Viddy well, my little droogies.

[spiffturk]

So, while waiting for 7:00 to role around, I decided to take an interest in just how Hitler seized absolute power in Nazi Germany. For those of you unfamiliar with the specifics, the turning point was the Reichstag Fire Decree. See, someone set parliament's meeting place, the Reichstag, on fire. The German government decided the communists were

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[den_mother]

Where is the complacency you seem to be perceiving? Has the press shut up EVER about this? Are people blowing kisses to the president and Congress right now? Cause that's not what I'm seeing.

Two thirds of people don't care about the collecting of phone call data because they know that
1) it's highly to very unlikely that anything they have ever said on the phone was heard by an uninvited third party, and
2) they understand that listening in to phone calls where there is just cause is beneficial to keeping us safe.

I realize that I'm not going to change your mind. But I do think that making connections between our country as it is and Hitler's Germany is completely illogical. I'm tired of a few people whining very loudly about something that is never going to hurt them. Frankly, I could care less if there are a few people who are pissed off that the government can find out who they call and how often, or that the government might listen to their phone calls if they are talking on the phone to a terrorist suspect. I would rather those people be uncomfortable than have some building in Atlanta blow up while I'm up there for a visit because the government was more concerned about the feelings of an overly suspicious minority than doing their jobs and keeping us safe.