Did Erich 'Mancow' Muller fake his own waterboarding? Glub, glub
Word is out on the Web that Chicago radio talker Erich "Mancow" Muller may have totally faked his waterboarding.
According to Gawker, the whole thing -- all six seconds of it -- was a stunt.
"We went into this thinking it was going to be a joke," Muller said very quickly when Gawker called him. "But it was not a joke -- it was horrible. 'Hoax' is probably not the right word, but we did think it was going to be a joke."
The day before the waterboarding was to take place, Muller was frantically looking for someone to perform it. They found a Marine named Klay South, who said he agreed to the gig to get publicity and a donation for the veterans nonprofit he founded.
Gawker talked to the Slouth, and he told the website he had NO idea what he was doing.
"I know nothing about waterboarding. I had never done it before, I have no formal training in it, and I've never had it done to me. The only thing I knew was what I saw on the Internet. I went to waterboarding.org and looked it up. I just did what I was told -- poured the water on his face and that was it. I'm probably the last person they should have had do it. I didn't know what I was doing."
Should Mancow -- who called his treatment "torture" -- get a proper waterboarding? Your thoughts?
BORED BLOGGERS ARE ALL WET
By Mancow Muller
May 29, 2008
"I am not a magician. Many news cameras were there!
Obviously, it was on the radio and I wasn't in prison. I'm also not a radicalized Muslim terrorist. But it was not a hoax! I repeat: NOT A HOAX.
We kept telling management, the insurance companies, and the local Chicago cops we weren't really going to do it - until we did. Otherwise, they weren't gonna let us do it! We got a U.S. Marine that told us he had studied how to do it and he volunteered to waterboard me in return for a mention of his charity.
I was on a decline and I was waterboarded. Was I in chains? No. Does that make it less real? I am failing to get the point attempted by my detractors. We never claimed it was an exact recreation.
The CIA technique is exactly what we did:
1. Keep the chest elevated above the head and neck to keep the lungs "above the waterline."
2. Incline the head, both to keep the throat open and to present the nostrils for easier filling.
3. Force the mouth open so that water can be poured into both the nose and mouth.
Sorry, I thought for years it wasn't torture and now I do. The video is there for all to see.
The left has taken my message and distorted it as well. Would I waterboard to save my daughters (or any American children)? Yes!
The three terrorists that were waterboarded at Guantanamo were done so by military professionals. And it was done to save lives with America's best interests at heart. Mine was a silly radio time filler in comparison. Its apples & hand grenades!
It would be insane to equate what I did with anything that happens in prison. I am simply a free man in a radio studio that always tries to get inside the big issues. This is an ugly issue with no easy answers. But I now see it's easier for some to dismiss me than to do any real soul searching on this very heady issue.
Are you kidding? This "waterboarding" was not even close to the description given in waterboarding.org. He held Muller's nose shut and poured water in his open mouth, of course Muller freaked out.
Bubba the Love Sponge waterboarded someone a few months ago. They did it the correct way - not just as a lame stunt for publicity like "Mancow".