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	<title>Comments on: When Will Hannity Allow Himself To Be Waterboarded For Charity?</title>
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		<title>By: SanaLBurda</title>
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		<dc:creator>SanaLBurda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: shaun</title>
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		<dc:creator>shaun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bozo The Neocootiebug Says: 
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notice how at the 2:08 mark pussyboy hannity&#039;s voice broke like a little beyotch when asked if he&#039;d been waterboarded.

i caught that bozo - i think at that point hannity just realised exactly what he had potentially gotten himself into.
as much as i regard hannity as no more than a parroting republican shitheel,i think this dare is a bad idea - i can understand olbermann calling him out on this but what is most disturbing to me is hannity&#039;s willingness to turn this torturous practice into some kind of circus obviously for self gain - he says he will do it for the troops? - what on earth will they gain from this clown performing a dangerous publicity stunt (which may well kill him)? - worst case scenario,and probably more than likely,is that he will be terrified and will absolutely fear for his life - reason is that he really has no idea at all - he seriously believes that this practice is the right thing to do and that it is not torture - he is delusional,no doubt - interesting that he didn&#039;t mention exactly what ollie north said about waterboarding after he &quot;spoke to him about it&quot; (at that point his voice did quiver a bit....hmmmm - coincidence?)</description>
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<p>notice how at the 2:08 mark pussyboy hannity&#8217;s voice broke like a little beyotch when asked if he&#8217;d been waterboarded.</p>
<p>i caught that bozo &#8211; i think at that point hannity just realised exactly what he had potentially gotten himself into.<br />
as much as i regard hannity as no more than a parroting republican shitheel,i think this dare is a bad idea &#8211; i can understand olbermann calling him out on this but what is most disturbing to me is hannity&#8217;s willingness to turn this torturous practice into some kind of circus obviously for self gain &#8211; he says he will do it for the troops? &#8211; what on earth will they gain from this clown performing a dangerous publicity stunt (which may well kill him)? &#8211; worst case scenario,and probably more than likely,is that he will be terrified and will absolutely fear for his life &#8211; reason is that he really has no idea at all &#8211; he seriously believes that this practice is the right thing to do and that it is not torture &#8211; he is delusional,no doubt &#8211; interesting that he didn&#8217;t mention exactly what ollie north said about waterboarding after he &#8220;spoke to him about it&#8221; (at that point his voice did quiver a bit&#8230;.hmmmm &#8211; coincidence?)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618695', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sicnarfe</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/27/hannity-voluntary-waterboarding/comment-page-4/#comment-5618646</link>
		<dc:creator>sicnarfe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SHannity is just a typical Repuglicon loud-mouth.  Take away their guns and place them in situations where they have to stand their ground and these whimpering little lulus would wet themselves.  SHannity should be rendition to some black site where he could be water-boarded until the Repug mentality, otherwise know as demonic possession, is driven out of his pin-head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SHannity is just a typical Repuglicon loud-mouth.  Take away their guns and place them in situations where they have to stand their ground and these whimpering little lulus would wet themselves.  SHannity should be rendition to some black site where he could be water-boarded until the Repug mentality, otherwise know as demonic possession, is driven out of his pin-head.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618646', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ElBruce</title>
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		<dc:creator>ElBruce</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:15:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;m1780 Says:

They should go into Somalia because their is no goverment to stop them and with only hand guns &quot;to show the impotance of the N R A&quot; stop all the piracy. &lt;/em&gt;

Interesting.  I was actually thinking that we could send Blackwater (or whatever it&#039;s calling itself) to Somalia as well.  Mercenaries vs. pirates is way better than mercenaries vs. the Iraqi populace.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>m1780 Says:</p>
<p>They should go into Somalia because their is no goverment to stop them and with only hand guns &#8220;to show the impotance of the N R A&#8221; stop all the piracy. </em></p>
<p>Interesting.  I was actually thinking that we could send Blackwater (or whatever it&#8217;s calling itself) to Somalia as well.  Mercenaries vs. pirates is way better than mercenaries vs. the Iraqi populace.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618638', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: sink</title>
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		<dc:creator>sink</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m just surprised that there hasn&#039;t been more made of this... Hannity made himself a target and we&#039;re totally missing taking the shot...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m just surprised that there hasn&#8217;t been more made of this&#8230; Hannity made himself a target and we&#8217;re totally missing taking the shot&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618611', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kennethetucker</title>
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		<dc:creator>kennethetucker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>whoaaa

SERE trainer on KO&#039;s Countdown is volunteering to water board Hannity (for the troops/familys) AND says:  (even under the controlled conditions where this chickenhawk piece of shit Hannity KNOWs he doesn&#039;t REALLY have to fear for his life) that; 

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&quot;Hannity will claim that Countdown is his favorite show.&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;



i&#039;ve &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.waterboardhannityforcharity.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;pledged $10/sec&lt;/a&gt; for some of that &#039;action&#039; - do sign up too, for the troops/families you know.

