Great evidence here - One person and one letter from another person claiming torture. I like the way the Moroccan torturers told the victim that they were doing this because the President said that people were either with us or against us and they wanted to be with us and do what ever the U.S. wanted. Give me a break. That sounds like an actual real conversation that an interrogator would have with the prisoner - NOT. Maybe some people have forgotten that the Al Queda manuals found even before Sept 11 told their recruits to claim torture if they were ever captured. So sorry, but I’d like a little more proof. In addition, this alleged torture wasn’t even carried out by the U.S. We do not condone or systematically practice torture - period. Our military, CIA and FBI are made up of people from all different religions and political parties and our President doesn’t have the kind of power to make them all conform. One thing is without question, the Isamo fascists torture and behead people and there is evidence on tape. Why don’t you paranoid goofs focus on that.
Yes, we shouldn't even question what the officials say, since they are the officials. After all, it feels so much better to believe that everything is just fine.
Oh yeah - much better to believe what terrorists and foreign governments say about our officials with no proof because they have our best interests at heart.
If you rather believe the officials, fine. From the Washington Post, September 7: "...interrogation methods that officials have said were practiced on the CIA's detainees -- including the use of temperature extremes and waterboarding, which simulates drowning..." "...The administration has come under substantial foreign and judicial criticism for insisting on the right to hold detainees at will and to subject them to interrogations that international experts have repeatedly called abusive and illegal..." Oh well, thats "interrogation", not torture, so I guess we must apologize you and you may continue to sleep well.
Well apparently you believe the administration also, because they don’t deny those things that you mention from the WaPo article. In fact they are trying to get congress to lay out specifically what techniques are acceptable. They want it spelled out and clarified so that the people in the field know what is and is not acceptable. I guess you fall in with the crowd that doesn’t like that. It must be because you want to be able to criticize what ever is done. The things being done were not cooked up in Bush’s head - he’s not an interrogation expert. These techniques under question were used in the Military and CIA when Clinton was President and long before. But anyway - this video claims much more than warderboarding. There is no proof that this torture occurred and if it did that the U.S. knew it was happening or condoned it. As far as sleeping better, I don’t know how you live with yourself taking the word of terrorists and Foreign Governments over our citizens, especially when the Terrorists have shown how they would run society with the Taliban. They’ve also shown through video tape how they handle prisoners with torture and beheadings. I guess you lose more sleep over a handful of mistakes (assuming there have been some) but don’t have a care in the world about what would happen systematically and regularly if the terrorists take over in Iraq.
Oh that’s a good argument estmint. Na Na you need the upgrade - so there! I’m the one specifically stating that it’s not a Dem/Rep issue. You and spode are the one’s who seem to think these interrogation and transfer techniques just started under Bush or something. Wake up - you are so blinded by hate for Bush that you can’t see straight. The sad thing is that this irrational hate has been fed to you by politicians who want to gain power - they don’t even believe it. It’s just you gullible people. You take anything said against Bush as gospel. You don’t need any proof and you don’t even care if it’s said by enemies of this country.
So, its not a Dem/Rep issue, but it seems to me that this video is questioning the Bush administration's denial of using torture, secret prisons etc. I'm not taking anything or everything said against Bush as "gospel", but Bush and his administration has, for a long time, denied the very existence of secret prisons, yet in the past ten days has announced that these very prisons (that we were told didn't exist) are being closed and that the prisoners that were in these non-existant prisons are being moved to Guantamo. Regardless of who hates who, or who's gullible, the Bush administration has just announced the closure of prisons that until now it has denied even existed. Am I imagining it, or could Can't Believe Her Rice and her friends have been lying? If they lied about the prisons existing, could they not possibly have been fibbing too, about what went on? If everything was great and happy there, why were the prisons hidden and secret and lied about? It seems healthy to ask questions about a lying goverment's activities, rather than act like programmed sheep.
Sue, the Dems and Reps are bought and payed for by the same corporate money that also owns the media which makes great efforts to hide that fact from your consciousness. Once you apprehend that, the whole world makes a LOT more sense. Screaming and shouting that its is not true is a common reaction. Its when deep down, you already know, but a 'protection' mechanism of denial, supported by your media programming kicks in. Stop hating yourself and others for being aware, its not bad, its healthy. We dont hate you, like your masters do. We love you for being a human and we've been on the same path. I've seen it so many times lately. The seed is planted, just give it some time. Eventually, you too will wake up and you surely won't be alone.
