From One Bunker To Another: Dick Cheney To Address ‘Super-Secret, Conservative Policy Group’
From One Bunker To Another: Dick Cheney To Address ‘Super-Secret, Conservative Policy Group’
On Friday, Dick Cheney will leave his “secure undisclosed location” to attend another one in Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reports:
Vice President Dick Cheney will speak to a super-secret, conservative policy group in Utah on Friday during his second trip to the state this year.
The group is called the Council for National Policy, and its mission is to plot ways to advance the right-wing agenda. The council was founded in 1981 by conservative luminaries such as the Rev. Tim LaHaye (author of the “Left Behind” series) and Paul Weyrich (who helped found the Heritage Foundation).
The council reportedly has 500 or members who pay several thousand dollars a year to “hear private, unvarnished presentations.” Some members include Dr. James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family, the Rev. Jerry Falwell of Liberty University, and Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform.
While very little is known about the secretive group, the New York Times was able to lift the veil a slight bit in 2004. The Times wrote:
“The media should not know when or where we meet or who takes part in our programs, before of after a meeting,” a list of rules obtained by The New York Times advises the attendees.
The membership list is “strictly confidential.” Guests may attend “only with the unanimous approval of the executive committee.” In e-mail messages to one another, members are instructed not to refer to the organization by name, to protect against leaks.
The group apparently keeps its agenda secret for a reason — it appears to understand it would have little support if it were shown in the light of day. From what is known about its views, CNP is vehemently anti-immigration, anti-same-sex marriage, and anti-tax. “CNP seeded Pat Buchanan’s protest presidential candidacy in 1992.” George W. Bush spoke before the group in 1999, reportedly committing “to appoint only anti-abortion-rights judges to the Supreme Court.” (The Bush team and CNP refused to release the audio from the event.)
Marc Ambinder reports that Mitt Romney will be attending the gathering as well.
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Uh-oh...sounds like the country is about to be slipped some roofies by the frat boys from Hell.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:43 pmWhat a bunch of goofy cloak and dagger junk this is. I mean c'mon!!! if you have to do everything in secret, perhaps your message, and goals aren't compatible with the majority of Americans.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pmAre these the same bunch that have an annual event running around in the redwoods? What the hell is it with "conservatives" and secret meetings? It's like they think they're the Little Rascals up in the clubhouse. "NO GURLS ALOWED"
Perhaps on some level they realize how thoroughly undemocratic and creepy their belief system really is.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pmthey're gonna get drunk and play 'risk.' again.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pmCongress found a new way to destroy america.....congratulations.....the american people did what no other outside threat could.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:46 pmFight the Right. Be a "Proud Liberal".
September 26th, 2007 at 3:48 pmRead This: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07269/820479-109.stm
Check this out... I stayed up reading this and the various links for hours last night...
It is amazing at how different a country this has been than the one we grow up thinking it is... or at least those of us that grew up in right wing churches...
So many throw the "Nazi" insult around... but seriously read that link and the links about this... Business Plot
September 26th, 2007 at 3:49 pmOh my, Rev Tim LaHaye, author of the "Left Behind" series. No credibility there.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:49 pmBut then again, maybe the Rapture will happen in this secret location in Utah on Friday and take all these self-serving asswhipes with it. Damn, the world would certainly be a better place without this group.
Oh, an undisclosed location or bunker for President Cheney? Don't tell me. That's the place where he hides his money and watches the Dubai stock market on the Middle Eastern channel at nights.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:53 pmAhhh, the League of Darksiders convenes to further plot their overthrow of the world...kinda like Dr. Evil, but different)! Muwahahahahahaaaaaaa.....
my goal is to find a cure for irony and make a fool outta god
September 26th, 2007 at 3:54 pmSo, this is the reason why Romney 'has a cold' as reported by MSM and is off the campaign trail for a bit! They all just keep lying......so sick of it.
September 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pm"Some members include Dr. James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family, the Rev. Jerry Falwell of Liberty University, and Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform."
Ummm...actually, Faiz, Jerry Falwell is now an EX-member, now that he's living comfortably in Hades with the rest of his kind...
September 26th, 2007 at 4:01 pmAs Groucho said, "I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members."
September 26th, 2007 at 4:01 pmThey don't play "Risk". If they did, they would realize that they can't put all their troops in one country.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:02 pmI would like to have the Jack Daniels and Viagra franchise though.
