It's time! Scottish Games & Festival at the fairgrounds this weekend
From the Woodland Record:
Woodlander Randy Russell is the Chief of the Caledonian Club of Sacramento. In his "message from the chief" at SacCallie.org, he said, "Our regional Scottish-American cultural society hosts many annual events, including our formal Tartan Ball in November, the celebration of Tartan Day in early April and one of the oldest and largest festivals in California, the Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival, held in Woodland, the last full weekend in April."
"Our Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival is the main event we host, which draws up to 20,000 people each year. This fun, family event includes Scottish clans, competitions, music, dance, live history, children’s activities, animals, vendors and much, much more."
The 133rd Anniversary of the Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival takes place at the Yolo County Fairgrounds, Woodland, this weekend (April 25th and 26th). Doors open at 9 am with closing ceremonies at 4:45 each day. There is an after-games Ceilidh (Kay-lee), or party, on Saturday evening.
Read more at the Woodland Record.
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Channel 3 did a big interview at the Stocton asperagus festival.
How come Woodland is not all over Sacramento news stations for these Scottish Games?
Would that not bring more tourists to Woodland?
Come on Woodland, let's get on the ball here!
Thats not news worthy. A dentist grouping women is more news worthy.
I have a great fundraiser idea to raise money for the county. Since Rexroad thinks its ok to waterboard and it is not torture, then lets make him a waterboarding tank. You know like a dunk tank, nut so much more. Who knows we might even get some good gossip in the end. We can make it part of the mid-evil games... for the Scottish Games Festival, a great time by the way.
For my friends that won't go to the Rexroad site, you have to see this, here is the post.
Is it possible he is really a human substitute?
"Torture
By Matt Rexroad on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 @ 9:47 PM
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I have been a little hesitant to weigh in on the topic of torture. However, I just finished watching Jon Stewart from last night. People are not quite getting this.
I have actually seen people water boarded. It is not cruel. If the test is that if someone thinks they are going to die - then it is cruel for me to have pointed my weapon at someone. Did they think they might die when I did that? -- oh yes. The standard clearly has to be something else.
Note: Now if someone was water boarded 180 times in a month -- that just seems stupid.
As for sleep deprivation, I saw plenty of that. If that is the standard then I was tortured for months during the war in Iraq. Sleep deprivation was also done to some of the people that we captured and dropped off at the holding site. I don't think that is torture either.
The entire "walling" thing is absurd. In SERE school I got pummeled into a wall for saying something I should not have. I called my "captor" Mini Me and boy did he make me pay for it. All it did was really tick me off. I was sure I could take him down but I knew I was not going to be able to do that and get out of the room. He was pressing my buttons in a psychological way -- not a physical way. It worked but did not make me divulge any information.
The other complaint was about putting people in small boxes. Been there. That is not torture. Good grief. You can breathe and are a little uncomfortable.
I realize that many of you are probably appalled to read this. You are reacting that way to what you think in a theoretical sense. If you saw it in practice these things would not be considered torture if done correctly.
In my opinion the release of those memos is really not that big of a deal....and neither are most of the acts discussed.
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By yolovoter @ Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:57 PM
Would you advocate water boarding American citizens or "putting them in small boxes" to effect crimninal confessions?
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By yolovoter @ Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:17 PM
Since there's no "edit previous post" function on this website, let me repost my original question: Would you advocate water boarding American citizens or "putting [them] in small boxes" to facilitate crimninal interrogations?
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By Matt Rexroad @ Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:15 PM
No. I would not -- unless it was someone related to me.
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By marlinex @ Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:19 PM
I know this is a controversial topic, and Matt, I respect you for your opinion and for your service, but this video convinced me.
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/video/2008/hitchens_video200808 "
Your first and only mistake was reading anything Rexroad wrote.
I find it strange that a piece about the games turned into another gripe about Matt.
Don't you have anything better to do?
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