Quote Originally Posted by Gelatinous Cube View Post
Exactly. These programs mean that the line between tin-foil-hat-stuff and legitimate concerns is now absurdly blurry. That's a huge problem that threatens to rightly undermine our entire government. We're at a cross-roads, and Congress took the wrong road when they voted down that amendment.
So punish them. If the congressman voted "nay", don't vote him next time . If the the popular sentiment is truly so anti-NSA, then none of naysayers should survive the 2014 election cycle. If they do survive then people likely don't care about this issue as much as you do.