So Obama's big tax plan is "soak the rich." With all this waterboarding stuff going on, that's a scary thought.
Obama is fighting the release of photos showing detainees undergoing enhanced interrogation. I think that pretty much answers the big question. If you don't want people to see it, it's torture.
Actually, Obama doesn't want to release the photos for humanitarian reasons. The pictures make detainees look fat.
Obama says that releasing the photos will just inflame anti-American sentiment. Is any body still pro-American? What have we got to lose? Even Americans are anti-American.
I think we should stop torturing. It's just not American. It violates our ideals and the rule of law. Let's just stick with the non-controversial stuff. You know, using robot planes to bomb women and children. Nobody's protesting that.
I actually think waterboarding is effective. Waterboarding has certainly gotten Dick Cheney to talk. Before waterboarding, the guy barely said two words. My question is what techniques has the CIA developed to shut people up?
We've lost just under 5,000 soldiers in Afghanistan protecting ourselves from terrorists. Meanwhile, more than 72,000 people a year are killed by car crashes and guns. Our vice president shot a guy in the face. What I want to know is this: who is going to protect us from our fellow Americans?
A Senate vote last week allows people to carry loaded guns in our national parks. Republican Senator Tom Coburn stuck that amendment onto a credit card bill. I like this law. Haven't we all, at one time or another, wanted to shoot the people at the neighboring campsite?
Coburn says that people need to be able to protect themselves against criminals at national parks. Yeah, if I'm a criminal looking for a big score, forget banks and liquor stores. I'm driving 2,000 miles to Yellowstone. "Okay, give me the picnic basket and nobody gets hurt."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week that the CIA lied to her about its use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques. Asked at a press conference if she thought waterboarding was justified in a time of war, Pelosi said, "Wait a minute - we're in a WAR?"
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