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In the Hitchens video, everything is carried out pretty much according to universal waterboarding protocol as we’ve come to understand it. His limbs and torso are tightly bound by restraints. The platform on which he lays appears to be tilted slightly downward so that his head is positioned below his heart. His head is also completely covered and the water used looks as though it’s poured directly into his breathing passages.
In contrast, Mancow isn’t bound by restraints at all, he doesn’t appear to have his body positioned at a decline, only a portion of his face from the nose up is covered, and the water is being poured on him inappropriately.
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Liberals are all fakers. That’s their MO.
promachus on May 29, 2009 at 9:18 AM
But it was still TORTURE!!!!1!!1!!!
/s
Ferris on May 29, 2009 at 9:21 AM
But wasn’t it for charity?
Cindy Munford on May 29, 2009 at 9:21 AM
I faked my birth.
I was really born to a Wolf Mother
/Dwight Schrute
blatantblue on May 29, 2009 at 9:21 AM
Even without the emails, you can look at the videos and see that he is faking it.
So if I get water on my face in the shower, am I being waterboarded?
therightscoop on May 29, 2009 at 9:22 AM
He sat up and immediately said he was OK. Can we stop talking about this now?
greggriffith on May 29, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Agreed. It was awful. The guy just pretty much threw the water on his face.
deidre on May 29, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Obama faked his birth certificate.
JiangxiDad on May 29, 2009 at 9:23 AM
I think Bill O’Reilly needs to expose Gawker by posting comments from his website. Durn whippersnapper bloggers daring to touch journalism.
MadisonConservative on May 29, 2009 at 9:24 AM
But but but, its still torture. He could have got some water in his eye too. And baptism is like water boarding for babies. Luckily abortion prevents many from experiencing the torture of holy water.
Geochelone on May 29, 2009 at 9:24 AM
When waterboarding comes up on these threads I always think of the brutality that your poor children went through.
thomasaur on May 29, 2009 at 9:25 AM
Haha. Awesome.
Ferris on May 29, 2009 at 9:25 AM
IDK what to think about that stuff
Only cause a Troofer took the case to court
blatantblue on May 29, 2009 at 9:28 AM
And yet they live and prosper. Go figure. Man up AlQaeda.
Cindy Munford on May 29, 2009 at 9:30 AM
All I mean is that lying isn’t the sin it once was in the new America. So whether Madcow was waterboarded or not, he wins.
JiangxiDad on May 29, 2009 at 9:31 AM
Thank God you survived.
I too was tortured: I was once forced to stand in one spot for hours on end while a big, mean dude yelled in my face occasionally. *weeps*
Someone needs to find my old drill instructor and charge him with crimes against humanity or something.
Bishop on May 29, 2009 at 9:32 AM
Needless to say, Mancow is a monumental douchebag. That they are even discussing this clown in serious tones speaks volumes about the fraud that is our media.
He went on Olberdouche’s show – bzzzzt – the end.
Jaibones on May 29, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Labor and delivery is torture…it hurts like hell, you have no guarantee that you will come out of it alive, and your body and mind are forever changed…
…mancow is a pussy.
Have a baby, man, then I might respect you!
ladyingray on May 29, 2009 at 9:37 AM
I just waterboarded my computer and it shut down.
Verdict: TORTURE
LibTired (KO) on May 29, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Heh. My son would agree. And what about that damned “gassing” treatment you received at no cost to yourself?
ladyingray on May 29, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Screw Mancow for giving Drew Peterson airtime while he sits in jail waiting for trial for the murder of his 3rd wife, while his 4th wife is still missing.
Poor Drew want conjugal visits and Mancow gives this creep airtime.
Knucklehead on May 29, 2009 at 9:39 AM
I laughed out loud at that.
So, if I hold my breath when I swim under water, am I being waterboarded?
therightscoop on May 29, 2009 at 9:48 AM
It’s funny. Mancow’s legs are eleveated, but his torso is level. My guess is that unless your head is lower than your heart, you wouldn’t get the same effect.
Regardless, how does it compare to beheading?
hawksruleva on May 29, 2009 at 9:49 AM
The Enquirer is jealous of his Journalistic Talents.
lasertex on May 29, 2009 at 9:51 AM
The technique is WAAYYYY different than when Hitchens was waterboarded. From water pouring to his face being half covered….it’s all different.
He got water up his nose, and called that waterboarding.
Maybe they should have used soda.
therightscoop on May 29, 2009 at 9:53 AM
Key quote:
So what did our Modern-Day Murrow™ do with them?
I think you know.
Abby Adams on May 29, 2009 at 9:55 AM
His next assignment, does getting thrown under a bus really qualify him for Democrat National Health Coverage?
lasertex on May 29, 2009 at 9:56 AM
This kind of disappoints me, not because I care one way or another about torture. But I remember living in Chicago around the time of the Mancow-Howard Stern “spat” and really enjoying Mancow. He was funny, sarcastic, always interesting. And he really gave it to that blowhard Stern. That doesn’t mean I don’t think he wasn’t capable of lying, just that it disappoints me he would do it on an issue of such magnitude. Like if he lied and said he ate 80 fried worms, whatever. But don’t lie to get on BSNBC.
