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Comment CC'ed To A Senator (Score 1) 261

Terrorists are a threat to our physical wellbeing, our economy, infrastructure, and our piece of mind, though it has not demonstrated that our democratic process can survive with domestic spying.

Positive political change cannot happen if those preparations are reviled at their inception. Domestic spying allows a political opponent access to their political adversaries intent, which I feel will hinder America's growth.

I do not believe that anyone who such holds the information gathered from domestic spying can use it in a non-partisan way. Who could be politically neutral enough, altruistic enough to have access, without also using that information for their own political gain?

America has yet another problem: the National Security Administration itself, for this is an organization that has run unchecked and unbound by one of the most sacred principles of our U.S. Constitution; the NSA is an organization without checks and balances. There is no method for a United States citizen to defend themselves from action which cannot be disclosed; this, in my opinion is not an American structure, not organization in the intent and aspiration of the drafters of our Constitution.

The ramifications of a nuclear, chemical, or biological attack against our people are great. I know you must answer to yourself and those people who might be lost. Yet, I am also fearful of how those same terrorists might use the information gained from domestic spying should it ever slip from the NSA's grasp. As someone considered a computer expert, I know that can happen; the fact that NSA was owned by a single idealistic American, proves that point.

Lastly, the actual social structure of an entire country has never been so well known; the NSA is running an experiment. In my mind, I feel that it is the government's purpose to maintain peace and create unity--not to invoke fear and distrust. Each day in the news, I see the effort to stop Edward Snowden. Now we all know the NSA's business, and they do not like being spied on any more than we do. We are people. We, as Americans have unalienable rights. Respectfully, I say to you, the NSA has clearly violated the 4th Amendment. We will now watch the NSA work to protect itself like any organic structure, and as someone shunned by society, looking from the outside in, I am fearful and brokenhearted by what I see.

Comment You can have it (Score 1) 440

Go ahead, it's right in the landfill. Just dig it up and make some yummy sandwiches. We'll be here, waiting, and watching for results. It's probably expired by now anyway, and peanut butter can be a tricky thing to make without letting bacteria, but don't let that scare you. Maybe you can get a good deal on those puffy cans at the supermarket, too.

Some people think seems a waste, but me, I don't much like throwing up. Remember: salmonella, you come out of one end; E. coli you come out of both ends. Bring something for electrolytes like Gatorade or Pedialyte.

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