We all deserve credit for this new surveillance state that we live in …

Stephen Colbert
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We all deserve credit for this new surveillance state that we live in because we the people voted for the Patriot Act. Democrats and Republicans alike....We voted for the people who voted for it, and then voted for the people who reauthorized it, then voted for the people who re-re-authorize d it. ✨ Stephen Colbert gives controversial security conference talk By Heather Kelly, www.cnn.com. March 3, 2014.
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