Dick Cheney: Even bigger dick than you thought

[norton ash]

I remember the profound sense of dread in the run-up to the 2000 Election when the RNC/Bush team appointed Cheney to assess VP candidates and he chose himself. I read the web-research community's histories and opinions of who Cheney really was, and the chill was widespread that something very wicked was returning in force. And what do you know?

[brainpanhandler]

It also helps to paint Cheney as some Frankenstein's monster...

This does a disservice to the monster though.



The Monster - "I had admired the perfect forms of my cottagers—their grace, beauty, and delicate complexions; but how was I terrified when I viewed myself in a transparent pool! At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification. Alas! I did not yet entirely know the fatal effects of this miserable deformity."

Cheney has no such self reflection or existential ambiguity or if he did such proclivities were extinguished in childhood shortly before that pivotal day he killed the neighbors cat to see what was inside it.

If there is any substance to the theory of cellular memory then it is with a heart transplant. Perhaps Cheney's new heart will reject him. Perhaps Cheney's new heart is more akin to the monster.

[stillrobertpaulsen]

Monday, Oct 13, 2014 12:30 PM PDT

Dick Cheney wants you to be very afraid

The former VP predicts a "mass casualty attack" worse than 9/11 -- and shamelessly defends torture



Former Vice President Dick Cheney has once again emerged to warn Americans that ours is a very scary world, one that demands “a strong leader” who won’t hesitate to waterboard terrorism suspects and perhaps invade a few countries to make a point about American might.

Sitting down with neoconservative pundit William Kristol for a nearly two-hour interview, Cheney discussed at length what the sycophantic Kristol called his “distinguished,” “exemplary,” and “model” career. Most notable was Cheney’s brazen defense of the Bush administration’s post-9/11 national security policies, for which he asserted “I don’t think we have any apologies to make.”

Employing the Bush White House’s Orwellian phrase of choice to describe torture, the former vice president hailed “enhanced interrogation techniques” as key to the administration’s anti-terrorism efforts.

“[W]hat are you gonna do?” Cheney asked. “Just say ‘please, please, pretty please, tell us what you know’? That’s not gonna work.”

“So we developed a series of techniques. … Waterboarding was part of that process,” Cheney recalled.

Kristol, you’ll be shocked to learn, didn’t ask Cheney about the role U.S. torture and detention policies played as recruitment tools for terrorists.

Asked to reflect on the current national security landscape, Cheney hardly minced words. In a not-so-thinly veiled jab at longtime antagonist Rand Paul, Cheney said, “You’ve got to be a fool to believe an isolationist strategy is the way to go.”

Then came a good measure of quintessential Cheney fear-mongering.

“We’ve got no choice but to be involved in [the Middle East],” Cheney said. “And if we’re not actively involved there, some very bad things are gonna happen.”

Regardless of how embroiled the U.S. is in the region, Cheney expects a “mass casualty attack” at some point that will be even worse than the 9/11 attacks.

“So we’re in a very dangerous period,” Cheney told Kristol, “and I think it’s more threatening than the period before 9/11. I think 9/11 will turn out to be not nearly as bad as the next mass casualty attack against the United States – which, if and when it comes, will be with something far deadlier than [with] airline tickets and box cutters.”

Perhaps the creepiest part of the interview was Cheney’s prescription for righting America’s ship – essentially, “a strong leader” who will put the rest of the world in its place through the zealous exercise of American hegemony.

“We really need a strong leader,” Cheney declared as he denounced decreases in the rate of growth of military spending, “and we need somebody who can step up and remind the world what the United States is capable of, and demonstrate the willingness and ability to do that.”

While Kristol was eager for the old sage’s thoughts on the lessons of 9/11 and advice moving forward, he did not ask Cheney what lessons he drew from the Bush administration’s decision to demonstrate American capabilities in Iraq.

Watch Cheney’s interview here, via the Weekly Standard (Cheney’s discussion of post 9/11 policies begins at about 1:40:00):

[stillrobertpaulsen]

I thought this bit of humor belonged on this thread:

Regulations for Pissing on Cheney’s Grave Announced


(Satire Alert)
DC – The National Park Service announced today that, responding to popular demand, it is preparing rules and regulations for pissing on the grave of Dick Cheney.

