I homeschool my youngest children, but my fourteen year old son goes to public school.He came home the other day and told me about a film his teacher showed him in his World Civics class.
The show depicted various adults from all walks of life, hugging trees and crying.
They cried about the tree's pain. They cried about the inhumanity that cut them down.
They cried about the tree's being made into paper and houses and grocery bags.
I asked my son what he thought about all that.
He said the whole class burst out laughing. They sniggered and giggled during the entire film.
Because teenagers are fairly canny human beings.
They can tell when adults are acting like lunatics.
They even have a name for people who live by their emotions.
They call them "Emos".
Of course calling teenagers emotional is a little redundant, but apparently Emos kick it up a notch.
I'm not making fun of them, teenage culture is what it is.
They're just kids trying to find their place in the world.
But teenage culture belongs to the teenagers...and they know it.
So, when they see it in adults, they respond quite naturally with sniggers and sneers.
Now a few Emo adults let loose on trees doesn't bother me.
But Emos let loose to decide the fate of millions of Americans...well, that bothers me greatly.
With the recent release of the Lockerbie airplane bomber, Ali Megrahi, we caught a glimpse of what happens when Emos in the British government coddle and comfort the enemy.
But Emos let loose to decide the fate of millions of Americans...well, that bothers me greatly.
With the recent release of the Lockerbie airplane bomber, Ali Megrahi, we caught a glimpse of what happens when Emos in the British government coddle and comfort the enemy.
The government hoped to show the world their sympathy and moral superiority by releasing the dying Ali Megrahi, convicted in the Lockerbie airplane bombing, to his family.
But from the enemy...they got a sneer and a giggle.
But from the enemy...they got a sneer and a giggle.
And the terrorist was celebrated upon his arrival. He will die in peace and glory, surrounded by family and given honor for his actions.
In the meantime, the families of the victims of the Lockerbie murder have lost their loved ones yet again. The death of every man, woman and child on that airplane has been rendered meaningless.
It is a travesty of justice and morality.
And now the Obama government is continuing this season of contempt for victims of terror by investigating the very people who saved America from further terrorist attacks.
Obama is going after the CIA.
Attorney General, Eric Holder, is launching an investigation into the CIA's interrogation techniques used during the Bush administration.
Yes, that's right. The lawyers have arrived to bring humanity, empathy, and good feelings to the War on Terror...er, I mean "Overseas Contingency Operation".
The effect is such that no CIA operative will ever get life-saving information from a terrorist again.
Instead, this is what the Obama administration will put in place...call it the Emo Interrogation:
"Obama Administration Urged to Consider Expanded Interrogation Methods"
by Judson Berger
http://http//www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/26/obama-administration-urged-consider-expanded-interrogation-methods/
"It permits interrogators to ask questions in a "rapid fire" sequence; repeat questions over and over; try to break the prisoner by focusing on his emotional anxieties or personal fears; change the environment in which the prisoner is being questioned; and, under very specific circumstances, keep a detainee separated from others.
"One method, the "direct approach," is simply when the interrogator asks questions. Another involves creating incentives for cooperation. The "emotional pride" approach is when the interrogator flatters the prisoner into cooperating by appealing to his ego. The "silent approach" is also relatively mild."
"When employing this technique, the (interrogator) says nothing to the source, but looks him squarely in the eye, preferably with a slight smile on his face," the guide says, urging the interrogator not to be the first to break eye contact.
"The new interrogation unit would report to the White House-based National Security Council."
by Judson Berger
http://http//www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/26/obama-administration-urged-consider-expanded-interrogation-methods/
"It permits interrogators to ask questions in a "rapid fire" sequence; repeat questions over and over; try to break the prisoner by focusing on his emotional anxieties or personal fears; change the environment in which the prisoner is being questioned; and, under very specific circumstances, keep a detainee separated from others.
"One method, the "direct approach," is simply when the interrogator asks questions. Another involves creating incentives for cooperation. The "emotional pride" approach is when the interrogator flatters the prisoner into cooperating by appealing to his ego. The "silent approach" is also relatively mild."
"When employing this technique, the (interrogator) says nothing to the source, but looks him squarely in the eye, preferably with a slight smile on his face," the guide says, urging the interrogator not to be the first to break eye contact.
"The new interrogation unit would report to the White House-based National Security Council."
Let's dispense with a security council and just have the interrogation unit report to the public schools.
They use those techniques all the time.
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