Oh, Are We Boring You? Cheney Naps As California Burns
By Nicole Belle Thursday Oct 25, 2007 2:30pm
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Apparently, your garden variety natural disaster isn't enough to keep VP Cheney awake during a Cabinet meeting. As Bush and the rest of the cabinet is briefed on the wildfires in California, Cheney nods off.
This is hardly the first time he's been caught doing that either.
April 21, 2006
May 12, 2006
July 14, 2007
You know, I don't think it's setting the bar too high to expect the man to stay awake during normal business hours...then again, maybe this is a good thing. Harder to order another illegal invasion on another sovereign nation if you're unconscious.
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Blatent disregard for others and no compassion whatover... that's our Dick!!
I think that there should be someone in the room who just says the word, "Iran" every five minutes. That'll keep Cheney awake now matter what they're talking about.
The 'Robots' batteries need recharging.
That, or Satan temporarily had his hand
withdrawn from Cheney's ass.
Sleep no evil. Do no evil.... Let Evil Dick nap.
Well, Nero fiddled while Rome burned...
and Darth Cheney naps while California burns.
Sorry honey, my Dick's asleep...
Man, it's a good thing sleep deprivation isn't torture, because [insert punch line here].
Must be time to change his batteries again. Every time he goes to have that done I have to have a stern talk with myself - "if he comes out feet first, it is very bad taste to dance in the street singing 'ding-dong the witch is dead'."
"Very funny indeed"
Must be up late counting all the profits from this illegal war/occupation
I'm sorry, I'm no fan of Cheney but this is just unfair.
Virtually everyone who works at that level of government, from cabinet members to second tier aides work seventy to hundred hour weeks. I'm surprised than anyone, from the President on down isn't nodding off all the time. I'll put a dollar that it's been weeks since any of them had what we would consider a full night's sleep.
Cheney's a pecker and unfit to hold his office but if you're going to make indictments than make them of his policies and of his official actions, there's plenty of material there. This is just anti-critical bashing that's typical of the other side. It's the same as Obama's lapel pin in terms of spirit and actual significance.
In Cheney’s world, having to attend political gatherings is like having to go to chuch.
I'll bet he's wide awake at the meeting in which they decide to start a war with Iran.
I guess we're all so disappointed that he keeps waking up.
He's coming to my neck of the woods to go birdhunting this weekend. Lots of traffic snarls.
Thanks...dick.
Rummey's busted for torture! Just heard it on Democracy Now!
re cheney sleeping in the daylight, don't all vampires?
“Very funny indeed”
I'm sorry, it is fair. You are the GD Vice President participating in decisions with ENORMOUS implications...it is not too much to ask you to get a fucking coffee pre-meeting and stay awake!
Thomas: Unfair????? F**k you and F**k him! This is disgraceful. The worst fies in California history and this son of b**ch doesn't give a godamn.
It's normal for Vampires to sleep during the working day.
I assume that he uses some super top secret government lab created sun block that prevents him from disintegrating in sunlight.
That very funny indeed line was the first thing I heard as well. Blitzer kills me
This is all just a big misunderstanding.
See, Cheney has terrorists in his dreams. So what he's doing is fighting them over THERE so he doesn't have to fight them over HERE.
And besides, in Cheney's dreams, HE is the one with the red striped sweater and the glove with bladed fingers ;)
Yeah I agree with Raymond. He's making the big bucks to do that job, he knew what he was getting into. It is fair to slam him for not staying awake during an imprtant meeting. I don't feel sorry for him at all. If he's too sleepy to do the nation's business, he should resign and make room for someone who can at least stay awake.
Are we sure he isn't just bowing his head in prayer? I mean he could be. ;)
Wolf, "Very funny indeed".
Snark or does he have a serious humor deficiency?
lucid fiction @ 3:
lol :lol:
http://lclane2.atspace.com/cheney.html
Thomas @ 11:
Yeah give the ol' fart a break...he's up 'til the weeeeee hours plotting eeeevil deeds and whatnot....besides, being that dastardly takes alot of energy...even one fueled by hate must sleep at some point....
If it's not about starting war to keep the NWO strategy in motion, it must be of no importance.
Makes sense. I've never understood how somebody this evil could sleep at night.
Natural disasters are boring!!!
Bush said, "Wake Dick when the bombs drop, will you? He wouldn't want to miss that. Bless his cold, unstable heart."
