This Is All I Need to Know About Dick Cheney --->>>

[Stephanie]

This says it all. As a New Yorker, what I wouldn't give for five minutes alone in a room with this guy.

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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/chapter_1/

In a bunker beneath the East Wing of the White House, Cheney locked his eyes on CNN, chin resting on interlaced fingers. He was about to watch, in real time, as thousands were killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Previous accounts have described Cheney's adrenaline-charged evacuation to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center that morning, a Secret Service agent on each arm. They have not detailed his reaction, 22 minutes later, when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed.

"There was a groan in the room that I won't forget, ever," one witness said. "It seemed like one groan from everyone" -- among them Rice; her deputy, Stephen J. Hadley; economic adviser Lawrence B. Lindsey; counselor Matalin; Cheney's chief of staff, Libby; and the vice president's wife.

Cheney made no sound. "I remember turning my head and looking at the vice president, and his expression never changed," said the witness, reading from a notebook of observations written that day. Cheney closed his eyes against the image for one long, slow blink.

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[babylonsister]

1. Evil personified. nt

[Ghost in the Machine]

2. NO MORE DICK!

[Olney Blue]

3. Probably the only American who didn't cry that day.

[spanone]

4. A man without a heart. He was already attacking Iraq in his mind.

and dreaming of Iran.

[Phredicles]

5. Maybe he wasn't surprised when it happened?

[cassiepriam]

7. I wondered the same thing.

[frogcycle]

6. I become more of a conspiracy nut every day n/t

[malaise]

8. I'd like to know his exact thoughts during

that one long slow blink. That fucker is evil.

[Cooley Hurd]

11. My guess is his thoughts consisted of one word...

"...excellent."

[malaise]

25. Yep that sounds right n/t

[calimary]

13. I'd say it was a version of "how can we use this?"

The answer to ONE simple question is all anyone needs: "Who benefited from this?" WHO BENEFITED? WHO gained from this? WHO GAINED? WHO profited? WHO prospered? WHOSE agenda benefited?

And the answer always comes down to a couple of guys.

[EFerrari]

18. AKA the Cheney/Rumsfeld junta. n/t

[bleever]

23. This part speaks right to your point:

In expanding presidential power, Cheney's foremost agent was David S. Addington, his formidable general counsel and legal adviser of many years. On the morning of Sept. 11, Addington was evacuated from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building next to the White House and began to make his way toward his Virginia home on foot. As he neared the Arlington Memorial Bridge, someone in the White House reached him with a message: Turn around. The vice president needs you.

Down in the bunker, according to a colleague with firsthand knowledge, Cheney and Addington began contemplating the founding question of the legal revolution to come: What extraordinary powers will the president need for his response?

H2O Man's thought was that in truth, they were thinking about how to institutionalize those powers and operate outside of the Constitution on an ongoing basis.

[EFerrari]

9. Impeach this felon.

[opihimoimoi]

10. EVILLLLLLLL EVIL EVIL MAN...Everything about this POS is EVIL

If they ever find he was involved...in 9/11....they should STONE HIM TO DEATH....then quarter him and post the parts on long sticks all over America to show the people what evil guys get...

[GrantDem]

12. Sounds like a case of--->>

"The dog didn't bark"

[kestrel91316]

14. Bush's response that day was that of a man who knew SOMETHING

was coming. Cheney's response was that of a man who knew WHAT was coming.

I am pretty much convinced - LIHOP.

[karlrschneider]

15. Bingo! I'm with you on that!

Chimp was befuddled by what few details he had gotten from Card and had no idea what to do, What still gets me is why the Secret Service didn't do anything -either-....

[EFerrari]

17. They're just muscle. If a nuke landed right ON them,

it wouldn't have many consenqueces for the government. :shrug:

[catzies]

20. Oh. Wow. I am so going to quote your phrase because it's perfect!

"Bush's response that day was that of a man who knew SOMETHING was coming.

Cheney's response was that of a man who knew WHAT was coming."

:applause:

[Canuckistanian]

30. It's time we found out exactly WHAT that was

Anyone who could watch that without reaction is either heartless, complicit... or both.

[Phredicles]

40. Yep - wish I could give a recommend for just this post.

[WritersBlock]

43. Succinct and to the point. Does anyone else know of *anyone* who reacted that way?

Stunned and shocked, yes. Tearful, yes.

But not calm & bewildered, like the puppet, or just plain calm, like the puppetmaster.

The key word is "calm."

This was no shock to either man.

[salinen]

16. That long, slow blink

was dick releasing.

Sorry everyone.

[whistle]

19. That is right because Cheney had orchestrated the events of 9/11

...and like a command general he merely had to watch the execution of the plan. People close to Dick Cheney know that much and by coming forward the picture will be begin to emerge for the rest of the country and the world.

