MRC’s Michelle Humphrey passed along an example of CNN already feeling the pain of Saddam Hussein. On Thursday night’s "Anderson Cooper 360" – re-aired Friday in the 9 AM hour – CNN reporter Randi Kaye did a whole story suggesting the idea that hanging Saddam was a cruel and outdated mode of execution. This is the same program that recently focused on the coldly efficient killers of American troops without focusing any sympathy on their suffering. Instead, they focused on how insurgents supposedly tried not to slaughter innocents as they shot at American troops.
Kaye began: "This is what is Iraq's government calls the death chamber. Soon, Saddam Hussein will be here to meet the same fate as these men. This is what his final moments will look like. But we wanted to know what hanging will feel like. Will Saddam suffer in death?"
Kaye’s expert witness was forensic specialist Dr. Lawrence Kobilinsky, who theorized that there won’t be conscious suffering: "My suspicion is that there is no consciousness when a person is hung."
Kaye related that some countries and states still use hanging: "Hanging has been used for centuries, dating back 2,500 years to the Persian Empire. Today, it is still used in many Middle Eastern countries. In the United States, New Hampshire and the state of Washington still allow prisoners to be hanged...Serial child killer Westley Dodd was executed by hanging in Washington back in 1993. He told CNN he wanted to hang because that's how he killed one of his victims. The last hanging in the U.S. came three years after Dodd, in 1996, when convicted murderer Bill Bailey was hanged in Delaware. The outdoor gallows used in that execution were later torn down."
CNN then emphasized that Saddam won’t die immediately, the poor man: "At three minutes, the brain will be dead from insufficient oxygen." She complained to Kobilinsky: "With such a tight noose, three minutes seems like a very long time to actually cut off somebody's air."
Kobilinsky: "Well, it's a matter of the brain going into a -- a certain mode, where it tries to conserve energy and use whatever oxygen is available as efficiently as possible."
Kaye, reading dramatically: "When the brain runs out of oxygen, the person will be declared dead, even though the heart may beat for another 10 minutes."
On Thursday night, Anderson Cooper popped a question to Kaye that further underlined the grotesque:
Cooper: "This may be a dumb question. Why a hood? They often put a hood over people?"
Kaye: "Well, according to Dr. Kobilinsky, who we talked with today, who you just saw in our story, he said, under that hood, there would certainly be a grimace. The -- the -- the face would actually contract. The muscles would contract, which is an automatic reflex from the noose and not being able to breathe. He said that there are -- are also reports of hemorrhaging or bleeding into the white parts of the eyes. But he set us straight on that today. He said that doesn't happen, because, actually, the arteries and the veins, they are shut down. They are closed down right here, so the blood isn't actually supplying any pressure to the brain, or even into the eyes. So, you wouldn't actually see any of that."
Cooper replied: "So, it seems to be more for people who are witnessing it, less than..."
Kaye: "He thinks it's -- right. He thinks it's actually either just part of the tradition or just to disguise what is, I'm sure, a very horrible, very disturbing face under that hood."
By the way, the rotating orange circle in the corner of the CNN screen Thursday night had "HANGING HUSSEIN" on one side, and on the other, "WILL IRAQ ERUPT?"
—Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center
Comments Policy
It's too bad the MsM's most
December 29, 2006 - 16:43 ET by Rupert CadellIt's too bad the MsM's most tender concern is reserved for the wrong people. I can see the fascination in the hanging; it's a symbolic, if not practical, milestone. One has to wonder also how Saddam's letter to the Iraqi people (which basically said "do not hate the occupiers; continue fighting them, but do not hate them") is being received. I would imagine that the shiites could care less about what he has to say as he walks to the gallows.
I have expected nothing less
December 29, 2006 - 16:48 ET by bigtimerI have expected nothing less from the leftist media....as I have posted earlier, days earlier in fact.
Go cry me a river CNN and all your ilk...tell that to the people and the families that are left that he tortured...did anyone in the msn pay attention to the thousands and thousands pf people unearthed that we uncovered since being there, did everyone forget the pictures of the people being tortured by Saddam that were shown on television that he had taped, or the people we watched that were executed after being tortured, what about the prisons he had and the torture there...Abu Greibe(sp) is childs play in comparison...I could go on and on.
