Cheney gets praise and protest at Wyoming event

[Kadie]

Cheney gets praise and protest at Wyoming event

By MEAD GRUVER, Associated Press Writer Mead Gruver, Associated Press Writer – 18 mins ago

LARAMIE, Wyo. – Praise and protest greeted former Vice President Dick Cheney as he visited his alma mater Thursday for the dedication of a new international center bearing his name.

About 100 protesters heckled Cheney throughout the dedication ceremony for the University of Wyoming's Cheney International Center. Cheney and his wife Lynne donated $3.2 million for the new center for foreign students and for scholarships for Wyoming students to study abroad.

Protesters made up about a fifth of the crowd of about 500 and hoisted critical signs: "Shame on UW" and "We don't want your blood money."

"They violated international law. They had no respect for other countries," Jennie Boshell, a senior at the university, said of the Bush administration. "To put Cheney's name on an international center is ridiculous and it makes the university look stupid."

Another protester, Dan Depeyer, said he is studying democratization in the former Soviet republics and may well have received some of the Cheneys' money to study abroad.

"If I were ever to study in a Muslim society — say, Saudi Arabia — I wouldn't tell anybody over there I was funded by money that came from Dick Cheney," Depeyer said.

more...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090910/ap_on_re_us/us_cheney_center_3



earlier thread with pics....
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=6515668

[peace13]

1. k&r

[gratuitous]

2. A simple public servant

Able to donate $3.2 million to his alma mater. Just warms your heart, doesn't it? The Cheneys just give and give and give. So, what's the going price for conscience money, and why does the University of Wyoming feel the need to recognize this disgraceful human being?