"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
"“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
Plato
"The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant" Robespierre
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Fair Warning From One Of The Good Guys
Just as I was embedding the videos, came the news of the House narrowly voting to reject restricting the scope of data gathering. Those in favor of restrictions were many liberal Democrats, joining, ironically, with teabaggRs afraid of giving power to the black guy. The White House worked on the moderate Republicans. I didn't know there are any in the House.
[The full speech can be heard here]
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