--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> > wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > Thanks- great summary in the 2003 article of Cheney. I tend > > > to trust common sense a great deal, and there's just gotta be > > > something seriously wrong with someone who obsessively kills > > > small animals to relax... > > > > My mother developed a deep, primal loathing for > > Cheney right at the start of the the 2000 campaign, > > which kind of surprised my sister and me. We > > didn't like him, goodness knows, but we didn't quite > > see why she was so passionately against him. We > > couldn't get her to be specific about why, other > > than the way his mouth twisted on one side. > > > > But she apparently sensed something about him she > > couldn't articulate that my sister and I missed, at > > least before he got into office. But it wasn't > > long after that that we started congratulating her > > on her intution. > > > > She died (at the age of 93) shortly before the > > hunting incident; my sister and I were very annoyed > > that it hadn't happened while she was still alive, > > because she would have enjoyed it immensely. > > > > (Not the old guy getting shot in the face, obviously, > > but Cheney's embarrassment.) > > > Sounds like a really fun person- your Mom I mean.
Yessir, she was a pistol! I enjoy the > effortless wisdom that older (everything's relative, right?) people > have. Being around for that long, they just *know* stuff, and they > don't mind sharing it. Tremendously underused resource in this society.