&lt;strong&gt;waterboardhannityforcharity.com &lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>whoaaa</p>
<p>SERE trainer on KO&#8217;s Countdown is volunteering to water board Hannity (for the troops/familys) AND says:  (even under the controlled conditions where this chickenhawk piece of shit Hannity KNOWs he doesn&#8217;t REALLY have to fear for his life) that; </p>
<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;Hannity will claim that Countdown is his favorite show.&#8221;</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>i&#8217;ve <a href="http://www.waterboardhannityforcharity.com" rel="nofollow">pledged $10/sec</a> for some of that &#8216;action&#8217; &#8211; do sign up too, for the troops/families you know.</p>
<p><strong>waterboardhannityforcharity.com </strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618489', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: JohnnyRussia</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnnyRussia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Join the Facebook group dedicated to getting Hannity to keep his word:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104737816232</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Join the Facebook group dedicated to getting Hannity to keep his word:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104737816232" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=104737816232</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618457', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: hormiga brava chavez</title>
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		<dc:creator>hormiga brava chavez</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Watching Olbermann now - Hannity still has not responded to the challenge! Seany is a bald face LIAR! Punk a$$ed MF.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Watching Olbermann now &#8211; Hannity still has not responded to the challenge! Seany is a bald face LIAR! Punk a$$ed MF.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618398', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kennethetucker</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/27/hannity-voluntary-waterboarding/comment-page-4/#comment-5618397</link>
		<dc:creator>kennethetucker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;my bad&lt;/strong&gt;

ChickenHawk page &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/Index-SubLevel/Index-DailyReads-Antiwar-ChickenhawkDatabase.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>my bad</strong></p>
<p>ChickenHawk page <a href="http://www.thebirdman.org/Index/Index-SubLevel/Index-DailyReads-Antiwar-ChickenhawkDatabase.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618397', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kennethetucker</title>
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		<dc:creator>kennethetucker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A MOST excellent resource: The CheckenHawk Database, while not currently available (The New Hampshire Gazettte is looking to restore it), a cached rev ) can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:4x-ic2l22DwJ:www.nhgazette.com/chickenhawks.html+chickenhawk+database&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;

http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:4x-ic2l22DwJ:www.nhgazette.com/chickenhawks.html+chickenhawk+database&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A MOST excellent resource: The CheckenHawk Database, while not currently available (The New Hampshire Gazettte is looking to restore it), a cached rev ) can be found <a href="http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:4x-ic2l22DwJ:www.nhgazette.com/chickenhawks.html+chickenhawk+database&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>
<p><a href="http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:4x-ic2l22DwJ:www.nhgazette.com/chickenhawks.html+chickenhawk+database&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:4x-ic2l22DwJ:www.nhgazette.com/chickenhawks.html+chickenhawk+database&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618370', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ralph the wonder locust</title>
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		<dc:creator>ralph the wonder locust</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for your service, shawn59.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for your service, shawn59.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618341', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: shawn59</title>
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		<dc:creator>shawn59</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I e-mailed Hannity at his radio site and also at Fox, asking when this might happen, reminding him it&#039;s &quot;for the troops.&quot;

I have yet to get a response from him but I really don&#039;t expect one from the chickenshit.

I also thanked him for his father&#039;s service to the country but had to ask him what branch he served in.  I don&#039;t think he served at all but I also don&#039;t think most of the other right-wing jerks (O&#039;Reilly, Cheney, etc.) did either.

