Cheney's back, and he's got a chip on his shoulder the size of Gibraltar and he's not going to take it anymore!
Just check out this story in which Cheney, still unforgiving, patronizing and pretty much living up to his first name, talks smack about all the mistakes Obama is going to make and how it's going to destroy America, our way of life and democracy.
This sort of talk would have sent Americans into a fetal position circa 2002. In 2004, it helped Bush get re-elected. In early 2009, it sounds a little bitter, cynical and certainly out of date.
I'd make up a cute quip on the level of "Sore/Loserman," but you get the idea.
Perhaps more importantly than mocking a walking heart attack is the philosophical argument we can pull from this Cheney quote:
“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” Cheney said.
Is there any negative effect to the core of America if our government disregards the rights of defendants or uses clever language to get around such rights? If we call them "enemy combatants" then they aren't afforded those rights, and that's OK?
Or is worth discarding a basic tenant of liberty if it keeps the country safe? Are we compromising our beliefs?
Check out the short story "The ones who walk away from Omelas" and answer those questions.
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