Comments on: FLASHBACK: Cheney Argued Energy Task Force Probe ‘Interfered With Executive Branch’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:09:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: professorjoe http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3950297 professorjoe Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:00:59 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3950297 Cheney is easily the crookedest and most unethical politician that I have ever witnessed in my life. At ever juncture of unethical activity in the U.S. government since Watergate (and Watergate included) that little SOB has at least been lurking in the distance. I have been investigating him since the days of Nixon (yes, he was around then) and he ain't nothing but a snake in the grass and a draft dodging piece of shit. He is easily the only national office holder that I have ever seen that is actually worthy of assassination even AFTER he has left office and has no secret service protection. I mean, if he ain't part of the executive branch, he doesn't deserve protection. HE NEEDS IT, but he don't deserve it. He is a one-cell cancer on the body of the American society and an absolute joke of an administrator. He has no sense of public trust. Absolutely worthless. And a thief, through abuse of power. Cheney is easily the crookedest and most unethical politician that I have ever witnessed in my life. At ever juncture of unethical activity in the U.S. government since Watergate (and Watergate included) that little SOB has at least been lurking in the distance. I have been investigating him since the days of Nixon (yes, he was around then) and he ain’t nothing but a snake in the grass and a draft dodging piece of shit. He is easily the only national office holder that I have ever seen that is actually worthy of assassination even AFTER he has left office and has no secret service protection. I mean, if he ain’t part of the executive branch, he doesn’t deserve protection. HE NEEDS IT, but he don’t deserve it. He is a one-cell cancer on the body of the American society and an absolute joke of an administrator. He has no sense of public trust. Absolutely worthless. And a thief, through abuse of power.

]]> By: BARTLEBEE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3889071 BARTLEBEE Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:03:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3889071 <b> Executive Branch: Headed by the president. The president carries out federal laws and recommends new ones, directs national defense and foreign policy, and performs ceremonial duties. Powers include directing government, commanding the Armed Forces, dealing with international powers, acting as chief law enforcement officer, and vetoing laws. Legislative Branch: Headed by Congress, which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate. The main task of these two bodies is to make the laws. Its powers include passing laws, originating spending bills (House), impeaching officials (Senate), and approving treaties (Senate). Judicial Branch: Headed by the Supreme Court. Its powers include interpreting the Constitution, reviewing laws, and deciding cases involving states' rights </b> http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm Executive Branch: Headed by the president. The president carries out federal laws and recommends new ones, directs national defense and foreign policy, and performs ceremonial duties. Powers include directing government, commanding the Armed Forces, dealing with international powers, acting as chief law enforcement officer, and vetoing laws.

Legislative Branch: Headed by Congress, which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate. The main task of these two bodies is to make the laws. Its powers include passing laws, originating spending bills (House), impeaching officials (Senate), and approving treaties (Senate).

Judicial Branch: Headed by the Supreme Court. Its powers include interpreting the Constitution, reviewing laws, and deciding cases involving states’ rights

http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm

]]> By: psychic readings http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3888489 psychic readings Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:11:31 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3888489 thanks for the interesting info thanks for the interesting info

]]> By: Ron Roffel http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3887855 Ron Roffel Wed, 27 Jun 2007 04:03:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3887855 Why the White House goons aren't impeached and tried for the crimes they have committed is beyond me. Every day people in the US are reminded of the tragic waste that is Iraq (aka Vietnam Mark II), yet you do nothing but whine about the people who started it all (hint, its not Bin Laden or his ilk). Get them out and restore your Constitution before the next disaster allows them unlimited powers over you. Why the White House goons aren’t impeached and tried for the crimes they have committed is beyond me. Every day people in the US are reminded of the tragic waste that is Iraq (aka Vietnam Mark II), yet you do nothing but whine about the people who started it all (hint, its not Bin Laden or his ilk).

Get them out and restore your Constitution before the next disaster allows them unlimited powers over you.

]]> By: Jose Jimenez http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3887841 Jose Jimenez Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:56:44 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3887841 Has anyone read the NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/NSPD 51 and HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/HSPD-20 which are available on whitehouse.gov? It's a great read. Those who want to know where the country is headed should read it. The President will control and defend the constitution if another national security or natural disaster takes place. Keep in mind if this President doesn't get to use it, the next will. US Constitution out the window? RonPaul2008.com Has anyone read the NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/NSPD 51 and HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/HSPD-20 which are available on whitehouse.gov?

It’s a great read. Those who want to know where the country is headed should read it. The President will control and defend the constitution if another national security or natural disaster takes place.

Keep in mind if this President doesn’t get to use it, the next will.

US Constitution out the window? RonPaul2008.com

]]> By: pbg http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3887067 pbg Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:41:52 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3887067 But what branch of the government does Blackwater belong to? But what branch of the government does Blackwater belong to?

]]> By: Chocolate Jesus Loves Anulingsu http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886892 Chocolate Jesus Loves Anulingsu Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:58:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886892 I'm truly curious...has anyone seen the right wing talking points on this one? I havent heard anything yet resembling a coherent argument...snow saying "that was different because it involved outside people who had no obligation to make thier deliberations public" makes no sense at all... regardless of whatever components were involved, cheney still claimed executive privledge as part of his argument... could cheney have {gasp] finally made a claim that even the trolliest of trolls find indefensible? I’m truly curious…has anyone seen the right wing talking points on this one? I havent heard anything yet resembling a coherent argument…snow saying “that was different because it involved outside people who had no obligation to make thier deliberations public” makes no sense at all… regardless of whatever components were involved, cheney still claimed executive privledge as part of his argument…

could cheney have {gasp] finally made a claim that even the trolliest of trolls find indefensible?

