Hurricane Katrina

2007-07-14T01:35:01Z

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Hurricane Katrina was a deadly hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast in late August 2005. It was the sixth-strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic Ocean. The flooding that followed submerged the city of New Orleans in Louisiana and also coastal Mississippi. Reportedly 1,836 people lost their lives due to this hurricane and it caused $81.2 billion in damage. There was widespread criticism about how federal and state officials responded to it. Michael Brown, head of FEMA, resigned under harsh criticism from both Republicans and Democrats that the federal agency was inept at handling the disaster. Charges of racism was also brought against the agency because most of the people that got hit by the hurricane were blacks.

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Talk:Dick Cheney

2007-07-14T01:09:46Z

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==Spelling==
There are several spelling errors on the page. Several links direct to the wrong article. Can this be fixed before he leaves office?
-_-[[User:Rob Pommer| Cracker]][[User_talk:Rob_Pommer|talk]] 01:03, 5 April 2007 (EDT)

Can't we use his REAL first name, to avoid obscenity? --[[User:Ballon|Ballon]] 21:07, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

:If you mean the article name: I think it goes by what he's best known as, just like [[Bill Clinton]] is not at [[William Jefferson Clinton]] (it had been moved there briefly, but then got moved back). --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 21:16, 11 March 2007 (EDT)

:Are you serious? His first name is obscene? Get real.[[User:McTavidge|McTavidge]] 23:16, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

Whenever this article gets unprotected, it should be put under [[:Category:Vice Presidents of the United States]]. --[[User:Interiot|Interiot]] 21:25, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

And what's the deal with the protection? That's lame -- are the party leaders to remain untouched by the editing of the masses? Surely they can take it. [[User:McTavidge|McTavidge]] 23:47, 19 March 2007 (EDT)

And speaking of the article, someone just edited and left it a mess -- look at the fifth section, unhelpfully entitled "S:" (after bouncing back and forth between "Accidents:" and "S:" a couple of times. [[User:McTavidge|McTavidge]] 00:04, 20 March 2007 (EDT)

==Daughters==

Cut from article:

:Mary is a controversial figure, as she is a lesbian, who has a daughter with her same-sex partner. This is direct contrast with the views of a large number of the Bush Administration's supporters, who are opposed to homosexuality on religious and moral grounds. Mr. Cheney believes same-sex marriage and other laws relating to homosexuality should be decided at State Level. [http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/24/cheney.samesex/2]

Is she controversial? Or do Cheney opponents want to use her as a pawn in a political battle?

Are we judged by what our children or other relatives are (or do)? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 16:37, 29 March 2007 (EDT)

:He's a republican vice-president. His party is against [[same-sex marriage|gay marriage]], deleting this reference eliminates depth of the man. (He, personally, doesn't care one way or the other on gay marriage, IIRC.) BTW, I don't think anybody used Mary although they may have sought to try but I think ''she'' put a stop to any sorts of moves years ago. [[User:Rob Pommer| Rob Pommer]][[User_talk:Rob_Pommer|TALK]] 16:47, 29 March 2007 (EDT)

::Kerry used Mary, and his campaign manager justified it:
::*Fox News October 16, 2004: Kerry Campaign Manager Mary Beth Cahill told FOX News on Wednesday night that Mary Cheney's orientation is "fair game." [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,135392,00.html]

::I think this encyclopedia has more important things to do than to address this, except as an example of what the bounds of political discourse are. Speaking of which, how is the [[2008 Presidential Campaign]] coming? Have the two parties settled on their platforms yet? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 19:03, 7 July 2007 (EDT)

==Pic==
[[Image:rcheney.jpg|right|thumb]]

== Mary Cheney ==

Even though it has been widely used in an attempt to discredit Cheney, the fact that his daughter is living a homosexual lifestyle remains just that, a fact. To the effect that this personal matter likely affects Cheney's ideas about "gay marriage" is both public knowledge and instructive to who he is politically. I think in the interest of avoiding the pitfalls of wiki, one of which is leaving out facts which aren't convienent to the liberal mindset, we should strive to be inclusive with the truth.

