Compare this:
....to this (he wrote the speech himself):
More like this
Saturdays I tend to use for soapboxing on things which may or may not be related to physics. Today I think it will be free speech. There's a Supreme Court case involving Hillary: The Movie in the context of McCain-Fiengold campaign finance law.
What sensory cues do we rely on during the perception of speech? Primarily, of course, speech perception involves auditory cues - we pay close attention to the sounds generated by the speaker.
With the whole controversy around Michael Savage being blocked from entering England because of his inflammatory comments I thought
It's very nice of Obama to have occasionally acknowledged the existence of freethinkers in his speeches, but it doesn't mean much when his administration endorses blasphemy laws.
Giuliani's speech above is very interesting. Specifically what he says about McCain and his experience of torture as a POW. That McCain did not succumb to the torture is held out as a virtue, and an example of his honour.
The present US Administration maintains that it doesn't engage the practice of torture against those it is holding prisoner in Gitmo. We all know that's a lie. It is in this light that Giuliani's comment is interesting.
One can imagine Islamists saying the exact same thing Giuliani says, but with respect to their own people.
I've commented about this on my blog.
All the Gitmo prisoners are fit to be American presidents now!
Also, see something really interesting about Giuliani's speech!