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Old 01-28-2014, 07:33 PM
 
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When the Edward Snowden story broke, I was somewhat disturbed by his name. I remember "Snowden" as the waist gunner who was a symbol for the random, irrational death that occurs in war. "Snowden" was the waist gunner in Joseph Heller's "Catch 22" who is mortally wounded on a bombing mission and to whom the main character, Yossarian, unsuccessfully attempts to save him.

Joseph Heller, Catch-22 -Death of Snowden


Is our current "Edward Snowden" just a pseudonym and an allegory presented by him?
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Old 01-28-2014, 09:12 PM
 
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Is our current "Edward Snowden" just a pseudonym and an allegory presented by him?
Well, he has a better documented history than Obama.

"Edward Joseph Snowden was born on June 21, 1983, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. His father, Lonnie Snowden, a resident of Pennsylvania, was an officer in the United States Coast Guard, and his mother, a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, is a clerk at the United States District Court in Maryland."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

He could be the most perfected manchurian candidate ever produced, used to bring about a collusion of the world's superpowers for total global control.

His eclectic interests and experiences would make him likable to a splay of public demography .

But, who the hell knows?
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Old 01-28-2014, 09:43 PM
 
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He's just another attention seeker most likely and I think now perhaps knows he can never come home.
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Old 01-29-2014, 06:30 AM
 
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Well, he has a better documented history than Obama.

"Edward Joseph Snowden was born on June 21, 1983, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina and grew up in Wilmington, North Carolina. His father, Lonnie Snowden, a resident of Pennsylvania, was an officer in the United States Coast Guard, and his mother, a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, is a clerk at the United States District Court in Maryland."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

He could be the most perfected manchurian candidate ever produced, used to bring about a collusion of the world's superpowers for total global control.

His eclectic interests and experiences would make him likable to a splay of public demography .

But, who the hell knows?

Obama certainly is a "Manchurian Candidate" president.

After he leaves office, there will probably be some interesting revelations about his past when he can no longer use the power of the oval office to hide information.

I wonder, however, if it is a moot point at this time, as the damage he has inflicted on the nation may be beyond repair, regardless of who gains the presidency in 2016. It is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
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