The Real Vice
By Ann Weaver Hart02/20/2006
Vice-President Cheney shot one of his buddies on a hunting trip last week, and his Republican spin-doctors are howling with glee at the outraged screams that he is a cretin for hunting. Of course he’s a cretin; anyone who thinks that this is news has been in a coma.
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An Open Letter to God
By Ann Weaver Hart02/15/2006
Dear God,
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Cheney Shooting is Symbolic
By John McDonald02/14/2006
Apparently there is no truth to the rumor that Dick Cheney thought he was shooting at Cindy Sheehan.
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Will Porter Goss File Criminal Charges Against Dick Cheney? Nah!
By John McDonald02/10/2006
I wonder if the lecture by CIA Director Porter Goss in the Opinion section of Today’s New York Times applies to Vice President Dick Cheney?
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Rotten Grapes in the Fringe Economy
By Vivian Greentree02/10/2006
Early in my marriage while my husband was deployed I forgot to pay the rent. I ended up in a check-cashing shop on a Sunday because my apartment complex wouldn't take a check after the day rent was due. What I didn't anticipate was the shop’s 40% service charge of my $500 rent. This would now cost me $700; the shop grossed $200 for a 60 second transaction. I decided a better bet was to wait till Monday, go the bank, and pay the extra late fees. Consequently, I was never late on the rent again.
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God, Muhammed, and the American Flag
By Dennis Fox02/09/2006
To Western eyes the Muslim response to the offensive Danish Muhammed cartoons (more accurately, the response of some Muslims primarily in Arab countries) seems ridiculously disproportionate. This is the 21st Century. Can't they take a joke? Don't they get satire?
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