Bring On The Jumper Cables!

A two-month old “viral” account of an Australian … err, Texan … err, Canadian elected official who condoned torture of terrorist detainees to “thunderous applause” is once again making the rounds.

His name is T.B. Bechtel, and he doesn’t exist.

At least he’s not on the City Council of Newcastle, Australia.

Of course, as one leading S.C. economic development official once told us “it was on the internet!”

And it was:

One thing about blokes from Oz is that their hearts and humour are
always in the right place!

T. B. Bechtel, a City Councillor from Newcastle, Australia, was asked
on a local live radio talk show, just what he thought about the
allegations of torture of suspected terrorists.

His reply prompted his ejection from the studio, but to thunderous
applause from the audience.

HIS STATEMENT:

‘If hooking up one rag head terrorist prisoner’s testicles to a car
battery to get the truth out of the lying little camel shagger will
save just one Australian life, then I have only three things to say,’:

‘Red is positive, Black is negative and Make sure his nuts are wet.’

Bechtel is also not on the City Council in Midland, Texas, but that’s on the Internet too:

One thing can be said of most Texans. Our hearts are in the right
place.

T.B. Bechtel, a part-time City Councilman from Midland, Texas was asked
on a local live radio show just what he thought of the allegations of
torture of the Iraqi prisoners. His reply prompted his ejection from
the studio, but to thundrous applause from most of those in the studio.

His statement: “If hooking up an Iraqi prisoners’ nuts to car battery
cables will save one Texas GI’s life, then I have just three things to
say…Red is positive, Black is negative and make sure his nuts are
wet.”

And finally, Bechtel is not a City Council man from London, Ontario, but oh hey look again:

T. B. Bechtel, City Councilman from London Ontario, was asked on a local live radio talk show, just what he thought of the allegations of torture of the Iraqi prisoners.

His reply prompted his ejection from the studio, but to thunderous applause from the audience.

BECHTEL’S STATEMENT:

‘If hooking up an Iraqi prisoner’s nuts to a car’s battery cables will save just one Canadian’s life, then I have just three things to say,’

‘Red is positive,

Black is negative, and

Make sure his nuts are wet.’

T.B. Bechtel is another web creation – like the guy named after a laced drink who questioned (albeit accurately) Barack Obama’s handling of the Somali standoff.

Do we disagree with Bechtel’s sentiment? No we do not.

In fact, we plan on putting jumper cables on the testicles (or nipples) of all of our radio guests.

But please, is it really that hard to find an elected official who’s willing to say something along these lines?

Hell, get a couple glasses of Merlot into S.C. Senate President Glenn McConnell and see if he isn’t dropping “camel-shagger” with the best of them …

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