Ah, to dream of torturing kittens, mmm.
Cut the geezer some slack! He's burning the candle at both ends in his ceaseless effort to kill a few million more people.
Thomas @ 11:
No... this is funny.
He's dreaming about Boy Gannon.
Oh, for pete's sake -- they'll re-attach the jumper cables to his nipples and he'll be good as new.
If someone had whispered 'invasion', the f*ck*r would have woke up, with that damn smirk of a smile of his
Considering Dick Cheney's world view, I find it comforting to see him sleeping through meetings. Would you want him actually paying attention and putting his spin on things? Hopefully he'll sleep through all of his meeting until January 2009. I doubt we'd want to know what he's dreaming.
Maybe Lynn keeps him up all night with her constant demands for hot lusty Lynn-type sex. Maybe at the meetings is the only time he gets a chance to rest and sleep.
No, I don't think you can sue me for putting that image into your head. ;)
Art Pufkin @ 9:
very funny wolf. yes, very funny indeed. my sweet christ i hate the msm
John Stewart is gonna have a field day with this...ahhh yeah....can't wait 'til monday...might have to record it....
classic case of sleep apnea. it will worsen his heart problems and when he's gone, it will make it safe to impeach the retard.
Thomas @ 11:
"Unfair," my fat white dimpled @$$. I've worked 70 and 80 hours weeks (with a two-hour commute besides) for waaaaaaaaaaay effin' less money than Cheney makes--and certainly no power, or any other perks, for that matter. yet getting caught sleeping at my desk would have resulted in a reprimand. Why does he get to play by different rules? If his health isn't up to demands of the office, he needs to resign. Like Mordor I'm gonna cut the cold b@$+@rd any slack that we don't get in the Real World. Technically, he works for me, and he's sleeping on my dime.
dick probably talks in his sleep and bush is too stupid to notice. that's it bush has been acting on dick's neocon wet dream, that explains alot.
pissed off patricia @ 38:
Patricia...that's just plain wrong...and no we can't sue you, but I can at least add salt to the wound...I wonder if he makes that Penguin sound when he's doin it? Myaaaah...Myeah Lynn....Mwaaah Mwaaah MWAAAAAH!!! Now get out!!!! Myahh!
Thomas, you are a tool if you believe that Bush et al spend seventy to one hundred hours a week actually working.
It's like you pay no attention at all to their schedules or the news.
when cheney is asleep does that mean Bush is in charge?
Thomas @ 11:
I'll bet Cheney was wide awake at his secret energy task force meeting. When it comes to policy that affects rank and file Americans it's nap time for Ole Dead Eye.
Cheney just knows better than anybody else that anything Bush says is bullshit. Cheney's running things. May as well nap when the Pres is talking.
Could someone point me to the part of the Constitution where Dick Cheney has the authority to do anything? Don't get me wrong, I dislike Cheney as much as anyone else here, but I don't think he has the authority to do anything about the situation.
Just because he has abused his office's authority doesn't somehow magically expand the actual powers of the office. Isn't that part of the reason we all dislike him? He abuses his office with powers he doesn't actually have?
So basically, he doesn't have the authority to do anything, why should he bother paying attention? Insensitive, I agree, but it's not like he could do anything if he was wide awake and jacked on 20 Red Bulls. He's probably only sitting in on the meeting to stay vaguely informed, like Vice Presidents have historically done.
He should wake up with a start and slurp his drool. that would be fitting to that toad.
OT, but this is why I love Bill Clinton. John please post this for everyone.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2007/10/26/sot.bill.clinton.he...
rasta @ 45:
No. Chimp was given strict instructions to wake Cheney if there's a decision that needs to be made. For this Chimp get's a banana.
"Carmikl @ #37"
You are right. The more we see of Cheney dozing off in meetings the better it is for all of us.The World will be a safer place . The Pentagon will not know who to biomb or which country to invade. The World will prosper and better still, Joe Leiberman will have no one to talk to.
I am hoping this is a sign that Cheney's light is flickering out. Anytime he is asleep is a win for us. Better asleep than planning another terrrorist attack against the American people or more lies about the threat a country poses who just happen to have a lot of oil.
Aaah...Poor old guy. I just want to give him a bear hug.
Squeeze the shit out of him!
Do you ever get the feeling (dare I say, hope) that one day, Dickless Chicanery will go to sleep and just not wake up?
Hey, wishing for natural causes doesn't constitute a threat!