Go fly a kite with your filthy leftist treasonous bull shite.
The leftists in the media in all forms cannot go away soon enough for me....they are the enemy within...especilly now, during a time of war... they should be tried for treason....good riddance to trash, I am going to include Saddam too if you don't mind.
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
Clearly, the MsM knows whic
December 29, 2006 - 16:53 ET by Rupert CadellClearly, the MsM knows which side their bread is buttered on. I wouldn't go as far as you do though, I've certainly never seen anything out and out treasonous, with the possible exception of the NYT this summer. And besides, the Olbermann/Moore types just dig their own graves if you ask me. Give 'em enough rope, I say.
OK, that's enough bad metaphors and puns for one post!
Here's my gripe about Saddam'
December 29, 2006 - 16:54 ET by UnsaneHere's my gripe about Saddam's execution:
Why isn't he getting (sounding like Beavis now) The Chair? The Chair! The Chair! The Chair!
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
Boy, not enough, huh?
December 29, 2006 - 16:54 ET by acaiguana"...Will Saddam suffer in death?"
Boy, not enough, huh?
ACA
...
Acaiguana says: "Ya can't win if ya don't play."
"CNN reporter Randi Ka
December 29, 2006 - 16:57 ET by ckc1227"CNN reporter Randi Kaye did a whole story suggesting the idea that hanging Saddam was a cruel and outdated mode of execution."
Maybe they should use a gentler, less cruel approach, like say, gassing him with the same gas he used on so many of his own people.
Or maybe shoving him off a bu
December 29, 2006 - 16:59 ET by BlondeOr maybe shoving him off a building, and then beating him to death.
Or lowering him into an indus
December 29, 2006 - 17:02 ET by MikeBOr lowering him into an industrial trash shredder.
For that matter, if the Christians and other religions are correct about a burning Hell, when he goes to his Eternal Reward, even the above will be gentle compared to what is ahead of him in his afterlife.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Feet first ....slowly....slow
December 29, 2006 - 17:05 ET by bigtimerFeet first ....slowly....slowly...
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
Feet first ....slowly....slow
December 29, 2006 - 17:05 ET by bigtimerFeet first ....slowly....slowly...
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
I wasn't aware Saddam had don
December 29, 2006 - 17:05 ET by BlondeI wasn't aware Saddam had done that.
Although IIRC, he and his sons did shove people off buildings, then had them beaten to their deaths.
I believe that was one of his
December 29, 2006 - 17:08 ET by MikeBI believe that was one of his torture methods. He was such an inventive rectal orifice when it came to torture.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
I think they should strap hi
December 29, 2006 - 17:11 ET by MightyMouthI think they should strap him to a chair and be forced to watch reruns of the "View" until he expires. Or would that be a little too cruel?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
B...Mike was joking with you
December 29, 2006 - 17:09 ET by bigtimerB...Mike was joking with you about your occupation...think about it...although it sounds good to me...get it?
Laughing yet?
Although by the way, I heard he did use some kind of a wood shredder in the prisons on some....that would be in my neck of the woods kind of work...hehehee
Waste management kinda thing....I could be wrong he may not have connected that and I am ahead of myself ....nothing new there.
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
bigtimer; your such a b
December 30, 2006 - 00:28 ET by ww thumperbigtimer; your such a bratt.....( like me) ! :^} ww Being "Politcaly Correct" with ISLAM will distroy America......WW
ckc1227...."...use a g
December 30, 2006 - 00:44 ET by ww thumperckc1227...."...use a gentler....approach" Maybe like he did with some of his victims.....put the rope around there neck and lift them slowly off the ground and let them kick and swing some ! That's what they should have done to HIM! ww Being "Politcaly Correct" with ISLAM will distroy America......WW
method of death
December 30, 2006 - 07:25 ET by AgnosticRemember we are dealing with a way of life that has taken torturous murder to levels that the Vlad would never have admitted to. The one that has always stuck in my mind is the manner of putting some one to death by laying them in a canoe shaped boat with their feet and hands pulled up and over the side. A second canoe is placed on top of the body with a place cut out of the bottom for the face. The victim is then force fed every day and sweet liquid is poured over his face until the bugs and parasites that feast on the released bowels and the sweet liquid devour the victim from the inside out over a period of several weeks.
