Monday, February 11, 2008
Sins of the Husband has been published
After Super Tuesday on February 5, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were in a virtual dead heat for the Democratic presidential nomination. Larry Sabato, the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, stated today that the Clinton-Obama race is likely to continue through June. Therefore, I have decided to go ahead with my original publication target date (which was immediately after Super Tuesday) for Sins of the Husband. For more information about the book, including ordering information, please visit the Sins of the Husband web site.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Illegal activity in Berkeley
Here is an incredible video of protestors in Berkeley, Calif., using force to prevent people from entering a Marine Corps recruiting station. One gentleman who attempted to enter confronted a police offier who, while acknowledging that the protestors were breaking the law, said the police were remaining neutral. Good you imagine the police remaining neutral as a mugger uses force to beat an elderly lady.
If you are as outraged as I am over this, contact the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce and politely let them know you will boycott Berkeley until the police enforce the law. The Chamber disagrees with the the mayor of Berkeley and the majority on the city council who have allowed this illegal activity toi take place. If business in Berkeley begins to suffer, the objectively pro-terrorist folks who run the city might have a change of heart.
If you are as outraged as I am over this, contact the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce and politely let them know you will boycott Berkeley until the police enforce the law. The Chamber disagrees with the the mayor of Berkeley and the majority on the city council who have allowed this illegal activity toi take place. If business in Berkeley begins to suffer, the objectively pro-terrorist folks who run the city might have a change of heart.
Friday, February 1, 2008
Senator Leahy's Big Lie
On January 30, Sen. Patrick Leahy made the following statement during an oversight hearing with Attorney General Michael Mukasey:
"It is not enough to say that waterboarding is not currently authorized. Torture and illegality have no place in America. We should not delay beginning the process of restoring America’s role in the struggle for liberty and human dignity. Tragically, this administration has so twisted America’s role, law and values that our own State Department, our military officers and, apparently, America’s top law enforcement officer, are now instructed by the White House not to say that waterboarding is torture and illegal. Never mind that waterboarding has been recognized as torture for the last 500 years. Never mind that President Teddy Roosevelt properly prosecuted Americans soldiers for this more than 100 years ago. Never mind that we prosecuted Japanese soldiers for waterboarding Americans during World War II."
What our soldiers did to Filipinos during the Philippine-American War and what the Japanese did to our troops during World War II was the "water cure," not waterboarding. According to Wikipedia:
"Water cure is a form of water torture in which the victim is forced to drink large quantities of water in a short time, resulting in gastric distension, water intoxication, and possibly death.
"Often the victim has the mouth forced or wedged open, the nose closed with pincers and a funnel or strip of cloth forced down the throat. The victim has to drink all the water (or other liquids such as bile or urine) poured into the funnel to avoid drowning. The stomach fills until near bursting, and is sometimes beaten until the victim vomits and the torture begins again."
That is far different from waterboarding. If Leahy had any integrity, he would apologize for suggested that the water cure and waterboarding are the same thing.
"It is not enough to say that waterboarding is not currently authorized. Torture and illegality have no place in America. We should not delay beginning the process of restoring America’s role in the struggle for liberty and human dignity. Tragically, this administration has so twisted America’s role, law and values that our own State Department, our military officers and, apparently, America’s top law enforcement officer, are now instructed by the White House not to say that waterboarding is torture and illegal. Never mind that waterboarding has been recognized as torture for the last 500 years. Never mind that President Teddy Roosevelt properly prosecuted Americans soldiers for this more than 100 years ago. Never mind that we prosecuted Japanese soldiers for waterboarding Americans during World War II."
What our soldiers did to Filipinos during the Philippine-American War and what the Japanese did to our troops during World War II was the "water cure," not waterboarding. According to Wikipedia:
"Water cure is a form of water torture in which the victim is forced to drink large quantities of water in a short time, resulting in gastric distension, water intoxication, and possibly death.
"Often the victim has the mouth forced or wedged open, the nose closed with pincers and a funnel or strip of cloth forced down the throat. The victim has to drink all the water (or other liquids such as bile or urine) poured into the funnel to avoid drowning. The stomach fills until near bursting, and is sometimes beaten until the victim vomits and the torture begins again."
That is far different from waterboarding. If Leahy had any integrity, he would apologize for suggested that the water cure and waterboarding are the same thing.
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