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During the CNN hosted YouTube debate, John McCain accused the United States of torturing known terrorists with waterboarding. This statement not only proves that he is not presidential material; it also proves that he has no business being a US Senator.
Waterboarding is as old as torture itself. A look at its past and it's current use by the United States government.
Whether it's torture is hotly debated. Waterboarding is a little-understood interrogation method that has led to a lot of good information in the war against terror -- but that may be morally objectionable in itself. Does the end justify the means?
This is about disobedience to foreign policy and covering up...
John Kiriakou, a former CIA agent who participated in the first waterboard interrogation of an al-Qaeda suspect, has now condemned its usage.
A lengthy editorial on the Governments stance on torture, brought on by the recent Senate block of a Waterboarding Ban.
A suggestion for Mukasey's AG nomination proecess.
This is an editorial opinion of Senator John McCain's position on voting against a bill banning torture.
The Bush loyalists refusal to believe what the rest of the world, including Bush, can see as fact, would appear to rank these folks as one of the most dedicated of cults. Let's examine the claim that "we've actually found WMD in Iraq"
2007 had more than its' share of losers from the World of politics as well as the usual suspects from the World of entertainment. Here is one man's list of the Biggest Losers of 2007.
When it comes to southwestern lower Michigan, Republicanism runs as rampant as frostbite. But when there are so many to pick from, how's a Michigander to choose?
An outline of the different types of prisoner mistreatment and the international standards against it.
Last month of the year, so last chance for cheap shots.
A brief discussion of whether or not the United States of America should be considered evil.
Who's your choice for president in 2008? Do you even care? Are you fed up with the cynicism and negativity the mass media crams down the public's throat day after day about the upcoming election?
My readers know I have very free market libertarian views, and I am going to briefly hit on some of the decisive issues we are faced with today and give a libertarian response to them.
When the founding fathers repeatedly referred to God through various flowery and reverent terms in the Declaration of Independence, there was a reason for it. The reason is that they believed in God as men of deep Judeo-Christian faith.
Satire at looking on the kinder side of torture.
November, a month of elections and Thanksgiving and this stuff:
A rundown of the CNN/YouTube Republican debate. Detailed analysis of the 4 key issues of this debate; plus winners, losers, and those needing damage control named. Non-partisan voter resources listed.
Several organizations decry the enhanced interrogation methods by the CIA, calling them torture. Here is a quick juxtaposition of the CIA interrogation methods to al-Qaeda in Iraq's torture methods.
A parody of a conversation that might have taken place in the white house within the last couple weeks...
Americans no longer have the stomach to watch torture flicks. Gitmo may be one reason why.
An international team of researchers have completed a decades long analysis of their peers' work and the results are staggering. Their conclusion: it's all a bunch of outlandish poppycock.
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 is unconstitutional and violates human rights.
The United States must be a beacon of freedom and fairness. Our leaders must not adopt the tactics and morality of terrorists in an effort to defeat them. The rest of the world is watching to see if we really mean what we proclaim.