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Al Gore: Edward Snowden's 'important service'http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/al-gore-edward-snowden-important-service-107652.html?hp=r2
Do it.
Throw Al Gore under the bus.
It will mean that this place has created a perfect circle from the day of its creation to today.
Maybe doing so will create a quantum singularity that will bend the very fabric of time and space.
More likely, however, it will make a few people have a moment with a mirror.
So.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)A real POS you might say. Know any local salesmen?
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)their past crimes have been forgotten.
Can't say I care much about internet feuds which have so little significance in the scheme of things.
If that's a priority for people, perhaps they've missed the real issues that actually affect lives. Who knows?
It's a good phrase though, I may it use to remind the War Criminals and Wall St criminals that there is no statute of limitations on torture, murder, and massive corruption such as that which collapsed the world's economies and all the tragedy that resulted from it.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)....that was adjudicated by the DU jury.
Time to let it go.
JI7
(89,182 posts)Response to grasswire (Reply #25)
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grasswire
(50,130 posts)deurbano
(2,891 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)Is that what you mean by "street justice"?
JI7
(89,182 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)I'm waiting for Whisp to answer the question.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)grasswire
(50,130 posts)I am asking what you intend.
maybe my street justice is as genuine as the DU juries compared to, you know, REAL LIFE.
gawwwwd.
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)As was I.
Did you alert on her and have the post hidden when you misunderstood her meaning?
JI7
(89,182 posts)among a certain crowd.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)And you can ask admins if I did.
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)Then that is good for me. Yet she had a hide for a misreading of her post.
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 10, 2014, 09:25 PM - Edit history (1)
I know he finally self deleted. But PPRd? I don't think so.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)The matter that J17 referred to.
From Earl's message: "We don't enjoy banning people, particularly people who have been here a long time. WilliamPitt left us absolutely no choice in this matter."
And that's why I asked Whisp about the street justice she threatens.
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Doesn't seem to have changed much.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)He did hit the nail right on the head, hit the target with a bullseye, said what needed to be said, put a spanner in the works of those trying to distract from the enormous crimes that have been revealed, by Whistle Blower after Whistle Blowers,
He's on the right side of history. No use trying to distract from what Gore and so many others are saying. It isn't working, people care about their Constitutional Rights, as polls are increasingly showing.
Amazing, despite all the attempts to smear the messenger, support for him only grows.
For the burn.
Cha
(295,929 posts)Well played, ucr.
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)Good to see you here!
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)JI7
(89,182 posts)between BUsh and Gore.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)the problem?) for his incredible work on environmental issues, for speaking out many times about issues few other prominent figures such as he, have had the guts to do.
So, where did this throwing of Gore under the bus take place?
JI7
(89,182 posts)who claimed no difference between Gore and Bush.
many of them claimed to be the left but in fact they were just conspiracy theory attention whore types.
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)I remember well.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)registered 'Democrats' who voted for Bush in Florida. On a scale of F'd upness, I'd have to say Dems who voted for Bush were even worse, and cost us the 2000 election.
JI7
(89,182 posts)joshcryer
(62,265 posts)See how that works?
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)He really should have ignored his political handlers and displayed some passion for Democratic ideals during that election, rather than attempting Clintonesque triangulation.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)got away with the theft of an election which robbed all of us of a President who would have taken this country in an entirely different direction.
LordGlenconner
(1,348 posts)And it's so easy to picture the OP doing just that 14 years ago after eight years of President Clinton.
Cha
(295,929 posts)be able to throw him under said bus.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)to his country. Not surprising coming from yet another highly respected Democrat most of whom so far, have recognized the value of informing the people when their rights are abused.
JI7
(89,182 posts)in 2000. that was pretty fucked up.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)lol. This place has certainly created something!
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)Now where did the author go????
Awol again.
Funny, cause we aren't the ones that toss people under the bus. Damn where is that mirror we are suppose to be looking into. Oh wait here it is...
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)I disagreed with him when he refused to campaign on the Clinton/Gore achievements. I agree with him 100% on the environment....and the old "lockbox."
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)Perhaps a slight over inflation of the results.
Anyway I can be critical of offsets and cap and trade without throwing Gore under the bus... certainly I would never call him a POS used car salesman.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)and I love that so many posters are raising the issue of the POS thread.
Sid
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)has always been one of our more intelligent Democrats. I'm sure you agree and just forgot to address what the OP is about!
JI7
(89,182 posts)joshcryer
(62,265 posts)I literally have seen zero posts doing that.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)And, do you have anything to say about Gore pointing out NSA spying is the main concern?
dawg
(10,610 posts)WillyT
(72,631 posts)Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)strengthens the need for Snowden to come home and face the music.....he has a viable defense.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)for his country. Add yet another respected and intelligent American to the growing list of supporters for Whistle Blowers like Snowden.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)1000words
(7,051 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)it is like the stuff inside a black hole: maybe some new Shea Zellweger can introduce Feynman diagrams to politics?
NADER DID 9-11!!!!111
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)I for one will not throw Al Gore under any bus. I may not agree with everything he says, however I would never call him a POS.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)or something.
It's like they can't see shades of gray.
And yet, they're often the ones finger-pointing and calling others Authoritarian apologist piece of shit used car salesmen.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)stop people from expressing their opinions on issues that are important to this country. But I guess there are people who will try anything to force people to agree with them, or remain silent. Sad, isn't it?
joshcryer
(62,265 posts)sheshe2
(83,355 posts)mike_c
(36,214 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,294 posts)This should be a trip.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)JI7
(89,182 posts)but predictably a few people tried tossing the op under the wheels.
illustrating the actual and allegorical meanings pretty clearly.
read it again and see if the real point is more comprehensible this time.
