Thursday, February 5, 2009

You Heard Me!

We have all the spare time in the world, we aren't competing for anything here, & we pretend to be stuffy (when "fuck" is typed, there's still a shred of shock) so there aren't too many of those traditional Internet acronyms on display here. But sometimes one just seems very apt. So, Dick Cheney, just
STFU!!
And then get the hell out of your no longer so undisclosed location. Because there is nowhere on this planet that Google™ Earth® will not find you! It's getting closer right now.
If Cheney’s language was dramatic, the setting for the comments was almost bizarrely pedestrian. His office is in a non-descript suburban office building in McLean, Va., in a suite that could just as easily house a dental clinic. The office is across the hall from a quick-copy store. The door is marked by nothing except a paper sign, held up by tape, saying the unit is occupied by the General Services Administration.
There's the usual gumflap; complete denial of anything & everything, inability to admit the slightest error. "We couldn't see it coming, it wasn't our fault, Democrats are pussies, etc."
Dick's idea of "not being a pussy" is the so-called Ledeen Doctrine, or "schoolyard bully" approach.
“The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected. Sometimes, that requires us to take actions that generate controversy. I’m not at all sure that that’s what the Obama administration believes.”
Politico refers to these as some of the "highlights" of the 90 min. interview.
* Whether the Bush administration should have done more about the economy: “We did worry about it, to some extent. … I don’t think anybody actually foresaw something of this size and dimension occurring. It’s also global. We only control part of the world economy – a very important part.” * On the chance of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in the foreseeable future: “I think it’s unlikely.”
What an upbeat man. We know he wishes things were different in Israel, & we know that Washington & the nation will miss his sunny optimism.

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