I&#039;m a 21 year air force vet myself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I e-mailed Hannity at his radio site and also at Fox, asking when this might happen, reminding him it&#8217;s &#8220;for the troops.&#8221;</p>
<p>I have yet to get a response from him but I really don&#8217;t expect one from the chickenshit.</p>
<p>I also thanked him for his father&#8217;s service to the country but had to ask him what branch he served in.  I don&#8217;t think he served at all but I also don&#8217;t think most of the other right-wing jerks (O&#8217;Reilly, Cheney, etc.) did either.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a 21 year air force vet myself.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618296', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: kennethetucker</title>
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		<dc:creator>kennethetucker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 23:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Hannity, like ALL the other Chicken Shit Chicken Hawks&lt;/strong&gt;, quick to dismiss water boarding et al as &#039;frat house rough housing&#039; will &lt;strong&gt;NEVER&lt;/strong&gt; submit to water boarding even for $1000/sec to benefit the military families.  &lt;strong&gt;2X or $2000/sec&lt;/strong&gt; IF he admits what it REALLY is (torture) after being subjected to this &#039;rough housing&#039;)

Therefore, it can be deduced that &lt;strong&gt;Hannity HATES OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES&lt;/strong&gt; so much that he won&#039;t even undergo a little &#039;rough housing&#039; to benefit the troops and their families.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Hannity, like ALL the other Chicken Shit Chicken Hawks</strong>, quick to dismiss water boarding et al as &#8216;frat house rough housing&#8217; will <strong>NEVER</strong> submit to water boarding even for $1000/sec to benefit the military families.  <strong>2X or $2000/sec</strong> IF he admits what it REALLY is (torture) after being subjected to this &#8216;rough housing&#8217;)</p>
<p>Therefore, it can be deduced that <strong>Hannity HATES OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES</strong> so much that he won&#8217;t even undergo a little &#8216;rough housing&#8217; to benefit the troops and their families.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618285', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: waterboardhannityforcharity</title>
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		<dc:creator>waterboardhannityforcharity</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Make a pledge today:

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		<title>By: m1780</title>
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		<dc:creator>m1780</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hannity should only be waterboarded if he is captured. He and Glenn Beck must seize the time and lead their army of Tea Baggers to show the world they are not just cowardly hot air ballons. They should go into Somalia because their is no goverment to stop them and with only hand guns &quot;to show the impotance of the N R A&quot; stop all the piracy. They could then head to Mexico and wherever else they have a complaint. They would show once in for all &quot;America LOVE IT or watch fox&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hannity should only be waterboarded if he is captured. He and Glenn Beck must seize the time and lead their army of Tea Baggers to show the world they are not just cowardly hot air ballons. They should go into Somalia because their is no goverment to stop them and with only hand guns &#8220;to show the impotance of the N R A&#8221; stop all the piracy. They could then head to Mexico and wherever else they have a complaint. They would show once in for all &#8220;America LOVE IT or watch fox&#8221;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618136', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: a0d7fzz</title>
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		<dc:creator>a0d7fzz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hannity waterboarded? I&#039;d pay money to see that!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hannity waterboarded? I&#8217;d pay money to see that!<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618115', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: jeff2001</title>
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		<dc:creator>jeff2001</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Tough Guy&quot;????? you must not read alot of posts on here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Tough Guy&#8221;????? you must not read alot of posts on here.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618074', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KB</title>
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		<dc:creator>KB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>blech - ninja edit: &quot;I guess I&#039;ll also add to this whole Hannity pseudo-story that if he does it then there had to be a condition on other than &quot;tapping out&quot;&quot;

should read

I guess I&#039;ll also add to this whole Hannity pseudo-story.  If he does it then there has to be a condition on stopping other than &quot;tapping out&quot;&quot;

Apologies to the moderators for triple posting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>blech &#8211; ninja edit: &#8220;I guess I&#8217;ll also add to this whole Hannity pseudo-story that if he does it then there had to be a condition on other than &#8220;tapping out&#8221;"</p>
<p>should read</p>
<p>I guess I&#8217;ll also add to this whole Hannity pseudo-story.  If he does it then there has to be a condition on stopping other than &#8220;tapping out&#8221;"</p>
<p>Apologies to the moderators for triple posting.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618070', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KB</title>
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		<dc:creator>KB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I guess I&#039;ll also add to this whole Hannity pseudo-story that if he does it then there had to be a condition on other than &quot;tapping out&quot; to end the torture, otherwise it&#039;s missing the point of what water boarding is all about isn&#039;t it?

