DICK Cheney, as records show, cheated on beautiful democracy by being a proven asshole.

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August 1, 2000 | "Whitewashing" is the only word to describe the weak explanations offered by Dick Cheney about his votes on South Africa during the apartheid era. Ever since the peaceful advent of democracy in Pretoria, politicians like Cheney who habitually coddled the old racist regime have escaped accountability for their actions. And he is still relying on our customary national amnesia to wave away the questions raised by his vice presidential nomination.

For American conservatives who misused their influence to defend apartheid, the controversy over Cheney's congressional voting record actually presents an opportunity to own up to their terrible mistakes. Unfortunately, however, Cheney and his supporters have prevaricated and obfuscated rather than admitting forthrightly that they were on the wrong side. This disingenuous response is a poor start for a man who boasts that he and George W. Bush will restore straight talk and integrity to the White House.

Ross on charlie rose august 12, 2002

After a clip of Steven Hatfill denying that he had anything to do with the anthrax thang:

"We've talked to him(Hatfill) over the past three or four months. Long before his name was made public we were aware that his name had been given to the FBI by a number of his former colleagues at Ft. Detrick, which is the U.S. bio-weapons defense center. They were aware of Hatfill and they didn't like him there. He was fired in 1999 for violating lab procedures. And then he got a job with a government contractor and lost that security clearance for that job, August 23rd of 2001, just about a month before the anthrax went into the mail. So that started the suspicion that this was a person who might have a motive. He was mad at the world, in particular mad at the government. He doesn't think....

It tracks, actually, interestingly enough, a novel he'd been writing. About an anthrax-- biological attack on the U.S. Congress. He has been saying for years that the U.S. government is unprepared and they have failed to focus. They've-- He's been criticizing them for failing to focus on anthrax and instead focusing on AIDS. And that's a waste of resources.

Is Osama Bin Laden still relevant?

BTW, you must say that line with a hint of sadness and a "why are we even asking this question" tone in your voice. Maybe even look at your fellow newsmodel, shrug your shoulders and snort or giggle.

I do understand that The Bin Laden Show was canceled years ago when W. stated that he frankly did not think about him. But just like any former ratings star, Osama keeps trying to make a comback. But, when the Big Guy at 1600 says he no longer thinks of you, well you have to pack your knives and leave.

Andrea Mitchell reports that "According to White House sources, several key figures inside Iran are on record about this. One source with extensive knowledge told me just yesterday that there is 'no doubt' that Iran prefers white children over any other kind of child as their main course. In fact, this insider told me, after Iran is done eating the white children, some as young as 2, they then strap the carcasses onto extra-lethal SA-7 Strela ground-air missiles and ship then to Iraqi insurgents."

I was so wound up this morning that I decided to make a few phone calls. I did it on speaker phone so my roommate could also listen. She is not political at all.  When she comes home from work I usually fill her in on the news of the day. She calls these my "rants". Anyway, I wanted her to hear for herself.

I decided to give Verizon a call first. Since Verizon was our phone company until we switched to Vonage a few months ago I figured our information was well in the web. So I used the contact information that was provided on the frontpaged diary.

(this is all from memory. Although most of it is so bizarre that I can still hear their words eating my insides.)

So now we have comedians and T.V. critics speaking out at the dangerous and incestuous relationship between this administration and the "press". Next we will be watching the E! channel for hard hitting news. Jesus this is just so damn wierd!

[http://www.fieldandstream.com/...] has a great article on their site. Considering the top 5 articles on the site at the moment, I would not call this outfit left-leaning.

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