Detour - I don’t know what you are talking about with your claim that the Bush administration has denied these prisons exist. I’ve never heard them do that. I have known about these prisons from the time they first started capturing high level people in Afghanistan. The administration told the press and the press reported as various people were being transferred out of the Country for interrogations. How you missed all of those stories, I don’t know. You must not watch a lot of news. Its one thing to disagree with the policy and it’s another to call people liars just because you don’t like their policy. It’s really sad how you people have to demonize everyone who disagrees with your politics. Don’t you have any friends that are Conservatives? Right now Bush is trying to get it clarified so it’s out in the open about what is acceptable and what isn’t. I’m not an interrogation expert and neither are you. I think it’s sad that people make this so political, that what ever is right has little chance of happening. No matter what we do and no matter what the rules are and no matter who is President, there will always be individuals who will break those rules. There will always be mistakes made. With the size of our government it is impossible not to have mistakes made in everything it does. Just because some mistakes may be made and some individual criminal acts may occur, that doesn’t make us equivalent to Fidel Castro, the Taliban, or Terrorists who do things systematically and as standard practice.
Estmint - I guess I just have to say you win because I’m done. I looked at your list of bombs and it’s clear that you are obsessed with Bush hatred. Almost every single video you like is something that Bashes Bush. There is nothing I can say that can make one bit of difference. I’m sorry that I wasted any time. Why don’t you try watching something just for fun that isn’t about hating the President? Check out my list of bombs for some ideas. Only one of them has anything to do with politics and that is the Frank Zappa one. There is another one called “The Big White Wall” and it’s got an anti-corporate sentiment that should make you happy. It is real good and creative and the main message isn’t political.
Well estmint - I’m glad to see you have broadened your horizons to something besides Bush Hate. You just had to irritate me though didn’t you I said the only political one I had was Zappa and you had to go bombing that one. I bombed Zappa - but you wouldn’t like my comment on it. Didn’t you like the Big White Wall ? I know it’s serious, but it’s good and there is nothing conservative about it. It’s actually very professional and well done. I was surprised to see something like that on this site. - Don't hate my masters estmint - they give me a good life - really. I'd rather live here than any other Country.
yes, i bet you dont want to live in all the contries where the US is trying all its best to spread peace and democracy in exchange for commodities, so you can thank yor masters for cheap oil and big cars. Eat your Hfcs and gene-manipulated food, drink your aspartame soft-drinks, it tastes so good, if you're not feeling well, just take some pills and dont worry. Do you think for yourself or do you leave it up to the government? I also bet you didn't notice that right now, your land of liberty is being merged with Mexico and Canada. Will it affect your good life? see: http://videobomb.com/posts/show/4830
Oh please estmint - I was trying to be nice and change the subject, but you are just too frustrating. I’ve already heard about that paranoid theory. I don’t need to see a video about it. I guess the only way to a good world is through communism. Oh wait communism and socialism end up taking away all of our personal rights. All government is corrupt that is a given - it is just the matter of degree. Communism and socialism produce more corrupt governments and take away more personal freedoms, and have the worst economies, so I’ll stick with Capitalism thanks anyway. You know you can move to Cuba if you want - they don’t have corporations running things there and there is free healthcare (oh wait - we have free healthcare for the people in the U.S. who are as poor as the Cubans). The healthcare thing is a little overrated, but they do not have corporations running things -so I’m sure you would like it there.
BTW - I don't get sick and don't need to take medicine. Also - I'm sure you use more of that cheap oil than I do because I work from home.
Why do you call it paranoid theory when its even in mainstream news? All the treaties and documents are public. You say you dont need to see when in fact you dont want to see, because of distraction, disinformation and that unconscious fear. Thats what the controlled media is doing. People are made to not want to see what they must not see. Does Patriotism mean to you loving the government or loving the country, the freedom it stands for and the constitution? JUST IF there were powers using the government to slowly take away your freedom, your country and your constitution, do you think they would tell everyone? No, they would do all they can that you don't notice AND dont care. A happy sheep is still a sheep and doesn't realize when is brought to the slaughter. Consider yourself lucky that a free media is taking ground here. While it lasts, use it to find your own free way of thinking.
I appreciate you being nice and I don't want to shove it in your throat, you should be free and willing to search the truth by yourself, but since you inspired me to post it, this one is especially for you: http://videobomb.com/posts/show/4849
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sassysue on Sep 17, 2006 10:46 PM
Great evidence here - One person and one letter from another person claiming torture. I like the way the Moroccan torturers told the victim that they were doing this because the President said that people were either with us or against us and they wanted to be with us and do what ever the U.S. wanted. Give me a break. That sounds like an actual real conversation that an interrogator would have with the prisoner - NOT. Maybe some people have forgotten that the Al Queda manuals found even before Sept 11 told their recruits to claim torture if they were ever captured. So sorry, but I’d like a little more proof. In addition, this alleged torture wasn’t even carried out by the U.S. We do not condone or systematically practice torture - period. Our military, CIA and FBI are made up of people from all different religions and political parties and our President doesn’t have the kind of power to make them all conform. One thing is without question, the Isamo fascists torture and behead people and there is evidence on tape. Why don’t you paranoid goofs focus on that.
