A Patriot?

I didn't plan on watching the snowden interview the other night, but I found myself tuning in sheerly because I like someone trying to take the federal government down a notch.  We aren't ever going to get it smaller, but if we can make them look incompetent like we all know they already are, I'm a huge fan of that.  All of them need to be gotten rid of.  Republicans and Democrats are all out of touch with the people that elected them into office.  I found myself agreeing with a lot of what snowden had to say.
I don't think he's a hero.  I don't think he's the face of the revolution.  At best he's a whistleblower, at worst, he's a traitor.  I found myself stuck somewhere in the middle on my opinion of him.  I know that I would not like to go on a long road trip with him.  I did  agree with his point that there needs to be a clear definition of what perameters we allow the nsa to work within.  That's right, I believe we should dictate to the nsa what we allow them to look at.  They're government employees.  They're our employees.  The oversight committees needs to be filled with people that live in the real world.  Not the stuffed shirts that are bought and paid for by whatever lobbies they are beholden to.  I want guys that run successful mid size companies to be in charge of our security.  Do you know why?  They have skin in the game.  Guys that run successful mid size companies know the value of the people they employ.  They know that the large majority of them just want to make paychecks and be good husbands and fathers and wives and mothers.  If all of the surveillance the nsa is doing is in the name of defending us, and keeping us safe, then why is all of our personal information subject to scrutiny?  That's right, it shouldn't be.

If you think our government has our best interest at heart, you are dead wrong.  Last week, this "great" presidential administration decided to release the name of an American cia agent located in Afghanistan.  Fortunately, this person wasn't killed and they were able to get him out of there.  Why do people trust anything coming out of dc right now?  I don't.  Not at all. Jay Carney had to resign his position last week.  Do you know why?  I do.  He can't keep up with all of the lies he has to tell.  Obama and this current version of our government is either 1. stupid or 2. liars.  I'm hoping for number 1, but I believe its number 2.  The next administration is going to be just as bad though.  I don't care which side wins.  It's going to be bad.  We need to fire all of them.

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