Slog - Comments on Dick Cheney Never Met A Whale He Couldn't Kill http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt Joining the many things Vice President Dick Cheney has no patience for? The endangered Right Whale, which has the unfortunate distinction of having become a nautical speed bump for high-speed shipping approaching American ports. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued new rules calling for slower ship speeds off the coasts, hoping to save the lives of the whales. The Vice President's office was less than enthused, according to a House oversight report (PDF): Another internal document shows that the officials working for the Vice President also raised spurious objections to the science. According to this document, the Vice President's... Copyright 2008 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:40:44 -0800 Thu, 01 May 2008 10:10:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Ari Spool Or, in the immortal words of Nelson Muntz: "Nuke the whales? You gotta nuke something!"

]]> Ari Spool http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1009876 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1009876 Politics Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:48:36 -0800 Comment by chops waterboarding the whales proved innefective.

the vice president's team of scientists also moved to reclassify the whales as left whales to make a better case for their justifiable destruction.

]]> chops http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1009927 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1009927 Politics Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:22:15 -0800 Comment by Fnarf I assume NOAA will be getting a new administrator soon. Ken Hutcherson? Gotta be some pig-ignorant compliant Christianist nitwit; might as well be him.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1009960 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1009960 Politics Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:44:08 -0800 Comment by Reverse Polarity Does he go out of his way to make himself more unlikable? Seriously. He's got an approval rating in the teens. It's almost impossible to get any lowers. But he does try.

]]> Reverse Polarity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1009962 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1009962 Politics Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:45:19 -0800 Comment by left coast Those whales are lucky that he can't drive a car up and have someone let them out of cage; otherwise, he'd be out there drinking and harpooning one his friends in the face.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010348 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010348 Politics Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:58:29 -0800 Comment by Bob Cheney just does this shit to annoy Seattle latte swilling hippies who shake uncontrollably in their Volvos in traffic while mouthing "He is SUCH a fucker!"

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010373 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010373 Politics Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:26:30 -0800 Comment by left coast No Bob, he's just making sure that they're keep his seat warm in hell. With all the babies he's sucking the blood out of, you wouldn't think it would be a problem, but I guess he's just a belt and suspenders kind of mother-f'ing prick.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010405 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010405 Politics Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:14:49 -0800 Comment by Bob Well, it's not news that Cheney is an ideological prick. He meddled in the mess on the Klamath river years ago, to make a wingnut point for rich white farmers and ended up destroying a run of salmon and hurting the Yuroks and Karuks. We know he's a scum demon. But this one strikes me as he and his staff just yanking on hippie dreadlocks for fun. DICK CHENEY HATES WHALES.

Well, duh. Time to put Dick Cheney on spiritual ignore.

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010436 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010436 Politics Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:32:24 -0800 Comment by Dead Reagan Wow, hippies, huh? But what about the beatniks ? If you are going to use very dated terms then at least do it all the way.

]]> Dead Reagan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010615 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/dick_cheney_never_met_a_whale_he_couldnt#c1010615 Politics Thu, 01 May 2008 10:10:38 -0800