“It’s important to remember,” said a spokesman, “That Cheney does not have an actual grave at this time since he is not dead. However, public interest in pissing on his grave makes it increasingly urgent to have plans in place.”

“Ordinarily, we do not encourage urinating in public places. However, Cheney is so universally hated that we see no practical way of keeping it from happening, and have decided instead to regulate it like any other recreational activity.”

Once the final resting place of Dick Cheney is determined, NPS will conduct hydro geological studies to determine the likely drainage. “This is an important health measure,” said the spokesman, “Remember, the grave will house the rotting remains of Dick Cheney, a heavy load on the well being of whatever community it curses. We may have to install a large septic field as it is. Charging a small fee for pissing on Cheney’s grave may be the only way to recoup those costs.”

Sceptics claim that NPS is simply seizing an opportunity to profit from the burgeoning piss-on-Cheney’s-grave industry. “The first day my web store was up,” said one young entrepreneur, “I sold over 1,000 bumper stickers saying ‘Piss on Cheney’s grave? Hell yeah!” Now the government wants in on this? As Dick says, “F*** You!”

Others cautioned NPS against excessive regulation. “We’re talking about an expressive activity,” said a First Amendment expert. “Our forefathers, were they alive today, would be lining up to piss on Cheney’s grave.”

Current plans call for limiting pissers to a few hundred a day, charging a small fee for maintenance and upkeep. Children under 12 will be free, but dogs and other urinating animals will count as an adult. “Will someone bring in the elephant to piss on his grave?” Chuckled an NPS employee. “I hope so. Ever see one of those cut loose? We may have to close the place for the rest of the day!”

[Morty]

Re. the OP, Cheney had probably heard those schmaltzy stories about organ recipients perceiving or taking on the psychological traits of their organ donor and - perish the thought that he might involuntarily lose his capacity to be a monster and to do monstrous things - in response he has resolutely refused to pay any thought to what kind of individual his particular donor may have been.

[stillrobertpaulsen]

Thought experiment: is the simple fact Cheney didn't experience a heart attack on Sept 11th, 2001 the most glaring proof of his advance knowledge and complicity?

That's a thought that might make Webster Griffin Tarpley's head explode.

The whole thesis for his Synthetic Terror tome is that there's no way 'The Elite' could have entrusted 9/11 to Maestro Cheney because of his weak heart.

Yeah, great logical fallacy, try selling LaRouche on that shit Tarpley.

[backtoiam]

Balance of article at link. It would be tedious to post it all in its original format.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... -over.html

Dick Cheney predicts US will suffer a terrorist attack 'far deadlier' than 9/11 before the decade is over

Former vice president Dick Cheney believes that a terrorist attack even worse than the destruction of the twin towers on September 11, 2001 is probable before the end of the decade.

Cheney appeared on Hugh Hewitt’s radio show on Tuesday and was asked if he thought the United States would ‘get through this decade without another massive attack on the homeland.’

‘I doubt it,’ Cheney said. ‘I think there will be another attack and the next time I think it’s likely to be far deadlier than the last one. You can just imagine what would happen if somebody could smuggle a nuclear device, put it in a shipping container, and drive it down the beltway outside Washington D.C.’

[coffin_dodger]

Fear and loathing in the USA

[82_28]

How the fuck would he know? I guess we don't need no "next Pearl Harbor" nonsense anymore. We're "rolling" with "more deadly than 9/11" bullshit now. 9/11 wasn't just deadly but it set psychological shockwaves across time and place. Dick profited and profits handsomely from war and terror. You can tell he enjoys being the face of evil and always has.

Say, what's up with rumsfeld? I have not seen shit about that war criminal in years. Is he going to be a victim of the Jack Palance Effect?

Even if "we" get attacked, the front load, event and backstory is gonna have to be pretty damn good. The Internet is much more "robust" now than it was in 2001. A deadly attack would probably have to coincide with some kind of lapse in the power and connectivity of the Internet and/or a total flood of disinfo by, indeed, agents and bots.