WLS talk radio icon Mancow Muller
Mancow Muller of Chicago's Big 89, WLS-AM Mancow and Cassidy show, decided to get waterboarded to see what it's like and to share it with his listeners and viewers.
It is way worse than I thought it would be," Muller said imediately after just six seconds of the questionable treatment.
He was asked, "Do you consider that torture?"
"I thought I could hold out 30 seconds," responded Muller. "60 seconds. It was instantaneous. I don't want to say this. I do not wish to say this. Absolutely torture. Absolutely. That’s drowning.”
"When I was a kid I drowned," Muller explained. "My brother pulled me out of this pool I fell in and I had to be revived. I remember the feeling and its the feeling of drowning."
"I wouldn't have done this, if I had known it was going to be this bad, I would not have done this," concluded Muller.
An EMT was on hand in case of medical emergency.
Wikipedia provides this bio of Muller:
Matthew Erich "Mancow" Muller (born June 21, 1966, in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American radio and television personality. He is best known for Mancow's Morning Madhouse, formerly on Rock 103.5 and WKQX-FM (Q101), both Chicago-based radio shows that have been nationally syndicated mostly in small markets by Talk Radio Network, in recent years. Muller's career with Q101 was cut short in July 2006, when Marv Nyren, Vice President and General Manager of Emmis Radio, in Chicago, announced, "We’ve decided that the time has come for us to develop a morning show that will better serve the needs and sensibilities of this audience. On October 22, 2008, WLS-AM in Chicago announced that Muller would join that station as a weekday radio talk show host, in the 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. time slot, beginning on October 27, 2008. Muller continued to host his nationally syndicated morning radio program.
Here's the video so you can judge for yourself:
Comments
Up next: Sean Hannity!
Remind him about his promise to the troops by making a pledge at:
waterboardhannityforcharity.com
I'm no Jesse Ventura fan, but he cracked me up when he said "I'll Get Him To Say Obama Is The Greatest President" if he gets to be the one to waterboard Hannity.
Keep in mind that Ventura has been waterboarded.
I didn't watch the video because I've seen part of one and it's disturbing to this viewer.
My husband was an interrogator in the Vietnam war and had to go through torture and mock POW camps and whatnot. He, like me, agrees with the Geneva convention that waterboarding is torture. Having said all that, if Sean Hannity ever follows through with his agreement to be water-boarded, I would at least try to watch that because he keeps espousing the idea that it's not torture.
I have a lot more respect for Mr. Muller. It takes really guts to under go waterbording to see if it is torture. Now we know what the verdict is, and it is torture.
I loved Jesse Ventura's little speech. I'd like to see him water-board Hannity or at least wrestle him.
Love Mancow. And while the technique didn't look too bad--well, bee stings don't look like anything at all, do they?
Got something to say?
Examiner.com is looking for writers, photographers, and videographers to join the fastest growing group of local insiders. If you are interested in growing your online rep apply to be an Examiner today!