Those close to Dick Cheney will not be looking for better vacated state rooms on the Titanic, they will be heading for the life-boats

[liberal N proud]

21. Makes one wonder if he knew it was going to happen

Doesn't it?

[HughBeaumont]

22. MIHOP like a mofo.

Read Paul Thompson's timeline. NO CD. NO Pentagate. No "moonbat", "woo-woo", "conspiracy theory", "non-scientific", whatever the fuck adjectives/insults the curmudgeon skeptics like to toss out.

These bastards knew and DID NOTHING. Especially Tricky Dick.

Someone's heart that's so black gives not a shit about human life. All he sees is dollars in the upper millions. And he'll never get his come-uppance for all of his evil. Karma should be beating this son of a bitch to pieces. Instead, he's skipped over and American soldiers and the middle class/poor get shat on instead.

Has anyone stopped to wonder WHY this guy is SO untouchable?

This stain's grave will be nothing but Arlington National's toilet. Grass should never grow. High weeds and deadly nightshade will surround his stone.

[Stephanie]

24. Paul Thompson is a friend of mine.

His timeline is meticulously sourced, intricate and irrefutable.

[EFerrari]

35. I was so impressed with his thoughtfulness watching "911 Press for Truth"

He seemed so clear and so careful.

[Stephanie]

38. He's a Californian.

Not sure where he is these days, but drop him a PM. He's a DUer. :hi:

[EFerrari]

51. I saw he was some time ago, maybe ahead of a radio spot. Cool.

:hi:

[whathappened]

28. i like these words

why is this heartless person still hanging on to life when good people are dieing for no cause , this just blows my mind

[G_j]

31. sorry to say

you are correct

[Gregorian]

26. He opposed ending aparthied.

That's another "all you needed to know".

[Stephanie]

27. So true.

If I had known it, it surely would have been.

[IChing]

29. He opposed Martin Luther King's Holiday

and head start





"That's another "all you needed to know".

[EFerrari]

33. That's right.

He's got a long track record of evil.

[kurth]

32. Satan's choice

[me b zola]

45. Cheney makes satan look like an alter boy

[Lint Head]

34. A sorry sack of shit. Fuck you Dick Cheney.

[proud patriot]

36. k and r

[Blue_In_AK]

37. Perhaps he wasn't surprised.

MIHOP.

[Disturbed]

39. America has two Sociopaths in power.

Congress is helpless. Amerika is now a Neo Fascist, Imperialistic Empire.

[Cleita]

44. He wasn't. Neither was the commander guy if you look at the

footage of him taken in the schoolroom that morning. I'll bet if there had been a camera around, there would also have been the same lack of reaction from George H.W. whom probably was also in on it. Didn't he watch the TV of the attack that morning with a member of the bin Laden family?

[Octafish]

41. He's just an organ grinder.

That's what Sneer does.

That's what makes Smirko dance.



Monkey good. Monkey smart. Monkey hurt by bad men...

[Swamp Rat]

42. LOL!

I am supposed to be taking a break from DU dammit! ... but I couldn't resist. :D

[KAT119]

46. Cheney voted against School Lunches!

Cheney was involved in "war games" maneuvers on 9-11--many researchers say he was the 'mastermind' behind it all e.g David Ray Griffin, etc.

'War Maneuvers' were being conducted in London on day of subway bombing (7-7-2005), w/ Rudy Giuliani standing outside the London subway (tube) just prior. The Israeli delegation was warned to stay in their Hotel & away from the area before the bombs went off until later in the morning!!!

These crimes must come to light in the MSM (Ministry of Bush/Cheney Propaganda) B/4 Cheney causes a nuclear chain reaction that blows up our Earth, by bombing Iran, which the Israeli gov't says is nearly a 'done deal'!!

Stop this Cheney-Bush Nightmare!!

[bleever]

47. "Monkey good. Monkey smart. Monkey hurt by bad men..."

History hinges on primitive pivots, does it not?

[orleans]

48. i printed the article and started highlighting or marking off various parts

of it. at first it was a little here and there, like the fact that his parents were dems, then when he flunked out of yale, blablabla. and as it went on i realized i have about the last three pages of it marked off.

my god.

now i just printed up the second article

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/cheney/chapters/pushing_the_enevelope_on_presi/

[Stephanie]

49. He flunked out of Yale twice.

They gave him a second chance and he blew that too. Supposedly he was partyng too much, but I think he was just too stupid to pass. Oh, they left out his many DUI's back in Wyoming. The guy's a loser all around, just ask the lovely Lynne.

[orleans]

50. i remember about the dui stuff--yes, they did leave that out, didn't they? n/t