== Broken link ==
The cite for Cheney's education (#1 I think) is linked incorrectly...should be http://www.whitehouse.gov/vicepresident/. A sysop should fix this as the page is locked. [[User:Murray|Murray]] 13:24, 13 April 2007 (EDT)

==Picture==
Could someone put a picture of Cheney on the actual article, please? --[[User:Additioner]] 16:51, 15 April 2007

Thank you for the picture --[[User:Additioner]] 13:29, 16 April 2007

*No problem! Sorry, I didn't remember the picture you put here! If you'd like, I will switch them. --~ [[User:TK|Sysop-TK]] [[User_talk:TK|/MyTalk]] 23:23, 16 April 2007 (EDT)

We might want to add a rule from the Americans for Gun Safety Foundation regarding hunting safety, to whit:
"When hunting with companions, determine ahead of time the "zone of fire" or area within which each hunter will track and fire should game appear." <ref>http://w3.agsfoundation.com/safety/r_hunting.html#zones</ref>

:Don't forget the principle of [[overlapping responsibility]]. It's not just the shooter's job to make sure that "down range" is clear. It's also the job of bystanders to keep out of the line of fire. An accident such as Cheney's can only happen when ''both'' parties make a mistake. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 18:54, 7 July 2007 (EDT)

==What's about Dick's other lives?==
Nobody knows anything about Dick's involvement in [[Bechtel]] and [[Haliburton]] - and nowadays projects going through [[Afghanistan]]? The oil pipeline from the [[Caspian Sea]] to [[Pakistan]] through south Afghanistan is not relevant enough? Mr. Cheney was one of the leaders of this project. Nobody knows...
Should be time to open the books, to see behind the official stories...
--[[User:Turbo]]
:None of this liberal backwash has been proven true (although Haliburton's plans for this natural gas pipeline existed as early as 1983). Please post such trash on Wikipedia. We have no use for factual evidence on this site.[[User:J2xl|J2xl]] 20:41, 27 June 2007 (EDT)

::Turbo, J2xl is speaking for himself. Conservapedia is all about facts, unlike Wikipedia which is takes a neutral stance on crucial issues or adopts a "consensus view" (which to no one's surprise always turns out to correspond to the Liberal viewpoint).

::Any information about office-holders using their power to enrich their cronies or themselves is fair game for political biographies. One of the greatest strengths of a democracy is tolerance of opposing points of view, and also the idea that no one is above the law. That is what separates America from (pre-war) Iraq, as well as several dozen other hopelessly corrupt dictatorships. America lets the underdog "speak truth to power".

::I'm very interested in a series of articles about presidential corruption. Generally, the further back in time you go, the easier it is, so <smirk> that'll make it easy to dig up dirt on Clinton and Gore. I only ask that we avoid any partisanship. No fair picking on Gore (e.g., pointing out his scientific dishonesty) or Clinton (giving false testimony under oath) just because their sins are so well-documented. Give everyone an even shake(down), I always say. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 18:50, 7 July 2007 (EDT)

==Category==
Might want to add this: <nowiki>[[category:United States]]</nowiki> to the article. [[User:Jrssr5|Jrssr5]] 14:31, 19 April 2007 (EDT)

==The Whole Story?==
These pages I assume are intended to allow folks to add contributions. A man who served in the upper echelons of government should have more than 2 paragraphs. In my humble opinion you should stomach the failings of such a figure in order to have a complete and accurate picture. What you have here is a third grade summary, of quite possibly the most influential conservative in the world. Unfortunately, it may be the very nature of conservatives to not collaborate that may lead this site's demise. Grow a pair and best wishes.

:A lot of pages here should have more than 2 paragraphs - especially if those new paragraphs include objective information, as opposed to radical, fringe opinion. Several recent reverts in the Recent Changes link come to mind... [[User:Stryker|Stryker]] 12:17, 3 July 2007 (EDT)
::Date of birth is January 30, 1941. That might be an interesting factoid to include. I did miss it in the template but it is not in the body of the article. [[User:U2|U2]] 20:42, 7 July 2007 (EDT)

This man has been in politics and served in so many high offices that just having a few paragraphs about him either a) make him into an insignificant figure in history b)show that there are a lot of things unsaid which will likely be perceived as things that Conservapedia is trying to hide. Public officials' bios should be open to any points of views because these people serve all of the people. Cheney is not the Vice President of the Republicans, but the Vice President of the entire United States. If one wants to keep their life private, do not run for public office. Anyone who is given the power to create laws that affect me should give me the right to criticize him. It's all about check and balances. The government of the USA is based on the principle of check and balances.

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