Poor Old Dick

Aliantha · 02-22-2007, 06:55 AM

I don't think he's going to have a very nice time in Australia.

lumberjim · 02-22-2007, 09:58 AM

huh. old boyfriend coming to visit?

bluecuracao · 02-22-2007, 11:52 AM

If you guys make him stand outside in the Australian sun, maybe he'll evaporate.

Aliantha · 02-22-2007, 05:07 PM

We can only hope and pray that this might happen.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-23-2007, 01:04 AM

Which Dick are you speaking of?

02-23-2007, 01:47 AM

I thought she was spying on me.

DucksNuts · 02-23-2007, 04:30 AM

Here Tis

Griff · 02-23-2007, 05:53 AM

You guys put him in a bad mood. Now he's going to start something with China...

WabUfvot5 · 02-23-2007, 05:58 AM

Oh my. Why do you Aussie's hate freedom? Do we have to come liberate your island?

02-23-2007, 05:25 PM

Your cops look familiar.

tw · 02-23-2007, 10:15 PM

From The Economist of 17 Feb 2007:

Quote:

Dick Cheney has never been a great fan of open government. His staff refuse to reveal how many people work in his office, let alone what they do there. He went to court to keep the membership of his energy commission secret. You can find the White House and the Pentagon on Google Earth. But the vice-president's official residence is pixellated out. ...

Mr Cheney ... has the largest vice-presidential staff in history (an estimate 14 national security advisers compared with Al Gore's four, for example) and vassals in most branches of government. ...

The two characteristics that have emerged most clearly are ruthlessness and obsessive attention to detail. Mr Cheney was clearly determined to punish Joseph Wilson for casting doubt on some of the administrations' claims about WMD. ....

And from the moment he cut Mr Wilson's article out of the New York Times and scrawled notes all over it, Mr Cheney devoted a striking amount of energy to the administration's offensive against him. According to Mr Libby and a former PR aide, he dictated taking points for press officers to use. He discussed the case several times a day with Mr Libby, told him to deal directly with selected reporters, and instructed him to leak a sensitive document. Mr Libby's leaks are what landed him in trouble: ...

One possible explanation is that Mr Cheney knew that the administration's claims about WMD were false. But it seems unlikely. Mr Cheney continued to argue that Saddam possessed WMD long after Mr Bush had backed down. Hi problem was that he could not see evidence to the contrary. The other, more probable, explanation is that Mr Cheney was engaged in a personal vendetta, ...

He started his career as a failed academic, dropping out of Yale after a few terms and never completing his PhD at the University of Wisconsin. But he flourished with he came to Washington: attracted the attention of Donald Rumsfeld, rapidly climbing the greasy pole, and becoming Gerald Ford's chief of staff at the age of 34. ...

Mr Cheney seems to have acquired a profound distrust of the CIA. He became convinced that the CIA was underestimating the Soviet military building-up. [CIA was actually overestimating it] He lent his support to something called "Team B", a group of foreign-policy experts who made it their business to second-guess the CIA over the Soviet threat. Mr Cheney's distrust of the CIA grew even stronger in the 1990s when he concluded that the agency had misjudged Saddam's military capabilities ... He relied on his own intelligence sources ...

Where did Mr Cheney get his fervour from? The average Washington insider in a consummate trimmer. Mr Cheney comes across as a man firmly in the grip of an ideology. It will take more than the Scooter Libby trial to explain him fully. But at least Americans have learned a little bit more about the power behind King George’s throne.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-24-2007, 12:00 AM

There was one silly woman claiming Cheney is a war criminal but fortunately UG and Cherry Coke showed up in time to straighten her out.

Aliantha · 02-24-2007, 04:18 AM

lmao...I can't imagine for a second that that image is real. Not that there's anything wrong with America...per se...just that I can't really imagine anyone making a banner up saying how they love America...or Dick.

02-24-2007, 06:02 PM

What happened to Conservatism? State rights, smaller government, fewer taxes, and the sanctity of the Constitution?
Like someone took their brains.

Happy Monkey · 02-24-2007, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

lmao...I can't imagine for a second that that image is real. Not that there's anything wrong with America...per se...just that I can't really imagine anyone making a banner up saying how they love America...or Dick.

Well, sure, the White House printed that banner, but it was at their request.

02-22-2007, 06:55 AM	#1
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Poor Old Dick I don't think he's going to have a very nice time in Australia. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-22-2007, 09:58 AM	#2
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	huh. old boyfriend coming to visit? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-22-2007, 05:07 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	We can only hope and pray that this might happen. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-23-2007, 01:04 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Which Dick are you speaking of? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-23-2007, 05:53 AM	#8
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You guys put him in a bad mood. Now he's going to start something with China... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-22-2007, 11:52 AM	#3
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	If you guys make him stand outside in the Australian sun, maybe he'll evaporate.

02-23-2007, 01:47 AM	#6
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I thought she was spying on me.

02-23-2007, 04:30 AM	#7
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Here Tis

02-23-2007, 05:58 AM	#9
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	Oh my. Why do you Aussie's hate freedom? Do we have to come liberate your island?

02-23-2007, 05:25 PM	#10
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Your cops look familiar.

02-24-2007, 12:00 AM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	There was one silly woman claiming Cheney is a war criminal but fortunately UG and Cherry Coke showed up in time to straighten her out. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 05:46 PM.

02-24-2007, 04:18 AM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lmao...I can't imagine for a second that that image is real. Not that there's anything wrong with America...per se...just that I can't really imagine anyone making a banner up saying how they love America...or Dick. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

02-24-2007, 06:02 PM	#14
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	What happened to Conservatism? State rights, smaller government, fewer taxes, and the sanctity of the Constitution? Like someone took their brains.

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