MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cheney'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:01:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174751&cid=t_111872_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FFullosseousflapsDentalBlog%2F%7E3%2FZtfv2zmyyjY%2F Scooter Libby Jen rubin explains why in this excellent piece on Colin Powell, Richard Armitage, Vice President Cheney and his Chief of Staff, Scooter Libby. The extent of the dishonesty is quite stunning. In a Cabinet meeting on October 7, 2003, the White House press corps bombarded President George W. Bush with questions about who the leaker was. Bush said he didn’t know, but there would be an investigation to get to the bottom of it. Powell, who had been told by Armitage just days earlier that Armitage was the leaker, sat there next to the president, stone silent. Not very loyal or honest, was it? Moreover, the notion that Armitage’s slip was somehow inadvertent is belied by Bob Woodward’s taped interview in which Armitage repeatedly mentions Joe Wilson’s wife, evidently doing hi... FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174751 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:28:41 +0100 5174751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4883554&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fsi7L_NQ6gjc%2F By David RittgersI have an article in today’s Los Angeles Times pointing out that waterboarding is dead as a tool for U.S. interrogators. So get over it. I also make the point that it died under Bush’s watch, so the next time Dick Cheney trots out a proposal to bring back waterboarding, he’s quarreling mostly with his old boss and not the current commander-in-chief. Over at the Washington Post, Allen McDuffee thinks this is unfair: It may well be the case that Cheney has unfinished business with Bush over dropping the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, but it is at least a selective reading for Rittgers to suggest that Cheney’s words are not directed at Obama with the hope that they carry political consequences for the administration. It is unlikely that even Cheney himse... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4883554 Tue, 31 May 2011 20:39:35 +0100 4883554 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360950&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FETzvB6mvXRI%2F By David BoazFrom a New York Times report on NBC’s interview: Former Vice President Dick Cheney . . .  said President Obama is likely to be a one-term president because his policies are unpopular with the public. “His overall approach to expanding the size of government, expanding the deficit, and giving more and more authority and power to the government over the private sector,” Mr. Cheney said in an interview with Jamie Gangel for NBC News. “Those are all weaknesses, as I look at Barack Obama. And I think he’ll be a one term President.” I recall the Bush-Cheney administration also came under criticism for “expanding the size of government, expanding the deficit, and giving more and more authority and power to the government,” and it didn’t preve... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360950 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:26:55 +0100 4360950 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4183284&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaYRbtb2N_LI%2F By David RittgersYou’ve probably heard that a jury found Al Qaeda bomber Ahmed Ghailani guilty on only one out of 286 charges associated with the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. A predictable debate followed. Glenn Greenwald cited the outcome as proof that the system works, while Liz Cheney, Debra Burlingame and Bill Kristol described the trial as a reckless experiment. Thomas Joscelyn called the trial a miscarriage of justice. The most insightful commentary I’ve seen is over at Lawfare. Benjamin Wittes and Robert Chesney summed things up pretty well: “Trial in federal court didn’t work out the way the Obama administration wanted, but it wasn’t a disaster–and we can’t honestly say it worked out worse than the military commission alternative would likely have done... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4183284 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:51:29 +0100 4183284 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3808637&cid=t_111872_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fvice-president-dick-cheney-hospitalized-hopes-discharge-week%2F Former VP Dick Cheney is apparently still hospitalized after receiving a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) but his daughter Liz Cheney has released a statement that the family hopes he will be released to home later this week. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3808637 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:15:44 +0100 3808637 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3753740&cid=t_111872_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fvice-president-dick-cheney-receives-left-ventricular-device%2F In an ominous development, former Vice President Dick Cheney has received a left ventricular device (LVAD) to aid the pumping of his failing heart. This is an indication of severe heart failure. The long-term prognosis of patients who receive this device is unknown. