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Gregorian

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1. The big one to me is what if what they collect about you is WRONG.
Sun Aug 4, 2013, 12:14 PM
Aug 2013

That article addresses all of the issues I've been trying to convey to the nonbelievers around here.

What if you are mistaken for that guy who is on the most wanted list? What if you are imprisoned when innocent? These are incredibly huge ifs.


And there is no doubt that this spying will curtail our very right to freely assemble. Key word "freely". People won't even consider stepping out of line, which is our Constitutional right.

Damn them. They are OUR servants, and it's OUR government. They seem to have forgotten that in the name of money. After all, this isn't about security. This is about money.

Military spending is just as addictive as heroin. It's time for a war on military spending.

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