Equal torture under the law
Who will say me nay? Nay, who will say Ray nay? Nay, rather, they who say Ray nay will rue the day they pray water play on those who say yea to Ray and his nay to they who would play fey with those they say are ofay...
Modest Proposal: Waterboard Congress
Because many in the administration and Congress feel strongly that coerced confessions constitute the "best practice" to get truth from people suspected of bad things, then, under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, American citizens should be permitted to use the same method to pry the truth out of their elected representatives.Technorati Tags: torture, GOP, congress, waterboard, OK?
One such method is waterboarding: strapping someone to a board and pushing him underwater to make him feel like he's drowning. Since then-CIA Director Porter Goss assured Congress last year that this was a "professional interrogation method," not torture, citizens should be permitted to bring splintery planks, leather straps and water tanks to expedite discussions with any member of Congress who continues to insist that things are going swimmingly for the U.S. military in Iraq.