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3753740 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:02:22 +0100 3753740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3702883&cid=t_111872_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fvice-president-dick-cheney-hospitalized-heart-ailments%2F It has been announced that former Vice President Dick Cheney was hospitalized two days ago with atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure. He has received intravenous medication and is expected to be released shortly. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3702883 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:26:54 +0100 3702883 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577383&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FkOhhFj1wo-k%2F By David BoazRand Paul’s landslide victory in the Kentucky Republican primary is being hailed as a big win for the Tea Party movement, a slap in the face to the Republican establishment, and maybe even as a harbinger of the rise of libertarian Republicanism. (Only 19 percent of Kentucky Republicans say they’re libertarians, but that’s got to be more than before the Rand Paul campaign.) It’s also a big loss for Washington neoconservatives, who warned in dire terms about the horrors of a Paul victory. Back in March, Jonathan Martin reported in Politico: Recognizing the threat, a well-connected former aide to Vice President Dick Cheney convened a conference call last week between Grayson and a group of leading national security conservatives to sound the alarm about ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577383 Wed, 19 May 2010 00:24:05 +0100 3577383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3453870&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fread-it-like-a-man-conspiracy-theory-books%2F photo: Thinkstock Patrick Sauer is funny. This is his second “Read It Like a Man” weekly column for Blisstree. Read the first installment here. Chapter 2: Conspiracy Theories The Overton Window is a political theory that goes something like this: Previously unaccepted theories become more mainstream when ideas from the fringe are thrown out, thus making the previously stated ideas seem less radical and extreme. (It’s also the title of Glenn Beck’s upcoming novel, natch.) The Overton Window explains why conspiracy theories are no longer the provenance of loons and how they root themselves in mainstream thought. In a word, the Internet. Remember a year ago when everyone believed in global warming? HOAX! So, conspiracy theories are everywhere, but they’re losing... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3453870 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:02:52 +0100 3453870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3424826&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FAnyLYO3C5J0%2F By Chris Moody John McCain channels Dick Cheney: On March 4, McCain introduced a bill that  “would require that anyone anywhere in the world, including American citizens, suspected of involvement in terrorism — including ‘material support’ (otherwise undefined) — can be imprisoned by the military on the authority of the president as commander in chief.” President Obama declared passage of a major student-aid reform law yesterday. Will it help? Cato education expert Neal McCluskey calls it a mixed bag. Thought experiment: Let’s say for a moment that Congress could actually repeal the health care overhaul. What should they put in its place? Should Congress pursue a constitutional amendment that would limit federal spending to one-fifth of the... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3424826 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:09:38 +0100 3424826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3311670&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FYc8iDrs7xx8%2F In case you don’t have a TV in your office and weren’t glued to C-SPAN all day yesterday, we asked Disruptive Women’s Wendy Grossman to take a minute to recap a few of the highlights. She spoke with several Disruptive Women and had this to say: Democrats: We want to get this done by the end of March. We have 9 out of 10 of your wish-list items. Let’s do this. Republicans: No. We don’t like it. Let’s trash it and start over from scratch. Democrats: Not possible. Republicans: Seriously. Let’s start over. Clean page. Fresh slate. Throughout the day, President Obama pointed out that people on both sides of the table want the same things. He gets letters every day from hard-working people who have lousy (or no) health insurance — people who are losing... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3311670 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:50:20 +0100 3311670 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3298358&cid=t_111872_105_f&fid=38964&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrwes.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F02%2Fdick-vs-bill.html Bill Clinton gets chest pain, hits the hospital, gets a few stents and, voilà, is back at work. A veritable poster child for stents. No doubt JNJ stock climbed on the news.On the flip side today: Dick Cheney gets chest pain, hits the hospital, and (I'll bet) he stays a while.What do you mean, Dr. Wes? Can't cardiologist magically fix everything? Do a cath! Give him a stent! Cardiology is so slam bam thank you ma'am, isn't it? Heck, he's got an ICD! He's the bionic man!Cardiology is easy until it isn't. No doubt Mr. Cheney has had impecable cardiovacular care. But despite that care, after three bypasses, a history of atrial fibrillation, deep venous thrombosis, a cardiomyopathy that requires a defibrillator or two, and scores of medications to stabilize the angina - you've suddenly got a ... Dr. Wes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3298358 Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:30:00 +0100 3298358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3189126&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FaxTtFN283XA%2F By Chris Moody Gene Healy on today’s election in Massachusetts: “If Republican Scott Brown wins the Massachusetts special election Tuesday, the Bay State will have its first GOP senator since the era when disco was king. And Brown will have the much-derided Tea Party legions to thank.” Why opportunistic politicians need to stop using times of crisis for their own ends and let the next one go to waste. George W. Obama? “Bush’s successor—who actually taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago—is continuing much of the Bush-Cheney parallel government and, in some cases, is going much further in disregarding our laws and the international treaties we’ve signed.” Can Google beat China? Cato’s Timothy B. Lee tackles the questi... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3189126 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:02:39 +0100 3189126 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3052352&cid=t_111872_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F12%2F02%2Fdick-cheney-just-go-away%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily. Dick Cheney, Just Go Away. Posted in Politics Daily Tagged: chaos theory, dick cheney, obama, political cartoon (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3052352 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:48:32 +0100 3052352 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2923243&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fksp1dG4eDPw%2F In today’s Politico Arena, the editors ask: Is Obama “dithering” on Afghanistan (Cheney) or fulfilling his “solemn responsibility” (Gibbs)? My response: President Obama got some adult criticism this week from Dick Cheney, none too soon.  While the risk to American troops in Afghanistan grows, Obama dithers, unable to decide whether to get in or get out — whether to be the one thing the Constitution authorizes him to be, Commander in Chief.  Yet he finds time to fly off to Copenhagen to promote Chicago for the Olympics, to insinuate himself in local political campaigns, to go on “Fox hunts,” yesterday excluding Fox News from the White House pool allowed to interview his executive pay czar, and now, we learn, to slash executive salaries at compan... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2923243 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:05:13 +0100 2923243 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719929&cid=t_111872_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F08%2F20%2Fchaos-theory-dick-cheney-needs-a-book-title%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily: Dick Cheney Needs a Book Title. Posted in Politcal Cartoons Tagged: "dick cheney book", "dick cheney memoir", "dick cheney" (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2719929 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:07:03 +0100 2719929 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2715917&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F2q181XaxYk4%2F I was never a fan of Dick Cheney’s one percent doctrine. According to Ron Suskind, after 9/11 Cheney explained to law enforcement and intelligence officials that they should treat even the one percent chance of a terrorist attack as a mathematical certainty. The particular case was of a Pakistani nuclear scientist helping al-Qaeda to acquire a nuclear bomb, but the standard became a shorthand for U.S. counterterror efforts generally. No scale of effort would be too great. Better to chase down 100 leads, 99 of which turn out to be bogus, because finding just that one nugget would have been worth the level of effort. Now we have evidence that the federal government is chasing down far more than 99 blind alleys for just one lead. From today’s front-page story in the New York... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2715917 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:03:09 +0100 2715917 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2602189&cid=t_111872_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F07%2F14%2Fchaos-theory-cheneys-new-bunker%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily: Cheney’s New Bunker. Posted in Politcal Cartoons Tagged: bunker, cheney, hiding, secret service, undisclosed location (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2602189 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:05:52 +0100 2602189 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424036&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FbZZCBIo1B9k%2F That’s the theme of my Washington Examiner column this week: Dick Cheney’s “Shut Up and Listen” tour continued last week on CBS’s “Face the Nation.” There, the former veep reiterated his favorite theme: Obama is putting America at risk by “taking down a lot of those policies we put in place that kept the nation safe.”   What in the world is Cheney talking about? Granted, Obama’s anti-terror policies are clouded by rhetorical “Hope” and euphemism, and the new administration is less given to chest-thumping than its predecessor. Otherwise, Obama’s approach to terrorism is virtually identical to Bush/Cheney’s.  