I wonder if Cheney will have to be blindfolded to visit their little conclave. You know -- kind of like a visit to the Batcave.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:04 pmFirst rule of Fright Club: You don't talk about Fright Club.
Second rule of Fright Club: You DON'T! talk about Fright Club!
September 26th, 2007 at 4:05 pmThis is actually kind of different from the usual conservatives who claim they "represent the views of most Americans". This bunch at least recognizes they are WA-A-A-A-Y out of step with the rest of the country.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:05 pmHoly crap. These people are downright scary.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:05 pmrapture ready conference...
September 26th, 2007 at 4:08 pmMaybe we can get them to meet in that collapsed mine in Utah.
What did they call those tremors underground...'bumps'?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:13 pm"super-secret,conservative policy group "
Oops! I guess it's not that secret.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:16 pmC'mon Bigfoot, Jakey, Jason, etc. Let's hear your take on this, OK?
Inquiring minds want to know!
September 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pmVice President Dick Cheney will speak to a super-secret, conservative policy group in Utah on Friday during his second trip to the state this year.
So, they are still public servants, right?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pmInquiring minds want to know!
Comment by upside99
To tell you the truth, not me.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pmVice President Dick Cheney will speak to a super-secret, conservative policy group in Utah on Friday > To Tell Them of his Fantastic Plan for the IRAN War. A special Chickenhawk bonding weekend not to be missed.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:18 pmWell, you can just write this off as another circle jerk admiration society. But I find it troubling that the Vice President would be involved in a secret society. Hey, maybe we just located the fourth branch of government.
Oh, and we're paying for this little trip for him aren't we?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:18 pmSo, they are still public servants, right?
Comment by Juan C. — September 26, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
Uhhh, actually they aren't, according to them, so us 'little people' can go 'Cheney' ourselves, if ya know what I mean.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:18 pm"Marc Ambinder reports that Mitt Romney will be attending the gathering as well."
Is this an indication that the Mittmeister has been selected as the heir apparent?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:20 pmTo tell you the truth, not me.
Comment by Juan C. — September 26, 2007 @ 4:17 pm
C'mon Juan, wouldn't you like to hear how they try to spin this? Their collective little heads must be about ready to explode as we speak, heh heh.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:20 pmNote Cheney has been in absentia for quite awhile now.
I imagine he's quite busy planning the Iranian invasion. Of course, he'll take a little time off to speak to a super secret society.
Super Secret Society. Is this anything like Super Secret Double Probation?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:21 pmBelushi, we could use you right now!
Ahhh...just another night of "nude Twister" in the undisclosed location. Where do you think they develop those "wide stances"?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:22 pmHitler stuck with his 'bunker mentality' right to the end. The 'Mancave' will be a buzzin' all nite.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:23 pmAhhh…just another night of “nude Twister†in the undisclosed location. Where do you think they develop those “wide stances�
Comment by Menehune — September 26, 2007 @ 4:22 pm
Maybe Jeff Gannon, Mark Foley, Larry Widestance and Tranny Anny Coultergeist will we on the VIP list as well.
That would be a party for the ages! Maybe the Inquirer can get some secret photos.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:25 pmUpside...well, I guess you are right.
I liked Ringo´s answers, they were some sort of an idiot Sherlock Holmes.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:27 pmGlad they're meeting in Utah.
Is Mitt bringing his Grandpa's nine wives? Some of them would still be young enough for the 'Big Dick'.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:28 pmI was reading about this group yesterday; what a nightmare. One of the main sources of their funds is the Coors Family, you know Coors Light, Killians's Irish Red, etc. Now I will have to to change my beer to something that does not support this kind of lunacy.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:28 pmI can't wait until my animal friends inflict a heart attack on these freaks!
September 26th, 2007 at 4:31 pmIwonder if this is what that "mad-sized safe" in Darth's office is for? The super secret Minutes, membership list and the special decoder rings for when they communicate, unless they do that in Tongues, with the help of LaHaye and Dobson.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:33 pmDoes the super secret initiation include having to Cheney yourself?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:39 pm“Marc Ambinder reports that Mitt Romney will be attending the gathering as well.â€
Is this an indication that the Mittmeister has been selected as the heir apparent?