For the types of torture and death that has been seen by the Islamic people, hanging would be a gentle passing.
BTW, I have to say the Sadaam was consistent to the end and to give the Devil his due I he must be complimented on one fact; By telling the people "not to hate" the invaders (despite all evidence to the contrary in their actions), he showed that he is the master manipulator and stills plays the liberals around the world like like a master playing a Stradivarius.
hands first
December 30, 2006 - 11:16 ET by dmntd1Myabe they should have started by cutting off his hands, for the crime of theft. The spider-hole-hiding b@st@rd should have had his hands removed, stoned, gassed, and THEN hung on a pole for display. The first three terrorist-insurgents should have hung next to him, while still alive. THAT might calm the nutcases down.
When you are approached by a bully, you punch him. He'll leave soon enough then.
Please make sure your train of thought carries freight.
I hate to sound unsympathetic
December 29, 2006 - 17:01 ET by MightyMouthI hate to sound unsympathetic to the feelings of a mass murderer but, shouldn't he die in the most horrific way that he killed?
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Liberals
December 29, 2006 - 17:20 ET by iveseenitallThis what I mean when I say the liberals are disgusting people. Weep for a murdering bastard while they vilify President Bush and anyone else who doesn't agree with their socialist garbage. The lefties are disturbingly sick.
NEVER,NEVER trust a liberal
Don't worry, by the Time the
December 29, 2006 - 17:52 ET by JayTeeDon't worry, by the Time the Media finishes with "hanging" it WILL BE presented as the most horrific and Horrible way to execute someone.......Now Head sawing, Chopping off a head while still alive, as we have seen before, isn't shown on TV, along with 911 people after they jump off the Twin Towers...that's just too "horrific", But, hey, Hanging is just a level below that, so they can show the Video later.
JT...Bingo!!! Exactly!!!"
December 29, 2006 - 18:01 ET by bigtimerJT...
Bingo!!! Exactly!!!
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
What is it with Liberals and
December 29, 2006 - 17:13 ET by mattmWhat is it with Liberals and their sympathy for psychotic dictators? (Brethren under the skin, perhaps?)
Saddam should die the same wa
December 29, 2006 - 17:16 ET by Senior ChiefSaddam should die the same way as those 148 ordinary Iraqis he ordered executed- with the families in attendance. Hanging is not as barbaric as the leftist media is so concerned of. How about stoning to death, or plucking his beard, peeling his skin alive, hit his naked body with a centurion's whip and pour vinegar to his wounds, soak his body with a pig's blood and finally nail him upside down to a tree and lit it...And ask all PETA, human right advocates and tree huggers to witness and tell them to file grievances to the United Nations.
Or yet, let's make it a newer version. Put him on an airplane, including all his family that are living in Syria. Remotely control the plane to ascend 300 M/H and crash it to one of his palaces in Baghdad. Make sure CNN, and the rest of the leftist media cover the event. Then ask the United Nations to provide a press release that it was unanimously agreed upon by the General Assembly.
Now Chief, you're showing som
December 29, 2006 - 17:55 ET by JayTeeNow Chief, you're showing some Imagination there.....very creative.....
Sr Chief; "...t
December 30, 2006 - 00:32 ET by ww thumperSr Chief; "...the leftist media cover the event " I say from INSIDE the plane.... ;^} (bratt smile) ww :-) Being "Politcaly Correct" with ISLAM will distroy America......WW
I don't give a flying f**k ab
December 29, 2006 - 17:57 ET by the_red_stateI don't give a flying f**k about "how Saddam will feel". Typical leftist MSM garbage...how do you feel... UGH!. A rope is the most economical method...it doesn't cost much and can be re-used. Let this monster twist in the wind, and broadcast it to the world. If there was true justice, he would be slowly lowered into a tub grinder, the same way he killed many of those who disagreed with him. The sooner this monster dies, the better off the world will be.