Harvard Law prof and former Bush OLC head Jack Goldsmith makes a similar point in a New Republic piece out today, though Professor Goldsmith is happ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424036 Tue, 19 May 2009 14:53:56 +0100 2424036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405033&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJ3_UiV5SNg8%2F The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings produced an ugly picture of the role torture played in interrogating Al Qaeda leaders. The testimony of former FBI agent Ali Soufan shows how traditional intelligence techniques worked on Abu Zubaydah and “enhanced” techniques did nothing to advance national security interests: Immediately after Abu Zubaydah was captured, a fellow FBI agent and I were flown to meet him at an undisclosed location. We were both very familiar with Abu Zubaydah and have successfully interrogated al-Qaeda terrorists. We started interrogating him, supported by CIA officials who were stationed at the location, and within the first hour of the interrogation, using the Informed Interrogation Approach, we gained important actionable intelligence. We were once again... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405033 Wed, 13 May 2009 20:01:58 +0100 2405033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398791&cid=t_111872_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F05%2F08%2Fbush-cheney-rumsfeld-and-tenet-guilty-2%2F More than 10,000 people cast their votes during the last year and a half in a virtual voting booth at www.LuciferEffect.com. Their judgments accord with the recent Senate Armed Services bipartisan report that blames Bush officials for detainee abuse. It also finds that the prison guards and interrogators were not the “true culprits.” The vast majority of these voters found all four Bush officials guilty of having created the legal frameworks, laws, and motivational conditions that provided the foundation for the abuses and torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay prisons. The guilty verdicts (for George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and George Tenet) were true regardless of political preference, across all age groups, and whether or not they had read The Lucifer ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398791 Fri, 08 May 2009 04:01:18 +0100 2398791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2399072&cid=t_111872_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2009%2F05%2Fif-this-be-treason-make-most-of-it.html This article establishes that Dick Cheney was one of, if not the major force behind the completely indiscriminate roundup of apparently randomly-selected victims, a process he apparently still defends as vital to national security.Fox news - as everyone is well aware, due to the mindless cheerleading of techniques of torture by such leading Republican intellectual leaders as Sean Hannity, apparently concurs that torturing the wrong people is as likely to produce good, actionable intelligence as torturing the right people. That is, of course, a common-sense conclusion - if you understand that torture does not produce high quality intelligence. So, we must presume that the "good results" would be something more along the line of terrifying the crap out of certain target elements - the Iraqi ... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2399072 Thu, 07 May 2009 17:45:00 +0100 2399072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2284342&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fk4W0mLGJ3XE%2F The Constitution obviously does not leave Americans helpless in fighting against those who wish them ill.  But it also sets standards of conduct that should not — indeed, cannot — be carelessly tossed aside. The prison at Guantanamo Bay has become such an international symbol of the U.S. abandoning its principles because it reflects an anti-terrorism policy gone badly awry.  First, the Bush administration was both callous and careless in imprisoning people, even paying unreliable tribal allies for captives.  Second, the U.S. government created no effective and objective truth-determining process to assess guilt.  Third, Washington employed torture, violating both domestic and international law. No doubt dangerous terrorists have been incarcerated at Gitmo.  But so to... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2284342 Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:17:10 +0100 2284342 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2287165&cid=t_111872_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F19%2Fdick-cheney-a-situationist%2F It is interesting that in an interview with CNN this past Sunday, former Vice President Dick Cheney, a hardcore dispositionist, offered a situationist-like defense of the troubles that ailed the Bush Administration. It appears that after walking in his own shoes for eight years, Cheney could see the situation and how it complicated the bright-line, often unforgiving directives that guide dispositionists.  Sometimes, as Cheney appears to have discovered, bad outcomes are not always the products of bad choices, but are instead borne from–to borrow the former vice president’s words–bad “stuff.” We excerpt Cheney’s interview, a complete transcript for which can be read here. * * * JOHN KING: There are people I assume watching this interview right now, and... