Obama's NSA 'reforms' are little more than a PR attempt to mollify the public

Obama admits this is &quot;to restore public confidence&quot; not to fix a broken system. He doesn&#x27;t even think there is an actual problem. This is all about PR and very little, if anything, about reform.<p>Our power-mad leaders never give up any of their power without a long protracted fight. We have to continue to keep the pressure on until this is actually fixed.

If nothing else comes of this PR stunt I hope it&#x27;s more energy thrown into the EFF February 11th Campaign.<p>&quot;February 11th: The Day We Fight Back Against NSA Surveillance&quot;<p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/01/february-11th-day-we-fight-back-against-nsa-surveillance" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.eff.org&#x2F;deeplinks&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;february-11th-day-we-f...</a>

I don&#x27;t want to do the usual ranting thing, mostly because of how pathetically sad it all is.<p>I will say as a disinterested observer (I do not support either major political party in the U.S.) I&#x27;m curious to see if any candidates will run on an anti-surveillance state message in the upcoming presidential elections.<p>We could end up with the same assholes who support all this nonsense going back out and making a bunch more speeches about how bad it all is -- just so they can get elected and continue things as before.<p>People say cynical voters are a problem, but you watch enough of how politics actually works (and has worked over the centuries) and if you don&#x27;t become refreshingly cynical you&#x27;re an empty-headed fool and more of a danger to yourself and others than anything else.<p>ADD: Ok. Maybe a little ranting.

The man who promised to closed Guantanamo Bay... And didn&#x27;t.<p>They say a country gets the government it deserves, and America deserves Sarah Palin in 2016.

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