Cheney's Plane Diverted

Hey, Singapore, you can keep him.

 

Here's to hoping his next flight gets diverted into the side of Mount Fuji.

 

Secret Service guy: Are you Mr. HeinekenMan?

HeinekenMan: Yeah. Who are you?

SS: (flips credentials)

HM: Pisses pants.


Seriously, dude. What a horrible thing to say.

 

Diasgree with his politics all you want, but wishing death on him? Stayy classy, HeinekenMan

 

What happened to "I don't agree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death you're right to say it"?

After all, isn't that the oath you took? Isn't your job to protect my freedom? Or are you simply a puppet? You're free to think for yourself as you will, but a lot of people happen to believe that Cheney perpetrated a terrific lie on the American people that has resulted in the deaths of nearly 3,000 U.S. soldiers and complete volatility in one of the most sensitive and wholly unstable parts of the world.

 

Cheney's plane diverted again ... to Pakistan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/world/asia/26cnd-pakistan.html?hp

 

I'm pretty sure it's not in the Constitution or anything.

He didn't say you have no right to say it, he just called you a jerk for doing so - his right which I assume you are prepared to fight to the death to protect.

 

Not to threadjack, especially with a moral and political battle about to burst, but Air Force One (or the Veep's ride) crashing has always been a fear of mine. Imagine the absolute turmoil and suspicion that would emerge if something as horrific as this ever happened.

And if you want an interesting look at journalism and wire services in the 1960s, check out The President's Plane is Missing, by Robert Serling. Interesting read. The followup novel, years later, Air Force One is Haunted, was a pale and poor imitation.

 

I'm so sorry. Cheney just called, and he'll be over to dinner tonight. If he doesn't shoot me in the face first, I'm hoping to get his thoughts on just how much money I should invest in Halliburton and precisely when he's going to hammer through a few no-bid contracts for his buddies to clean the dead corpses off the streets in Iran.

 

Damn, alley, I thought I was the only one who read that book. Robert was Rod serling's brother, BTW.
Unless Cheney's being diverted into a grand-jury room, I don't want to know where he is.

 

Did you ever read the sequel? Thoroughly disappointing.

 

Do you think Cheney regales his staff with jokes during the runway down time?