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2287165 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:01:53 +0100 2287165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2053394&cid=t_111872_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F12%2F19%2Fbush-cheney-rumsfeld-and-tenet-guilty%2F More than 10,000 people cast their votes during the last year and a half in a virtual voting booth at www.LuciferEffect.com. Their judgments accord with the recent Senate Armed Services bipartisan report that blames Bush officials for detainee abuse. It also finds that the prison guards and interrogators were not the “true culprits.” The vast majority of these voters found all four Bush officials guilty of having created the legal frameworks, laws, and motivational conditions that provided the foundation for the abuses and torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay prisons. The guilty verdicts (for George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and George Tenet) were true regardless of political preference, across all age groups, and whether or not they had read The Lucifer ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2053394 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:21:17 +0100 2053394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1892204&cid=t_111872_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F10%2F21%2Fwithout-the-filter%2F Governor Sarah Palin wants “to talk to Americans without the filter” of the “media elite.”  As she explained in the vice-presidential debate, she aims to cut out the middleman in conveying information to the public: “I may not answer the questions that either the moderator or you [Senator Joe Biden] want to hear, but I’m going to talk straight to the American people and let them know my track record also.” Those statements reflect a radical challenge to our American system: the elimination of an institution—the press—that has traditionally been championed as a vital check on the abuse of power and distortion of the truth by politicians.  In the words of the late Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart, historically, “[t]he free press meant organized, expert scrutiny ... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1892204 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:40:29 +0100 1892204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1556566&cid=t_111872_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages1.americanprogress.org%2Fil80web20037%2FThinkProgress%2F2006%2F60min.320.240.mov Being a traditional liberal academic, there is no love lost between me and the Bush Administration. But social psychological research offers a more nuanced take from others I have heard on what happened in the run up to the Iraq War. It is a take that fits comfortably between the Left’s position that Bush, Cheney and company deliberately manufactured a case for war against Iraq (i.e., they lied), and the Right’s position that any reasonable person would have come to the same conclusion about Iraqi WMDs based on the available intelligence. The Bush administration clearly wanted to believe that Saddam Hussein had an active WMD program. This belief fit both with their general ideological worldview and their specific foreign policy agenda, and there was obviously some foundation fo... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1556566 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:47:26 +0100 1556566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1307844&cid=t_111872_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F253045008%2Fdick_cheneys_a_jack_bauer_foll.html  Fanatic followers buy Jack Bauer 24-hour messenger bag … portray his violence through speed painting … and launch  web sites for Jack Bauer addicts.Are you one of the millions of followers on the edge of your seat waiting for Jack Bauer to defend the US from another terrorist scare? Does Jack Bauer add adventure to water cooler circles where you work? Check out the top 100 facts on the popular torture-others-to-save-the-US-man. It reads like a scene from a Spielberg horror show rather than a mere FOX TV show 24. And it's growing as our country declines and fear's on the rise.NPR looked at the Jack Bauer rave recently ... and reported today that top Republicans … and die heart followers like Dick Cheney ... tout Bauer's many merits. List... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1307844 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:39:55 +0100 1307844 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=801401&cid=t_111872_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fso-what-changed-mr-vice-president.html MoveOn.org sent me a link to this telling video today. It begs the question of what exactly changed given that we know that Al Qaeda was in Afghanistan and the reasons for war in Iraq were just this administration's efforts to mislead us into believing their war was justified. Categories: politics Iraq War Dick+Cheney video MoveOn.org (Source: 2sides2ron) 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=801401 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:10:00 +0100 801401 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=797096&cid=t_111872_107_f&fid=35762&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2Fgrrlscientist%2F%7E3%2F143797896%2Fcheney_in_1994_invading_iraq_w.php tags: Iraq War, Dick Cheney, streaming video This streaming video shows part of an interview with Dick Cheney from April 15th, 1994, where he discusses why invading Iraq would be a bad idea. He refers to invading Iraq as "creating a quagmire" and he claims that "not very many" American soldiers' lives were worth losing to take out Saddam during the Gulf War. So what happened since then? Did his brain rot out of his head? [1:22] Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)) Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=797096 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:41:23 +0100 797096 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=747107&cid=t_111872_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D5297 President Bush, left, is greeted by retired boxer ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard, right, as Bush departs the White House for a weekend at Camp David, Friday, July 20, 2007, in Washington. News Item: Bush to Have Colonoscopy at Camp David Yeah, I know, a Scooter Libby PARDON is WISHFUL THINKING. Technorati Tags: CIA, CIALeakCase, ValeriePlame, JoeWilson, PatrickFitzgerald, Scooter [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=747107 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 00:57:06 +0100 747107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=733779&cid=t_111872_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fvideo-with-phone-number-to-ask-speaker.html I wouldn't necessarily (yet) use the language in this video in leaving my message, but I am calling and I hope you will too. Share this around, folks. It is time for change.Categories: politics impeachment Speaker+Pelosi Vice+President Dick+Cheney President George+W+Bush (Source: 2sides2ron) 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=733779 Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:21:00 +0100 733779 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=716604&cid=t_111872_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fsong-parody-from-give-2-shitz.html Impeachment and the sense that the President and Vice-President are out of touch have started to gain momentum and support from many Americans. On the website Give 2 Shitz, you can find a parody of the Gnarls Barkley video and song "Crazy". Please visit their site directly to sign their petition and to forward this video to people who might appreciate it. In the meantime, please enjoy the video here:Many thanks to the Dreamer at Nightmare Hall for forwarding this link to me.Categories: politics George+W+Bush Dick+Cheney Gnarls+Barkley Crazy+redux petition Iraq war petition Give2Shitz (Source: 2sides2ron) 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=716604 Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:44:00 +0100 716604 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=713175&cid=t_111872_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Frepresentative-dennis-kucinich-has.html The news here is not that Rep. Kucinich has introduced legislation to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. It is news, in my opinion, because it is time to bring the secrecy, deception and agenda of the office of the Vice President to light. The fact that President Bush has stepped in via an act of extreme cronyism to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby only shows the extent to which this administration will do anything to hide its secrets. Since they will not allow justice to be meted out in a way that holds all Americans equally under the law, it is time to hold them accountable.I urge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to put impeachment of the President and Vice President back on the table for this Congress' agenda. I ask that my Representative David Price support House Resolution 333 to impe... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=713175 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:09:00 +0100 713175 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=711718&cid=t_111872_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fblog-post_03.html Judging from the look on this baboon's face, you would never expect that he was in the process of receiving a blowjob, would you? Yep..right there at the North Carolina zoo in Asheboro. I guess that explains the lack of cleanliness on the glass that separated us. The moms at the zoo that day were asked by their kids what was happening and they replied that the baboon was "playing with the other baboon" before rushing their kids on to the next exhibit.It would seem that President Bush has prevented Scooter Libby from playing with other inmates to pay for this administrations crimes against the nation. It is very demoralizing to me to know that power and privilege can flaunt themselves so very openly, as if the powerful and priveleged were baboons forcing public blowjobs on average Americans... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=711718 Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:55:00 +0100 711718 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=702107&cid=t_111872_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fcall-for-impeachment-of-president-bush.html I have had it with the lies, deception and secrecy of the Executive Branch (and yes, Vice President Cheney, this does include you no matter who pays your salary) of the US Government. I see no recourse to extricate the US from the tyranny of this administration short of impeachment of both the President and the Vice President. Here is a letter that I sent to my representatives in the US Congress this morning to express my extreme displeasure with the example that the Executive Branch is setting for the future. If you have a desire to express your opinions to your Congressional Representatives, please visit the US House website and the US Senate website to find the contact information for your Representative and Senators. Most of them have a webform where you can provide them feedback on a ... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=702107 Thu, 28 Jun 2007 16:52:00 +0100 702107 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=645110&cid=t_111872_136_f&fid=35332&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyouainthearditfromme-rice.