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Talk:Andrew Schlafly

2007-07-03T17:16:46Z

Reaganrules: /* Last name */

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[[Image:ASchlafly.JPG|jpg|right|200px|Andrew Schlafly]]

== Last name ==

The last name "Schlafly" comes from Switzerland where it is written "Schläfli".

--[[User:Joaquín Martínez]], [[User talk:Joaquín Martínez|talk]] 18:27, 22 May 2007 (EDT)

== Criticism ==

"This guy is a sad, gullible buffoon."
-Anonymous

Irve Lewis Libby Jr.

2007-07-03T16:59:20Z

Reaganrules:

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'''Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr.''' is a former deputy Secretary of Defense, Chief of Staff, National Security Advisor and private Attorney to Vice President [[Dick Cheney]].

Libby was born in New Haven, [[Connecticut]]; his father was an investment banker.<ref>[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051031/31libby.htm "A Rough Road For 'Scooter'?"], Kenneth T. Walsh</ref> Various sources report that he has been rather secretive about his actual first name, and that the initial "I." stands for Irving.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4965501 "Guarding the 'I' in I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby"], Mike Pesca, National Public Radio, October 19, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/22/AR2005102201439.html "In the Spotlight And on the Spot: Scooter Libby, Backstage No More"], Mark Leibovich, [[Washington Post]], 23 October, 2005.</ref> According to interviews, he first acquired his nickname "Scooter" as an infant, when his father, after seeing him move quickly across his crib, described him as "a scooter".<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/27/politics/main989970.shtml "Libby: Lawyer, Adviser, Author:] Cheney's Chief Of Staff Both Political Insider And Acclaimed Novelist", Stephen Smith, [[CBS News]], [[28 October]], [[2005]]</ref>

On October 28, 2005, Libby was indicted on five felony counts due to his involvement in the [[Valerie Plame]] <ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-05-29-plame-testimony_N.htm Plame called on to explain varied accounts], By Richard Willing, ''USA TODAY'', May 29, 2007.</ref> affair. After the indictment, Libby resigned as Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, as assistant to the Vice President for national security affairs, and as assistant to President Bush. <ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4979769 NPR]</ref>

'''Conviction and Sentence'''

Libby was convicted on four counts including:
*Obstruction of Justice (intentionally deceiving the grand jury about how he learned, and “disclosed to the media,” information about Valerie Plame Wilson’s employment by the CIA);
*Making a False Statement (intentionally giving the FBI false information about a conversation he had with Tim Russert);
*Perjury (knowingly providing false testimony about a conversation he had with Russert and knowingly providing false testimony about his conversation with reporters regarding Valerie Plame Wilson’s CIA employment).
He was found not guilty on an additional charge, that he gave false statements to the FBI about his conversation with ''Time'' magazine reporter Matt Cooper.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17479718/ MSNBC]</ref>

Although the U.S. Probation Office recommended a sentence of 15-21 months, Judge Reggie B. Walton (appointed to the federal bench by George H.W. Bush) sentenced Libby to thirty months in jail and a fine of $250,000 on June 5th, 2007.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_trial Yahoo News]</ref>

'''Response to Conviction and Sentence'''

Libby's lawyers repeatedly emphasized that Valerie Plame's employment at the CIA was disclosed by columnist Robert Novak in July of 2003 and that Novak's "primary sources" were Richard Armitage (former deputy Secretary of State) and Karl Rove (a presidential advisor) ... not Scooter Libby. In addition, a CIA spokesperson, Bill Harlow, confirmed the information about Plame's CIA employment to Novak.

It was also noted that the overwhelming evidence from the FBI and grand jury investigations and the trial proceedings shows that neither Libby nor the numerous other government official who discussed Ms. Wilson's employment believed she was covert, or that her employment status was classified. As a result, none of the five witness who testified that Libby discussed Plame with them suggested that they felt that they were having a conversation about a covert or classified employee, a point affirmed in an August 2004 government affidavit and the government's Guidelines Memorandum ("the information to which defendant was given access did not expressly identify Ms. Wilson as a covert agent.")

