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Some WP Readers' Comments on Dick Cheney *

10/18/13 thru 10/19/13

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-padova44
10/18/2013
"FIVE deferments" Cheney was a warmonger and a war criminal. To quote C.E. Montague, who wrote for what is probably Cheney's least favorite newspaper, The Guardian: "War hath no fury like a non-combatant".

-NANBAN
10/19/2013
Cheney's big deeds - Total Iraquis dead 500,000 and counting! Wonder where he is going to end up?

     -NavyRetired1 responds ...
      How many were killed under Saddam?

     -ottercliff responds
      So your point NavyRetired1, is that Dick Cheney is no worse than Saddam Hussien? 
      How would you stack him up against, say, Bashar Assad?

-Captain Murdog
This article put to rest the issue of whether or not Dick Cheney has a heart. The real question is does his brain have an emote function?

-Gorgonzola
I always thought Big Dick Cheney was audio-animatronic, anyway, eh?

-jayc1
I am reminded of the old fairy tale (referenced in the recent "Once Upon a Time" TV series) about the ogre who was impossible to kill because his heart was locked up safely in a box and buried away.

-scrim1
Now that this article is out, I wonder what kind of ghoulishly costumed creatures will knock at Cheney's door on Halloween night, dressed in heart-stoppingly scary costumes.

The servant he no doubt has tasked with opening the door and handing out the candy corn to trick or treaters should be warned that there are people out there trying to scare him to death.

-YellowJacket
There are lots of haters who post here that need to grow up.

     -Leo10 responds ...
      Yellow: You, deny someone telling the truth?

     -s.richart responds ...
      Where is that "thumbs down" button?

     -starling1 responds ...
      Cheney gives people plenty reasons to hate.
  
     -kerr759
      He was the worst kind of chicken hawk. Why is this story even being reported on 
      60Minutes or WaPo. And frankly, I doubt if the terrorists thought him worth zapping. 

     -starling1
      He is probably more worried about American patriots than terrorists.

-florentine
If the terrorists had really wanted to harm the U.S., they would have gone after Bush and left us with Cheney.

-Samster2
I can't imagine anybody would want their heart to go to that monster.

-maximum60
Couldn't Dr. Reiner simply give Cheney a diauretic to pee out the excess potassium like any other doctor for any other patient?

-Clance
"Paranoia strikes deep
Into your heart (life) it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid......." 
S.Stills

-Diamondback88
Just look at all the personal attacks, incivility, intolerance, venom, hatred, and bigotry leveled against Cheney by the lunatic left. Then see what happens if someone voices a simple disagreement with the gays. Then watch the Post and all of these leftist lunatics start screaming about "intolerance" and "incivility" and "bigotry."

I hope Cheney lives to be 120 years old, just to anger the left. It brings me tremendous joy every day to see that Cheney and people like Scalia and Clarence Thomas have lived for yet another day, knowing how much this angers the lunatic left.

     -Rachelva responds ...
      You sound very balanced and reasonable.

     -padova44 responds ...
      You should apply to Fox News.

     -Leo10 responds ...
      What makes you think all of this comes from the left?

     -DCsandiego responds ...
      That's a nice way correcting an idiotic posting, Cheney is reviled by the left, middle,
      and right. His supporters, small number that they are, tend to be nutters. _________________________________________________
* Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/cheney-had-heart-device-partially-disabled-to-prevent-a-terrorist-from-sending-a-fatal-shock/2013/10/18/ca6e2d7a-384d-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html?hpid=z4

On Falling in Love - John Steinbeck

"On Falling in Love"
John Steinbeck's Letter to son Thom *
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New York
November 10, 1958

Dear Thom:

We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.

    First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.

    Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.

You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply — of course it isn’t puppy love.

But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it — and that I can tell you.

Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.

The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.

Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that

does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.

We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.

And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry.

Nothing good gets away.

Love,

Fa
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* Source: Maria Popova ( www.brainpickings.org )