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Cheney Unleashed.

When push comes to shove, you better hope it’s not Dick Cheney who’s being shoved. Drudge has prepared remarks by the Vice President which were delivered tonight.

Here’s my favorites.

The suggestion that’s been made by some U. S. senators that the President of the United States or any member of this Administration purposely misled the American people on pre-war intelligence is one of the most dishonest and reprehensible charges ever aired in this city.

Someone had to say it and Dick did. He used two of the best words – Dishonest and Reprehensible. Indeed.

What we’re hearing now is some politicians contradicting their own statements and making a play for political advantage in the middle of a war. The saddest part is that our people in uniform have been subjected to these cynical and pernicious falsehoods day in and day out. American soldiers and Marines are out there every day in dangerous conditions and desert temperatures – conducting raids, training Iraqi forces, countering attacks, seizing weapons, and capturing killers – and back home a few opportunists are suggesting they were sent into battle for a lie.

The President and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory, or their backbone – but we’re not going to sit by and let them rewrite history.

ABSOLUTELY! Dick restates what George W., did earlier this month, but with muscle. He’s hit the nail on the head. If only we could extract the Veeps voice inflection and implant it into the President’s brain. I have no doubt that George W., could read a speech like this, he could even be passionate about its points, but he’s somehow screw up the delivery enough to mask the strength in the meaning of the words. Dick did it. He said what needed to be said.

Cheney for President! (if only)

I’ve arrived in the City of Brotherly Love. It’s only 1:25 AM EST (10:25 PM for us West Coasters). I expected to be here earlier, but I had a lay over in Houston and that Texas weather did a number on us. So, after a delay of about an hour or so, we were underway. Once I got to Philly it was smooth sailing.

I only caught a moment of this story (glancing at the TV in Bush International Airport). Looks like more caving to me. Why are Republicans on the hill so easily distracted?

I see that Bob Woodward continues to do whatever necessary to stay relevant. Funny how no one wants to talk to him anymore now that the whole ‘Deep Throat’ mystery is solved. Heh.

Bravo Ken Mehlman, Bravo.

Business begins at 8:45 AM. I’ll check in tomorrow sometime.

Today was as busy as I thought it would be (and it ain’t over yet). I’m on a plane early tomorrow and won’t be in a hotel room with broadband until late, so don’t expect to see much of me around here. I’ll check in when I can.

Thanks for hanging around here. I appreciate it.

Via AP

A strong earthquake shook northern Japan Tuesday morning and the country’s Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings.

The magnitude 6.9 quake struck at 6:39 a.m. (4:39 p.m. Monday EST), the agency said. The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude at 7.2. There was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy. The quake hit at a depth of about 15 miles and was centered off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan, 330 miles east of Tokyo, the USGS said.

The agency said a tsunami could reach Japan’s Pacific coastlines between 7:10 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. (5:10 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. EST Monday) in Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Hokkaido, the agency said.

The agency said the tsunami could be as high as 20 inches. Such waves are often barely noticeable in the ocean but can rise to greater heights once they arrive at shore.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, according to national broadcaster NHK.

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So, you’re probably wondering why things are so darn quiet here huh? Well, tomorrow I’m heading out of town for Philadelphia and I’ll be there a week doing business related things. So, today is filled with trip prep and all that jazz. If I get a chance I’ll be blogging tonight.

(If there are any Philly-based bloggers who want to meet-up, let me know.)

A few more votes and this guy could have been President. What a scary thought.

“I don’t want to diminish the threat of terrorism at all, it is extremely serious, but on a long-term global basis, global warming is the most serious problem we are facing.” – Al Gore

If you’re a Democrat, I’m sure this statement doesn’t bother you at all. And you probably think that thing that happened on 9/11 was just an unfortunate event that the U.S. brought on itself, most likely because of George W. Bush, the evil liar who fabricated that whole “Iraq has nukes” thing.

I can’t even imagine the kind of danger we’d be in right now if John Kerry was elected.

Maureen Dowd has looked better (nice video capture Ian).

Just when the polls show that people want the troops out of Iraq, a story like this one is miraculously reported. It works in America, and it works in Britain too.

British troops could leave Iraq by the end of next year, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Sunday.

“We don’t want British forces forever in Iraq. Within one year — I think at the end of 2006 — Iraqi troops will be ready to replace British forces in the South,” Talabani told ITV’s Jonathan Dimbleby program.

Talabani also said, however, that an immediate withdrawal of foreign forces would be a “catastrophe” for Iraq and would lead to civil war.

The press and the left desperately want a timeline, or simply a date as to when coalition troops will leave Iraq and come home. Yet we know that a pre-announcement of troop withdrawal will only help the terrorists. So, instead of sticking to our guns and stating that the war will be over when we say it’s over, we draw straws and let the winner be the source for a story of false hope.

And you know what? It works.

This story will satisfy the press for another couple of months, when they’ll demand yet another timetable. The U.S. and our Allies will easily find another General, or official somewhere who will be willing to stand up and throw out another date.

Come late January, I’ll expect to read another one of these stories.

And who could blame ’em?

Some 1,100 Iraqi lawyers have withdrawn from Saddam Hussein’s defense team, citing insufficient protection following the slayings of two peers representing co-defendants of the ousted Iraqi leader.

In a statement obtained Sunday, the lawyers did not say whether Saddam’s chief Iraqi attorney, Khalil al-Dulaimi, was among those who withdrew. But the statement said other members of the team in Baghdad were continuing their duties “under complex and dangerous circumstances.”

How the tables have turned. The Baath Party spread so much fear over the Iraqi people that no one was willing to do or say anything that didn’t align with the wishes of Saddam. Now there are those who will do anything to prevent the chance that Saddam might return to power. So, you have defense lawyers who quit to avoid an untimely death and defense witnesses who won’t come forward because they fear reprisals.

This trial is going to make Nuremberg look like Romper Room.

I’m heading out of town to see family. So, this will be a slow place today.