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JoeyT

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82. Had he done so

Thu Jul 18, 2013, 12:15 AM

Jul 2013

the very people insisting he made it all about him would be running around screaming about how he was afraid to put his name to his hateful lies against the President.

I'm more impressed that he didn't do it anonymously.

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Today, finally, Snowden was PROVEN a LIAR! [View all] MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 OP

Actually, ProSense Jul 2013 #1

+1000 baldguy Jul 2013 #4

All Snowden did was open the closed Secret doors RobertEarl Jul 2013 #13

Yep. : " you pitbulls are in favor of the secret doors remaining closed." GoneFishin Jul 2013 #24

Why would that be? RobertEarl Jul 2013 #36

The key is that these posters unleashing their Two Minute Hate on Snowden Maedhros Jul 2013 #138

Bingo! JEB Jul 2013 #144

? ieoeja Jul 2013 #145

I've noticed this, as well. nt Fantastic Anarchist Jul 2013 #154

But none of the items on that list are the fault of the A Simple Game Jul 2013 #176

Everyone has known about those "secret doors" for almost a decade. baldguy Jul 2013 #37

Don't kid yourself. Not even Obama let on. RobertEarl Jul 2013 #45

This is not true and no amt of continuous repeating of the meme will make it true. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #52

i do not care who 'told'. they are doing it including roguevalley Jul 2013 #139

I totally agree. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #147

Bullshit. /nt Marr Jul 2013 #81

I assume you don't include members of Congress as being members of everyone. GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #97

If Obama is the bastion of love and light Aerows Jul 2013 #109

Joke Thread BehindTheCurtain76 Jul 2013 #170

You got it. Onion and all Matariki Jul 2013 #211

nailed it! these twits can only attempt to defame individuals yet not address the leaked info. Civilization2 Jul 2013 #41

+1.. Considering that they have already won the debate.. SomethingFishy Jul 2013 #142

Here's another Bukowski quote for you baldguy LiberalLovinLug Jul 2013 #74

Intelligent, moderately well-informed, emotionally mature person here... truth2power Jul 2013 #78

Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny jailed five years baldguy Jul 2013 #96

And your point is what?? That those who point out their government's crimes truth2power Jul 2013 #106

Oh, that's awesome proof Aerows Jul 2013 #117

and man walks free in Florida after killing unarmed teenager..your point? Swagman Jul 2013 #183

Actually, that's a good comparison. baldguy Jul 2013 #198

How stupid can you be BehindTheCurtain76 Jul 2013 #167

I. ah, don't think you truly understood the spirit in which the thread was written. djean111 Jul 2013 #174

Prob not BehindTheCurtain76 Jul 2013 #199

as usual Americans think it's all about them Swagman Jul 2013 #182

Are you Bolivian, by any chance? nm MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #193

The Character Assassination Continues RC Jul 2013 #5

Echo ProSense Jul 2013 #7

If so then please inform us of the Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #56

Nothin' but crickets..... AmBlue Jul 2013 #83

No reply Aerows Jul 2013 #113

Now that is getting to the crux of the matter. JEB Jul 2013 #149

So Sen. Wyden knew Clapper was lying to him? GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #98

That's all I needed. tazkcmo Jul 2013 #165

three mins from OP to structured propaganda.. getting good!! galileoreloaded Jul 2013 #30

Propaganda for the feeble minded. ronnie624 Jul 2013 #124

+1 pa28 Jul 2013 #137

Still peddling the torture-proof canard. Even though you been proved wrong. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #31

This is one of the funniest things I've read on DU for a while sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #33

Yes, Sabrina, I was thinking exactly the same thing. Reminds me of... drynberg Jul 2013 #122

You said exactly what I was thinking. davidthegnome Jul 2013 #125

Nice post, thank you. Intelligent people without an agenda, understand that if 'facing the sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #162

Post removed Post removed Jul 2013 #46

Welcome to DU. Cleita Jul 2013 #49

It's pure Aerows Jul 2013 #115

Was thinking the same. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #130

Thinking the same thing for a while. N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2013 #143

I know, right? whttevrr Jul 2013 #131

Can we alert on a jury decision and demand a jury be formed to denounce the first jury? tclambert Jul 2013 #153

I gave up on juries after a recent Florida verdict Swagman Jul 2013 #184

"disruptive, rude, insensitive, over-the-top...." Good lord, 7962 Jul 2013 #159

Yeah, WTF? NealK Jul 2013 #168

yep. Matariki Jul 2013 #210

I agree, there is another post in this thread that probably should be hidden, but I decided to sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #215

astute Matariki Jul 2013 #53

welcome matthews questionseverything Jul 2013 #57

+1 ^^^this^^^ L0oniX Jul 2013 #64

Absolute Aerows Jul 2013 #118

Irrational has become the norm here. n/t L0oniX Jul 2013 #121

Appears to be true. n/t Aerows Jul 2013 #123

I just read this before coming here: NealK Jul 2013 #171

Standing shoulder to shoulder Aerows Jul 2013 #216

easy question to answer. You too can become an accomplished poster/debater stupidicus Jul 2013 #70

