But so what if it is? I think we [the US] should be torturing our enemies whenever we think it is in our best interests to do so.

Here are a few:

1. Beck is an idiot.
2. Even the best editor can’t prevent a real idiot from sounding like an idiot.
3. Any idiot whatsoever can publish a book if s/he can pay someone to do so, e.g. if s/he is a rich or “successful” idiot.
4. You can’t buy taste, or the ability to think clearly.
5. It is possible to waste a great deal of time reading books (or posts, for that matter) written by idiots.

I don’t think for one minute that Beck is smart enough to think long term but he is brain washed enough to push the agenda for Bush. In fact I think Beck pushes the issues further than Bush so when Bush speaks it doesn’t seem as bad.

To me he is nothing more than a puppet.

By the way — and I don’t know why it’s so friggin’ hard to get this into fellow progressives’ heads — IT’S NOT “WATERBOARDING.” Waterboarding involves Pamela Anderson, breaking waves in Malibu, and cold beer bottles perched on the sand, or at least it comes across as sounding that way.

It’s “PARTIAL DROWNING INTERROGATION.”

Got that? Now write it 50 times on a chalkboard if that’s what it takes to remember it, for God’s sake.

Comment by Mississippi Blue — January 15, 2008 @ 9:00 pm
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Allow me a dissenting opinion. Beck is evil & stupid but not THAT thorough. YOu give him too much credit to think he’s THAT thought-out in his process.

He’s a troll. No different than any troll who’d post on these boards, except he’s got a TV show. He says things like this, not even so much to pander to HIS base so much as piss off OURS. The fact that this pleases his base is the icing on the cake. The idea being, if he says stuff to piss off libe, mods and any one with half a brain in his head, we’ll keep watching to be outraged, which equals ratings, and the dunderheads who hate anyone to the left of Pat Robertson will tune in to cheer him on for taking us on. It’s all bread and circuses, and ooh, ain’t he the bad boy. The fact that it’s not rerally working – he’s pissing people off but it’s really not translating into higher ratings – isn’t stopping him, because he’s got no other tricks up his sleeve.

Just a troll, albiet a dangerous one because his platform is higher-profile than many others, but still just a troll. I’m not saying ignore him, it’s well and good to show outrage. Proves you have a soul. I’m just saying he has no agenda beyond saying anything and everything he can to offend what he considers to be OUR delicate sensibilities. The face that we consider those same sensibilities “humanity” underscores just how removes from humanity this cat is.

The first is a sexual fantasy.

Once that water fills your lungs, the drowning reflexes take over.

Would they be so scared about being ‘interrogated’ for 3 hrs.? Honestly, would any of them hesitate to be asked questions while sitting in a chair without water or a bathroom for 3 hrs. – no. That is interrogation.

And. You have to be kidding me. From his Youtube video I thought Beck had all his lower intestines removed vs. ass surgery. That pussy would wet his pants if you tickled him for 15 seconds. Gawd almighty, people who think he is worthy of their listening time amaze me…

The guys a Rush clone and is irrelevent. I wish people would stop falling into the inane controversy trap such pundits rely on for ratings.

Excellent point, Krazny. One would think they’d be lining up for it.

Also, how does it work if it’s not torture? If it’s not torture, if it’s not harmful or life-threatening, why would someone spill their guts, allegedly, to make it stop?

Excellent point, Krazny. One would think they’d be lining up for it.