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What is reflected in Vice President Cheney's glasses?

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:18:02 -0800

What is reflected in Vice President Cheney's glasses?

Major news outlets secret agreements?

MrBCID — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:29:40 -0800

Major news outlets agreed to keep Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan secret for security reasons; Dick Cheney's hunting accident was kept from the media for at least a day... What are other examples of these government & media secret/blackout practices?

Cheney-Halliburton Connection

king walnut — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 20:49:32 -0800

What's a good way to verify Dick Cheney's financial interest in Halliburton or lack thereof? Corpwatch claims the vice president still holds (as of 2005) over 400,000 Halliburton stock options. Cheney claims he no longer has any financial interest in the company. I'm looking for a credible way to determine who's right.

Executive Branch Power

jimmyjimjim — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:25:25 -0800

Why is the presidential administration working so persistently to bequeath extra powers to their likely Democrat successors? Though this question delves into sensitive political waters, the question itself is fairly neutral - it's about strategy rather than idealogy, and I hope people will respond as such (rather than launch diatribes):

The current administration has been doing everything it can to expand the power and autonomy of the executive branch. But why would they want this, when the executive branch is just as likely to be inhabited by Democrats? I can't imagine Bush/Cheney and Co. would be pleased to see a liberal president acting unchecked....so why this push, with its long-lasting implications?

I do understand that at the beginning of this administration, Republicans were confident they'd hold the executive branch for decades...so the play for executive power made sense at that time. However, the future is now considerably less assured. So why is this power play not just continuing but accelerating (e.g. Cheney's latest)?

I'd like to discourage replies ala "they're simply insane" and other such useless ranting.

Whatever happened to Dick fraud?

Kickstart70 — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:23:42 -0800

Whatever happened to this? Seems like a huge story that has dropped completely off the radar. As well, as there a decent, fact-filled, not super-inflammatory, list of 'scandals' involving the current U.S. administration?

What would happen to Dick?

dead_ — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 06:14:44 -0800

What would happen to Vice President Cheney if Harry Whittington were to die? What are the different possibilities?

Quotes from the Bush administration.

JokingClown — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:31:00 -0800

I am looking for a website (not a specific one) that has a list of quotes from members of the Bush administration, with the quotes now obviously misleading, incorrect, and or lies. This is the kind of thing I am looking for. http://www.house.gov/schakowsky/iraqquotes_web.htm At the moment I'm looking for quotes from the Bush administration, but I would be interested in other similiar quotes. Perhaps there is a website that specializes in this?

Why did you vote for Bush in 2004?

papercake — Sat, 06 Nov 2004 12:33:49 -0800

I really want to understand: Why did you vote for Bush? Not snark at all -- a sincere question. I voted for Kerry. 51% of the people in this country think differently than I do and I'd like to try to get past my usual filters and biases and hear your point of view. If you voted for Bush/Cheney I'd appreciate you taking the time to explain to me what issues, beliefs, hopes, and fears motivated you voted the way you did, if you're willing.