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I still can't believe that my comment is still gushing with responses ... 99% negative. LOL! Love it when I hit a nerve ... and get called a lib. If only the responders knew just how conservative I was. No one asked me why I thought and responded the way I did, just that my response didn't fit their current conservative ideals.

That is the laugh I still feel, no one ask me why? Now I have had my fun and solicited the responses I expected.

I am as conservative as they come. I come from a long line of military folks, spent years in the Navy myself. I just happen to casually remark that I would rather support Cheney than Rand Paul and all hell breaks loose.

And the comments still keep coming ... got to be a best for something said as a causal aside.

Your comment generated A LOT of replies. I looked up your profile (sadly - something many FReepers don't do before attacking the commentator - very bad form - and I'm NOT attacking you). That's why I asked (albeit in indirect language)

"On the other hand - do you think that the NSA (and other fascist elements of the FdGov), is in any way benevolent, or motivated by national security as envisioned by the constitution?"

In retrospect, I should have asked...

By saying:

"Between Rand Paul and Dick Cheney, I think I will go with Cheney."

... since the topic of the article is on NSA surveillance of every American

... do you agree with Cheney that the FedGov needs to collect every Call Detail Record (CDR) on earth (so called "medadata", which is actually where knowledge is derived):

"“What information [was collected]?” asked Cheney. “And the answer is phone numbers and who contacted who. But we don’t have any names associated with it. It’s just a big bag of numbers that’s been collected."

Cheney proclaimed a bald-faced lie, but I'm sure you will concur that this is a serious issue that abridges more than the spirit of our constitution.

See my post #112