estmint on Sep 18, 2006 12:24 PM
Yes, we shouldn't even question what the officials say, since they are the officials. After all, it feels so much better to believe that everything is just fine.
sassysue on Sep 18, 2006 01:03 PM
Oh yeah - much better to believe what terrorists and foreign governments say about our officials with no proof because they have our best interests at heart.
estmint on Sep 18, 2006 02:32 PM
If you rather believe the officials, fine. From the Washington Post, September 7: "...interrogation methods that officials have said were practiced on the CIA's detainees -- including the use of temperature extremes and waterboarding, which simulates drowning..." "...The administration has come under substantial foreign and judicial criticism for insisting on the right to hold detainees at will and to subject them to interrogations that international experts have repeatedly called abusive and illegal..." Oh well, thats "interrogation", not torture, so I guess we must apologize you and you may continue to sleep well.
sassysue on Sep 18, 2006 10:35 PM
Well apparently you believe the administration also, because they don’t deny those things that you mention from the WaPo article. In fact they are trying to get congress to lay out specifically what techniques are acceptable. They want it spelled out and clarified so that the people in the field know what is and is not acceptable. I guess you fall in with the crowd that doesn’t like that. It must be because you want to be able to criticize what ever is done. The things being done were not cooked up in Bush’s head - he’s not an interrogation expert. These techniques under question were used in the Military and CIA when Clinton was President and long before. But anyway - this video claims much more than warderboarding. There is no proof that this torture occurred and if it did that the U.S. knew it was happening or condoned it. As far as sleeping better, I don’t know how you live with yourself taking the word of terrorists and Foreign Governments over our citizens, especially when the Terrorists have shown how they would run society with the Taliban. They’ve also shown through video tape how they handle prisoners with torture and beheadings. I guess you lose more sleep over a handful of mistakes (assuming there have been some) but don’t have a care in the world about what would happen systematically and regularly if the terrorists take over in Iraq.
spode on Sep 18, 2006 11:32 PM
Clinton has nothing to do with this. This is current and evil.
estmint on Sep 19, 2006 01:02 AM
Its no Dem/Rep Issue. You are repeating just like your programmers do, Sue. You need an upgrade.
sassysue on Sep 19, 2006 01:33 AM
Oh that’s a good argument estmint. Na Na you need the upgrade - so there! I’m the one specifically stating that it’s not a Dem/Rep issue. You and spode are the one’s who seem to think these interrogation and transfer techniques just started under Bush or something. Wake up - you are so blinded by hate for Bush that you can’t see straight. The sad thing is that this irrational hate has been fed to you by politicians who want to gain power - they don’t even believe it. It’s just you gullible people. You take anything said against Bush as gospel. You don’t need any proof and you don’t even care if it’s said by enemies of this country.
detour on Sep 19, 2006 01:56 AM
detour on Sep 19, 2006 02:10 AM
So, its not a Dem/Rep issue, but it seems to me that this video is questioning the Bush administration's denial of using torture, secret prisons etc. I'm not taking anything or everything said against Bush as "gospel", but Bush and his administration has, for a long time, denied the very existence of secret prisons, yet in the past ten days has announced that these very prisons (that we were told didn't exist) are being closed and that the prisoners that were in these non-existant prisons are being moved to Guantamo. Regardless of who hates who, or who's gullible, the Bush administration has just announced the closure of prisons that until now it has denied even existed. Am I imagining it, or could Can't Believe Her Rice and her friends have been lying? If they lied about the prisons existing, could they not possibly have been fibbing too, about what went on? If everything was great and happy there, why were the prisons hidden and secret and lied about? It seems healthy to ask questions about a lying goverment's activities, rather than act like programmed sheep.
estmint on Sep 19, 2006 08:32 AM
Sue, the Dems and Reps are bought and payed for by the same corporate money that also owns the media which makes great efforts to hide that fact from your consciousness. Once you apprehend that, the whole world makes a LOT more sense. Screaming and shouting that its is not true is a common reaction. Its when deep down, you already know, but a 'protection' mechanism of denial, supported by your media programming kicks in. Stop hating yourself and others for being aware, its not bad, its healthy. We dont hate you, like your masters do. We love you for being a human and we've been on the same path. I've seen it so many times lately. The seed is planted, just give it some time. Eventually, you too will wake up and you surely won't be alone.
