{"id":599,"date":"2009-05-21T21:19:52","date_gmt":"2009-05-21T21:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/onecity\/2009\/05\/did-you-see-the-cheney-speech-watching-the-anti-buddha-in-action.html"},"modified":"2009-05-21T21:19:52","modified_gmt":"2009-05-21T21:19:52","slug":"did-you-see-the-cheney-speech-watching-the-anti-buddha-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/onecity\/2009\/05\/did-you-see-the-cheney-speech-watching-the-anti-buddha-in-action.html","title":{"rendered":"Did You See The Cheney Speech? Watching The Bizarro-Buddha in Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you watch the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/05\/21\/cheneys-speech-obama-dese_n_206165.html\">Cheney Speech<\/a> today? Pop Quiz: What&#8217;s bigger, Cheney&#8217;s lies or the new<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gather.com\/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977688422&amp;grpId=3659174697244816\"> Beyonce Ego video<\/a>? Well, since Ego is ultimately non-existent, I&#8217;ll have to go with the lies is (thankfully, oh so very very thankfully) former Vice President Cheney&#8217;s speech today. Whoppers, anyone?<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/22425001\/vp\/30868292#30868292\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"339\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"425\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; font-size: 11px; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: rgb(153, 153, 153); margin-top: 5px; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; text-align: center; width: 425px;\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!--more-->It occurs to me &#8211; and I&#8217;m sort of not kidding here &#8211; that Dick Cheney&#8217;s M.O. represents everything the Buddhist teachings stand against. The message is this: Lie. If someone points out the truth, repeat the lie again, and call them a name. Rinse and repeat. And repeat. Until people accept the lie via the ignorance induced by incessant repetition. Anyone catches you in an obviously ill-conceived talking point, change the subject. Whatever you do, do not examine things directly. And at all costs, never open your heart or say you&#8217;re sorry. Remorse is for people who care about reality. Dick Cheney is the <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=ZXSVuWfcak0C&amp;pg=PA119&amp;lpg=PA119&amp;dq=bizarro+buddha&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=tMr-mKII06&amp;sig=9G9ZVQCvY0JfuOdqr2LGir0sSAI&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=lv8VSr24LNLgtgfm4ODoDA&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=1\">Bizarro Buddha<\/a>. It&#8217;s spellbinding to watch. Here&#8217;s a good roundup of all the untruth in the Cheney Speech via <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2009\/05\/cheney_on_torture_misinformation_and_straw_men.php\">Talking Points Memo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you watch the Cheney Speech today? Pop Quiz: What&#8217;s bigger, Cheney&#8217;s lies or the new Beyonce Ego video? Well, since Ego is ultimately non-existent, I&#8217;ll have to go with the lies is (thankfully, oh so very very thankfully) former Vice President Cheney&#8217;s speech today. 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