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December 13, 2007

The Bush Administration has maintained that waterboarding is not torture ; Senator Kit Bond (R-MO) has stated that it is most definitely not torture , and actually like swimming (http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/12/bond-waterboarding-swimming/).

I'm sold.

So my question is this - if Waterboarding is not torture , why aren't we fully embracing it?

Today I'm starting an organization called "Americans For Waterboarding" - if 1,000 people join, we'll seek non-profit 501(c)3 status.

The mission statement of Americans For Waterboarding is as follows:

1. Waterboarding is clearly not a form of torture, and is most closely related to swimming.
2. The use of waterboarding as an interrogation technique should be extended from military use against non-combatants:
2.a - Waterboarding should be an accepted and promoted form of Police interrogation in all American cities
2.b - Waterboarding should be an accepted and promoted form of Administrative questioning in all American Public Schools
2.c - Waterboarding should be an integral part of Physical Education in American Public Schools - it is not only like swimming, but supervised by doctors and not mere lifeguards

Waterboarding is an effective technique that is as innocuous as swimming -- yet can provide value information while investigating serious crimes or schoolyard fights.

For unknown reasons, Americans are not taking advantage of waterboarding in our cities or schools . Americans for Waterboarding actively promotes education in, and the use of, waterboarding as important an element to the american lifestyle as swimming, freestyle, backstroke.

Please join us online!

MySpace: http://groups.myspace.com/waterboardnow

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6700277991

Posted by Jonathan at December 13, 2007 4:00 PM

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