People, people.......PLEASE, a little compassion!
Like YOU'VE never nodded off, digesting, after a huge breakfast of scrambled chickenhawk eggs and crispy hash brown-skinned people.
Apparently if the topic isn't perpetual WAR, Evil Dick isn't interested and lapses into narcolepsy!
Attack Iran and you attack Russia
By Pepe Escobar
The barely reported highlight of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Tehran for the Caspian Sea summit last week was a key face-to-face meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
A high-level diplomatic source in Tehran tells Asia Times Online that essentially Putin and the Supreme Leader have agreed on a plan to nullify the George W Bush administration’s relentless drive towards launching a preemptive attack, perhaps a tactical nuclear strike, against Iran. An American attack on Iran will be viewed by Moscow as an attack on Russia.
Thomas @ 11:
Quitcher handwringing! Since I'm a taxpayer, the guy is actually my employee - I have every right to criticize him for nodding off at work! The only problem is, I can't fire him, and he does more damage awake! Keep sleepin', Dick!
Thomas @ 11:
No, Thomas, I don't remember seeing pictures of other staff members nodding off as frequently as the (Vice) President does. F him and the rest of the war criminals.
Who cares?
Greg @ 50:
Good video. Those were the days when we had an intelligent, articulate, competent, elected president who could think on his feet and speak without a teleprompter.
Bill Clinton learned first hand you can't reason with the reich wing, punch the reich wing bully back and punch hard.
X @ 61:
Well, at least 60 people before you. My wager is on "more, even".
It's those kinds of naps that leave you ready to take
a massive shit upon waking. No wonder we're in
such deep shit.
He should take a dirt nap already.
Dick, here's hopin for all the rest you need. Here's a toast that you find the Big Sleep.
Steve Gilliard always theorized that Cheney was sicker than anyone let on. He claimed that Cheney's naps were a symptom of that. Seems reasonable to me...
Yup, Supreme Leader Cheney is up all night watching the Dubai market watch on a Middle Eastern station to buy and sell shares and asleep on his daytime job in the morning.
To be fair, he is on a ton of medications for his heart. Besides, I would prefer he stay asleep, frankly. He can do less damage that way.
Ruthless People @ 51:
he's got a hard weekend of hunting lawyers....ummm.....pheasants
Thomas.. i am self employeed and in the bush economy i am working 80+ hours a week just to make it. anyone in bush's administration earns far more than most of us and certainly makes decisions that impact far more lives than me, but i have never fallen asleep in a meeting, not one time. it would be bad for business and disrespectful to my clients to say the least. and the least a cabinet official could do is stay awake for our sake. and isn't it telling that it is treated as an ok thing and sort of "oh that's dick". and more telling is the subject being discussed. we already know that bush co could care less for the common american, do they need to be so obvious about it. would he drift off to sleep if the topic of discussion involed a life or death situation for the "haves and have more's"? their "base".
Powkat @ 8:
If (oh may heaven forfend) the occassion does arise for you to put your resolve to the test, should you suceed, you're a better man, a far, far better man, than I am, Gunga Din.
I'd fall asleep too if I had to listen to the stupidity of Dumbya and his lies. Cheney's days are numbered.
Tic......tic......tic...............fphzzzz.
the pace maker dies, Cheney goes to hell
and Bush gets Gonzo as VP.
I think Cheney drinks alot. He got 3 dui's while avoiding service in Vietnam, got drunk and shot his friend in the face while pretending to be hunting. He's never said he gave up the hooch like lying George says he did. Besides, when he's asleep he looks just like a baby........................................................................................................killer.
CNN needs to scrounge around for some duct tape--- and put it over Wolf's mouth. Very funny indeed.
Cheney doesn't care about wildfires. Yeah, they're bad, but... He's plottong to take over the planet. The fires are stuff for the grunts, the underlings.
Sorry to say, but in America, you
tend tosensationalize everything, to the point I turn OFF the TV. I can't take it. Fires bad: I got it (a long time ago).Thomas @ 11:
Riiiiiiight...
100hr work week comes out to 20 hrs of work A DAY for 5 days, or 14hrs if we assume that Dick Cheney works all 7 days in the week. Since we have a president that has spent almost 1 year vacationing out of his 8 years in power... to top it all, Dick Cheney has had already 2 heart attacks, a 14-hr work day for a weeks to en would have claimed his sorry ass long ago.
so basically, what I am saying that if they aren't getting a full night of sleep is not due to work related issues, but rather the fact that maybe their conscience is catching up to them.
