Morning Newsdome: Waterboarding, not good
April 20, 2009 at 10:36 am by Alejandro A. Leal in News
- The CIA waterboarded two dudes 266 times and all they got was…
- OK, let’s agree on something: When Obama makes nice with people like Hugo Chavez, that’s a good thing.
- Gee, how’d they do that? Bank of America triples its profit for the first three months of 2009.
- Iran’s judiciary chief orders a “quick and fair” trial for Iranian-American journalist jailed on espionage charges by the Iranian government.
- Renowned documentary photographer Tomas van Houtryve entered North Korea by posing as a businessman looking to open a chocolate factory… he was able to take photographs and bring them back.
- Armed man takes Canadian airliner hostage in Montego Bay, Jamaica… situation is under control.
- This is not a prophecy: Oracle buys Sun.
- Good news for the summer driving season: Oil prices slump to one-month low… wait, what does “one-month low” really mean?
- WTF: Father of Slumdog Millionaire child star denies rumor that he tried to “sell” her.
- Parents just don’t understand: Study says one-in-10 video gaming youths could be addicted.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
April 20th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Alejandro – Next time you think making nice with dictators is a good thing, please read this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement.
People like Chavez cannot be negotiated with and will not stop his crusade against us. History has taught us this, time and time again.
It saddens me that people like you exist.
April 20th, 2009 at 11:30 am
Adam
Which dictator?
April 20th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Just out of curiousity, Adam, how is Hugo Chavez a threat to the security of the U.S.?
April 20th, 2009 at 11:49 am
it saddens me that peopl,e like adam claim to have “graduated” high school.
let’s hope it was a home school.
April 20th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Wesleywhatwhat – you do realize that home schooled kids consistently outperform their public schooled counterparts, right?
Your statement would be more correct if you had hoped it to be a Georgia public school, currently somewhere around 45 or 50 in national rankings.
April 20th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
idk, i’ve met/dealt with a number of home schooled kids and while they may have an impressive grasp of certain subjects, they tend to display a lack of general knowledge and often can’t overcome their parent’s biases when trying to learn about the world around them.
but regardless of where or IF this particular commenter was educated, his point that engaging the world is bad for america is ludicrous.
April 20th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Isolationism is never a good idea. The trick is undestanding when you are getting played.
Homeschoolers can have their parents biases or their teachers. Based on the teachers and professors I had over the years, I would rather have my parents views. Many of those infulences will be gone by the time they get out of college and certainly by the time they have been on their own for a while. It took a few years before I realized that many of the PhD’s I suffered under were likely idiot savants.
April 21st, 2009 at 8:48 pm
Alejandro –
No, Chavez is definitely not a dictator.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=abiIRPfdtUsc
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 am
for the record, i don’t think anyone here is defending chavez.
the point is that the elected leaders of america need to interact with EVERYONE, not just the leaders that fox news approves of.