Chris Matthews offered this compelling series of arguments to justify the NSA wiretapping program today:
‘If you have a member of Al Qaeda in your Rolodex, you probably don’t want wiretapping. If not, it probably doesn’t matter to you.’
‘Has anyone come forward to say they have been listened to illegally? No harm, no foul.’
Admittedly, these are paraphrases. I left out the shameless pandering and spittle.
Don Pogreba is an eighteen-year teacher of English, former debate coach, and loyal, if often sad, fan of the San Diego Padres and Portland Timbers. He spends far too many hours of his life working at school and on his small business, Big Sky Debate.
His work has appeared in Politico and Rewire.
In the past few years, travel has become a priority, whether it's a road trip to some little town in Montana or a museum of culture in Ísafjörður, Iceland.
He doesn't link to media outlets that don't follow basic journalistic attribution rules.
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