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Ode to Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney is a misunderstood individual. If we only could see him in his correct historical context we would be able to better understand him. Anyone who can use the word hogwash in an interview and keep a straight face is special. What could come next from this mans mouth, "Codswallop" or "Balderdash"? If you look closely at him you realize that with the addition of a top hat and a walking stick, you'd have a very decent road show version of Ebeneezer Scrooge. You can almost hear him sneer out of the side of his mouth, "Are there not poor-houses and prisons enough to take care of the poor?"
If we accept this, and try to understand Cheney as some 19th century robber baron, then some of his other statements begin to make sense. In this context, when Cheney told Wolf Blitzer that things were going well in Iran, he might have a point. If you consider the 350 billion spent so far with the 250 billion to be asked for soon, that's only 600 billion dollars for oil reserves of 110 billion barrels. As Adam Corolla says, do the math, that's less than 6 dollars a barrel for a commodity that is hovering in the 60 dollar range. Yes, Mr. Cheney, that's quite an achievement.

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