Rubber Stamp Committee Tells Obama the NSA Needs to be Dialed Back

The ability of a terrible writer to quote the movie script of a far more successful writer, isn't exactly a sign of great talent or intellect. And the fact that someone else might not be familiar with every line of every film that a terrible writer might chose to quote, is hardly a reflection of, well, much of anything.

Still waiting on evidence of the "wind of contrary opinion".

And the ability of a pretentious, effete Leftard to think someone is quoting a movie instead of a book is pretty damned funny.

But the ease with which I've been repeatedly proving that a pretentious, effete Leftard isn't nearly as well read or intelligent as he thinks he is, that's indicative of quite a lot.

I'm waiting for the foetid wind coming out of your silly face to die down first.

I was simply responding to the notion that Obama's use of EO was "off the damned scale," when it clearly wasn't. I wasn't commenting on the reach of each EO itself.

You are correct that I missed that this wasn't a movie reference, but I naturally assumed from the calibre of your writing, that you weren't all that familiar with actual books, and responded accordingly.

With all your quoting from the works of other, more successful writers. I have to wonder if you're capable of original thought at all. Also, that you quote others freely, yet without due credit, is telling.

Still waiting on evidence of the "wind of contrary opinion".

You are indeed going the extra mile to prove my point; most generous of you.

And I have to wonder if you ever read what even you post; of course, maybe you did read that, and thought that your imagined intellectual superiority conveys upon you some near-mythical ability to either abuse punctuation or commit typos without the need to go back and correct them until someone who works as an editor points them out to you.

I seem to remember you yourself describing the above trick (modifying someone's quote) as proof of their intellectual shortcomings. So... Right back at ya, Terrible Writer.

I'd be the last one to claim that I'm not terrible at punctuation. Then again, I'm not the one claiming to be "a writer", with a "wind" of folks who'll attest to my talent therein. And I credit quotes from the professional works of others. And know that there are more than 4 ingredients in virtually all eliquids. And that you may be (unwittingly) the funniest thing on the Web.



ETA: Still waiting on evidence of the "wind of contrary opinion".

Didn't I tell you to fuck off down the tree? Tell Nidhogg I said it's all right for it to eat you.

First; You're not in a position to tell me to do anything.
Second; "I ain't afraid of no [non-existant mythical dragon]" - Ray Parker Jr - Paraphrased.
Third; No longer waiting on equally non-existant evidence of the "wind of contrary opinion".

Wrong.

Sure you are.

See, and someone as intelligent as you pretend to be would have looked around -- you wouldn't even have to look any farther than this board -- to find it. If you can't be bothered to look as far as the Blue Room, you won't be bothered to read and acknowledge the same information if I do your work for you and post it here. So, nope. Now skitter down the tree, little gossiper, before I get the hose.

Funny.
Not nearly as good as your usual material, but at least a mildly entertaining way to pass an evening.

I've seen the Blue Room stuff, which wasn't nearly as entertaining, and still terribly written, with still no evidence at all of this "wind" you earlier mentioned.

And... admit it... your knowledge of Norse mythology is entirely limited to what little you retained from readings of Marvel's "The Mighty Thor" comic books, right?




'Night all.

See? Your opinion proves that you're an idiot. And the opinions of an idiot weigh nothing with me.

Yeah, who needs the Eddas.

Eddur. The plural of Edda is Eddur.

As usual, you did not neglect to add "durrrrr". It's just that that's usually the subtext of your pronouncements.

Eddur is the plural in Old Norse. Modern commentators use the plural 'Eddas.' I'll take your snobbery about "Eddur" seriously when you compose your entire post in Old Norse.

That's your political tangent, Frontline, not mine. All I was doing was showing that Obama's use of EO wasn't "off the scale." If you want to get into how far reaching each EO is, or was, that's another issue entirely, but I have no interest in it, since it would be long, drawn out, and for nothing.

Political tangent. I'm not saying you're targeting Obama based solely on politics. I don't doubt that his use of the EO in the way he has bothers you. Obama's use of the EO in association with his stance when it comes to privacy, the NSA, and our 4th amendment rights does concern me. It concerns me greatly. He feels that there are checks in place to prevent abuse, and I disagree completely. There aren't enough checks in place, and what checks are in place are so easy to get around it's almost as if they don't exist at all.

That's a tough argument to make, as it is anything but clear whether they actually broke the law. Bad policy does not always mean illegal act.

There's "off the scale" measured by quantity and measured by quality. If someone had issued 80 executive orders that did things like recognize Arbor Day and such and someone else had issued 5 executive orders to torture kittens and such, which would be considered "off the scale"?

Well, kittens are just one step up from six-year-old ballerinas. They deserve what's coming to them.

But the point is well taken. Has someone actually done the footwork on this? Comparing at least the last two Presidents' executive orders by content rather than just quantity?

They treat us like criminals and overstep their moral, ethical, intended authority, we treat them like criminals. It's only fair.

How about rights to violation of rights to privacy, and theft of personal data?

Unsurprised that you'd be sticking up for the Orwellian police state.

How about the Fourth Amendment? That's a law. Seems pretty clear to me that they're breaking it.

Congratulations, you're now making the same argument as Wordin.

And we take two steps back.

On to SCOTUS.

Called it.

Yeah....note the judge who finds it just peachy is from New York as well.

How much money was your soul worth, Pauley?