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> So while I agree with the spirit of what Frankin is saying, I'm just left with distaste for what obvious posturing and pandering it is. At least someone is s

> So while I agree with the spirit of what Frankin is saying, I'm just left with distaste for what obvious posturing and pandering it is. At least someone is speaking up. You criticize Al Franken for not going after everyone else as well, but why not criticize the other 99 senators who haven't done anything. I apologize in advance if I'm missing another senator that has done anything like this about privacy.

briandear 12y ago
Rand Paul has done something far more important that weighing in on a private business policy.. He (along with a few others) have been extremely outspoken against the Patriot Act and warrantless NSA spying. Where's Franken's letter to Obama demanding "executive action" to suspend warrantless information gathering by the government. If Uner wants to be a shit, we don't have to use Uber. If I don't want my personal information harvested by my government, I have no recourse. I even live in France, yet my French bank records are required by FATCA to be disclosed to an American government entity simply because I happen to have an American passport. That's far more intrusive than anything a ride-sharing app can do to me. How about reports that the government has monitored journalists? Where's Franken's letter about that? This is nearly meaningless political grandstanding because Uber happens to be both well-known as well as currently in the headlines. http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/the-nsa-has-at-least-1-liberal-friend-left-sen-al-franken-20130611 http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/the-nsa-has-at-least... And here's Rand Paul proposing a bill to end warrantless NSA wiretaps. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rand-paul-bill-would-curb-nsa-on-phone-records/blogEntry?id=19351069&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fr%2F http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rand-paul-bill-would-curb-nsa...
- jazzyk 12y ago
  100x this.

briandear 12y ago

Rand Paul has done something far more important that weighing in on a private business policy.. He (along with a few others) have been extremely outspoken against the Patriot Act and warrantless NSA spying. Where's Franken's letter to Obama demanding "executive action" to suspend warrantless information gathering by the government. If Uner wants to be a shit, we don't have to use Uber. If I don't want my personal information harvested by my government, I have no recourse. I even live in France, yet my French bank records are required by FATCA to be disclosed to an American government entity simply because I happen to have an American passport. That's far more intrusive than anything a ride-sharing app can do to me. How about reports that the government has monitored journalists? Where's Franken's letter about that? This is nearly meaningless political grandstanding because Uber happens to be both well-known as well as currently in the headlines. http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/the-nsa-has-at-least-1-liberal-friend-left-sen-al-franken-20130611 http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/the-nsa-has-at-least... And here's Rand Paul proposing a bill to end warrantless NSA wiretaps. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rand-paul-bill-would-curb-nsa-on-phone-records/blogEntry?id=19351069&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.fr%2F http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rand-paul-bill-would-curb-nsa...

jazzyk 12y ago
100x this.