Where can I go to come back to the America, land of the free and brave I once cherished?

"---he (Obama) strongly defended those who work in the intelligence community, saying they do not abuse power. "After all," he said, "the folks at NSA and other intelligence agencies are our neighbors and our friends."

I worked in East Germany right after the wall went down. The big shock was that the Stasi (Ministry of State Security) used friends and neighbors to spy on others for them. We have become a despotic dictatorship... Just Like the ehemalige DDR. Read what it was like, it is exactly what Obama described yesterday in his speech.  More on the Stasi... exactly what is happening here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stasi

Obama: NSA Reforms Should Give Americans 'Greater Confidence'

www.nationaljournal.com

But will they be enough to satisfy critics?