With respect to the sentencing stage, Libby's lawyers complained about the behavior of prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. In October 2005, Fitzgerald said (in a press conference) that he would not speak to "whether or not Valerie Wilson was covert." Early in discovery, Libby's lawyers sought documents which addressed the topic and the government refused to provide the information because it was "irrelevant." The government argued Wilson's status was "not an element of any of the three statutory violations charged." In June of 2006, the court issued a discovery order which, again, emphasized that Wilson's employment was "immaterial to the preparation of the defense." In preliminary instructions to the jury, the judge said her "actual status" was "totally irrelevant" to any "assessment" of the Libby's guilty or innocence. After the trial, however, in its sentencing memo, the government adopted a "new position" - that Wilson was a "covert agent" and that Libby should be sentenced as though that fact were established at trial.

'''Libby and Presidential Clemency'''

Almost from the beginning of his trial the President was encouraged to pardon Libby. Among those calling for pardon were William F. Buckley, Jr, Fred Thompson, Cal Thomas, Ann Coulter, Jack Kemp, Tom Delay.<ref>http://libbypardon.net/procon.htm</ref> and Robert Bauer, general counsel to [[Barack Obama]]<ref>[http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-aide-wants-libby-pardoned-2007-06-14.html Obama aide wants Libby pardoned], By Sam Youngman, ''The Hill'', June 14, 2007.</ref> But the trial continued and sentence was announced without presidential interference. As decisions were being made regarding the possibility of bail, many believed (incorrectly) President Bush's hand would be forced, that he would have to grant a pardon in order to spare Libby from entering prison. <ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZWY2MzRiNTAwZmE3NjZhMzZmODNhMTcyYjUzYzc4MjQ= "Respite for Libby?"] ''National Review'', June 14, 2007</ref>
On July 2, 2007, President Bush commuted Libby's prison sentence. This means that while Libby will serve no jail time, he will still have to pay the fine and the conviction will remain on his record.

Tony Snow explained, "What you in the press, as well as the American people, need to understand is that Mr. Libby is not at fault here. All he was doing was protecting Vice President Cheney from a criminal investigation involving his leadership in the outing of a covert CIA operative during wartime. If Scooter hadn't perjured himself in the investigation, Dick [Cheney] would most likely be on trial today." Mr. Snow did not accept follow up questions.

<ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070702-4.html] "Grant of Executive Clemency, July 2, 2007",</ref> This decision was decried by Democratic Party Presidential candidates [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]]. <ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aA.bUy89_1hk&refer=homeBush Commutes Libby's Prison Term in CIA Leak Case], By Edwin Chen, "Bloomberg.com", July 2, 2007.</ref>

==References==
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== External Links ==
* [http://wid.ap.org/documents/libbytrial/index.html Libby Trial Documents]
* [http://www.scooterlibby.com/ Libby Legal Defense Fund]
* [http://libbypardon.net Pardon for Libby? Blog]
* [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=15988 Robert Novak on the Libby Trial]
* [http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/fsalvato/government/06082007.htm The Incredible Judicial Disparity: Berger v. Libby], Frank Salvato, June 8, 2007.
* [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0605071libby1.html Libby Letters] -- letters from [[Donald Rumsfeld]], [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[John Bolton]], [[Mary Matalin]], [[James Carville]], [[Peter Pace]], [[Richard Perle]], [[James Woolsey]], [[Douglas Feith]], [[Christopher Cox]], [[Leon Wieseltier]], [[Leonard Garment]], [[Alan Simpson]], [[Natan Sharansky]], [[Richard Myers]], and [[Anthony Fauci]], petition the Judge for leniency. [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/pdf/libbyletterscomplete.pdf]

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Talk:Dick Cheney

2007-07-03T16:47:06Z

Reaganrules: /* What's about Dicks other live */

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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)

==Pic==
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== 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>

==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)

==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)

Abomination

2007-07-03T15:51:47Z

Reaganrules: /* References */

An '''abomination''' is anything associated with the worship of false [[gods]] or any activity that perverts the way [[God]] intended [[human]] beings to live and behave. A list of such behaviors may be found in [[Leviticus]] 18.