Saddam Hussein
December 29, 2006 - 18:01 ET by ucMy name is J P Hogan and early reports on our news reported Saddam Hussein as being finally found in a "hogan" navaho I think for mud hut. Saddam is likely to suffer in death because he valued his life and regime as so much more important than whom american troops are standing with as democratic equals. Saddam you could live on just to clean toilet bowls with a toothbrush. Even your own.
Will he suffer?
December 29, 2006 - 18:15 ET by RightWiredWill Saddam Suffer in Death? We can only hope.
RightWired.
"How do you tell a Communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin." - Ronald Reagan
They should make him wear a
December 29, 2006 - 18:18 ET by james789They should make him wear a diaper so he doesn't sh!+ his pants instead of a hood.
The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level
with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife. ~
Theodore Roosevelt
Leftwing Compassion For Saddam
December 29, 2006 - 18:35 ET by P.J. GladnickThe leftwingers are already showing more compassion for Saddam Hussein than they did for Gerald Ford:
DUmmies Deeply Saddened By Saddam's Impending Execution
Oh yeah PJ, Ford is old news
December 29, 2006 - 21:36 ET by bigtimerOh yeah PJ, Ford is old news now...but with the leftist media there is always tomorrow, they will revert back to Ford to change the subject, unless there is a major escalation somehow and a lot of our men die...otherwise old news by mid-day about Saddam.!
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
Studies show beheading to be
December 29, 2006 - 18:47 ET by bk1955Studies show beheading to be the most humane form of execution. Why isn't CNN recommending the guillotine? Doesn't it really rankle you when the representatives of the media express any concern for human suffering.?
And you would know that how,
December 29, 2006 - 19:03 ET by BlondeAnd you would know that how, Mary, Queen of Scots?
Well, Blonde, I think bk1955
December 29, 2006 - 20:01 ET by MikeBWell, Blonde, I think bk1955 may be correct. Both hanging (if it is done right) and beheading sever the spinal column. Is it not true that people who have had spinal injuries cannot feel the areas of their bodies below where the controlling area of the spine has been injured? If the hanging is done correctly, the neck is broken between either the 2nd and 3rd cervical vertebrae, or between the 4th and 5th cervical vertebrae. Therefore, the condemned would feel nothing below the break. If the condemned is beheaded, again, while messy, the condemned would feel nothing because he/she could feel nothing.
Morbid, yes?
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Um, yes!Too much information!
December 29, 2006 - 20:08 ET by BlondeUm, yes!
Too much information!!!!
Dead is dead. My sincere hope for Saddam, soon.
I don't really care what meth
December 29, 2006 - 18:50 ET by crsheddI don't really care what method, but quick and painless should be the goal. Being one of the few slightly liberal people on this site, I do, however, agree with the death penalty. However, don't forget your Christian values.
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
the proper execution
December 29, 2006 - 19:50 ET by tumbler_2007To do this properly, nothing could be fairer than to stand Saddam in a ring wearing pink panties over his head;
Bring up 5 or 6 of those fathers still living who saw their own wives & children tortured, raped and slaughtered before their own eyes; and let each one club this bastread thoroughly over the head taking turns one at a time, till his screams went mute. Beat Saddam to a PULP, don't hang him. Pulverize his head into little bloody pieces.
Tumbler...Do you know what Sa
December 29, 2006 - 19:54 ET by Clear thinkerTumbler...
Do you know what Saddams stand is on illegal immigration?
I just can't help myself ; )
Okay, Clear....You get the pr
December 29, 2006 - 21:27 ET by BlondeOkay, Clear....
You get the prize for most provacative post of the day.
Did you know that makes you a Nazi, and a White Supremacist?
Hmmm...
