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KABOOM! (http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/04/shepard_smith_we_are_america_we_do_not_f---ing_torture.php)

He's about the only good thing about Fox News. FF to about 0:30.

I normally abhor Fox News, but yeah, he's right. Whether torture works or not is not the issue. It's an horrible violation of basic human rights, and there is no justifying it in a civilized society, otherwise we become just as bad as the terrorists we're supposedly above morally.

I normally abhor Fox News, but yeah, he's right. Whether torture works or not is not the issue. It's an horrible violation of basic human rights, and there is no justifying it in a civilized society, otherwise we become just as bad as the terrorists we're supposedly above morally.

That's pretty much my feelings.

My faith in humanity has improved a bit

My faith in humanity has improved a bit

This is definitely feel good news... a Fox reporter has a soul!

My faith in humanity has improved a bit

My faith in ...... Fox? has improved a bit.


*needs to sit down*

My faith in ...... Fox? has improved a bit.


*needs to sit down*

Tell me about it. I think I'm going to need therapy

PM, Trotskylvania, mind if I join you?

*feels woozy*

-falls over from dizziness-
I may live in Australia, but we still have Fox. At least now I can watch it without cringing.

-falls over from dizziness-
I may live in Australia, but we still have Fox. At least now I can watch it without cringing.

Hannity and O'Reilly still support torture and argue that techniques from the book of torture and ruled as torture before are not torture.

Wouldn't depriving someone of tacos count as torture?

Wouldn't depriving someone of tacos count as torture?

I believe so. *nod*

That's the way people should have been acting in 2002.

Does he say 'oops' a couple of seconds afterwords?

That could only sound more epic if it had been Samuel L Jackson saying that!

Anyone want to start a pool as to where he'll be working next?

anyone want to start a pool as to where he'll be working next?

cnn.

cnn.
I'm rooting for MSNBC to pick him up because it would give Murdock a coronary.

Good for Smith. Now he just needs to realize the lie he's been living and get an honest job, for his soul's sake.

I'm rooting for MSNBC to pick him up because it would give Murdock a coronary.

Good for Smith. Now he just needs to realize the lie he's been living and get an honest job, for his soul's sake.

Well anything that has a chance to kill Murdoch can only be good for freedom of information. Totalitarian bastard.

That was odd, he went from looking a it pissed off to losing it.

Anyone want to start a pool as to where he'll be working next?
MSNBC, fo shizz.

This is definitely feel good news... a Fox reporter has a soul!
Just wait. He'll have a prime-time show at CNN soon.

Anyone want to start a pool as to where he'll be working next?

Looks like a lot of us had the same idea... I'll read the whole thread, next time.


Who am I trying to kid?

KABOOM! (http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/04/shepard_smith_we_are_america_we_do_not_f---ing_torture.php)

He's about the only good thing about Fox News. FF to about 0:30.
The creepy looking guy! I remember him! He's in the one previous instance of FoxNews coverage that made me not want to kill myself - except I totally can't remember what it was. It wasn't too long ago, so probably during the presidential campaign? Damn, I can't even remember who/what it was about. That'll drive me crazy...

Edit: Found it: Despairing after an Interview with Joe the Plumber (5:00 and on if you want to spare yourself the pain of sitting through the garbage) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71iNvPQXuk0)

Does he say 'oops' a couple of seconds afterwords?
Aye.

I have said this before - Shep Smith is an honest news man at the wrong station.

The creepy looking guy! I remember him! He's in the one previous instance of FoxNews coverage that made me not want to kill myself - except I totally can't remember what it was. It wasn't too long ago, so probably during the presidential campaign? Damn, I can't even remember who/what it was about. That'll drive me crazy...

Edit: Found it: Despairing after an Interview with Joe the Plumber (5:00 and on if you want to spare yourself the pain of sitting through the garbage) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71iNvPQXuk0)


Aye.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who finds him somewhat disturbing looking.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who finds him somewhat disturbing looking.
He just has a big square cardboard head. He can't help it. He was born that way ... a carton-head... Sad.

Wow, he was genuinly pissed too.

Awesome. Too bad he probably wont be around much longer. Hannity will probably sneak into his house and smother him with a pillow while he sleeps.

Wow, he was genuinly pissed too.

Awesome. Too bad he probably wont be around much longer. Hannity will probably sneak into his house and smother him with a pillow while he sleeps.

Nah, Hannity's too fucking stupid.

Wouldn't depriving someone of tacos count as torture?

Only LG.

On the bright side, it was for a good cause....

http://bluevablog.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-torture-what-part-of-illegal-dont.html

Here's more of Shep Smith being a BAMF.

http://bluevablog.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-torture-what-part-of-illegal-dont.html

Here's more of Shep Smith being a BAMF.

Republicans know torture is illegal, but they believe themselves the arbiters of moral superiority and can thus rule waterboarding isn't torture. Also because right-wing talking heads say it isn't. It's not torture because they say it isn't and thus it isn't illegal. In spite of the fact we executed Japanese for waterboarding troops; court martialed our own troops for waterboarding Filipinos; and the CIA pulled the techniques from the military's training manual on how to resist torture.