Simulated Drowning, Simulated Truth
Imagine that you are strapped to a board, blindfolded, and your mouth taped shut. Suddenly you are upended and your head
is plunged below water, or water is poured continuously on a pile of rags across your face. Water is forced up your
nose, you choke and gag, you cannot cry out or do anything to stop it.
Torture? Heavens no, the U.S. doesn't torture! This is only "simulated drowning," as water-boarding is euphemistically
called in the press. The sole merit of Vice President Cheney is that he says out loud what the others are actually
thinking and doing. Asked about the administration's use of water-boarding in a recent radio interview, Cheney replied,
"It's a no-brainer for me."
Is this use of torture a major issue in the current elections? Is any major political figure vowing to put an end to
this? Do people even know about it?
This is one more reason why the national emergency teach-ins called by World Can't Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime with the Bush Crimes Commission are so crucially needed.
"This is broad, this is sweeping, this is endless, this does not does not limit to a particular narrow geographic
location or a very small period of time, this we have now to live with for many years and perhaps decades to come and it
is a shame and a scandal that the United States Congress passed this statute." … Bill Goodman on the Military
Commissions Act
TEACH-IN VIEWINGS GROW ACROSS THE WORLD
Here are some comments from people signing up to view the New York teach-in in their area:
Lawrence, Dallas
"I want to learn and spread the word!"
Jason, Baltimore
"To help educate others on the severity of this situation."
Angelina, Maputo, Mozambique:
"Interested in knowing."
Theresa, Portland
"Need to know what my options are beyond republicans and democrats - with the elections forthcoming, is there something
within the electoral framework that I can do to mitigate the criminal nature of our gov't?"
If there is not a teach-in scheduled in your area, all you need is a computer with broadband (DSL or cable) internet
access in order to view the New York teach-in. You can project the teach-in in a class room or view it with a group of
friends on a computer screen. Go to the World Can't Wait web site for details.
LET'S GET THIS ON C-SPAN
The whole country needs to see this. So C-Span needs to get the message that YOU want to see it. C-Span invites viewers
to submit suggestions of events for them to broadcast. Please write to them today, asking them to broadcast the national
emergency teach-in in New York. The address to use is events@c-span.org
Featured Speakers in New York:
Dr. Les Roberts, an author of the study in The Lancet that there are a projected 650,000 civilian deaths caused by the
war on Iraq.
William Goodman, Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Larry Everest has covered the Middle East for over ten years and is the author of Oil, Power, and Empire.
Chris Hedges, spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, winning a Pulitzer Prize
Cristina Page, author of How The Pro-choice Movement Saved America describes the assault on both abortion and
contraception.
This event will be held at: Synod Hall of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
110th St & Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY
7:00 pm, Monday, October 30 (doors open at 6:30). Suggested donation $10-$20
Delayed national broadcast on the Internet the same evening. See World Can't Wait for details on viewing.
Please contribute AND set up a viewing where you are Monday.
Find other teach-ins through World Can't Wait or organize your own.