Cheney Xmas card thanked God for Empire, not Peace

[Twist_U_Up]

Cheney Xmas card thanked God for Empire, not Peace

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2004/01/279121.shtml

Asked on Saturday whether he considered the United States to be an empire, Vice President Dick Cheney had the perfect dodge: Ask my wife.

Lynne Cheney was responsible, the vice president said, for the quote from Benjamin Franklin on the family Christmas card: "If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid?"

"That quote was selected by my wife," Cheney told the man who asked the question after Cheney's speech at the World Economic Forum. "She would have to explain why it was on the Christmas card."

(snip..)

Also, he said, if the United States were a true empire, "We would certainly preside over a much greater piece of the earth's surface than we currently do."

[DrDebug]

1. Whose aid?

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.

Matthew 4:8-9

(No, I'm not a Christian)

[ComerPerro]

2. What a man.

"Its my wife's fault. Attack her!"

[okasha]

3. But consistent.

"The woman tempted me."

[ComerPerro]

4. Too true

[SpiralHawk]

5. That's right, blame someone else. Pass the buck

The Republicans always do that.

It is part of their culture of corruption.

Be a man, Dick. Own your own crappy imperialist behavior. Show a smidgen of dignity once in a while.

[tanyev]

7. Plausible deniability. Don't leave home without it.

[Mutley]

6. Someone's going to be sleeping in the guest room for awhile.

:D