The vagueness of its definition, combined with debates over its validity as a legal argument in United States law (considering the laws would equally apply to non-Christians) has led to numerous problems in recent years<ref>[http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=142 Stem Cell Research at Debatabase]</ref><ref>[http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=63 Gay Marriage at Debatabase]</ref><ref>[http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=30 Abortion at Debatabase]</ref><ref>[http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=186 Creationism vs. Evolution at Debatabase]</ref><ref>[http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=174 Prayer in School at Debatabase]</ref>. Specifically, ''Lawrence v. Texas'' suggests that the era of subjective morality-based legislation is at an end.<ref>''Lawrence v. Texas'', 539 U.S. 558.</ref>

"Abomination" is strictly relative to one's own point of view, however. What is abominable for a Hindu may be commonplace for, say, an entire society (e.g. "fast food" beef). At the time of posting this article, there are thousands of Iraqis who feel that Bush's invasion and subsequent occupation constitute "abomination," due to the fact that they consider Iraq to be Holy Land. The argument there being that any non-Muslim occupying force desecrates their land just by being there. That argument would be furthered by saying that there was never a plan enacted to secure the welfare of the Iraqi populace or withdraw coalition forces, while lawmakers there are pressured to open oil wells to corporations like Shell, Exxon-Mobil, and BP.

==References==

<references/>

==See also==
*[[:Category:Abominations]]
[[Category:Abominations]]

Project for the New American Century

2007-07-03T15:31:09Z

Reaganrules: /* References */

[[Image:Banner.gif|right|thumb|Banner of the Project For New American Century.|400px]]
'''Project For New American Century''' is a [[neoconservative]] think tank funded by [[William Kristol]] and [[Richard Perle]]. Its current chairman is William Kristol.

Prominent politicians, journalists and scholars associated with the Project For New American Century include [[Charles Krauthammer]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[Lewis Libby]], [[Jeb Bush]], [[Richard Perle]], [[Dick Cheney]], [[William J. Bennett]], [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[Dan Quayle]], [[Abram Shulsky]], [[Frank Gaffney]], [[Zalmay Khalilzad]], [[R. James Woolsey, Jr.]], [[Rudy Boschwitz]], [[Eliot A. Cohen]], [[Steve Forbes]], [[Michael Ledeen]], [[Dov Zakheim]], [[Richard Armitage]], [[Robert Zoellick]], [[Francis Fukuyama]], [[Paula Dobriansky]] and [[Aaron Friedberg]].

PNAC's stated goal is global American leadership. There is wide opposition to this goal. Emphasis in PNAC is on military solutions; diplomacy is not considered to be an effective means to end conflict.

"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor"

The above statement is taken from Section V of Rebuilding America's Defenses, which is a major part of PNAC's central theory. It was originally presented in 1997.

Some would contend that George W. Bush's subscription to this doctrine was the reason for his late response to the 9/11 attacks: that he was waiting for the most damage to be done.

==References==
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A37785-2002Aug19&notFound=true Bush's Summer Reading List Hints at Iraq], By Dana Milbank, ''Washington Post'', August 20, 2002; Page A11.

==External Links==
:[http://www.newamericancentury.org/ Project For New American Century official site]
[[Category:Politics]]

Talk:Project for the New American Century

2007-07-03T15:29:11Z

Reaganrules: New page: PNAC's stated goal is global American leadership. There is wide opposition to this goal. Emphasis in PNAC is on military solutions; diplomacy is not considered to be an effective means to ...

PNAC's stated goal is global American leadership. There is wide opposition to this goal. Emphasis in PNAC is on military solutions; diplomacy is not considered to be an effective means to end conflict.

"Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor"

The above statement is taken from Section V of ''Rebuilding America's Defenses,'' which is a major part of PNAC's central theory. It was originally presented in 1997.

Some would contend that George W. Bush's subscription to this doctrine was the reason for his late response to the 9/11 attacks: that he was waiting for the most damage to be done.