December 30, 2006 - 02:20 ET by Mr. BishopThe issue of "Christian values" is something that should never be brought up in conjunction with the issue of executions. The reasoning is multiple, but people who do like to bring it up, usually use the example of the "let he who is without sin, cast the first stone..." line of thinking. However, those same people tend to neglect to note that Christ, himself, blew a gasket at those who were setting up shop at the temples, and took vengence upon them for their actions. Christ was also big on noting that people should obey the law. Taking those into context, this execution of Saddam was just, and greatly overdue. I, personally, am glad to have been alive when it occurred, instead of letting Hussein sit on Death Row for some several decades waiting for appeals....
"Stop global warming! Asphyxiate a liberal!" - Show us how far you're willing to go to stop "global warming"
I really do not care if Sadda
December 29, 2006 - 19:10 ET by nomorespin2005I really do not care if Saddam suffers or not. His execution is good enough for me.
The discussion on CNN was incredibly morbid. Do all the intricacies of a hanging need to be delved into? I really don't think so.
But I'm not surprised, after CNN's airing of an insurgent sniper video. And guess which show aired that video? That's right, everyone's favorite pretty boy, Anderson Cooper. Do I sense a pattern?
Here's a thought. Hang him up
December 29, 2006 - 19:17 ET by RackieHere's a thought. Hang him upside down with a fork in his ass.
You know... when I first read
December 29, 2006 - 19:52 ET by Clear thinkerYou know... when I first read this post I was upset with the lead "Will Saddam suffer in death?" because the question is so damned insulting to the hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women and children that the bastard killed. Then on my second read-thru I calmed down because the article is about the LIBERAL MSM, and this shows clearly how dangerous our media has become. If our media has a message for it's citizens it is this.... Evil can be justified, goodness cannot!
I hope the SOB suffers even if it's only for a few seconds.
Clear,I really don't care whe
December 29, 2006 - 19:56 ET by BlondeClear,
I really don't care whether he suffers or not.
However. Usually when someone dies, my thought is that the world will be a sadder, smaller, and less bright place without him/her.
Not so in Saddam's case. Good riddance.
Blonde....Can you imagine the
December 29, 2006 - 20:10 ET by Clear thinkerBlonde....
Can you imagine the reception Saddam will get when he meets his maker?
I would love to be a fly on the wall for that one!
Well, Clear....To paraphrase
December 29, 2006 - 20:23 ET by BlondeWell, Clear....
To paraphrase a silly old saying....
"When God created man, she was only joking."
So Saddam gets delivered to Deliverance.
Perhaps his head should be ha
December 29, 2006 - 19:55 ET by 10thAmendmentPerhaps his head should be hacked off with a knife, as was done to some of our people.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
I bought a few hundred dollar
December 29, 2006 - 20:14 ET by Clear thinkerI bought a few hundred dollars worth of fireworks to shoot off for the new year, but it looks like I will have to use them later this evening.
All this is possible because of the dedicated hard work of our men and woman in uniform. I will never be able to thank them enough!
You Do Not Understand
December 29, 2006 - 20:25 ET by Sonny Lykosthat the MSM, especially the NYT and CNN are only cocerned about outdated forms of execution (or torture) when it's done to one of THEIRS. When it's done to our troops, contractors there, the victims of 911 or the other "incidents" against Americans, then it's "No comment!" That as a deceptive way of saying - "That's OK."
Saddam Hanging
December 29, 2006 - 20:41 ET by Gordon SchumwayTo quote Eric Cartman:
"the first thing after you die is you crap your pants".
Gordo
Melmac
I would like to see these lib
December 29, 2006 - 20:42 ET by dmd4jcI would like to see these libs ask a doctor if a baby suffers when a cannula is stuck in the back of the skull and his/her brains sucked out. Talk about suffering. CNN's segment is so apalling/disgusting on so many levels I cant even think clearly.
First, kudos to the Iraqi g
December 29, 2006 - 20:56 ET by John in CAFirst, kudos to the Iraqi government and their justice system for their quick and unwavering administration of justice and punishment. I like that short appeals process.
I wish California could exact the punishment meted out by the people and execute our death row awardees in a swift manner. But no, it takes about 25 years to get a murderer executed in the Golden State.
