The Organic PrepperSen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) must have studied his Police State Handbook before giving an interview regarding the Verizon scandal. The U.S. government was granted unlimited authority to obtain the records of all telephone calls in the Verizon system if at least one of the parties was in the US.
All of the classic manipulative language was present to justify the invasion of privacy when Graham discussed the matter with Fox News and expressed his personal delight at being surveilled.
“I think we should be concerned about terrorists trying to infiltrate our country and attack us and trying to coordinate activities from overseas within inside the country…
…I’m a Verizon customer. I don’t mind Verizon turning over records to the government if the government’s going to make sure that they try to match up a known terrorist phone with somebody in the United States. I don’t think you’re talking to terrorists. I know you’re not. I know I’m not. So, we don’t have anything to worry about.”
The argument here is that “If you don’t have anything to hide, you don’t have anything to worry about.” It is an encouragement to sacrifice your privacy in order to get some kind of perceived safety. The boogeymen are paraded before us in an attempt to frighten us into complying for our own safety.
The magnitude of this surveillance undertaking is stunning. Don’t be placated by mouthpieces like Graham – privacy is not about hiding something wrong. We lose our freedom to be ourselves when we are constantly watched. As well, privacy is our defense against those who are looking for something wrong in order to dominate us.
“If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged.”
~ Cardinal Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis
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Lindsey Graham “Cracker”, John McStain’s buddy and co-traitor should be hung together with the double noosed hemp rope so they can kiss each other goodbye. I would say something about what’s wrong with the people in South Carolina and Arizona keeping these loathsome creatures in the Senate but, as is well known by now, our elections have long since been hijacked and are meaningless. For anyone to stand up and say “If you don’t have anything to hide, you don’t have anything to worry about.” is a god-damned traitor. Case F’N closed.
Just kinda wondering……. is “lindsey” a he? Or is “Lindsey” a she? Man…..that’s one ugly chick!!
Well then, Lindsey…how about a new reality TV show where we the people get to hear YOUR and all of DC’s phone calls??? YOU have nothing to hide, do you??? The consitution is a contract between we the people and the goverment…All the goverments power is allowed by this contract…I beleive this breach of the consitution is grounds for temination of our contract!!!
If your not one of the 800,000+ “suspected terrorists” on their watch list, then you have nothing to worry about.
This man is not like us in many ways, yet somehow he became a representative. If we’re looking for people who are infiltrating us and doing us harm, we should start with him.
He has no concept of Liberty or inherent rights. To him, we need rulers to tellus how free we can be.
Personally, iI’d like to see him in a suit of tar and feathers.
We know the Dems are akin to Communists. With Rhinos like this running rampant through the Republican party, how can we ever move back toward Constitutional values? Time for a third party. I have wasted far too many years hoping that the Republicans would do the right thing.
Well look at the bright side to all of this.The list of real traitors that are against our freedom in this country is getting easier and longer all the time. The ones that are in Government right now includes the vast majority and they are all in CYA mode now and are only interested in things that will protect them.The time is getting near for them to pay and they know it.The only thing that the citizens are going to see from here on out till they are willing to fight is the total erosion of what remaining freedom that they have! The MSM is what keeps people in the mindset of a sheep and they are complicit in the treason too!
Well, Lindsey, I guess since you have nothing to hide, you won’t mind if the rest of us Americans know what bath houses you frequent, and with how many partners, right?? Every time Graham cracker or Insane McCain open their mouths, I know a load of manure is going to come tumbling out. And that manure is sure to be UN-Constitutional as well. They certainly deserve each other. They’ll look real pretty in tar and feathers with a hemp necklace.
Thinking everyone notices how the money changers rely heavily on ‘gays’ to advance their agenda. Homosexuality was removed from the list of ‘known mental disorders’ by the APA in 1973 due to political pressure, not due to scientific evidence…. 🙁