hence the video


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From ME/Koko and not the You Tube poster above:

I post this...as Political Humor...Many of you know...I've been here since 2001...

I had to preface that....because I'm not sure how this will go over. But, if we can't have Humor about what is going on...we will make our selves sick over the revelations.

In searching for Obama's last Friday Speech on NSA Surveillance...I came across this You Tube. I hit on it...and got dragged in. I tried to think it was some RW Thing...but it caught me into it. I was getting ready to do a post about WaPo Article and I needed Obama's Video to put in the post... and that's when I found this.

Let's just say if this was Colbert or Stewart posting this...we would find it very funny...Satire.

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Isoldeblue

(1,135 posts)
1. My take :)
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 06:18 PM
Aug 2013

"Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

Isoldeblue

(1,135 posts)
9. While I really like Obama,
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 06:56 PM
Aug 2013

I can also accept that he is far from perfect. Nor would I expect any man or woman to be so.

This is a thorny issue with many gray areas. But I don't know all the ins and outs and where he will eventually figure in this.

But I can honestly say, I value my privacy and I'm very uncomfortable with what we are learning.

Not to worry, KoKo.... I took it in the tone of humor you intended.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
11. Thanks...I really thought it was funny...but not sure how it would go over here.
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 08:24 PM
Aug 2013

Sad that even humor about "our own" has to be put out with Caveats..for fear of banning.

Oh My...how times have changed.

But, thanks..I understood the caution...and that you got the HUMOR...which is truly what it is. Why can't we laugh at ourselves, anymore...even when we do some "Fucked Up Stuff?"

 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
13. Im pretty sure I havent.
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 08:35 PM
Aug 2013


On edit: I may have in the very beginning. But I changed my views on that. Rare, right?

leftstreet

(36,103 posts)
4. LOL...and IBTL
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 06:33 PM
Aug 2013
If Congress did not want us to secretly interpret the law, then Congress shouldn't have passed a law for us secretly interpret


KoKo

(84,711 posts)
8. I wonder about the "Blue Lynx" the Rolls Royce of Cars that seems to be
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 06:55 PM
Aug 2013

be in decline...with info that the Motor is Faulty.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
10. Well...Gotta Kick for the Night Crowd (West Coast)...It's really VERY FUNNY!
Fri Aug 16, 2013, 07:52 PM
Aug 2013

My Partner was ......

He thought I should have put it out as a "ROFL...OBAMA YOU TUBE...THE TRUTH!"

I said......NO!

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