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fwhat-hemorrhoid.html I try my best not to get political on this blog but when I see the President, I mean the Vice President (pardon me) , I get all warm and fuzzy inside. (Source: You Aint Heard It From Me) You Aint Heard It From Me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=645110 Tue, 29 May 2007 12:37:00 +0100 645110 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=645035&cid=t_111872_133_f&fid=35452&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.graphictruth.com%2F2007%2F05%2Flooking-back-at-iraq-war-and-who-on.html I found this, unattributed, on the web. Given how old it is, it's astonishing how little effect all this good advice has had.Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni, former Head of Central Command for U.S.:"It's pretty interesting that all the generals see it the same way, and all the others who have never fired a shot, and are hot to go to war, see it another…We are about to do something that will ignite a fuse in this region that we will rue the day we ever started."Hawks in the Bush administration may be making deadly miscalculations on Iraq, says Gen. Anthony Zinni, Bush's Middle East envoy. "I'm not sure which planet they live on"http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/17/zinni James Webb, former Sec. of Navy under Ronald Reagan, Decorated Marine Veteran: "Do we re... Graphictruth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=645035 Sun, 27 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 645035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=611303&cid=t_111872_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4919 Vice President Dick Cheney, left, accompanied by USS John C. Stennis Strike Group Commander Rear Adm. Kevin Quinn, speaks to sailors and Marines during a rally aboard the aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Friday, May 11, 2007. In Gulf, Cheney warns Iran of U.S. resolve Vice President Dick Cheney used the deck of an American aircraft [...] (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611303 Thu, 17 May 2007 23:51:06 +0100 611303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=592715&cid=t_111872_136_f&fid=35332&url=http%3A%2F%2Fyouainthearditfromme-rice.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fhow-would-you-like-to-hang-out-with.html I NEED TO THANK THIS AWESOME BLOGGER FOR THIS IDEA:http://ithinkimcrazytoo.blogspot.com/ (Source: You Aint Heard It From Me) You Aint Heard It From Me blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=592715 Mon, 07 May 2007 01:08:00 +0100 592715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=527853&cid=t_111872_125_f&fid=34819&url=http%3A%2F%2Fflapsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4722 Day By Day by Chris Muir Previous: The Day By Day Archive Technorati Tags: DayByDay, ChrisMuir (Source: FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog) FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=527853 Sat, 07 Apr 2007 18:11:04 +0100 527853 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=479193&cid=t_111872_87_f&fid=34866&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecardioblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F07%2Fvice-president-dick-cheney-diagnosed-with-dvt%2F Filed under: Daily newsIt seems as though Vice President Dick Cheney does not read this blog. If he had, perhaps he would not have encountered his most recent heart-related issue: DVT. Also known as "Coach Class" and "Economy Class" Syndrome, DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) is a type of blood clot that has been known to occur in the legs of people who spend a great deal of time sitting in one place -- such as during several airplane flights. 25,000 miles and sixty-five hours in the air during nine days of traveling through parts of Asia, Australia, Afghanistan, Oman and Pakistan; that was the rock star tour the Veep was on when he suffered pain in his lower leg, prompting immediate medical attention to be taken. DVT can be fatal if not treated quickly enough, with the risk of the clot moving in... The Cardio Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=479193 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 05:00:00 +0100 479193 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=493345&cid=t_111872_135_f&fid=35263&url=http%3A%2F%2Fronhudson.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fdont-ask-dickie.html I watched the Wolf Blitzer interview yesterday with the Vice-President of the United States, Dick Cheney. Rarely have I seen a more defensive, arrogance-filled and off-putting subject of an interview on television. VP Cheney basically stated that the US Congress can say and do whatever it wishes about the way that he and his colleagues in the Executive Branch have micromanaged the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. Effectively, it doesn't matter one iota to them what the US population and their duly-elected representatives think of the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Rove mission. Nothing will change in their approach. The only way to dissuade the administration from carrying on their failed approaches in this war is to force the Democratic leadership to cut off funding for the war. This would leave our tr... 2sides2ron blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=493345 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 13:21:00 +0100 493345