tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post4377441538745459627..comments2024-03-27T23:53:59.771-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Torturer-in-ChiefLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-41793962615409889682015-11-13T19:57:09.467-05:002015-11-13T19:57:09.467-05:00Two things about Cheney. First up, he's alway...Two things about Cheney. First up, he's always been an inside guy, so I think you have to read him from that perspective - in other words, his dynamic is influencing people of influence, he doesn't really give a rat's ass for the good opinion of mankind. Secondly, he believes absolutely in the strong executive - my guess is he disagrees completely with the War Powers Act, say. If you put these together, his mindset is utterly predictable. David Edgerley Gateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302818835018859164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-46500247364038621522015-11-13T15:36:18.589-05:002015-11-13T15:36:18.589-05:00As I remember the story, Cheney had a student defe...As I remember the story, Cheney had a student deferment, which, at the time was available to college students. He was then deferred since he was married. When it was announced that deferments for married men without children would be ended, and that only married men with children would continue to be exempted, Cheney's wife became pregnant. I think it was the Washington Post that calculated that fIt was then announced that Elizabeth Cheney's birthday was precisely 9 months, almost to the day, following that announcement.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong. I was sweating the draft at the same time. I didn't join the service either, nor was I drafted -- my lottery number was 329. So I understand chickens. I am also empathetic enough, I think, to understand hawks. But I absolutely cannot abide a chicken hawk. <br /><br />Dale Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553503281187956955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68871405194570051362015-11-12T20:32:59.952-05:002015-11-12T20:32:59.952-05:00I have wished for several years now that Cheney co...I have wished for several years now that Cheney could be tried for the many crimes of which he is so guilty. I will never forget the grim shock I felt when I saw him in a wheelchair at Obama's inauguration, having "hurt himself" the night before moving boxes (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/20/cheney-in-wheelchair-for_n_159361.html). Yeah, right. Shredding incriminating documents as fast his filthy hands could get it done is more like it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-88375181892259647822015-11-12T15:35:30.089-05:002015-11-12T15:35:30.089-05:00I hope it's safe to mention I voted for Bush t...I hope it's safe to mention I voted for Bush the first time out of habit but the second time was a real problem. I didn't like Shrub's performance but I also didn't like Kerry's swift boat issue. And I agree that Cheney and Rumsfield wrecked that administration and much of our national reputation. Thanks for the additional info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-67482752615487631962015-11-12T10:35:18.833-05:002015-11-12T10:35:18.833-05:00From Wikipedia: "when asked about his deferm...From Wikipedia: "when asked about his deferments, Cheney reportedly said, "I had other priorities in the '60s than military service". Cheney testified during his confirmation hearings in 1989 that he received deferments to finish a college career that lasted six years rather than four, owing to sub-par academic performance and the need to work to pay for his education." Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-29119764080489621102015-11-12T10:22:38.634-05:002015-11-12T10:22:38.634-05:00Draft dodger? I did not know that. I recall a sayi...Draft dodger? I did not know that. I recall a saying to the effect that we should fear leaders who’ve never been to war, because they do not understand its horrors.<br><br>Glenn Greenwald, constitutional and civil rights lawyer, and a highly honored journalist, is not so easy to classify as an ‘ultraliberal muckraker’. Besides international, liberal, libertarian, and moderate publications, he also writes for <i>The American Conservative</i>. (Side note: In late 2010, Bank of America, fearing the exposure of highly embarrassing documents and the fact they hadn’t moved far from their mafia roots, Bank of America hoped to conspire with the Justice Department to destroy Greenwald with false evidence and planted stories. After being turned down by Justice, <a href="http://criminalbrief.com/?p=15747" rel="nofollow">BoA turned to nefarious security firm HBGary in an operation that was exposed by Anonymous</a>.)<br><br>It has been noted that during George W Bush’s final year in office, the President’s relations with Cheney were strained. During this time, Cheney bitterly complained W had stopped listening to his counsel. In Mr. Bush’s last day in office at the inauguration of his successor, Cheney and Bush went nowhere near each other. Some observers concluded President Bush belatedly realized he had made a grave mistake relying so heavily on Cheney.<br><br>Mr. Cheney is welcome to refute issues mentioned here. But please don't invite us duck hunting.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-68124873307572835052015-11-12T10:19:44.907-05:002015-11-12T10:19:44.907-05:00Let us know how you really feel, dear.
Seriously...Let us know how you really feel, dear. <br />Seriously, Cheney was probably the worst of the many draft-dodging hawks who consistently sent soldiers into harm's way with no plan, no exit strategy, no historical knowledge, no information, and nothing but, basically, a dream of total US world domination, with themselves at the top of the food chain. <br />But I'm not bitter.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.com