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Title: Senator Kit Bond: Waterboarding is "like swimming"
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Boing Boing
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Published: Dec 13, 2007
Author: Boing Boing
Post Date: 2007-12-13 18:40:44 by Zipporah
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DeanJ says: "If Senator Bond invites you over for an afternoon pool party you really should make other plans." Senator Kit Bond: "There are different ways of doing it. It's like swimming, freestyle, backstroke. The waterboarding could be used almost to define some of the techniques that our trainees are put through, but that's beside the point." Poster Comment: Here's Kit Bond from Missouri.. republican of course Gwen Ifill (PBS Newshour host): "Do you think that waterboarding, as I described it, constitutes torture?"
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
Must be a valley dude. Water + Board = Surfing
Let's invite him to a waterboard shindig. Clambake after.
Can you believe such nonsense? This man went to Princeton and was the governor and was a judge.. and THIS is what we have for 'leadership'? This is the best they have to offer? Deranged freaks..
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
Rush Limbaugh comes from a Missouri family of judges and lawyers. His father was a judge, and Congress recently voted to name a post office after that father. And Rush Limbaugh defends the torture.
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
And Rush Limbaugh defends the torture. good point.. Speaking of which.. from Kit Bond's website: President Nominates Limbaugh to Eastern District of Missouri Print This: Print this page December 6, 2007 WASHINGTON, MO – U.S. Senator Kit Bond announced today that President George W. Bush has nominated Judge Stephen Limbaugh to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. “Stephen Limbaugh is a top quality judge with the character, experience and dedication to the law we need in our courts,” said Bond. “I urge my colleagues to confirm him as soon as possible.” Bond praised Judge Limbaugh’s long record of experience. Currently, Limbaugh is a Judge on Missouri’s Supreme Court, where he has served since 1992, including a two-year term as Chief Justice. Judge Limbaugh has also served on the 32nd Judicial Circuit of Missouri, as a Prosecuting Attorney in Cape Girardeau County, and a partner in a private practice. Only the President of the United States is vested with the authority to nominate formally candidates for federal posts, like judgeships, to the Senate for confirmation. However, by custom and practice, the President usually accepts and defers to recommendations for important federal posts from the leader of his party in each state, like Senator Bond’s recommendation of Judge Limbaugh. Bond stressed that he was pleased to recommend Judge Limbaugh to the Administration for consideration, and that President Bush has now chosen to nominate him for this important job. Judge Limbaugh grew up in Cape Girardeau, where he still resides and is a well respected member of the community.
Reminds me of Rumsfeld speaking of Gitmo.. I cant find the link but he likened it to a vacation ..on the beach..
I vaguely remember that. I mean, their on a Island!!! What MORE could a prisoner want.
There are some quotes in this video:
He looks like a potential gerbil user.
He should put his money where his mouth is and volunteer his wife and children to be waterboarded. As a matter of fact, it should be a requirement for every member of Congress and their families.
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
Here is the video of Kit the Kreep Well not exactly swimming w/your hands tied..
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#2. To: Zipporah (#0)
#3. To: hondo68 (#1)
Must be a valley dude. Water + Board = Surfing
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#6. To: aristeides (#5)
Rush Limbaugh comes from a Missouri family of judges and lawyers. His father was a judge, and Congress recently voted to name a post office after that father.
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#8. To: Zipporah (#7)
Reminds me of Rumsfeld speaking of Gitmo.. I cant find the link but he likened it to a vacation ..on the beach..
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#14. To: ghostdogtxn (#13)
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It IS like swimming. Only your hands and feet are tied.
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