Comment by one more clue — September 26, 2007 @ 4:20 pm
"In 1999, GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush appeared before a CNP gathering in San Antonio, and, in a closed-door meeting, assured the members of his right-wing bona fides. "
http://www.au.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6949&abbr=cs_
September 26th, 2007 at 4:39 pmI was reading about this group yesterday; what a nightmare. One of the main sources of their funds is the Coors Family, you know Coors Light, Killians’s Irish Red, etc. Now I will have to to change my beer to something that does not support this kind of lunacy.
Comment by rich1107 — September 26, 2007 @ 4:28 pm
I live in Colorado and have seen first hand what the KKKoors Family can do. In fact, Pete Coors ran as a Repug for US Senate in 04 with a sh!tload of money.
So, I quit drinking their swill a looong time ago.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:41 pm"The group apparently keeps its agenda secret for a reason — it appears to understand it would have little support if it were shown in the light of day."
This is classic modern neocon philosophy. Leo Strauss, the "father of modern neoconservatism" believed in a "special class" of leaders who would need to tell "noble lies" to the people, because the people would never support the special class' agenda if they knew exactly what it was. It's a profoundly undemocratic philosophy and, as such is counter to traditional American values.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:43 pmsomebody ought to put up a fence around the place while they're in there, and declare it a prison. keep them all in there for the remainder of their natural lives (which would make it cheap, since they're all fossils already).
we could call it DIKMO, 'cause it'd be like a Gitmo, only full of Dicks.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:43 pmCoors = Repuke piss, but refrigerated to help stifle the gag reflex.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:43 pm“Marc Ambinder reports that Mitt Romney will be attending the gathering as well.â€
Is this an indication that the Mittmeister has been selected as the heir apparent?
Comment by one more clue — September 26, 2007 @ 4:20 pm
“In 1999, GOP presidential candidate George W. Bush appeared before a CNP gathering in San Antonio, and, in a closed-door meeting, assured the members of his right-wing bona fides. â€
http://www.au.org/ site/ News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6949&abbr=cs_
Comment by things are outta hand — September 26, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
Well, I guess that answers my question.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:47 pmHonestly, what act would be so outrageous that you would say that neocons would never do that? Would you really be so shocked to hear that they are plotting a coup so that they can hold onto power beyond next year?
September 26th, 2007 at 4:54 pmOut the bastards.
I f someone knows where this is going down, then it should be staked out, and the participants subjected to the light. It is unacceptable that the VP (Dr Strangelove) should participate in secret cabals that threaten the stability of the world.
September 26th, 2007 at 4:54 pmalbert: "Would you really be so shocked to hear that they are plotting a coup so that they can hold onto power beyond next year?"
Well, it's already been attempted at least once. In 1933, former General Smedly Butler testified before congress that a group of wealthy industrialists attempted to inlist him in a plot to take over the government by force because they didn't like the things that FDR was proposing to help Americans through the Republican Great Depression. According to the General, the group expressed admiration for what Hitler was accomplishing and proposing in Germany and expressed their philosophy that a fascist government would be preferable to a representative democracy.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:04 pmOh, and by the way, this little group of industrialist traitors included Bush's grandfather, Prescott Bush.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:11 pmMost disturbing, is a small group of secretive backroom meetings is deciding the fate of the country. Anyone see the problem with this?
September 26th, 2007 at 5:26 pmMost disturbing, is a small group of secretive backroom meetings is deciding the fate of the country. Anyone see the problem with this?
Comment by Krazny — September 26, 2007 @ 5:26 pm
I'm sure at some time during the meeting there will be some back slapping because they have guaranteed that Hillary will get the nomination.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:32 pmthe secret arm of the Council Of Foreign Relations?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations#Notable_current_Council_members
September 26th, 2007 at 5:36 pmYou gotta wonder if one would need disinfectant after performing their secret fist, er hand shake.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:39 pmTraitors to our nation and its Constitution, every one of them. No wonder they're so secretive.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:40 pmOpening lines to Dogs of War by Pink Floyd
Dogs of war and men of hate
With no cause, we don't discriminate
Rest of lyrics here
September 26th, 2007 at 5:43 pmDarth Dickhead meeting with clandestine reichwing nutcases again?? So what else is new? He's the master nutcase of this entire scenario.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:46 pmIf the people had their way, Deadeye Dick and the Chimp would be facing prison time right now for treason.