So let's cut the apologetic act, OK?
I'm afraid everyone here seems to be laboring under the impression that these are pictures of Cheney sleeping.
I'm sorry to be forced to explain this, but what these photos are actually documenting are those times when Cheney's soul leaves his body and travels to R'lyeh to receive further instructions from his unquestioned lord and master, He Who Must Not Be Named.
You, the American taxpayers are paying him to sleep on the job.
Any other job, he would be out the door so fast he wouldn't know what hit him.
Joementum @ 35:
OMG! I read this whole damn thread but THAT was just hysterical!
Zzzzaappp zzzzaapp!! Hit 'em again! Again!!
Hahahaha.....
shouldn't we be allowed to know what kinda meds the VP is on? After all he is really the one controlling GWs finger that is on "The Button" via puppet strings.
You know, I don’t think it’s setting the bar too high to expect the man to stay awake during normal business hours…then again, maybe this is a good thing. Harder to order another illegal invasion on another sovereign nation if you’re unconscious.
Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!
L.A. Confidential @ 83:
Cheneys kind of in and out of it these days apparently.
It must happen so regularly that no one suspects that he may be fainting or passing out. Oh, that crazy Dick.
Someone should put his finger in warm water.
What??
Cheney seen Meditating?
Certainly CNN put that up as a joke didn't they?
Jason @ 85:
Hey he's meditating not sleeping. Next thing he'll be called the Dali Cheney.
A lot of people count sheep to fall asleep. Cheney counts the number of US service members and innocent people he's killed. You'd doze off too if you had to count to over 100,000.
CNN Should have put,
Incoming
V.P. Cheney seen falling into a coma during cabinet meeting
Ruthless People @ 88:
I doubt it. He probably counts dollar bills instead of sheep.
personally cannot stand Count Cheney....
and with all due respect, those cats spend an awful lot of time in boring meetings.
you'd get caught snoozing too.
have a great weekend everybody!
What I want to know is why he keeps waking up.
The problem is his shipments of Iraqi and Afghani babies is becoming too irregular. He needs a constant supply of human baby flesh to keep him at peek operating efficiency. He had bushel baskets full of them at the start of the wars, but now, the resistance is really cutting into his harvest.
I feel sorry for the dark lord. His time on this planet to complete his Hegemony of evil is limited, and there are few he can trust to pass on his torch. There is no real equal to the all powerful dark lord, except maybe for Eric Prince. But sweet, sweet Eric already has an army to command and is a big part of the plan to invade America. So little time, so many people to kill... ZZZZ
the sad thing is he keeps waking up.
Maybe soon the long dirtnap.
Hell, if he's sleeping, he can't be ramping up to nuke Iran.
Sleep sleep sleep, you Dick.
Well to be fair he is 283 years old.
NEWSFLASH!!! Dateline Gotham City... Penguin nods off during
crime syndicate meeting... film at 11................yea yea, I know ad hominen blah blah, not really, more like dark humor....JD
Aw, leave the old fart alone. He's probably dreaming that Bush is dead and he's in charge.
.....Wait a minute!
Could it be that he's awake and we're asleep?
I keep waiting for the time when Satan re-enters Duck Cheney's body yet again and he wakes with a loud, startled,
"QUAAAAAACK!"
in the middle of someone else's speech. A true WTF moment. Why DO we have a VP that says, "quack"? (or whatever the hell that sound is)
Fucker. When I kept falling asleep at lectures I failed Physics III. This "I got mine" asshat gets to be VP.
old man war profiteer winter Cheney sleeps at everything except bombing Persians and Arabs.
i *never* thought i'd ever say this, but i agree with ol' sleepy dick.
bush bores me to tears too.
I noticed a cyclical pattern here in the monthly nap timing...
Could it be hormonal? I know I feel really tired right before my period.
Not only did darth Cheney fall asleep at the meeting, but in an interview with Larry ( I never used cocain ) Kudlow, Cheney when asked about rocketing oil prices said the American will find a way to adjust. Really?!?!? Do we adjust by buying less food or less fuel so we can't get to work and heat our homes, or maybe just stop feeding the kids. Hey, I have an idea. Want to save a few bucks, just feed your kids on odd or even days, that will help you make up for the non inflation the government says doesn't exist.