Amendment Curtailing the NSA Fails in the House

An important update with details on some of the amendments offered. Please keep up the pressure to cut back government significantly. If we reduce spending NOW, maybe the nation can survive…

Posted by Sandra Crosnoe for Finding Gems & Sharing Them

OK-SAFE, Inc. Blog

OK-SAFE, Inc. – On Wednesday, July 24, 2013 the U.S. House failed to pass an amendment to the 2014 Defense funding bill that would have ensured none of the funds could be used by the National Security Agency (NSA) to “collect records, including telephone call records that pertain to persons who are not subject to an investigation under Section 215” of the Patriot Act.

The Amash amendment (Amendment #100) to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2014 was defeated on Wednesday July 24^th by a vote of 205-217.

The White House and NSA Director General Keith Alexander lobbied Congress heavily to defeat this amendment.

Global Economy – Data Driven

Living in a borderless “global economy” means the end of everything, as we once knew it – nation, law, and boundaries.  Those boundaries are not just those within and around a country, state, institution or agency, but personal boundaries…

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When Government Does It                         When Anybody Else Does It (or When You Do It)

• Patriot Act                                                                     Felony wiretapping
• Enhanced Interrogation                                                   Torture
• No-Knock Raids                                                               Breaking and Entering
• Taxation                                                                         Armed Robbery
• Arrest                                                                             Kidnapping
• Indefinite Detention                                                        Holding Hostages
• Income and Property Tax                                                 Tribute to mafia
• “Protecting and serving”                                                  Terrorizing
• Education                                                                       Indoctrination
• Making a campaign promise                                             Lying
• Campaign contribution                                                    Bribery
• Defense operation                                                           Aggression
• Military occupation                                                          Land theft
• Peacekeeping Mission                                                      Invasion
• TSA patdown                                                                 Sexual Assault
• National security                                                             Spying on your Neighbors
• War                                                                              Mass murder

Posted by Sandra Crosnoe for Finding Gems & Sharing Them and OKGrassroots