Executive iPod privileges:
By on Dec 22nd, 2005 at 1:20 am
Executive iPod privileges:
During Cheney’s flight home, “most of the electric outlets went on the fritz. Working passengers began lining up their laptops to share the power from a couple of working outlets – particularly the reporters who urgently needed to prepare their articles to transmit during a quick refueling stop in England. But when Cheney said his iPod needed to be recharged, it took precedence above all else and dominated one precious outlet for several hours.” (via First Draft)
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Guess he can’t afford a new iPod. The new iPods have up to 20 hours of battery life. Regardless, it seems like a bad idea to keep the media waiting when he was trying to get his side of the bad news out. What a wanker.
December 22nd, 2005 at 1:33 amThis is like a metaphor for how they’re running the country.
December 22nd, 2005 at 1:38 amMy question. Couldn’t Cheney simply have plugged his ipod into one of the reporters laptops (who I assume were all simultaneously plugged in to the 2 remaining outlets)? My ipod only has one method of charging; ie. it plugs straight into the usb port, at least on my home computer. Or is that not an option with laptops?
Pardon my laptop ignorance. :)
December 22nd, 2005 at 1:44 am“This is like a metaphor for how they’re running the country.”
No concessions, no compromising, no sharing…… whatsoever.
December 22nd, 2005 at 1:47 am红外测温仪
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I’ll tell Cheney what he can do with his ipod.
December 22nd, 2005 at 3:43 amThis sounds like the MSM is giving Cheney the “Clinton Haircut” treatment.
December 22nd, 2005 at 3:51 amThe new Prussian Blue cd must be out.
December 22nd, 2005 at 4:22 amDo you believe President Bush’s actions justify impeachment?
* 56224 responses
Yes, between the secret spying, the deceptions leading to war and more, there is plenty to justify putting him on trial.
87%
No, like any president, he has made a few missteps, but nothing approaching “high crimes and misdemeanors.”
4%
No, the man has done absolutely nothing wrong. Impeachment would just be a political lynching.
7%
I don’t know.
December 22nd, 2005 at 6:37 am1%
#2
Exactly! Greedy, egocentric, spoiled brats – all of them.
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:00 amQuestion though – So why did they let him?
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:02 amCome on! Don’t you all know he has the launch codes for the submarine ballistic missles on his I-Pod? Goooood Morning!
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:02 am#9 Thanks for the link. I think you should be ready for the talking point reminder
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:11 ami think is going to start being drooled. “We as a nation are a Republic” . The right is more afraid of political rabies than a few criminals losing their assumed rights. So I would get ready to be talked down to quite a bit. This is where the lines of judicial activism become a multi-party event.
87% of Americans want Cheney as President ?
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:21 amI bet theres now 0% of you wondering why I was suggesting impeachment for the Halliburton deals instead of this.
What was he listening to, Charles Manson unplugged?
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:30 am#15 – yep, his cellmate…
this is not at all surprising… Cheney was trying to block reporters from filing their stories… he’s not too happy with them right now… or ever…
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:39 am#11 – “Why did they let him”??? How could they stop him? It’s considered “not appropriate” to use foul language on the senate floor, but ‘ol Tricky Heart Dick said “F**K off!”
#14 – Tank, Pres. Clinton was impeached by the articles that came from the House, but was not found guilty by the Senate. Just because a president is impeached, does not mean they will be removed from office. It hasn’t happened at any time in our history, even though that’s the wway it’s supposed to work. Also, Dick would be the death of the Republican majority in a bigger way than Pres. Bush currently is. He would (probably) regularly state “F**K off!” to anyone who questioned him, and he’d fight to return the Nixon style of ‘presidenting’. Do you think the Republican’s want to be reminded of the only president that resigned rather than be impeached?
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:47 amHe had to get caught up on the audio book version of Mein Kampf while practicing his evil sneer.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:07 amI used to think only GOOD people used Apple products. But hey, at least the administrations use of Apple products means they are investing AGAINST their own interest in a sense.
Apple Computer’s Business Record
With $78,250 to Democrats, and nothing to the Republicans, Apple is already alright in my book. But they also are good to the enviorment (and working to get better!) They are pretty good to their employee’s, and has a pretty good corporate and social responsibility rating as well. :)
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:10 amBy “Cheney’s iPod” they probably meant “Cheney’s robotic heart.”
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:25 am#14 tank how can we no what qualifies as zero % untill we know how many are in the poll? So please tell us, I want to hear the halliburton line. Now is this instead of which offense, for which executive branch member? thanks, links if ya gottem help.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:28 amThe article says he kept his ipod plugged in for two hours. It does not take that long to charge. In true Christmas spirit, Cheney was playing dog in the manger.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:28 amI’m sure he was listening to recordings of wiretaps.
Either that or it would have been a security breach to connect his iPod to a reporter’s laptop because those bootleg Grateful Dead mp3’s he has contain steganographic subliminal messages from the “Committee of 300″.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:30 amQuestion though – So why did they let him?
Comment by unbelievable — December 22, 2005 @ 8:02 am
And a good question it is.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:31 amI’d of told him go back to his seat before I gave him ‘The Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique’.
Don’t want me to charge my ipod? Okay, you don’t have to be in the reporter pool. In fact, we can drop you off right here (at 30,000 feet).
They probably tried to stop him, but he used the Sith force strangle move where the reporter lifts of the ground and chokes with his feet dangling. If you don’t want to experience the full power of the dark side of the force, you will unplug your laptop.
Besides, what’s more important than Cheney’s ipod? A free press? The right of the American people to know? That would only embolden the terrorists.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:52 amNo doubt listening to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, “It’s Good to be King”. Someone should have punched in the face and told him to sit down and wait. What a smug ass.
December 22nd, 2005 at 10:08 amAlpha dog, eh? Does that mean he was also humping their legs while his ipod recharged?
December 22nd, 2005 at 10:34 amWHAT AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO KEEP THE :::cough cough::: FREE PRESS FROM DOING ANY REPORTING FOR SEVERAL HOURS!
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:55 amMaybe Cheney was trying to finish his AudioBook “Constitutional Law for Dummies.” No?
December 22nd, 2005 at 1:35 pmMembers of the press traveling on government aircraft are charged for those flights (usually calculated on some formula derivative of coach and first class tickets on commercial air).
I wonder if they will get a discount on whatever they would otherwise owe since the plane wasn’t working correctly?
December 22nd, 2005 at 1:51 pmStupid Cheney
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:07 pmThis is THE SYMBOL for Cheney’s energy policy. “We shall divide the scarce resources according to one’s power. All to my own Belustigung, nothing to the practical needs.”
December 23rd, 2005 at 8:04 amJanuary 24th, 2006 at 4:52 pm
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