sassysue on Sep 20, 2006 01:14 AM
Detour - I don’t know what you are talking about with your claim that the Bush administration has denied these prisons exist. I’ve never heard them do that. I have known about these prisons from the time they first started capturing high level people in Afghanistan. The administration told the press and the press reported as various people were being transferred out of the Country for interrogations. How you missed all of those stories, I don’t know. You must not watch a lot of news. Its one thing to disagree with the policy and it’s another to call people liars just because you don’t like their policy. It’s really sad how you people have to demonize everyone who disagrees with your politics. Don’t you have any friends that are Conservatives? Right now Bush is trying to get it clarified so it’s out in the open about what is acceptable and what isn’t. I’m not an interrogation expert and neither are you. I think it’s sad that people make this so political, that what ever is right has little chance of happening. No matter what we do and no matter what the rules are and no matter who is President, there will always be individuals who will break those rules. There will always be mistakes made. With the size of our government it is impossible not to have mistakes made in everything it does. Just because some mistakes may be made and some individual criminal acts may occur, that doesn’t make us equivalent to Fidel Castro, the Taliban, or Terrorists who do things systematically and as standard practice.
sassysue on Sep 20, 2006 02:07 AM
Estmint - I guess I just have to say you win because I’m done. I looked at your list of bombs and it’s clear that you are obsessed with Bush hatred. Almost every single video you like is something that Bashes Bush. There is nothing I can say that can make one bit of difference. I’m sorry that I wasted any time. Why don’t you try watching something just for fun that isn’t about hating the President? Check out my list of bombs for some ideas. Only one of them has anything to do with politics and that is the Frank Zappa one. There is another one called “The Big White Wall” and it’s got an anti-corporate sentiment that should make you happy. It is real good and creative and the main message isn’t political.
estmint on Sep 20, 2006 10:10 PM
I'm here coz I like to hate the puppet masters mastering you with their master puppet. Yes, Zappa is Great
sassysue on Sep 21, 2006 12:38 AM
Well estmint - I’m glad to see you have broadened your horizons to something besides Bush Hate. You just had to irritate me though didn’t you I said the only political one I had was Zappa and you had to go bombing that one. I bombed Zappa - but you wouldn’t like my comment on it. Didn’t you like the Big White Wall ? I know it’s serious, but it’s good and there is nothing conservative about it. It’s actually very professional and well done. I was surprised to see something like that on this site. - Don't hate my masters estmint - they give me a good life - really. I'd rather live here than any other Country.
estmint on Sep 21, 2006 11:18 AM
yes, i bet you dont want to live in all the contries where the US is trying all its best to spread peace and democracy in exchange for commodities, so you can thank yor masters for cheap oil and big cars. Eat your Hfcs and gene-manipulated food, drink your aspartame soft-drinks, it tastes so good, if you're not feeling well, just take some pills and dont worry. Do you think for yourself or do you leave it up to the government? I also bet you didn't notice that right now, your land of liberty is being merged with Mexico and Canada. Will it affect your good life? see: http://videobomb.com/posts/show/4830
sassysue on Sep 21, 2006 11:06 PM
Oh please estmint - I was trying to be nice and change the subject, but you are just too frustrating. I’ve already heard about that paranoid theory. I don’t need to see a video about it. I guess the only way to a good world is through communism. Oh wait communism and socialism end up taking away all of our personal rights. All government is corrupt that is a given - it is just the matter of degree. Communism and socialism produce more corrupt governments and take away more personal freedoms, and have the worst economies, so I’ll stick with Capitalism thanks anyway. You know you can move to Cuba if you want - they don’t have corporations running things there and there is free healthcare (oh wait - we have free healthcare for the people in the U.S. who are as poor as the Cubans). The healthcare thing is a little overrated, but they do not have corporations running things -so I’m sure you would like it there. BTW - I don't get sick and don't need to take medicine. Also - I'm sure you use more of that cheap oil than I do because I work from home.
estmint on Sep 22, 2006 02:53 AM
Why do you call it paranoid theory when its even in mainstream news? All the treaties and documents are public. You say you dont need to see when in fact you dont want to see, because of distraction, disinformation and that unconscious fear. Thats what the controlled media is doing. People are made to not want to see what they must not see. Does Patriotism mean to you loving the government or loving the country, the freedom it stands for and the constitution? JUST IF there were powers using the government to slowly take away your freedom, your country and your constitution, do you think they would tell everyone? No, they would do all they can that you don't notice AND dont care. A happy sheep is still a sheep and doesn't realize when is brought to the slaughter. Consider yourself lucky that a free media is taking ground here. While it lasts, use it to find your own free way of thinking. I appreciate you being nice and I don't want to shove it in your throat, you should be free and willing to search the truth by yourself, but since you inspired me to post it, this one is especially for you: http://videobomb.com/posts/show/4849