# Cheney, Dick **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 21, 2009, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214 "2009-05-21T18:29:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/141 "2009-05-22T23:40:07Z")
I wonder how many whooshes in one thread would break the current record? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/142 "2009-05-22T23:45:05Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > I wonder how many whooshes in one thread would break the current record? We have to be closing in on it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/143 "2009-05-22T23:46:07Z")
There are none so blonde as those who will not flee. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/144 "2009-05-23T00:05:18Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Oh, well why didn’t you say so? > > The criteria is that the Murrah Building bombing was a intended as a blow to the federal government with the intent of publicizing its misdoings, whereas the DC killings were the result of a couple of wacked-out malcontents taking out their frustrations by shooting random people from a car and belatedly and stupidly trying to extort money in trade for it to stop. > > It’s amazing the things one has to spell out on this, the most intelligent message board on the planet. Do the [2001 Anthrax Attacks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_Anthrax_Attacks) fit your criteria of post 9/11 terrorist attacks? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/145 "2009-05-23T00:16:57Z")
Only if we can blame them on Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/146 "2009-05-23T00:38:14Z")
There are none so bland as those who feign ennui. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/147 "2009-05-23T00:45:45Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > You people seriously need to get a grip. It’s nonsense to praise past politicians for preventing attacks that had no precedent. Further, one can hardly blame Bush for not taking the Clinton’s warnings seriously when Clinton never acted on them himself. And then, once that precedent had occurred, President Bush made sure it didn’t happen again. > > So once again I say: > > Good job, Mr. Bush! Good job, Mr. Cheney! > > Thank you! > > Wacked-out thrill killers do not count as domestic terrorists, in my opinion. > > Timothy McVeigh and the Murrah Building bombing does count as domestic terrorism, however, and if you want to play that kind of game I’ll point out that Bill Clinton was president at the time. > > And I’d be willing to bet you never gave a thought to blaming him in the same way that you’re so quick to blame Bush for not stopping a couple of nut jobs who were shooting people from inside a car. 911 was on Bush;'s watch and he was warned. Anthrax was on his watch and was never settled. When we went to Iraq ,for whatever reason Cheney and his son Bush said, our soldiers were bombed and attacked thousands of times. These were attacks by people who Bush identified as terrorists. We saved them the trip by going into the middle east. They had Americans right in their territory. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/148 "2009-05-23T02:44:36Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > Yeah, but after it happened, then what? Huh? You didn’t see any more of that kind of shit, did you? HE KEPT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN! There are none so blind as those who will not see. Since i moved into this neighborhood, no on has been attacked and eaten by tigers. I claim full credit for keeping my neighbors safe 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/149 "2009-05-23T10:48:28Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Since i moved into this neighborhood, no on has been attacked and eaten by tigers. I claim full credit for keeping my neighbors safe 😃 You saw a need and you met it; you saw a load and you shouldered it; never have so few few done so much for so many. May success attend all your endeavors. ---
**Author:** ![Peanut\_Gallery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/838e76/32.png) [@Peanut\_Gallery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanut_Gallery)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/150 "2009-05-23T13:39:30Z")
Every recent Cheney appearance makes me feel warm and fuzzy. He is just so cute when he is powerless. If Cheney is unhappy, things are gonna be just fine. And thanks to **SA** , I feel even better knowing that Obama will get a complete pass from conservatives for the \*first \*huge terrorist attack that occurs on his watch. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/151 "2009-05-23T15:23:44Z")
Wow, it looks like the [transcripts for the 83 waterboardings have been unearthed!](http://www.observer.com/2009/style/83-waterboardings-abu-zubaydah) Compelling stuff (and guess who makes a not-so-surprising appearance!). ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/152 "2009-05-23T17:53:06Z")
> [@Peanut\_Gallery](#): > > And thanks to **SA** , I feel even better knowing that Obama will get a complete pass from conservatives for the \*first \*huge terrorist attack that occurs on his watch. Even better, President Obama could do anything, _anything_…he could indeed do every single one of the horrible, nightmare-inducing things the conservatives keep saying he’ll do, and he and this administration as a whole will get a free pass by the next administration, as well as by the media and future generations. They’re cheerfully helping to set the precedent into stone that presidents shouldn’t be investigated and judged once they’re out of office. So, not only does President Obama have free reign to do whatever he wants to do, no one should, can or will touch him about it in the future. So say the conservatives. THANK YOU CONSERVATIVES! Even better, they’re giving Vice President Biden an even bigger free pass. Good old, amiable, laid-back Joe Biden, he could have a hidden evil streak and do all sorts of nasty things with these new, expanded Vice Presidential powers (thank you Cheney) and he shouldn’t/can’t be touched. Now, seriously, I don’t think President Obama or Vice President Biden will use these expanded powers and future free passes for ill, but it’s fun to think about all the socialist/fascist/communism/evil fever dreams the freepers have about Obama/Biden on a daily basis, and know that they’re condoning that kind of behavior at the same time they’re freaked out by the possibility of it. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/153 "2009-05-23T20:33:37Z")
> [@Peanut\_Gallery](#): > > Every recent Cheney appearance makes me feel warm and fuzzy. He is just so cute when he is powerless. If Cheney is unhappy, things are gonna be just fine. > > And thanks to **SA** , I feel even better knowing that Obama will get a complete pass from conservatives for the \*first \*huge terrorist attack that occurs on his watch. Even when he’s in a good mood, he looks like he wants to smack someone. So how can you tell if he’s happy or unhappy? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/154 "2009-05-23T22:53:50Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > When he dies (_if_ he can die, that is), I’ll buy the first round. “That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange eons even Death may die”. And I think we can all agree : Cheney eternally lies. He never, \*ever \*stops. So, most likely, he’ll never ever die, either. ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/155 "2009-05-23T23:20:32Z")
I wonder how many of the cheney bashers actually watched both his and obama’s recent speeches. Pretty level headed debate and they agree on a lot of points. This bashing is more about truthiness than facts. As left wing nutjobs you should be ashamed of yourselves for using a christian conservative tactic against cheney. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/156 "2009-05-23T23:38:50Z")
Except Cheney keeps claiming that people who oppose torture love terrorists. And that Obama’s basically going over to Iraq and Afghanistan and showing the insurgents where to aim in order to kill our soldiers. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/157 "2009-05-23T23:43:31Z")
> [@alterego](#): > > I wonder how many of the cheney bashers actually watched both his and obama’s recent speeches. Pretty level headed debate and they agree on a lot of points. This bashing is more about truthiness than facts. As left wing nutjobs you should be ashamed of yourselves for using a christian conservative tactic against cheney. I agree. Usage of Christian Conservative tactics is out of bounds henceforth! :: pounds gavel :: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/158 "2009-05-24T00:34:27Z")
Satanistic rituals remain unaffected, may we assume? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/159 "2009-05-24T01:48:32Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Even when he’s in a good mood, he looks like he wants to smack someone. So how can you tell if he’s happy or unhappy? If he’s sunning on a flat rock while swallowing a mouse, he is probably happy. Or maybe not actively unhappy. No, if he is swallowing a puppy or a kitty and a small child is sobbing disconsolately, he’s happy. Yeah, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/160 "2009-05-24T04:27:32Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > If he’s sunning on a flat rock while swallowing a mouse, he is probably happy. Or maybe not actively unhappy. No, if he is swallowing a puppy or a kitty and a small child is sobbing disconsolately, he’s happy. Yeah, that’s it. Now that you mention it, he IS sort of reptilian. Probably venomous too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214.md?page=9)