LastRick on May 29, 2009 at 10:00 AM
I get water out my nose here sometimes from witty posters causing me to unexpectedly choke/cough on my own saliva. Does that count?
Out: you owe me a new monitor/keyboard
In: you self-waterboarded me
hoosiermama on May 29, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Ha! My favorite comment!
bridgetown on May 29, 2009 at 10:05 AM
I once willingly let a man submerge me in the icky waters of the Jordan River. I got water up my nose and coughed for ten minutes.
Should I charge said man with torture?
mjk on May 29, 2009 at 10:06 AM
I love the comments at Gawker: Even if he faked it, even if he’s a fraud, even if lied to his audience….his opinion of waterboarding still matters.
29Victor on May 29, 2009 at 10:07 AM
If you compare it to the Hitchens video, it is completely different.
Busted!
WisCon on May 29, 2009 at 10:07 AM
mjk on May 29, 2009 at 10:06 AM
cut his head off, man
29Victor on May 29, 2009 at 10:07 AM
as I recall, its not typical to have the waterboarder plug the nose of the waterboardee
gatorboy on May 29, 2009 at 10:08 AM
good job cons.
my america doesn’t torture.
the recession is over.
thank you president obama.
daesleeper on May 29, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Only if he has a lot of money. I’m sure you could find a lawyer to take the case.
As a homeowner, if I set up a tub of water so that guests can bob for apples at a Halloween party, could I lose my home?
My biggest question now is, now that the left has sucessfully redefined yet another term to fit their agenda, and lowered the bar on one more thing, what will be next?
In 10 years, we won’t even be able to hold terrorists or EPWs. If they voluntarily confine themselves and offer information, that’s fine.
reaganaut on May 29, 2009 at 10:20 AM
LOLOL
Anyone else keep hearing that villain from the MST3K film “Teenagers from Outer Space” barking his threats: “TOR-CHAHHHH!!”
inviolet on May 29, 2009 at 10:22 AM
After watching some of these waterboarding’s, I decided to do this with a friend.
So we got together the other night, but we made some changes.
First were decided to sit more upright…and instead of just plain water we added some alcohol…scotch if I remember correctly.
We then proceeded to swallow large amounts. After about an hour we definitely felt dizzy and dis-oriented, but we continued…finally, I couldn’t take anymore, but my buddy continued.
And like Mancow, he now swears he will never do that again..it was torture later that night, and the next day..
I put Mancow stunt pretty much in this same category…
right2bright on May 29, 2009 at 10:27 AM
Bill O’reilly would want this one edited:
Unless it was on his site.
therightscoop on May 29, 2009 at 10:31 AM
Where are the videos of the rape-torture rooms? You know the rooms where they rape the children and mother in front of the father just for fun. Throw in a few beheadings while your at it or my personal favorite the shredder. If you were lucky you went in head first.
A little water boarding seems like child’s play compared to the above.
lexa on May 29, 2009 at 10:33 AM
My “favorite” room is the one where they let loose the dogs on the kids, while the parents watched them be torn apart by the dogs…one by one until they told them what they wanted to hear.
Then those “snitched” on, were brought in and the cycle repeated…oh those crazy Hussein kids, always getting into mischief…
right2bright on May 29, 2009 at 10:40 AM
So….
I just watched the Hitchens version and…um…
why is it that I still see no problem with our military doing that to combatants and terrorists to get information?
I mean, I’m so for it I HOPE they still train to do this if it means our nation is safe. I hope they are waterboarding the HECK out of those who want a mushroom cloud over America.
Bad mommy.
Mommypundit on May 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM
I will also say, “War is hell. Get over it.”
I mean, what is with the liberal/faux republican wimpiness? They scream about moral standards while aborting viable humans. They can talk about ethics when they stop mutilating children.
As it is, waterboarding people who put live explosives on their own kids to kill people doing their daily routines is kind of weak in the first place. These individuals are animals.
Mommypundit on May 29, 2009 at 10:49 AM
By what measure? Use economic statistics and not moonbat rantings when explaining please.
Ann NY on May 29, 2009 at 11:11 AM
And then what? We sure don’t want his mug on a pike.
platypus on May 29, 2009 at 11:14 AM
I haven’t seen that one. I would go watch it, but I’m afraid the MASter would NOT aPPROove.
OneGyT on May 29, 2009 at 11:17 AM
getalife?
Count to 10 on May 29, 2009 at 11:24 AM
Getalife is dead. Allah has the scalp on the wall to prove it.
platypus on May 29, 2009 at 11:26 AM
I used to like Mancow, but I only know him from appearances on Fox & Friends…never heard his show. Oh well, he’s now tossed on the stinking pile of liberal dog$hit for me.