]]> By: teak http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886741 teak Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:22:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886741 These people lie with impugnity and nothing is done about it. They know they have a free pass. The Dems are too busy selling out the people they're supposed to represent to care about the Constitution. Viva the new third-world, latino U. S. of Mexico. These people lie with impugnity and nothing is done about it. They know they have a free pass. The Dems are too busy selling out the people they’re supposed to represent to care about the Constitution.

Viva the new third-world, latino U. S. of Mexico.

]]> By: MichaelPH http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886213 MichaelPH Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:04:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886213 Jonah Goldberg even said it was a silly arguement, for Darth to say he was not part of the Executive branch. Jonah Goldberg even said it was a silly arguement, for Darth to say he was not part of the Executive branch.

]]> By: yagi http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886186 yagi Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:57:41 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886186 Sigh. Can we impeach this felonius Dick <i>now</i>? Sigh. Can we impeach this felonius Dick now?

]]> By: BARTLEBEE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886165 BARTLEBEE Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:52:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886165 https://www.quizlab.com/secured/ authenticate_limited.cfm Sorry, it truncated https://www.quizlab.com/secured/ authenticate_limited.cfm

Sorry, it truncated

]]> By: BARTLEBEE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886164 BARTLEBEE Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:52:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886164 https://www.quizlab.com/ secured/ authenticate_limited.cfm https://www.quizlab.com/ secured/ authenticate_limited.cfm

]]> By: BARTLEBEE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886163 BARTLEBEE Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:51:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886163 Here. I have prepared a test for anyone who wants to take it. It will help clear up our current constitutional crisis. Please visit the following URL https://www.quizlab.com/ secured/ authenticate_limited.cfm Your user name is 2COOL4SKOOL The password is lamebrain Please log in and click on “ASSIGNMENTS” to take the quiz. Thank you. Here.

I have prepared a test for anyone who wants to take it. It will help clear up our current constitutional crisis.

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Your user name is 2COOL4SKOOL

The password is lamebrain

Please log in and click on “ASSIGNMENTS” to take the quiz.

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]]> By: bogtrotters http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886135 bogtrotters Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:40:03 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886135 Well, well, well...The Cheney story is really starting to get "legs"--most MSM outlets seem to be giving it at least some coverage. Way to go, Washington Post! And Dick: You've achieved the anatomically impossible: You have, indeed, f****d yourself. Well, well, well…The Cheney story is really starting to get “legs”–most MSM outlets seem to be giving it at least some coverage. Way to go, Washington Post! And Dick: You’ve achieved the anatomically impossible: You have, indeed, f****d yourself.

]]> By: Not Canadian http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886124 Not Canadian Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:36:50 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886124 Dumb Dick, You can't have it both ways ANY LONGER. You'll have to hire LOTS of hitmen to keep your soggy ass out of the clink. Good luck with that, baboon heart boy!!! Dumb Dick,
You can’t have it both ways ANY LONGER. You’ll have to hire LOTS of hitmen to keep your soggy ass out of the clink.
Good luck with that, baboon heart boy!!!

]]> By: BARTLEBEE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3886020 BARTLEBEE Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:57:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3886020 <blockquote><b> By creating three branches of government, the delegates built a "check and balance" system into the Constitution. This system was built so that no one branch of our government could become too powerful. </b></blockquote> Constitution for KIDS http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm

By creating three branches of government, the delegates built a “check and balance” system into the Constitution.

This system was built so that no one branch of our government could become too powerful.

Constitution for KIDS

http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm

]]> By: BARTLEBEE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3885962 BARTLEBEE Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:30:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3885962 <blockquote><b> To avoid the risk of dictatorship or tyranny, the group divided the new government into three parts, or branches: The executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. </b></blockquote> CONGRESS FOR KIDS http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm

To avoid the risk of dictatorship or tyranny, the group divided the new government into three parts, or branches:

The executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch.

CONGRESS FOR KIDS

http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm

]]> By: BARTLEBEE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3885954 BARTLEBEE Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:28:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3885954 <b><blockquote>The delegates were afraid that if a small group received too much power, the United States would wind up under the rule of another dictator or tyrant. </blockquote></b>
The delegates were afraid that if a small group received too much power, the United States would wind up under the rule of another dictator or tyrant.

]]> By: BARTLEBEE http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3885952 BARTLEBEE Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:26:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3885952 Here. The following is for Dana Perino, Bush, Cheney, and any of the chowderheads that support them. It is from CONGRESS FOR KIDS (wanted to keep it at their academic level) <b><blockquote> Constitution: The Three Branches of Government: Delegates at the Constitutional Convention also wanted to divide power within the federal government. They did not want these powers to be controlled by just one man or one group. The delegates were afraid that if a small group received too much power, the United States would wind up under the rule of another dictator or tyrant.</blockquote></b> From CONGRESS FOR KIDS http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm Here. The following is for Dana Perino, Bush, Cheney, and any of the chowderheads that support them.

It is from CONGRESS FOR KIDS (wanted to keep it at their academic level)


Constitution: The Three Branches of Government:

Delegates at the Constitutional Convention also wanted to divide power within the federal government.

They did not want these powers to be controlled by just one man or one group.

The delegates were afraid that if a small group received too much power, the United States would wind up under the rule of another dictator or tyrant.

From CONGRESS FOR KIDS

http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_threebranches.htm

]]> By: Nance http://thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/comment-page-2/#comment-3885905 Nance Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:02:11 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/06/26/cheney-exec-branch/#comment-3885905 thanks, spit take, don't know where I got the idea, Ford was Speaker. Now that you mentioned Nelson Rockefeller, I remember him now. thanks, spit take, don’t know where I got the idea, Ford was Speaker. Now that you mentioned Nelson Rockefeller, I remember him now.

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