Obama is no longer my president

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89. That was rude.

Are you saying people from other countries aren't allowed to participate on US issues here at DU? Even though everything the US does affects every single country in the world? News to me.

My country is trying to spy as well. Most of us Canadians are far more aware of it than Americans are aware of their own gov't spying. We had a nice little twitter campaign awhile back when they tried to pass some internet surveillance bullshit that made gathering data without a paper trail easier (look up #tellviceverything). It embarrassed them enough they backed off. For awhile anyway, now they are trying again in their usual slimy conservative way. I don't think Canadians will put up with it. At my university, many conversations about the internet and the US have many students (and our profs too) concerned about your country gathering OUR data. Let's just say, the rest of the world is sick of this BS. As more information comes out about governments attempting to gather data, expect a lot more protests in the rest of the world than you'd ever see in the US.