And, instead of talking about the NSA spying, you keep attacking Snowden's character. Apophis Jul 2013 #89

Cha-ching. Gravitycollapse Jul 2013 #92

Lol! NealK Jul 2013 #173

What is going to come to light Aerows Jul 2013 #111

heh SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #132

still trying to discredit the message by discrediting the messenger? LOL bowens43 Jul 2013 #135

^^^K&R^^^^ nt Progressive dog Jul 2013 #146

I'm still of the opinion .. relayerbob Jul 2013 #175

Your hair's on fire... Agony Jul 2013 #181

Today confirms, yet again, that your posts are full of BS. Keep digging! idwiyo Jul 2013 #195

The Character Assassination Continues cantbeserious Jul 2013 #2

Yeah, ProSense Jul 2013 #6

No you didn't. tkmorris Jul 2013 #11

LOL! Yes, I did. n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #16

Heh RobertEarl Jul 2013 #26

So did I. revmclaren Jul 2013 #75

Heh RobertEarl Jul 2013 #79

Let's pretend we didn't know. ProSense Jul 2013 #23

Me too.....and let's not forget...Snowden decided to make it about him VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #21

Had he done so JoeyT Jul 2013 #82

Oh for Heaven's Sake! VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #91

I can't think of a single reason JoeyT Jul 2013 #93

sure you can VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #101

Those things were never interesting. JoeyT Jul 2013 #107

I should have said "interesting" VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #108

Quite easily. JoeyT Jul 2013 #110

Fanboys will be Fanboys I guess VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #112

That's rich n/t Aerows Jul 2013 #127

There isn't a damn one of them Aerows Jul 2013 #126

How would they know ANY of this if he were anonymous? VanillaRhapsody Jul 2013 #164

No, you didn't. You knew what we all knew during the exposures by another whistle blower, sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #39

Oh please. Snowden's revelations are duds. ProSense Jul 2013 #44

If his 'revelations' are duds, why are you so upset? nt matthews Jul 2013 #55

Because I forgot to welcome you to DU. n/t ProSense Jul 2013 #58

No Aerows Jul 2013 #129

Then Ron Wyden has been lying for more than a year now, is what you are saying?? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #72

Seriously, Sabrina, you're saying it's important that a GOP Congressman didn't know? ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2013 #189

Another truly feeble attempt at a personal attack intended to avoid answering the question I asked. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #213

Some on DU dont support Wyden, some hate Peter DeFazio and Jeff Merkely as Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #190

Yes, that has become very apparent. But they are wrong of course. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #212

Who do you work for? The NSA? matthews Jul 2013 #48

So she says. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #59

Welcome to DU. Cleita Jul 2013 #73

You are so omniscient Aerows Jul 2013 #119

Lemme go pop some popcorn.. HipChick Jul 2013 #3

K&R pscot Jul 2013 #8

NSA has a building full of full time debunkers posting on DU. mpgalloway Jul 2013 #12

DU could stop this by charging for excessive bandwidth grasswire Jul 2013 #17

LOL they're not debunkers, they are swooners Skittles Jul 2013 #102

Snowded proved himself a liar exactly one month ago today: ucrdem Jul 2013 #9

Well then all the spying is OK. Thank goodness Snowden lied. Scuba Jul 2013 #50

Not just Liberals on DU, but Liberals (anti-Kremlin) in Russia say: flamingdem Jul 2013 #10

Glutton for it, aren't you? 99Forever Jul 2013 #28

The Russkies go for the jugular flamingdem Jul 2013 #35

Living proof that... 99Forever Jul 2013 #40

The "Russkies" Puglover Jul 2013 #99

Ethnic slurs are all the rage among the OFA Centrists Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #191

Yes Puglover Jul 2013 #197

Ron Paul mention for the win!!!! nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #62

Well lefty he ain't nt flamingdem Jul 2013 #65

Can't have a Snowden thread without the mention of Ron Paul can we? LOL nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #68

Apparently it's not mentioned enough or the Russians would know this fact nt flamingdem Jul 2013 #69

I am sure the Russians do not care about a 2 bit player in American politics! nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #86

You don't get it. The real, as opposed to FSB human rights groups are watching flamingdem Jul 2013 #87

I think most people can keep track of more than one thing happening at a time. I can. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #88

Well somebody had to do it since graham4anything isn't around anymore. progressoid Jul 2013 #104

What happened to graham4anything? SammyWinstonJack Jul 2013 #133

ppr'ed progressoid Jul 2013 #134

K&R forestpath Jul 2013 #14

From information I gathered from a Snowden fan the information they are working with occurred in Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #15

Actually no. You can look at the classified dates on some of the documents... Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #27

The information I was given today was 2004 to 2007, I don't know if they was aware of the Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #32

