national security

NSA Phone Monitoring Another Reason To End “Reign Of Witches,” As Jefferson Put It

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – I would think that any man or woman of good conscience and that holds near and dear that cherished jewel, as Henry called it, of liberty would not only be alarmed by this but would be spurred into action. Alarm won’t do anything; action will. Pitchforks and torches are called for here. Just assume then that all of us have been eavesdropped on. Every […]

June 7, 2013 11

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Can You Hear Me Now? The NSA Sure Can If You’re A Verizon Customer

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – In other words, if you have a Verizon phone and if you have used it since April the 25th, your phone call has now been logged, the metadata has been logged, and it has now been transmitted to the National Security Agency so that they can determine whether or not you are guilty or innocent. What’s wrong with that picture? Check out today’s transcript […]

June 6, 2013 6

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Obama’s Speech About Drones Is As Sterile And Detached As The Drones Themselves

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – What is the future of drone warfare? There are some of us that believe that the intervention that has been taking place must end. The words “ending the war on terror” are never going to be uttered as long as our bellicosity continues. Glenn Greenwald points this out and has been pointing this out for years and years and years. Until you stop holding […]

May 24, 2013 3

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Caller Lee Thinks Bradley Manning Should Pay For His Crimes

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – If Bradley Manning was a party to and witnessed the government of the United States and its military apparatus doing things that would facilitate an escalation of wars and an escalation of our meddling in other people’s affairs, which would lead imminently to other people’s death and to imminent destruction and he blew the whistle on that or leaked the documents out that would […]

May 23, 2013 6

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Espionage Act Has Been Used To Silence Dissent In The Past

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – You may recall that when the United States got involved in World War I, there was the first-ever conscription; there was a draft. There were many, many American men that were constitutionalists and were still federalists and they said: No, you don’t have the authority to draft us. Hell no, we won’t go. The Espionage Act was used to prosecute people that were opponents […]

May 21, 2013 13

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Don’t Blame Obama For The IRS And AP Scandals, Blame Big Government

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Folks, this is precisely why the size and scope and powers that the administrations have acquired, this is why that is so damn dangerous. You’re seeing it play out in real time. You’re seeing it playing out right in front of your eyes. I suppose it’s natural to must point the finger at evil, despicable Obama and his henchmen. That’s not an abnormal reaction; […]

May 15, 2013 4

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Does Benghazi Equal Impeachment?

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – You know why McCain doesn’t think that Obama has committed an impeachable offense, because McCain would use the same kind of force were he president, had he been elected president. You would do this without even thinking. McCain is the one running around ginning up another war that we can enjoy the fun of getting involved in in Syria. Check out today’s transcript for […]

May 13, 2013 13

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Rep. Tom Cotton Wants An American War With Syria

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – Why are members of the war party out there stumping for war in Syria? This is just perplexing and it’s so damn frustrating. I have this member of Congress, Tom Cotton, who is on Meet the Half-Court Press yesterday. “The United States should arm opposition fighters in Syria and create a no-fly zone over the war-torn nation,” Representative Tom Cotton (R-AR) said on NBC’s […]

May 8, 2013 4

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NSA Data Center – Who You Lookin’ At?

Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Transcript – If you stack 62 billion -- we’re talking stacking, laying them one on top of another, not end to end, stacking them. If you stack 62 billion iPhone 5’s, you would create a tower that is long enough to reach the moon and then part of the way back. You would need a little bit less than two zettabytes in iPhone 5’s to go […]

April 15, 2013 4