NEXT!
ornery_independent on May 29, 2009 at 11:33 AM
What amazes me is the assumption that it’s so easy to find someone trained in the interrogation technique.
“Hey, anyone know some military guy who can waterboard for us? Or maybe a policeman or fireman or EMT?”
Because it’s such a common thing that anyone with a uniform can fill in.
Anyone know a postman who can waterboard for us? Sheesh.
obladioblada on May 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Yeah, it’s such an awful thing that journalists and shock jocks do it for ratings.
obladioblada on May 29, 2009 at 11:42 AM
No, you’re praising him for furthering your goals to have the Bush administration prosecuted. You have no problem with people being waterboarded, especially your political enemies.
You are a leftist. Your game is control, and truth is always the first casualty in your war.
spmat on May 29, 2009 at 11:54 AM
I know some “military guys”. I know some policemen, firemen and even two EMT’s. I’m pretty sure none of them know how to properly waterboard someone. These people really show their cluelessness when they really think firemen and EMT’s could possibly know how to waterboard someone. Why didn’t they ask about teachers and nuns while they were at it?
taznar on May 29, 2009 at 12:02 PM
+100
…and you are lucky if it only lasts 10-12 hours.
bitsy on May 29, 2009 at 12:02 PM
I wholeheartedly support the continued and extensive waterboarding of the media.
The best part is they do it to themselves!
negentropy on May 29, 2009 at 12:04 PM
My husband made me go surfing in January once. I got cold salt water up my nose at least twice. I guess he should be tried in teh Hague.
bitsy on May 29, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Fake but true!
AUINSC on May 29, 2009 at 12:12 PM
Hitchen’s comment is interesting, he states if you had information it would be retrieved, but if you had none then you could go crazy.
We only waterboarded people who were confirmed to have important information, that was important to protect the lives of the American people…he was confirming that what we did was useful and effective.
Mancow was just a pussy…
right2bright on May 29, 2009 at 12:39 PM
Try 16…
ladyingray on May 29, 2009 at 12:45 PM
If I make my wife sleep in the wet spot, am I guilty of waterboarding too?
This whole thing is getting so confusing…
TheCulturalist on May 29, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Bing. My wife bolted up in bed less than one hour after I fell asleep (after an already 18 hour day), and decided she was having a baby. She was in labor for the next 20 hours, during which time I was standing and she was sometimes in delerious pain, and during which time we were sometimes tortured by the news that our first child’s heart rate was erratic and sometimes dangerously low.
Then without notice, we were suddenly tortured by the news from the doctors and nurses that they needed to do an emergency caesarian delivery, and I was further tortured to see my wife sedated and unconscious and maybe dead (stay with me on this).
Ultimately, I was left sitting alone in the dark, empty hallway of a silent hospital, deprived of sleep for all but 40 minutes in 48 hours. I’m sure they also put water in my nose, or maybe I did that myself, but I can’t remember because my mental well being was permanently altered by this gruesome experience.
Somebody call the UN Human Rights Council; I have the name of the Dr. and the hospital…
Jaibones on May 29, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Class-ay!
Abby Adams on May 29, 2009 at 1:18 PM
I almost forgot – we also had to clothe, feed, and deal with PMS for this child for the past 21 years, and did I mention the cost of college and weddings?
Torture!
Jaibones on May 29, 2009 at 1:19 PM
They kept handing me the tequila bottle. It was torture, I tell ya.
Heh.
Jaibones on May 29, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Whether it was faked or just a botched effort by the clueless is irrelevant to whether waterboarding is “torture.” Mancow and Hitchens saying it is torture doesn’t trump other people who have been though it who say it isn’t.
DrMagnolias on May 29, 2009 at 1:23 PM
to know me is to love me… she said it was ok
TheCulturalist on May 29, 2009 at 1:28 PM
my america doesn’t torture.Obama continues to backslide from his irresponsible campaign rhetoric and act like Bush. Now he is outsourcing torture to countries who actually know how to torture.the recession is over.25 year high unemployment rate, State ownership of the auto and banking industries, GDP 5.7% lower than a year ago.thank you president obama, you worthless socialist tool.
Jaibones on May 29, 2009 at 1:32 PM
LOL *limps*
Teenagers from Outer Space (MST3K’s of course) is on YouTube I bleeve. One of their best IMO.
inviolet on May 29, 2009 at 1:46 PM
You forgot today’s announcement of the most vital thing for our economy, something he’s been working on since the second he took office… cyber security.
And, the other things that’s the most vital thing for our economy… nationalized healthcare.
Oh, and the thing that’s not vital for our economy… dealing with North Korea and Iran.
But, I have Hope! I think that there is a covert op in place to get the NK nuke missiles retargeted for Tehran and launched. He does like to multitask, after all…
TheCulturalist on May 29, 2009 at 1:54 PM