The condition should be a false confession of some kind (or hell, just admit the truth - make him sign a document declaring water boarding is torture).  Then drown him until he signs.  He&#039;ll have lived up to his word and actually gone through water boarding.  There is no way that could backfire.  He could last an hour, but he will eventually sign whatever you put in front of him which is exactly the point of the exercise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I guess I&#8217;ll also add to this whole Hannity pseudo-story that if he does it then there had to be a condition on other than &#8220;tapping out&#8221; to end the torture, otherwise it&#8217;s missing the point of what water boarding is all about isn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>The condition should be a false confession of some kind (or hell, just admit the truth &#8211; make him sign a document declaring water boarding is torture).  Then drown him until he signs.  He&#8217;ll have lived up to his word and actually gone through water boarding.  There is no way that could backfire.  He could last an hour, but he will eventually sign whatever you put in front of him which is exactly the point of the exercise.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618068', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: KB</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So, there&#039;s a mild flame war going on and all, but I&#039;d like to chime in a bit on the act itself.

Water boarding has been prosecuted &lt;strong&gt;by us&lt;/strong&gt; in the past as torture and a war crime.  Them&#039;s just the facts so there&#039;s no &quot;well we just need to really define torture first&quot;...it&#039;s defined already.  Oh, and it&#039;s completely illegal under all circumstances, always.  There can really be no dispute (assuming you choose to use facts) that we tortured prisoners and that doing so, and ordering others to do so, is a crime that has a precedent set of 15 years hard labor up to and including death by hanging as its penalty.  So, you conservative loyalists, feel free to explain to me why we shouldn&#039;t even consider investigating, let alone prosecuting, criminals?  And before you say anything about partisan retribution - the investigation can include anyone and everyone regardless of the big D or R as long as there is probable cause to investigate their involvement.

Second, assuming Ollie North really did tell him about a real water boarding experience then it was probably something along the lines of what an old coworker of mine told me when he was water boarded as part of his Special Forces training which was thus, &quot;Even though the situation was completely controlled and for demonstration purposes, I was absolutely certain that I was going to die and that was 9 seconds after they started.&quot;  Because, you see, part of the practice is not letting you take a nice deep breath to hold.  Interrogators will wait for you to exhale...you have a cloth over your face so you have no idea when it will begin.  You want to just hold your breath to prolong the anxiety?  Have at it; it only makes it worse when you invariably have to let it out and gasp for air, which in this case will actually be water.

In a similar vein, having had a near-drowning experience myself it&#039;s more terrifying that you could possibly imagine.  I&#039;m convinced that no amount of mental prep could keep one calm through that.  I just happened to be river rafting at the time, but as surely as I type this today I&#039;d have told you anything you wanted to hear if I could just get some air into my lungs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, there&#8217;s a mild flame war going on and all, but I&#8217;d like to chime in a bit on the act itself.</p>
<p>Water boarding has been prosecuted <strong>by us</strong> in the past as torture and a war crime.  Them&#8217;s just the facts so there&#8217;s no &#8220;well we just need to really define torture first&#8221;&#8230;it&#8217;s defined already.  Oh, and it&#8217;s completely illegal under all circumstances, always.  There can really be no dispute (assuming you choose to use facts) that we tortured prisoners and that doing so, and ordering others to do so, is a crime that has a precedent set of 15 years hard labor up to and including death by hanging as its penalty.  So, you conservative loyalists, feel free to explain to me why we shouldn&#8217;t even consider investigating, let alone prosecuting, criminals?  And before you say anything about partisan retribution &#8211; the investigation can include anyone and everyone regardless of the big D or R as long as there is probable cause to investigate their involvement.</p>
<p>Second, assuming Ollie North really did tell him about a real water boarding experience then it was probably something along the lines of what an old coworker of mine told me when he was water boarded as part of his Special Forces training which was thus, &#8220;Even though the situation was completely controlled and for demonstration purposes, I was absolutely certain that I was going to die and that was 9 seconds after they started.&#8221;  Because, you see, part of the practice is not letting you take a nice deep breath to hold.  Interrogators will wait for you to exhale&#8230;you have a cloth over your face so you have no idea when it will begin.  You want to just hold your breath to prolong the anxiety?  Have at it; it only makes it worse when you invariably have to let it out and gasp for air, which in this case will actually be water.</p>
<p>In a similar vein, having had a near-drowning experience myself it&#8217;s more terrifying that you could possibly imagine.  I&#8217;m convinced that no amount of mental prep could keep one calm through that.  I just happened to be river rafting at the time, but as surely as I type this today I&#8217;d have told you anything you wanted to hear if I could just get some air into my lungs.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5618016', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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