The news is that it's news.
On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Chuck Grimes wrote: > >> I am not really sure what to say or think. None of what Juan Cole wrote > in his summary or anything that Edward Snowden said in this interview with > Glen Greenwald is news.<< > > raghu wrote: > > I am puzzled about this one too. I had long taken it for granted that > the NSA routines snoops on everything on Google, Facebook etc and > definitely monitors all phone conversations and emails. Why is anyone > surprised by any of this?< > > 1) there are some people on pen-l who still think that Obama is the cat's > meow. > > 2) this may be a revelation to liberals, while it's always good when a > major section of society is driven to be more critical of the power > elite. > > 3) isn't it nice that leftist preconceptions are validated by the > mainstream press? > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your > own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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