Interesting

Let's have some Republican senators try waterboarding

By Michael Tomasky

Back down to our usual level: John Chait at TNR made a nice catch here in relaying the story of how Eric "Mancow" Muller, an obnoxious right-wing radio gas bag, decided to get himself waterboarded to prove he could take it and it wasn't torture. So what ensued? Only this:

"The average person can take this for 14 seconds," Marine Sergeant Clay South answered, adding, "He's going to wiggle, he's going to scream, he's going to wish he never did this."
With a Chicago Fire Department paramedic on hand, Mancow was placed on a 7-foot long table, his legs were elevated, and his feet were tied up.
Turns out the stunt wasn't so funny. Witnesses said Muller thrashed on the table, and even instantly threw the toy cow he was holding as his emergency tool to signify when he wanted the experiment to stop. He only lasted 6 or 7 seconds.
"It is way worse than I thought it would be, and that's no joke,"Mancow said, likening it to a time when he nearly drowned as a child. "It is such an odd feeling to have water poured down your nose with your head back...It was instantaneous...and I don't want to say this: absolutely torture."