I just heard a powerful interview about this book with it's author on Ring of Fire radio with Bobby Kennedy, Jr. and am moved to do this post. May we increasingly have the courage to live with our eyes and hearts open...
Peace ~ Molly
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ANGLER: THE CHENEY VICE PRESIDENCY
By Barton Gellman
Dick Cheney is the most influential and powerful man ever to hold the office of vice president. This special report examines Cheney's largely hidden and little-understood role in crafting policies on national security, the economy and the environment.
Three months into a legal rebellion at the Justice Department over warrantless domestic surveillance, President Bush was nowhere in the picture. The vice president, meanwhile, was "ready to go to the mat" to keep the program on track. » By Barton Gellman»
The PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING SERIES
Working in the Background
A master of bureaucracy and detail, Cheney exerts most of his influence out of public view.
Wars and Interrogations
Cheney's office played a central role in shattering limits on coercion of prisoners in U.S. custody.
Dominating Budget Decisions
From behind the scenes, Cheney was guardian of conservative orthodoxy on budget and tax matters.
Environmental Policy
Cheney loosened protections on air and water quality and changed the rules on national parks.
A master of bureaucracy and detail, Cheney exerts most of his influence out of public view.
Wars and Interrogations
Cheney's office played a central role in shattering limits on coercion of prisoners in U.S. custody.
Dominating Budget Decisions
From behind the scenes, Cheney was guardian of conservative orthodoxy on budget and tax matters.
Environmental Policy
Cheney loosened protections on air and water quality and changed the rules on national parks.
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You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
~ Abraham Lincoln (attributed)
Reformers who are always compromising, have not yet grasped the idea that truth is the only safe ground to stand upon.
~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
~ George Orwell
It takes two to speak truth -- one to speak and another to hear.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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