| Jump to bottom |
Re: Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin is nothing like Jennifer Granholm. First of all, Palin is beautiful and Granholm is far from that. Secondly, Granholm has run the State of Michigan into the ground and continues to show her incompetence daily. Remember, she has "blown us away". Palin actually ran the State of Alaska and did good things for the State and the populace. She quit for personal reasons, secondary to the harassment of reporters like you who continue to hammer her with incorrect information and actual lies. So, give her a break. Would they have put Hillary Clinton on the front of Newsweek? I think not. Sara Palin did not ask for that to be done - they stole the picture. Research your subject before you choose to write an article. The public needs to be informed correctly.
Out of context
I'm sure it was taken out of context in the press release or e-mail Fealk sent "marketing" this story to you, Laura, but the context of my quote was seriously truncated mid-sentence. The statement about "little bit of water" was in the context of comparing Bruce Fealk's allegation that the waterboarding of a single individual that probably resulted in information preventing an attack on Los Angelas amounted to a "war crime" was not a "war crime" in the context of historical events like the German Holocaust. That is - Bruce Fealk's desire to convict George Bush of something has trivialized the definition of war crime. The rest of my writing acknowledges that waterboarding is bad policy but questions whether any and all waterboarding rises to the definition of "torture" and again to "war crime". It should be noted that "killing" is a bad thing too, but that there are situations where killing isn't "murder" (self-defense is the most signficant, although negligent homicide isn't murder either because it misses the intent criteria which is the very core of murder). Fealk's argument is literally so inflexible as to discount any justification, ignore intent, and he declares all waterboarding equal to "torture" and all "torture" equal to "war crime." Certainly, some, or even many cases would be - but no exceptions?
Context is important. To war crimes ... and to quotations that have been truncated.
waterboarding debate
I am in no way trivializing torture. That is how this whole thing got started, Chetly said in a blog post that waterboarding was "just pouring a little water in someone's face." That's trivializing!
Laura, I don’t know if you’re still interested in the story, but today Chetly accepted my challenge with conditions. He wants an experienced waterboarder. I have two so far. I put an ad on Craig’s List and I have two people that have done waterboarding in a military setting. He wants me to have a doctor present. I’ve told him he should have his personal physician, since he may have health conditions an unfamiliar doctor wouldn’t be aware of and he wants a liability policy, which I’m sure no insurance company would offer at any price.
Waterboarding challenge
Bruce Fealk's challenge is both tasteless and tactless. Someone needs to grow up!
waterboarding debate
You too are trivializing the whole issue of torture. Sure Bruce is sensationalizing the issue - how else to draw attention to the Right who are trying to downplay the whole debate to a "prank" level. If you have been in the military as I have, you know that torture is no trivial matter. It is immoral, illegal and ineffective. Let me waterboard chetly and I will get him to confess to stealing the statue of liberty.
Death By Corn
You're absolutely right - Corn is hidden in so many things you buy.
I'm allergic to corn - Grocery shopping consists of reading reading and more reading. If the ingredients list "vegetable oil" you can bet it's corn; "natural sweetener" is usually corn, too.
| Jump to top |
