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Waterboarding is not torture.

Simple fact.  The United States subjects certain personnel in the military to waterboarding.  The point of doing so is to prepare our fighting men and women to what may happen to them if they are captured by the enemy.  For what may happen to them if they are on a military plane that goes down in water.  Waterboarding has been used as a training tool on thousands of American soldiers for years.

Now, real torture is actually cutting off fingers, pulling out fingernails, slicing throats on television, burning people with cigarette butts, breaking bones, or other heinous acts that could eventually lead to death.  Does the United States subject ANY captured enemies to such acts?  No.  Does the United States subject any of it's own military personnel to such things in an effort to prepare them for what the enemy might actually do?  No.  That is REAL torture.  Pain and suffering to the point of death or actual death itself.

  Waterboarding does not kill.  Sure, it's uncomfortable.  But as defined by our own government, waterboarding is an "enhanced interrogation technique."  Waterboarding makes people uncomfortable - for a brief period of time. Waterboarding simulates drowning.  Waterboarding is a very useful interrogation tool and has succeeded in getting valuable information and intelligence out of al-quaeda operatives that have saved American lives.

As for the left always bemoaning "we are no better than the enemy if we waterboard!"  Oh really.  Just because a policeman carries a gun and a criminal carries a gun, does that mean the policeman is no better than the criminal?  No.  The policeman stands for law and order. He is protecting society.  Just as the United States military stands for protecting the United States.  We do not go running around the globe, intent on waterboarding people just for the sake of waterboarding.  Waterboarding has been used in very few selective cases and only for good reasons.  Like it or not, libs, your "ethical" argument doesn't hold water (no pun intended).

So put it to rest.

Ann Coulter made an excellent point on Fox News the other night.  Ms. Coulter said that if terrorists were partially-aborted at birth, (the live baby is delivered except for the head, then a scissors is shoved in the skull, and the brain is suctioned out for easy extraction)  the left would have no problem with that.  But pour a bit of water on the terrorists heads to save American lives, and liberals goes ballistic. 

Doesn't make much sense, does it?  Then again, there is very little about liberalism that makes any sense.

More ACORN Charges, Now In Pittsburgh

7 Pa. ACORN workers charged in voter probe

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gZZ3D6NxAwmyoQXFxyrt1A8z2JJAD981JI4G1

This is just a wonderful group and now they are going to do the 2010 Census.  Mickey Mouse, Snoopy, Daffy Duck, yeah they all live in the blue areas.  Increase the areas that need more Democrats to redistricting shift the balance of power within the U.S. House of Representatives in their favor.

Glen Beck’s Investigating ACORN

ACORN charged in Nevada voter-fraud case

LAS VEGAS - Nevada authorities filed criminal charges Monday against the political advocacy group ACORN and two former employees, alleging they illegally paid canvassers to sign up new voters during last year's presidential campaign.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30567548/

Please say it isn’t so!  Not ACORN, they would never do anything wrong.

Remember What You Said

My favorite lefty, Zach over at blogging blue is crying about losing pay and how he has a family to feed! 

http://bloggingblue.com/2009/05/07/doyle-orders-furloughs-of-state-employees/

“While Gov. Doyle’s plan to cut state jobs and mandate unpaid days off for state employees may be cheered by many - including more than a few conservatives - as Dan Cody points out, it’s important to remember that state employees, while quick to be demonized by many on the right, have families to feed and bills to pay just like any other citizen.  By and large the vast majority of state employees I’ve met are good, hardworking people who do the jobs they do not just for the pay and benefits, but because they’re committed to doing their part to make this state a better place to live, play, work, and raise a family.”

I would like to remind everyone what Zach has said in the past –

Zachary says:
September 24th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Oh, and as for those folks in the private sector who have pay freezes, I’ll just say that’s the chance you take working in the private sector

So as Zach asks us “So before you cheer the governor’s plan to lay off some state employees and cut pay for others, just remember how you’d feel if you were in the same situation.”

Should we really feel bad?

Layoffs, furloughs, cuts to local government seen in new state budget crisis
http://www.madison.com/wsj/topstories/450286

I think most people that are laid off or have had pay cuts or freezes are hard working people, not just the state employees Zach.  You and Dan seem to forget them!  You didn’t think it would EVER happen to you and now it is.  Smarts doesn’t it!

Spread the wealth, spread the misery.  If the private sector suffers, the public sector will as well.  Maybe this is a wakeup call to the public state employees on who pays for your salaries and if the private sector is feeling it in the end, the public sector will!   

