Not that I can really blame him for trying, but seriously, fark you Dick Cheney. Information must be free and open - especially when that information is court testimony involving the government suppression of constitutionally guaranteed rights.

FTFA: The VP's office worries depositions of two aides in a Golden man's civil lawsuit may show up on YouTube.

In a motion filed Saturday, Cheney's office contended that the videotapes could be used to invade the privacy and embarrass two aides called to testify about the encounter in a civil lawsuit.



Sorry Dick, but that there is what we call 'public domain'. And you don't get to slap a classified sticker on information just because it might make you look bad. Nope, sorry dude - but you live in a Republic (well, nominally anyways) and that means that the unwashed masses get to make crude and rude comments about ya when you screw up.

Suck it up nancy boy. i'm sure you'll get over it.

submitter: Leave Cheney alone

MAKE ME!

There's no video editing like liberal video editing.

In a motion filed Saturday, Cheney's office contended that the videotapes could be used to invade the privacy and embarrass two aides called to testify about the encounter in a civil lawsuit

They're fkn aides to Dick Cheney. These people are incapable of embarrassment.

But we've got to shield the likes of Cheney and Bush from any dissenting opinions.



They are delicate after all.

well, I think he's right about this. Imagine how embarrassed those people will be when everyone finds out that they are aides to Dick Cheney...

What's the worst he can do to stop the release? Shoot people in he face with a shotgun?

Oh wait that's been done

on jan 30th this year, i kept trying to get a thread greenlit, but the mods of fark are fickle beings...

jan 30th is the day that Hitler took power 75 years ago this year and also it was Dick Cheney's 67th bday.

he also went quail hunting again this weekend.

*gack*

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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

one thing i love about this administration is that they make no pretense about caring what the public thinks, or what the law might happen to be, or anything that else that could get in the way.

things I do to my cats...: jan 30th is the day that Hitler took power 75 years ago this year and also it was Dick Cheney's 67th bday.

It would have been good for a "this day in Antichrist history" kind of headline.

okay i'll say it. i lawled at the headline.

Cheney trying to suppress information?

More like

The only reason Barf Daeder objects, is that it will open them ( VEEP's office) up for prosecution or a civil suit.

Cheney's office said if tapes are released, they should be limited "to the witnesses' demonstrations of plaintiff's physical contact with the vice president, with video redaction that completely and irreversibly obscures the witnesses' facial features."

A digital shotgun, so to speak.

yeah yeah, MS Paint sucks

Wonko Fortytwo The only reason Barf Daeder objects, is that it will open them ( VEEP's office) up for prosecution or a civil suit.

As I read the article, this is a civil suit (guy was arrested for walking up to Cheney and making a small scene). Arguably the secret service shouldn't have had him arrested, but just as arguably the guy is doing everything he can to embarrass him.

The testimony is public domain, Cheney's not trying to block the transcript or suppress anyone's rights. But your childish name calling illustrates Cheney's point; he's concerned that people will edit it and misrepresent what was said.

It seems that the only people left in this country that are allowed to have privacy is this administration. So many secrets.

lajimi It seems that the only people left in this country that are allowed to have privacy is this administration.

I really hate to use the "but Clinton" response, but wasn't this exactly the same argument that was used against releasing the video describing the cigar incident?

So few posts, I don't believe it. tomhath, I see what you're saying, that since a written form of the depositions will become available then nothing is being 'hidden,' but I don't agree that that makes it fair to keep the videos under wraps. So what if embarrassing videos might be cut together? The first amendment doesn't say 'Congress shall pass no laws limiting the freedom of speech unless someone might be embarrassed by that speech.' This is an attempt to limit expression through film and that's a dangerous precedent to have set.

What a farking pussy that Cheney is.

even if it is just the transcripts, how long until we see videos of legos acting them out? Weaver95 put it perfectly.
I like to drive past the Vice President's place and quote one of his most famous phrases heard on the floor of the U.S. Senate.

Show Dick some respect!

Privacy? That's pre-9/11 thinking.

If they've got nothing to hide, they've got nothing to worry about.

Deposition Hawtness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSbjnsTzsFA

Dick Cheney should be jailed for life without possibility of parole.

They could both be embarrassed? Is Cheney's office stipulating that they were both lying?

Isn't making government officials "look boorish, mendacious, or unintelligent" a valid exercise of First Amendment Political Speech, and thus a higher duty to protect?

Crash Test Dumbass: one thing i love about this administration is that they make no pretense about caring what the public thinks, or what the law might happen to be, or anything that else that could get in the way.

If by "love" you mean "detest my every fiber of my being", I'm with you.

abb3w: Isn't making government officials "look boorish, mendacious, or unintelligent" a valid exercise of First Amendment Political Speech, and thus a higher duty to protect?

I can't think of anything that would merit a higher duty to protect than that. "Cause these bozos deserve all that and more!

The argument put forth by Cheney amounts to him saying "the tapes should not be released because people would see them."

Does this actually surprise anyone? The only way it seems to make sure DC isn't lying and committing crimes against the US people is if he stops breathing. So far, the vat of green goo and his respirator plate keep that from happening.

totally shameless. i thought subby made the youtube part up.

Impeach Cheney First!

I went to college with White House photographer David Bohrer, so I got a kick out of this article.

/no, srsly

Tabatha Static: FTFA: The VP's office worries depositions of two aides in a Golden man's civil lawsuit may show up on YouTube.

LMFAO Subby said "DICK"!!!!!!

The harshest smackdown of 1st amendment rights is the McCain/Feingold bill.

And now he is running for president.

/Say what you want about dick cheney, but that man is probably the only reason bush is still alive

There's no cure for a Dick with aides!

Darn you, Yogimus, you sent me hunting for that bill and I found the poorly written articles of a member of the Gateway Christian Coalition. Ideology aside, the articles were really very badly written, and it hurt me. On the inside.

Dick Cheney since his days in the Nixon administration has, frankly, pursued an authoritarian agenda and is, if you will, a criminal.

JerkyMeat
Dick Cheney should be jailed for life without possibility of parole.

For what?

Bucky Katt
Dick Cheney since his days in the Nixon administration has, frankly, pursued an authoritarian agenda and is, if you will, a criminal.



You dont know what you are talking about.

Gee, doesn't he realize people can't possibly think less of him?

Since he has only ever brought death,lies, debt and oppression to people...one might think that he could at least allow us this opportunity of humor...

I mean come on...the hunting accident was a self inflicted wound.

This word oppression... I don't think it means what you think it means.

Also.. he is the vice president. he has no power

Yogimus: This word oppression... I don't think it means what you think it means.
Really? I don't think you know Dick.

Yogimus: Also.. he is the vice president. he has no power
It is confirmed, you obviously don't know Dick.

Free speech is such a biatch