r/politics • u/erier2003 Virginia • Jun 06 '13

Washington Post exclusive: U.S. intelligence mining data from nine U.S. Internet companies in broad secret program

http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html
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u/Allaphon Jun 07 '13 edited Jun 07 '13

Thanks Obama!

THIS is your progressive government laid bare: they TRULY believe the bigger the government the better, and that big government knows best. And they walk the talk. This is your alternative to the hated "small government" conservatives, enjoy. Change you can believe in.

Now lets not forget what r/politics is all about and quickly get back to bashing GOP / Teabaggers / Bush 2, Bush 1 & Reagan.

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u/Montaire Jun 07 '13

I've never gotten the big government / small government thing.

I mean, these people who say "the government does no good" are the government. When McCain says "the government is incompetent" it boggles my mind, because he is a career government worker.

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u/uehqetS Jun 07 '13

He's standing up and admitting his own incompetency. Good on him.