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    • 12 Ratings
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    "We love torture,"

    NOVEMBER 14, 2011 7:00AM

    By Steven Rockford


    Topics: gop debates, waterboarding, torture, dick cheney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2220 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    The Supercommittee: A Titanic for Our Times

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 8:34AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: obama administration, mitt romney, alternative minimum tax for corporations, dick cheney, warren buffett, gridlock, john kyl, supercommittee, congressional budget office, cbo, douglas elmendorf, “budget chief seeks wholesale reordering of government priorities”, l.a. times, lisa mascaro, economic recovery, economic meltdown, economy, business, politics, sequestration

    • Editor's Pick
    • 1 Ratings
    • 886 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    September 2, 2011: Not Tortured Enough

    SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 6:48AM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we should better remember, american ideals, dick cheney, waterboarding, torture

    • Editor's Pick
    • 54 Ratings
    • 2216 Views
    • 85 Comments
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    Scaring the Living Daylight Savings Time Out of You

    NOVEMBER 5, 2010 8:30AM

    By O'Really?


    Topics: elections, midterms, barack obama, nancy pelosi, election hangover, sarah palin, christine o’donnell, dick cheney, daylight savings time, halloween, snickers, humor, comedy, who moved my hour?

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1611 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Cheney & the CIA's Mossad-Like Assassination Squads

    JULY 14, 2009 8:41AM

    By Kevin Gosztola


    Topics: illegal, law, intelligence, bush, terrorism, counterterrorism, al qaeda, assassination, republicans, democrats, leon panetta, barack obama, dick cheney, cheney, cia

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 7189 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    Cheney Made CIA Withhold Secret Program From Congress

    JULY 11, 2009 6:57PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: secret counterterrorism program, democrats, intelligence briefings, obama, bush administration, politics, leon panetta, assassin squad, cia, death ray, puppies, cheney, dick cheney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 7 Ratings
    • 705 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Pat Buchanan & The Down-Trodden White Man

    JUNE 5, 2009 2:52PM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: media matters, white man, reverse racism, pat buchanan, middle east, obama, dick cheney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 5921 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    What Dick Cheney didn't say

    MAY 21, 2009 3:37PM

    By Joy-Ann Reid


    Topics: mainstream media, dick cheney, iraq, war, torture

    • Editor's Pick
    • 23 Ratings
    • 4395 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    VP vs. VP: Why Al Gore Should've Been More Like Dick Cheney

    MAY 21, 2009 12:52PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: dick cheney, al gore, vice president, former vps, 2000 election, 2002 iraq war planning, cheney speech, national security, the pottery barn wars, politics, 2002 elections

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 650 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    Obama, Cheney Face Off With Dueling Speeches

    MAY 21, 2009 12:37PM

    By GaryBaumgarten


    Topics: waterboarding, torture, terrorism, president obama, paltalk, news talk online, guantanamo bay, gary baumgarten, dick cheney

    • Editor's Pick
    • 15 Ratings
    • 2145 Views
    • 10 Comments
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    The "Ticking Time Bomb" and Other Fictional Scenarios

    MAY 19, 2009 6:06AM

    By Mortimer Hayden Smyth


    Topics: nerd revenge, jack bauer justice, mistaken identity, child parent body switching, prison break, detainees, guantanamo bay, time travel, president barack obama, former undersecretary of defense douglas j. feith, former chief of staff david addington, former defense department general counsel current chevron lawyer william j. haynes ii, university of california law professor former deputy assistant attorney general john yoo, federal appeals court judge former assistant attorney general jay bybee, attorney general alberto gonzales, memos, waterboarding, torture, dick cheney, vice president, mortimer hayden smyth

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1597 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Disobedience, Civil and Not-So-Civil

    APRIL 26, 2009 9:07AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: recourse, impeachment, impeach, informed electorate, re-election, election, democracy, we the people, democratic rule, checks and balances, dick cheney, cheney, george w bush, george bush, bush, frost/nixon, frost, nixon, lincoln, abraham lincoln, 24, time bomb, ticking, torture, ticking time bomb scenario, war, co, conscientious objector, unjust law, civil disobedience, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 2289 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    As ye sow, so shall ye reap

    MARCH 18, 2009 6:47AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: stack discipline, caller saves, callee saves, politics, hypocrisy, spin, spin machine, republican spin machine, bush, george bush, cheney, dick cheney, christie, ron christie, republican strategist, republican apologist, historical revisionism, justice, just desserts, just deserts

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 866 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Cheney: Bush Administration Not To Blame For Economic Crisis

    MARCH 16, 2009 11:36AM

    By Hal_M


    Topics: video, vice president, state of the union, previous administration, president obama, less safe, john king, economic crisis, dick cheney, democratic congress, cnn, bush administration

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 3067 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Dick Cheney channelling Dr. Strangelove...

    JANUARY 21, 2009 4:05PM

    By Smithery


    Topics: politics, dr. strangelove, dick cheney, inauguration

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 966 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    No Laughing Matter: The Palin Doctrine of Executive Power

    OCTOBER 22, 2008 6:22PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, vice presidential power, vice president debate, vice president, unitary executive, separation of powers, sarah palin, republicans, presidential power, presidential election, palin-biden debate, palin cheney, palin biden, palin, obama campaign, mccain-palin campaign, mccain campaign, mccain, keith olbermann, john yoo, john mccain, john birch society, john birch, joe biden, fox barker communications, fox barker, election, dick cheney, constitution, civil liberties, biden-palin debate, biden

    • Editor's Pick
    • 36 Ratings
    • 3733 Views
    • 35 Comments
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    News from VP Debate: The McCain-Palin Coup

    OCTOBER 3, 2008 7:23PM

    By Michael Fox


    Topics: politics, war, palin biden, palin cheney, vice presidential power, vice president debate, vice president, unitary executive, torture, separation of powers, sarah palin, presidential power, presidential election, palin-biden debate, palin, obama campaign, mccain-palin campaign, mccain campaign, mccain, john yoo, john mccain, joe biden, federalism, election, dick cheney, constitution, civil liberties, biden-palin debate, biden

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