# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 124
**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 22, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214/124 "2009-05-22T18:19:12Z")
> [@Why do I fall when I'm going to sleep?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-i-fall-when-im-going-to-sleep/3807/4): > > 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. Except that there’s a good deal of evidence that Muhammad and Malvo were trying to create an atmosphere of fear, and other stuff that pretty much defines terrorism. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheney-dick/497214)._