The information you have been given is incorrect. Luminous Animal Jul 2013 #34

I did the research on the information I was given, yes it did occur in 2004 through 2007. Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #42

AFAIC whatchamacallit Jul 2013 #18

these congressmen asking these type questions should be investigated at once quinnox Jul 2013 #19

You lost me at "Kremlin Eddie." Sorry, but that really is a bad way to make your Th1onein Jul 2013 #20

Psssst MNBrewer Jul 2013 #22

The Manny Faces of Eve emulatorloo Jul 2013 #25

On the best seller list again... n/t jtuck004 Jul 2013 #85

Finally, Third-Way Manny puts that biscuit snafter Sned Nodin in his place once and for all. GoneFishin Jul 2013 #29

That has been long overdue stupidicus Jul 2013 #38

K & R Thinkingabout Jul 2013 #43

Third-Way Manny needs a blog Matariki Jul 2013 #47

Stephen Colbert sort of fills that niche already. tclambert Jul 2013 #155

Liberals hate freedom. tblue Jul 2013 #51

Congress approved of the Iraq war too. How did you feel about that? (nt) The Straight Story Jul 2013 #54

Sadly, most Democrats voted against it. MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #63

But didn't you want bush impeached over such things as the iraq war The Straight Story Jul 2013 #66

"everything in the world" woo me with science Jul 2013 #60

Now *that* can't be right. We had DU guarantees that collection was just metadata! Pholus Jul 2013 #136

Don't you mean "Ralph" Nadler? burnodo Jul 2013 #61

You know, I've never seen Nadler and Nader at the same place and time. MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #67

Yea, but, but... demosincebirth Jul 2013 #71

WTH? Lonr Jul 2013 #76

My alter ego keeps forgetting about Poe's law MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #77

Ah, Lonr Jul 2013 #80

I did the first time I saw a Third-Way Manny post, too. tclambert Jul 2013 #160

Your alter ego quoted a Congressman named Poe at least... Pholus Jul 2013 #140

... idwiyo Jul 2013 #152

Wait! There's a FIRST-Way Manny? tclambert Jul 2013 #158

. bearssoapbox Jul 2013 #84

I lost track of where on the denial chart we are. First they said Snowden lied and had rhett o rick Jul 2013 #90

For NSA Chief, ‘Collect It All’ KoKo Jul 2013 #105

Thanks KoKo. Please see my OP rhett o rick Jul 2013 #116

Oh why can't we just get this over with davidpdx Jul 2013 #94

It's half-dimensional chess muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 #95

Math DUzy! MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #120

Well, I say there are 10 kinds of people in the world . . . tclambert Jul 2013 #161

Ah. But so sad that truedelphi Jul 2013 #177

Surely anyone could enter the formula in a spreadsheet. eom Blanks Jul 2013 #180

Isn't it this? Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #208

Well done, well done Puzzledtraveller Jul 2013 #100

I hope your right. Maybe soon we won't have too fool ourselves and waste all that time voting. bahrbearian Jul 2013 #103

Go Manny...go Manny! Safetykitten Jul 2013 #114

Neither you nor I nor every other DUer here knows what the truth is. upaloopa Jul 2013 #128

LOL !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2013 #141

Got it, 3rd Way. davidwparker Jul 2013 #148

This is not a valid argument. Billy Pilgrim Jul 2013 #150

The OP is taking the piss. That's why he signed it as Third-Way Manny. idwiyo Jul 2013 #157

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2013 #151

Thanks for that Emmanuel RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #156

Soon, we will always be at war with Eastasia MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #187

It appears that your training is not over. RoccoR5955 Jul 2013 #214

Too funny. felix_numinous Jul 2013 #163

TW-M is back! markpkessinger Jul 2013 #166

LOL AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #169

This message was self-deleted by its author Richardo Jul 2013 #172

K&R MotherPetrie Jul 2013 #178

Besides, what's the big deal with fascism anyways. Gregorian Jul 2013 #179

K&R idwiyo Jul 2013 #185

Ah, my partner from the other side of the pond MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #186

We shall succeed! Why, just today I had an email from a company that wanted MY PERMISSION to use my idwiyo Jul 2013 #192

I love how your country's sites say "oh, we have cookies MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #201

Lets make one thing clear Liberals are a part of BrainMann1 Jul 2013 #188

You failed to recognize the satire.... Bluenorthwest Jul 2013 #194

And if you believe the bullshit report our government published, I have a bridge to sell you NT freemay20 Jul 2013 #196

Sorry MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #202

No Need... freemay20 Jul 2013 #206

Yet another freeper style thread Bragi Jul 2013 #200

My bad... MannyGoldstein Jul 2013 #203

No, no, no... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #204

I think it's called "protecting & serving the shit out of us" 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #207

It would be ONE thing if Snowden was like, you know, a REAL whistle-blower 99th_Monkey Jul 2013 #205

I think Warren's granddaughter could afford more than a dime bag. leeroysphitz Jul 2013 #209