Most of us are in that situation and have been Zach, welcome to our life!

Jay Weber puts it perfectly today.  I missed it, but another blogger sent me the link.

 

Link

 

Dear President Obama: You scare me.

The following letter has been making the rounds on the internet for a few weeks.  A friend of mine passed it on to me and was thrilled that I thought it would make an interesting blog.  (Thanks, P.S.! )

The letter was written by Lou Pritchett, author of "Stop Paddling and Start Rocking the Boat."  He is also a well-known speaker, savvy businessman, and the foremost leader in "change management."   Several websites have claimed that Pritchett's letter first saw the light of day when it was published in the New York Times.  I checked the Times archives and could find no record of it.  However, the letter IS out there and speaks for many of us at a very difficult time in the history of the United States.

Dear President Obama,

You are the thirteenth President under whom I have lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.

-  You scare me because after months of exposure, I know nothing about you.

-  You scare me because I do not know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.

-  You scare me because you did not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and culturally you are not an American.

-  You scare me because you have never run a company or met a payroll.

-  You scare me because you have never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.

-  You scare me because you lack humility and "class", always blaming others.

-  You scare me because for over half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals that wish to see America fail.

-  You scare me because you are a cheerleader for the "blame America" crowd and deliver this message abroad.

-  You scare me because you want to change America to a European style country where the government sector dominates instead of the private sector.

-  You scare me because you want to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.

-  You scare me because you prefer "wind mills" to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal, and shale reserves.

-  You scare me because you want to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which provides the highest standard of living in the world.

-  You scare me because you have begun to use "extortion" tactics against certain banks and corporations.

-  You scare me because your own political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and irresponsible spending proposals.

-  You scare me because you will not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from intelligent people.

-  You scare me because you falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.

-  You scare me because the media gives you a free pass on everything you do.

-  You scare me because you demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Reillys, and Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.

-  You scare me because you prefer controlling over governing.

-  Finally, you scare me because if you serve a second term, I will probably not feel safe in writing a similar letter in 8 years.

                                                                             - Lou Pritchett

  I find it hard to believe the New York Times would actually publish a letter like this, since it goes against everything they believe in regarding their Messiah, Barack Obama.  Whatever.  The point is, Pritchett's words speak directly to the concerns and issues that many Americans find very troubling about the current occupant of the White House.  Thank you, Mr. Pritchett.  Well said. 

Senator Ted Kanavas lists 30 Doyle tax increases

April 30, 2009: Day 30: The Property Tax
April 29, 2009: Day 29: The Medical Records Tax
April 28, 2009: Day 28: The Child Care Tax
April 27, 2009: Day 27: The Birth Certificate Tax
April 26, 2009: Day 26: The Driver Record Tax
April 25, 2009: Day 25: The Phone Tax II
April 24, 2009: Day 24: The Air Emissions Tax
April 23, 2009: Day 23: The Boat Registration Tax
April 22, 2009: Day 22: The Vehicle Environmental Impact Tax
April 21, 2009: Day 21: The Hunting Tax
April 20, 2009: Day 20: The Gas Tax
April 19, 2009: Day 19: The Great Lakes Water Compact Tax
April 18, 2009: Day 18: The Assisted Living Facilities Tax
April 17, 2009: Day 17: The Investment Tax
April 16, 2009: Day 16: The Garbage Tax
April 15, 2009: Day 15: Right to Keep and Bear Arms Tax
April 14, 2009: Day 14: New Upper Tax Bracket
April 13, 2009: Day 13: The Hospital Tax
April 12, 2009: Day 12: Easter Sunday, No Release
April 11, 2009: Day 11: Vital Records Tax
April 10, 2009: Day 10: BadgerCare Plus Tax
April  9, 2009: Day 9: UW Tuition Increase
April  8, 2009: Day 8: The Capital Gains Tax
April  7, 2009: Day 7: The Work Permit Tax
April  6, 2009: Day 6: The Tailgate Tax
April  5, 2009: Day 5: The Seed License Tax
April  4, 2009: Day 4: The Justice Information Tax
April  3, 2009: Day 3: The Cigarette Tax
April  2, 2009: Day 2: The Phone Tax
April  1, 2009: Day 1: The Nursing Home Bed Tax

Senator Ted Kanavas - April Tax Awareness Campaign 2009 - - CLICK HERE