Right now we can't even perform an execution because some bleeding heart liberal judge has decided that death by injection might be inhumane because the chemicals pumping into the body might burn the murderer, or the needle is causing pain, or that it's not even as humane as the way we euthanize an animal. Sheesh...
Let the hanging of Saddamned begin. Some people just deserve to die!
Give a Democrat Party free America a chance!
I am very proud to live in a
December 29, 2006 - 21:11 ET by UnsaneI am very proud to live in a state that leads the union in executions. :-)
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
Unsane, yeah, yeah, yeah. G
December 29, 2006 - 21:55 ET by John in CAUnsane, yeah, yeah, yeah. Go ahead and boast, you have a right too. At least your state believes in carrying out the mandate the people demand.
Those were great days when Dubya and Jeb were governors at the same time. It was almost like they had a little competition going, on which could clear the biggest backlog of executions....fire up Ole Sparky! (yeah, I know, I think both states have stopped using the Chair)
Give a Democrat Party free America a chance!
Well, John....I still have JE
December 29, 2006 - 21:59 ET by BlondeWell, John....
I still have JEB for a bit.
As for old "Sparky"....that may be back, after the last little fiasco here in Florida....guy flopped around for a half an hour, due to a bad liver and the pink juice not quite metabolizing properly....or somesuch.
Too bad, so sad.
Watching the news...sounds like Saddam may be swinging within the hour.
Oh....a stray thought....Alam Colmes reminds me of Balboa on steroids.
Blonde, yeah, I heard that
December 29, 2006 - 22:17 ET by John in CABlonde, yeah, I heard that in the news. The first thing I thought was, oh, great, something else for the anti-death penalty agitators to latch onto and use in the courts.
Give a Democrat Party free America a chance!
Unfortunately, TX unplugged T
December 30, 2006 - 00:30 ET by UnsaneUnfortunately, TX unplugged The Chair for Furman vs. Georgia. When TX brought back the death penalty, they decided to go with lethal injections.
By the way, someone here has been listening to way too much Jim Rome. :-)
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
Unsane, ha! Rack 'im. I use
December 30, 2006 - 00:34 ET by John in CAUnsane, ha! Rack 'im. I used to listen to Rome all the time. Not much anymore since it's head to head with Rush. My Uncle said it was a sign I had finally grown up...lol.
Give a Democrat Party free America a chance!
It should be a rule on NB: ha
December 30, 2006 - 00:52 ET by UnsaneIt should be a rule on NB: have a take, do not suck, or you WILL get run!!!
You SoCal homer...
"Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy." -Sir Winston Churchill, British statesman (1874-1965)
I agree with ya John...Now le
December 29, 2006 - 21:39 ET by bigtimerI agree with ya John...
Now let the countdown begin.....
Get er' done...get er' swinging!
"If we ever forget that we are a Nation Under God....then we will be a Nation Gone Under." Ronald Reagan
bigtimer; He was swin
December 30, 2006 - 00:13 ET by ww thumperbigtimer; He was swinging at 7:10 PM PST . WOOOPPEE!!! They FINALLY HANGED that Murdering SOB!! :-) :-) :-) ww Being "Politcaly Correct" with ISLAM will distroy America......WW
"At three minutes, the b
December 29, 2006 - 21:48 ET by Jack Bauer"At three minutes, the brain will be dead from insufficient oxygen." She complained to Kobilinsky: "With such a tight noose, three minutes seems like a very long time to actually cut off somebody's air."
God, these people are just congenitially ignorant. From the standard reference work CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. p 303.
Ligature Stragulation: The mechanism of death is the SAME as in hanging, occlusion of the vessels that supply blood and thus oxygen to the brain. Consciousness is lost in 10-15 seconds.
But even that is moot. In a judicial hanging the purpose in NOT strangulation.
The type of noose and a gallows with a trap door are intended for a drop to break the neck, death is instantaneous. (p 310).
They've only been doing it like this for at least the past 100 years, so I don't suppose CNN is up to speed yet.
