Read this article written by Jim Blazsik. In it, he writes about radio host Mancow’s recent waterboarding session. What follows below is the text of the article.
For those who may not know about the story: Mancow Muller, a conservative talk show host in Chicago, submitted himself to waterboarding with the intent to prove that it isn’t torture (see below). After this experience of enhanced interrogation administered by Retired Marine Sgt. Klay South, Mancow concluded that waterboarding was indeed, torture.
But in the end, whatever Mancow’s intent or conclusion – he actually proved that waterboarding ISN’T torture. Why? Think about it. Would Mancow submit himself to this procedure if there was any chance that his body would be permanently damaged? What if he knew that after the experience he would only have one eye, 8 fingers, his back beaten by bamboo, his toes smashed by a hammer, select parts of his body electrocuted, or punched repeatedly until his nose was fixed on a different part of his face?
Would Marine Sgt. Klay South waterboard Mancow if he knew he was going to hurt the guy? When the CIA used waterboarding (with only three terrorists), a doctor was always required to be present. If it is torture, where was the doctor?
Why wasn’t he arrested for “torturing” him?
We know the answer to all the questions above.
Mancow was freaked out and shaken up by the process, but enhanced interrogation isn’t intended to be a walk in the park. He isn’t a hardened Islamic terrorist dedicated to killing innocent Jews and Christians. Mancow walks away with all his fingers and toes, and his face will remain the same. He’ll have some bad memories, but I still have some bad memories of Michael Moore and Lanny Davis. We’ll get over it.
Let us remember that only three terrorists went through this process. This happened right after 9/11, when we found ourselves vulnerable after that fateful day. Why only three? They were determined to have pertinent information of future terrorist attacks.
The Bush administration relied on constitutional lawyers in it’s determination of the legality of waterboarding, and it was deemed legal. Legality is determined that the intent of the procedure is not to permanently harm an individual, whether physically or psychologically. Let’s also remember that waterboarding has been included in the training of our Navy Seals and other military personnel.
Attorney General Eric Holder failed to prove waterboarding is torture in his testimony to congress, which the MSM failed to report. See On ‘Torture,’ Holder Undoes Holder.
There is something that I failed to mention: thousands of lives were saved because of waterboarding three terrorists. Isn’t it interesting that of all the CIA top secret documents released by President Obama, he refused to release the very documents that proves this point?
I wonder why.
No More Wikipedia For Church of Scientology
Posted by Anthony on May 29, 2009
Yesterday, Wikipedia banned all Wikipedia users affiliated with the Church of Scientology from editing their pages. The reason? A never ending battle over the Church’s image and what it stands for.
I don’t get why people hate the Church of Scientology so much. Is it weird/odd/not likely to be true? Yes. Give me a religion that isn’t weird/odd/not likely to be true. I don’t care if people joke about a religion around friends, but when someone or something is unable to defend themselves, then it is a problem. At least give these people a chance to defend themselves.
There is much more BS to fight at Wikipedia. This “battle” is, at most, minor.
Don’t mess with a person’s faith.
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