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My name is Susan DuQuesnay Bankston. I live in Richmond, Texas, in the heart of Tom DeLay's old district. It's nuttier than squirrel poop here.
I am honored and privileged to know Miss Juanita Jean Herownself, hairdresser extraordinary and political maven. Since she does not have time to fiddle with this internet stuff, I type her website for her and you can read it if you want to. If you don't, she truly does not give a big bear's butt.
A lot of what I post here has to do with local politics, but you probably have the same folks in your local government.
This ain't a blog. Blogs are way too trendy for me. This is a professional political organization.
I have this article posted on my Facebook Page, because I found it to be a really excellent analysis of Mr. Snowden, from a credible source, and perspective.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-yaki/edward-snowden-leaks_b_3431409.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=245063b=facebook
I was going though a lot of thought processes on what is this guy. And, why did he do what he did? Did Glenn Greenwald really do the right thing or not? After reading the commentary by Micheal Yaki, I began to wonder. If, as is stated in the article, he may know the “code” on how to keep up with the movements of The President of The United States. Why would he make that knowledge public, in a Hong Kong paper? The NSA has been tracking you and me. It would seem from what Mr. Yaki is stating, that the person Snowden was most interested in “tracking” was The President of The United States.
I don’t think he’s this generation’s Daniel Ellsberg. I don’t think he has the courage of the “Wikileaks” kid (whose name escapes me at the moment) who made Julian Assange rich. What I do think, is that he will sell what’s in his head to the highest bidder. JMHO
1Miemaw,
2Thanks for the link to the Huff post article. I hadn’t seen that.
The “Wikileaks” kid is Bradley Manning.
And in my opinion neither Snowden or Manning are this generation’s Ellsberg.
Snowden is a high school drop out that simply got lucky with a job at a company that really apparently does not have very high criteria nor any kind of supervision. Of course, that same company tends to work you to the damn bone and then some. Time off? Are you kidding? I really, really think the kid hit a wall and this is the only way he knows how to react. And apparently he is not shy where publicity is concerned. Well, lots luck to him and his pole dancing gal friend! Frankly if Hong Kong wants to keep him, I don’t think I would miss him.
3As a side note, has anyone noticed that almost everything reported or posted about Snowdon mentions that he is a high school drop-out (sort of intimating that he might not be too bright). As an ex-teacher, I can say I’ve taught a number of really gifted kids who opted out of finishing high school for a number of reasons. Often times they were quite tech-savvy and could go on to be productive employees. I understand that there are many drop-outs who are not prepared for the working world, but I think maybe Snowden was not one of them.
4I found this article about the security crisis to be very interesting and refreshing: http://www.ericgarland.co/2013/06/13/the-fragility-of-the-security-state/
5If I worked as a contractor for NSA and I wanted to be a hero to every anti U.S. government journalist and thug in the world, I would take the limited knowledge from my work and then read Dana Priest’s book and then connect some dots and then call Glen Greenwald because he is just as big an asshole as I am.
6Olden Grey, we all know that Bill Gates dropped out of an Ivy League school after creating his company in his dorm room. OK, Snowden dropped out of high school, but from a tech savvy standpoint, that is the comparison I am making. Both of these guys had an awful lot to learn about the real world and they could have done just that if they had stuck it out. Gates was extremely lucky in his choice of wife. Snowden is still out in the political and psychological ether floundering around. And the vast majority of high school drop outs that I have encountered ended up taking their GED so they wouldn’t have so much damn explaining to do looking for a job.
7I am frankly less worried about the government doing data mining than I am about the involvement of for-profit companies in the process.
8Had the NSA been monitoring Snowden’s phone and computer, perhaps he would not be in a position to sell out America to the highest bidder.
9Minimal secuity clearance? Maybe I can get tha job.
10I would think that security stuff like the NSA does would be divided amongst a number of divisions, where no one division, much less no one person, has access to complete information on anything. It seems to me that NSA work should not be farmed out to contract companies. Surely NSA direct employees would be less apt to risk losing their jobs, pensions. benefits and being prosecuted, much like the military (except in the case of rape, where the military gets a pass).
11Thanks to all of you, but most especially LynnN and june. My thoughts exactly, but I don’t think as well or as quickly as you two.
12Yeah, let’s shoot the messenger. That’s always soooo much easier than swallowing news we don’t like…
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