What's Better And What's Worse In The News?

* It is disquieting to see representatives of we, the people, like John Boehner and  Peter King calling Edward Snowden a "traitor" and a
"defector" respectively, for revealing to we, the people, that the NSA was spying on us. Neither man should be so enthusiastic about the government spying on us.
  The furor over this surveillance surprises me as for years I have been reading and hearing about the Eschelon Program which  has centers in America, England, Germany, and Australia, and has computers that listen to every telephone and Internet conversation.These computers are programmed to flag key words. If these words are picked up in a conversation, an NSA employee is alerted to review the conversation and decides if it constitutes a terrorist threat.
  Much of the furor over Edward Snowden is because he is an easy target with a name in the midst of frustrating failures like Benghazi, the Boston bombings, and the IRS's illegal discrimination against conservative groups. Supposedly, there is no one to blame in these failures so Edward Snowden fills the void. It's a prmitive, emotional way of dealing with reality, but it fills the bill for too many people. Edward Snowden a traitor and defector for telling us that we are being spied upon by our government? Hardly. Besides, a lot of us know it's much worse than that. Say "Project Echelon."
*What's Worse With Immigration Reform and Marco Rubio?
   I've heard it from a caller on the Herman Cain Show and then from Chip Morrison (FM 97.3 Gainesville, Florida)  himself: Marco Rubio has just lied. He has repeatedly assured us that securing the border comes first. But when speaking in Spanish to an Hispanic group, he told it that comprehensive reform came first and then securing the borders. In other words, closing the chicken house doors after all the foxes are inside the chicken house. I am angry and disappointed that Rubio did an act of hypocrisy. I had hoped he was above that. Who will represent Conservative Republicans?
  Rubio is naieve about the immigration bill because the Demonic-crats will chip away ( they love incrementalism) at all the restrictions imposed upon illegal immigrants applying for citizenship until there are no restrictions left. They will also try to make sure secure borders are never made. Do you think Obama or Hillary or Joe Biden is going to put up a border that stops anyone? Immigration reform as proposed now must be stopped. Give your representatives a call please.
*What's Worse For George Zimmerman?
  This quote portends it: " 'It's not an exaggeration to say this (Florida) is the most corrupt place in the country,' he (Karl Hiassen, Florida writer and newspaper columnist) says with delight." p.C11, 6-8 thru 9-2013, Wall Street Journal
Peter Nickerson, MS, MSW  Gainesville, Florida 352-359-0850
Sources: Wall Street Journal, Gainesville Sun, talk show hosts Cain, Limbaugh, Morrison, Dean, Savage, and reading widely.