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Snowden to John Kerry: I happen to have Daniel Ellsberg right here (Original Post) Enrique May 2014 OP
Ellsberg at 5:40 alsame May 2014 #1
Yes. Ellsberg spoke up quickly to defend Snowden. JDPriestly May 2014 #2
You mean that as soon as Kerry was named Secretary of State... TrollBuster9090 May 2014 #4
If you say so . . . . JDPriestly May 2014 #5
"Wow, the streets of Washington are sure clean." TrollBuster9090 May 2014 #3
Thank you Mr. Ellsburg! phazed May 2014 #6
Under the bus you go Mr.Ellsberg. Oakenshield May 2014 #7
Yeah, listen to him, Snowden.. but don't be whining anymore that you want to come home. Cha May 2014 #8

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
2. Yes. Ellsberg spoke up quickly to defend Snowden.
Fri May 30, 2014, 05:23 PM
May 2014

Last edited Sat May 31, 2014, 01:36 AM - Edit history (1)

Kerry is caught in the system.

Elizabeth Warren explains how it works in her book A Fighting Chance. page 106

"Late in the evening, Larry (Summer) leaned back in his chair and offered me some advice. By now, I'd lost count of Larry's Diet cokes, and our table was strewn with bits of food and spilled sauces. Larry's tone was in the friendly-advice category. He teed it up this way. I had a choice. I could be an insider or I could be an outsider. Outsiders can say whatever they want. But people on the inside don't listen to them. Insiders, however, get lots of access and a chance to push their ideas. People -- powerful people -- listen to what they have to say. But insiders also understand one unbreakable rule: They don't criticize other insiders:

Kerry is now an insider. It's not his job to criticize any more. Criticism? That's our job.

TrollBuster9090

(5,955 posts)
4. You mean that as soon as Kerry was named Secretary of State...
Fri May 30, 2014, 05:36 PM
May 2014

...he started demanding that people change their underwear every half hour; and wear it on the outside so he can check?

TrollBuster9090

(5,955 posts)
3. "Wow, the streets of Washington are sure clean."
Fri May 30, 2014, 05:35 PM
May 2014

"That's because they don't throw their garbage away, they turn it into bills."

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