September 26th, 2007 at 5:47 pmHere's a list of CNP members, past and present -- truly a frightening bunch of weirdos who believe fervently in achieving their goals.
"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal -- well meaning but without understanding." -- Justice Louis D. Brandeis, dissenting, Olmstead v. New York, 1928
September 26th, 2007 at 6:15 pmsorry all, can't resist comic urge:
It's a Stink Tank!!!!
September 26th, 2007 at 6:15 pmComment by Krazny: "What a bunch of goofy cloak and dagger junk this is. I mean c’mon!!! if you have to do everything in secret, perhaps your message, and goals aren’t compatible with the majority of Americans."
What makes you think having "goals ... compatible with the majority of Americans" is of the slightest interest to these creeps? They're all about the imposition of their twisted goals on the rest of us, regardless of what we think. It would be ludicrous if it weren't for the fact that they're well on their way to achieving their objective.
jb
September 26th, 2007 at 6:16 pmhttp://www.policycounsel.org
This is classic quote from Tom Clancy -
September 26th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Did I just hear an echo?
"Vast right-wing conspiracy, vast right-wing conspiracy ..."
Must have been the TV.
September 26th, 2007 at 6:46 pmBoth Germany and Japan, had democratic traditions before WWII, Both governments were subverted and destroyed by the ruling parties. Both of the countries in question, declared war upon the US, and both countries surrendered. Iraq has no democratic tradition, the muslim religion has not had a Renaissance. Nor did Iraq declare war upon, or attack the US. The parallels don't stack up. Comparing WWII to Iraq is a fool's mission.
September 26th, 2007 at 6:57 pmSomehow, I'm thinking that Jerry Falwell might have let his membership expire. . . .
He has different dues to pay now.
September 26th, 2007 at 7:28 pmKrazny, here's another useful comparison: number of American soldiers killed by insurgents during occupations of Germany and Japan? Zero.
September 26th, 2007 at 7:37 pmWow just like the original energy task force meeting, held on the most public piece of property in our nation, we're told sorry you just cant know what we secretly are doing at your peril and your expense. All I can say is please ask that Sen. Feingold be put on the Democratic ticket as the VP. Plain and simple we need someone, using the current VP's power to find out just what exactly our government is doing in our interest. The arrogance and contempt that Richard Cheney is willing to stomp on the publics neck is chilling. Whether he thinks he's John Adams or not the VP needs to be countered using his own vehicles for power and returned to the bottle from which he was mistakenly released from. BTW, Joe Liberman is NOT an Independent.
September 26th, 2007 at 8:08 pmAll this talk of bunkers...how fitting. I'll get the gasoline for that triumphant "exit" of yours, Dickles.
What a sham.
September 26th, 2007 at 11:59 pmUGH.... I didn't read all the comments yet, but someone must have pointed out that fallwell won't be attending this little pig roast because he's on his own personal rotating spit in HELL.
September 27th, 2007 at 12:37 amDick Vader needs some lockdown time. Doesn't he know he's toast?
He should flee now before he gets a dose of the cuban prison system he helped create.
Ok flaming liberals, this is our chance, bomb Utah!!
September 27th, 2007 at 7:18 amBut I find it troubling that the Vice President would be involved in a secret society. Hey, maybe we just located the fourth branch of government.
Oh, and we’re paying for this little trip for him aren’t we?
Comment by Candyce — September 26, 2007 @ 4:18 pm
So Cheney works not for the Executive one but the Executor branch?
September 27th, 2007 at 8:12 amSomehow, this makes me fantasize with the Blade movie, when he enters the vampire den-discotheque-bunker and causes havoc left and right...
September 27th, 2007 at 8:18 amKrazny -- more appropriate Pink Floyd, from The Final Cut:
Take all your overgrown infants away
And build them a home, a little place of their own.
The Fletcher Memorial
Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings.
And they can appear to themselves everyday
On closed circuit TV
("The Fletcher Memorial Home" by Pink Floyd)
September 27th, 2007 at 9:56 amOther than the usual Randian fascist nonsense the CNP's secrets involve their sexual proclivities: little boys.
September 27th, 2007 at 1:32 pm