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Sometimes, on a whim, I wonder if Putin started to change radically due to Snowden (though it did start a bit before then, but it would only cause a gigantic avalanche afterwards).

As a last comment I'd like to say this about the over-reaching abilities about this "Program" created at Bush's behest.

Sometimes there is such a thing as loving something TOO much. So much so that you become the biggest danger to the thing you love (more so than the terrorists; I wonder if some of the terrorists realize this yet).

In this case the terrorist's attacked. Instead of a measured approach and reaction, they hyperventilated and thought the world was coming to an end...

As a metaphor, they loved the American public so much they stuck them in a room so that no one could get to them. They then shut the door and cemented over it, so that the terrorists couldn't find a way in, and we couldn't walk out into danger. They played loud music near the room so no one could hear our screams, to find us or get to us--so that we were safe from anyone that might be evil. They eventually stopped bringing food and water, in case it was poisoned...just in case.

Then one day they remembered that they needed something badly from that room, so they themselves could survive--it was us; but, we were long since dead.

The thing is, is that we need a government to--it's a fine balancing point.

There IS such a thing as too much love and overreaction.