Proud member of the all-powerful and vast militarist/industrialist/capitalist/zionist-bagelist complex
Jack B; Then one of the
December 30, 2006 - 00:22 ET by ww thumperJack B; Then one of the "fools" talking about that said...."...the spinal cord will break , but the heart will keep beating , up to 10 or more minutes " I say BS; the heart will stop almost immediately! I hope he is enjoying the temperature where he is now! :^} (bratt smile) ww Being "Politcaly Correct" with ISLAM will distroy America......WW
thumper... you wonder, has
December 30, 2006 - 06:26 ET by Jack Bauerthumper... you wonder, has the oxygen been cut off from the brains of the average MSM reporter?
Do these dopes KNOW anything -- do they have any curiosity. Do they have a BS meter that says, "hang on a second, that doesn't sound right"
And you're roght, a more productive question would have been concerned to where Saddam's soul was headed.
Proud member of the all-powerful and vast militarist/industrialist/capitalist/zionist-bagelist complex
Jack...I think we all know wh
January 1, 2007 - 01:44 ET by ww thumperJack...I think we all know where his soul is now .. I hope he is enjoying his "warm " inviorment... couldint happen to a more deserving SOB.. Being "Politcaly Correct" with ISLAM will distroy America......WW
Why, oh, why has the left-s
December 29, 2006 - 22:44 ET by Jinx McHueWhy, oh, why has the left-stream media never asked, "Did Saddam's victims suffer?"
Local news just reported that
December 29, 2006 - 23:13 ET by MikeBLocal news just reported that CNN, Fox, and MSNBC have all reported that Saddam has been executed.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
December 29, 2006; approxim
December 29, 2006 - 23:13 ET by John in CADecember 29, 2006; approximately 1900 PST - being reported on KFI that Saddamned is DEAD
Hallelujah! Congratulations to the Iraqi people and the Iraq government. Good Job!
Give a Democrat Party free America a chance!
I just spotted this on News
December 29, 2006 - 23:20 ET by WolfremI just spotted this on Newsmax; Saddam Hussein asks US to Block Execution. Followed by this article on Breitbart.com, linked thru Drudge, US Judge Rejects Saddam Plea.
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana
It's totally amazing how thes
December 29, 2006 - 23:26 ET by BlondeIt's totally amazing how these international criminals come running to the U.S. courts for remediation.
Oh well.
No jurisdiction nor standing, eh Saddam?
And the MSM and the liberal
December 29, 2006 - 23:33 ET by WolfremAnd the MSM and the liberals are all too happy to extend US Constitutional rights to them.
"Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it." - George Santayana
Take a moment to look at th
December 30, 2006 - 00:35 ET by Tom1969caTake a moment to look at this image from CNN's website and ask yourself, "Does the graphic beneath the headline almost make it look like they're mourning this man's passing?"
~~~
"Government should only do what only government can do."
-- Prime Minister Kim Campbell, 1993
I think I've finally figured
December 30, 2006 - 02:25 ET by doctadaveI think I've finally figured it all out. Liberals are like the wife that wants you to kill the bug in the house...but not hurt it. As soon as the mass murderer/child molester....whatever evil thing....is caught....they don't want it to get hurt. But please notice that "they" don't want to do the dirty work.
Liberals are free to spout their views because the rest of us allow them to do so. What will they do when we decide not to do that anymore? Who will fight for their rights then?
We don't have cable TV so I m
December 30, 2006 - 10:54 ET by msh1973We don't have cable TV so I miss all these stupid stories on CNN, MSN, and MSNBC. A monster is dead and justly so, and these people are questioning the "humanity" of it all. I can never understand how liberals have sympathy for the guilty but never for the victims of the guilty one.
Who'd have guessed that thi
December 30, 2006 - 11:33 ET by Rupert CadellWho'd have guessed that this post would turn into torture/execution fantasies?
Ms. Kaye--your report is as i
December 30, 2006 - 19:33 ET by Andrew H.Ms. Kaye--your report is as irrelevent as the mud on my boots. Nut.
Liberalism is a convenient lie.