Huffington Post Silliness, a la Chris Kelly

Chris Kelly, a writer with "Real Time with Bill Maher," wrote a piece on the Huffinton Post on Saturday about Joe McGinniss' move next door to Sarah Palin and her family.  Of course anyone who writes for Bill Maher is going to have a very level-headed and completely fair outlook on things, especially political things...and especially political things that have to do with the apparently dumbest woman in the world, Sarah Palin.

He writes his little piece, obviously a bit of satire, comparing how the Palins are upset about McGinniss moving so close to the Bush Administration's use of "torture."  Kelly writes:

So, for Joe McGinniss, and any other nosey Parker looking for information about someone, here's a guide - from Bush Administration lawyers who acted in good faith to protect us -- as to what's acceptable and what isn't.

And he goes on to list various types of this torture and explanations given by the Bush lawyers.  Now, here's the thing, I'm not making an argument whether or not torture was justified under the Bush Administration.  You see, Mr. Kelly, what you happened to miss was that the Palins are American citizens and have certain rights that American citizens enjoy that enemy combatants do not.  So comparing the rights of the Palins to terrorists is apples to oranges, even if you were "joking around" and weren't actually suggesting that Todd Palin be tortured.