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)It was a call out thread pure and simple.
He did the tossing, in turn he got tossed.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)nt
Demeter
(85,373 posts)out of 57 replies, I saw only 11....
It was a scary experience! I will not be doing that again anytime soon.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)I guess Gore doesn't agree that this is all 'old news'.
Gore didn't hold back about his feelings on the NSAs surveillance practices
Good for him, I hope others who ARE holding back out of fear, will have the courage to join him.
NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... but I haven't seen Gore thrown under the bus by anyone here.
Gore, like anyone else, is entitled to his opinion. The fact that many hold a different opinion on this issue is their prerogative as well.
That being said, I've no doubt that if Gore had stated that he thought Snowden was a traitor and a thief, there is a contingent here that would have immediately thrown him under their bus, while calling him a piece of shit used car salesman - or something equally obnoxious.
90-percent
(6,828 posts)Frank Zappa and confessed he was a fan of his music.
Al and Tipper sent Frank a card when they found out he had prostate cancer.
And Tipper played drums on a Dweezil Zappa song.
And Snowden has done something more PATRIOTIC than anything our entire Congress has done for years.
Us little people want our democracy back and we need more and more Snowdens to do that. and graysons and bernies and warrens.
-90% Jimmy
Crewleader
(17,005 posts)Thanks for the good memories William~
Martin Eden
(12,803 posts)It would make me have a face-first moment with the porcelean bus (not the kind one can get thrown under).
neverforget
(9,434 posts)That seems to happen a lot now. How sad.
JI7
(89,182 posts)neverforget
(9,434 posts)JI7
(89,182 posts)maybe you didn't read the entire op
neverforget
(9,434 posts)I guess you think the bus is more important than what Gore said.
JI7
(89,182 posts)is more important than what gore said . same with op .
neverforget
(9,434 posts)THAT to me is illuminating as to where others come from and what is important to them: the message or the messenger. If the message is an inconvenient truth, then attack the messenger and ignore the message to distract and derail.
JI7
(89,182 posts)he came other comments which people are responding to.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)the more minor reference to the possibility of Gore, like so many others, it's not as if we don't have precedent for this, might be thrown under the bus for his remarks.
His words are strong words regarding what has been revealed. An attack on the heart of democracy!! That is certainly true and I'm glad he used his microphone to say it.
Autumn
(44,762 posts)― Eleanor Roosevelt
Al Gore, if only he had taken his rightful place in office, history would have been so different.
This thread is full of people with small minds Will. Ignore them, they are not even worthy of a response. You offended them to the very core of their being. Well done Will. Well done indeed.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)I'm glad I don't see their posts anymore.
sheshe2
(83,355 posts)as having small minds. Not worthy of a response from the OP.
Well he never responds, just drops and runs.
Throw Al Gore under the bus.
Snip
More likely, however, it will make a few people have a moment with a mirror.
Well, maybe Will should look in that mirror, he tossed a bunch of DUers under the bus, for no reason. Yet you have no problem with that do you as we are not "worthy"? I see no one here tossing Gore under said bus, nor have I seen anyone on DU doing it.
Autumn
(44,762 posts)including you. Discussing Will and a previous post of his and his past history , not what Al Gore said about Snowden. I see no reason why Will owes you or anyone else a response.
JI7
(89,182 posts)yet we should excuse and feel sorry for those who threaten to beat others up and refer to a dem pres as piece of shit.
Autumn
(44,762 posts)Democracy is among other things a state of mind, he said. And if people are given the feeling that they have to be careful what they say lest it be misinterpreted because somebodys keeping a record, that chills the First Amendment rights that are at the very core of what American democracy is all about. This is really dangerous.
It struck me just how much we lost in 2000 things would be so different. This man, who should have taken his rightful place is the only statesman willing to speak the truth. How different our country would be.
JI7
(89,182 posts)who kept claiming he was just like Bush. all while claiming to be the liberal. what a fucking joke that was.
Autumn
(44,762 posts)That supreme court talk about attention whores.
JI7
(89,182 posts)and the rest of them. it's funny how they claim to be from the left.
i actually supported Gore and knew what would be lost without him even before election.
i'm still disgusted by those who spew the same shit even after being proven wrong back then. they are a bunch of phony jack asses .
Autumn
(44,762 posts)really showcases to me, his morals and values and the love he has for our country.
OP does a call out telling everyone that does not agree with Gore on ES to toss Gore under the bus then look in the mirror. And according to you the OP has no need to respond as we are not worthy....We are dismissed!
Funny that, since we are not tossing him under the bus.
We must never be worthy as the OP seldom responds to his threads. No one is worthy enough I guess.
Yup got it.
Nighty night...
Signed~ An unworthy soul. Hail to those more worthy than I.
Autumn
(44,762 posts)WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)Thanks for proving my point.
Cheers.
Electric Monk
(13,869 posts)(other than a few exceptions like sabrina, grasswire, and Autumn...)
Good thing you have a thick skin
Cheers
JI7
(89,182 posts)Do better.
JI7
(89,182 posts)Do better?
Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)JI7
(89,182 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,112 posts)JI7
(89,182 posts)countryjake
(8,554 posts)sheshe2
(83,355 posts)You made an appearance. We are blessed.
How was your point made by posting to your own OP? I am confused.
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)All they can do it sputter about a topic that has zero to do with your post.
Deflect! Must deflect!