Blog posts by category: Oakland County politics
Category: Oakland County politics
Posted by Laura Berman (The Detroit News) on Tue, May 12, 2009 at 5:22 PMWaterboarding in Oakland -- for charity
Activist Bruce Fealk, who dogged former U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg with a giant paper mache head, is now trying to whip up a waterboarding frenzy, and not at the Waterford Oaks water park: He's challenged Chetly Zarko, a Republican consultant and blogger, to a torture tete a tete: "I'd give $10 per second for every second Chetly could withstand being waterboarded."
Zarko got the challenge after he characterized the interrogation practice as "pouring a little bit of water in someone's face" in a recent blog post.
He hasn't refused to participate, exactly, but he's posed some legalistic objections and called the challenge "ridiculous."
Both men have their ideological overkill shoes on, sure. But once Zarko dismissed pouring water over someone's covered face to simulate the sensation of drowning as a "little bit of water," he served up the Fear Factor concept to trickster Fealk.
It's the 21st century version of a 17th century duel: Two bloggers, some macho breast-beating and a charity challenge. Zarko wants to name the charity himself.(Fealk already picked Folds of Honor.
Given the ongoing back and forth, I wouldn't expect resolution on the duel/waterboard details anytime soon.
