no. 400

"The Rude Pundit doesn't give a damn how we got this information about our government's spying on us. What enrages him is being told he shouldn't worry about it, that he should just go about his business and let the professionals do their work. He naively believes that the failure to call "bullshit" on bullshit just because you like the bull is how you help democracy die faster."

The Rude Pundit

no. 393

no. 248

"We wanted a president who listens to all Americans - now we have one."

Jay Leno, riffing on the NSA surveillance story.

Of course, Obama is merely continuing a policy begun under George W. Bush, which doesnt in any way make it right.