Sesame Street breaks Iraqi POWs

BBC News ^ | May 21, 2003

[MadIvan]

I can definitely see Barney the Dinosaur being used as torture. It's more effective than the Comfy Chair.

Regards, Ivan

[MadIvan]

Bump!

[Dirk McQuickly]

Will Lars Ulrich sue for royalties? ASCAP needs its piece of the action, too.

[AntiGuv]

I could deal with Sesame Street, but Barney?! Have they no mercy???

[mewzilla]

And if the music doesn't work, they can always break out the Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...

[Paleo Conservative]

More proof of the Iraqi-Al Qaeda connection.

[Sparta]

I think Britney Spears and the boy bands would be even more cruel. Bush is showing once again his concern for the well-being of the Iraqi people.

[freedomlover]

Back when the internet was young (Algore had only invented it a few years and had just developed the WWW) I remember one of the most favored genre of free games set up on the web was "kill Barney" games. They were rough but funny.

[socal_parrot]

"We have ways of making you talk..."

[freedomlover]

I dunno. Those soft cushions can be pretty . . well . . comfy!

[BOBTHENAILER]

Sergeant Mark Hadsell, of Psy Ops, told Newsweek magazine: "These people haven't heard HILLARY'S SHRILL SPEECH OR BYRD AND DASCHLE on a rant.

"They can't take it. If you play it for 24 hours, your brain and body functions start to slide, your train of thought slows down and your will is broken. That's when we come in and talk to them."

Edited to include what would really be cruel and inhumane TORTURE.

[Vortex]

Reminds me of the "Happy House" at the summer camp that the little girl Wednesday gets put in, from the Addams Family movie.

[jriemer]

And if the music doesn't work, they can always break out the Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam...

Wherever there's SPAM, there's Vikings...

[xJones]

We're saving "Mr. Rogers's" theme song for the really hard-core Iraqis.

Then there's Disney's "It's a small world, afterall..."

Generations of American children have grown up with this, but then we train them to be tough. :)

[carl in alaska]

As the chiropractor said to his patient when he returned from vacation, "Well, I see you're back." We all hope you had a fine holiday.

[Carolina]

And F.A.O. Schwartz' "Welcome to our World of Toys."

[xJones]

Think Andy Williams singing the "Love Story" theme. Or "Achy Breaky Heart". They'll beg for mercy.

[SevenDaysInMay]

Tele Tubbies are inspired by the Great Satan. 24/7/12 would crack a walnut so pistachio suckers ought to be short work.

I wonder if Clinton era XXX "gay" porn would get them to talk? Even if just to ask out for a date special agent M-9, recently separated from M-16? It cuts to the issue. Their hands are tied, not ours.

Maybe looped Sec'y of State Albright's speeches and interviews?

[headsonpikes]

"I hate you, You hate me, Let's all kill our families..."

As I recall Grade IV students singing 10-15 years ago.

;^)

[Eala]

Overkill. They could break the Iraqis as effectively with daytime TV. Or even prime time TV.