Awwww, poor Dick....the price of being a war criminal...
gimmesometruth27
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you know things are bad for dick cheney when he can not go to canada for a speaking engagement because some people are going to protest him. he says its too risky, but really now, what could possibly happen to him, he might get glitterbombed??? this man is the epitomy of cowardice, he is a big man when he travels to an army base in iraq, but if he goes anywhere outside of the us that is not related to the military he is scared of people.... the canadiens should arrest him at the airport and send him to the hague, but that is just my opinion...poor dick can not travel anymore.... he has secret service protection, so what is he worried about???
Former Vice President Dick Cheney cancels trip to Canada, says it's too dangerous
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/ ... -dangerous
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has canceled a speaking engagement in Toronto due to security fears sparked by his rough reception at an event in Vancouver last year, the promoter of the speech said.
Cheney, who along with former President George W. Bush remains unpopular in Canada, had been slated to talk about his time in office and the current U.S. political landscape on April 24 in Toronto.
"Basically they felt that it would be a major security issue if Vice President Cheney came back to Canada," said Ryan Ruppert, president of Spectre Live Corp, which was promoting Cheney's speech.
The upshot, Ruppert, told the Canadian Press, is that discussion over American policy on such issues as Guantanamo Bay or the Iraq war is being silenced.
“You lost that conversation because you’re talking about a group of thugs,” Mr. Ruppert said.
The Cheneys referenced an incident that took place in Vancouver last year for cancelling the engagement, according to Ruppert.
Cheney's appearance at a $500-a-plate book club dinner in Vancouver last September was marred by protesters who blocked the entrance to the venue and scuffled with police. Cheney was forced to remain inside while police dispersed the demonstrators.
One man was arrested for choking a club staff member, according to the Canadian Press.
Cheney was Bush's vice president from 2001 to 2009.
Cheney critics accuse him of endorsing what some have deemed torture – waterboarding and sleep deprivation – against detainees in Bush’s war on terrorism.
Before the Vancouver event, the group Human Rights Watch had urged the federal government to bring criminal charges against Cheney, accusing him of playing a role in the torture of detainees.
Cheney has defended the interrogation techniques on the grounds they saved lives.
Cheney has visited dangerous places before, including Iraq in 2008.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney cancels trip to Canada, says it's too dangerous
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/ ... -dangerous
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has canceled a speaking engagement in Toronto due to security fears sparked by his rough reception at an event in Vancouver last year, the promoter of the speech said.
Cheney, who along with former President George W. Bush remains unpopular in Canada, had been slated to talk about his time in office and the current U.S. political landscape on April 24 in Toronto.
"Basically they felt that it would be a major security issue if Vice President Cheney came back to Canada," said Ryan Ruppert, president of Spectre Live Corp, which was promoting Cheney's speech.
The upshot, Ruppert, told the Canadian Press, is that discussion over American policy on such issues as Guantanamo Bay or the Iraq war is being silenced.
“You lost that conversation because you’re talking about a group of thugs,” Mr. Ruppert said.
The Cheneys referenced an incident that took place in Vancouver last year for cancelling the engagement, according to Ruppert.
Cheney's appearance at a $500-a-plate book club dinner in Vancouver last September was marred by protesters who blocked the entrance to the venue and scuffled with police. Cheney was forced to remain inside while police dispersed the demonstrators.
One man was arrested for choking a club staff member, according to the Canadian Press.
Cheney was Bush's vice president from 2001 to 2009.
Cheney critics accuse him of endorsing what some have deemed torture – waterboarding and sleep deprivation – against detainees in Bush’s war on terrorism.
Before the Vancouver event, the group Human Rights Watch had urged the federal government to bring criminal charges against Cheney, accusing him of playing a role in the torture of detainees.
Cheney has defended the interrogation techniques on the grounds they saved lives.
Cheney has visited dangerous places before, including Iraq in 2008.
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Now wait a minute... who are the thugs?
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Canada would have shot right up in my estimation if that had actually been the official response.
Can you imagine it on the front page of every newspaper?:
'The official response to Dick Cheney from the Canadian government yesterday was 'Go fuck yourself".
$38,500 a plate for Obama at Tyler Perry's place here in Atlanta ...
the rich get richer
that made me a little sick ...
These days ALL politicians do these dinners to raise money for whatever agenda they seem fit EVEN the retired ones.
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it makes me sick the rich and the waste ... are we embracing $38,500 per plate
that is obscene. Just me but I find that obscene... red blue purple or white
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
The way the laws are you have to raise obscene amounts of money to win elections. I don't think anybody likes it, but nobody ever does anything about it (except make it worse - thanks Supreme Court). Obama's only choice is to play by the rules and raise boatloads from any supporter he can find. Yep, it's asinine.
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If you'd like me to disprove this for you, I'm happy to oblige....
if that would not get him reelected just as much as some minute commercial backbiting a Republican.
It would certainly be a huge point with me ... it would be massive to just see someone
not playing this horrible game of lies and to know and be shown they actually had a heart.
One can see I guess how sick I am of this garbage.
He'd be called a bleeding heart liberal, of course.
You have all good points.
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