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05/14/2004: "I’m Mad as Hell...(Oh no, here comes another one of her screeds.)"

The image of an Iraqi prisoner being humiliated while being forced to wear a pair of women’s underwear on his head has been shown continually for weeks now on thousands of TV stations around the world. The image of an America civilian losing his head, literally, gets a single day of coverage. Could the media’s political bias and mind manipulation be anymore blatant?

I don’t know what planet the people that produce our media are from. It’s hard to believe that any business that generates that much income could be so out of touch with their customer base. Do any hardworking Americans give a damn about prisoner abuse right now? I don’t. (I’m still trying to suppress feelings of nuke them all.)

My mother taught me that two wrongs don’t make a right. She was correct, they don’t. What happened at the prison was wrong. And what happened at the prison is being dealt with including starting next week with a public court martial. So where is the story in this to grab the headlines? Problem identified, investigated, changes instituted, and resolution is coming soon to a television, radio, and newspaper near you. Get back to me on this one when we know the verdicts. Because frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.

My mother also taught me to keep things in perspective. She, as always, was right again. You want a torture story media? A man’s head was sawed off his neck on videotape! THAT’S A TORTURE STORY!
The tape was released and has been shown all over the world and his family is beside themselves over the fact that this video will haunt them everyday for the rest of their lives. THAT’S A TORTURE STORY!

Perhaps we need to consult those who have been prisoners of war as to what the definition of torture is. I read a story about how sleep deprivation is used to torture prisoners. Sleep deprivation is a way of life for the 900 million menopausal woman in the world, when did that become torture? Hang tough prisoners, if 900 million menopausal women can survive this brutality, you can too!

All right, some really raunchy stuff happened also. At least they got to keep their heads about them, that’s more than Nick Berg got.

This screed was cathartic for me. If you need an outlet for your anger how about flooding the NYT, LA Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, and CNN with emails and letters to help them identify what the real news is here.