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Richard 'Dick' Cheney was born in a cardboard box in Lincoln, Nebraska. After dropping out of middle schoolYale College, he decided that he was capable of being president of took a BA and an MA in Political Science from the United StatesUniversity of Wyoming. He was twice arrested for Public urination DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) in his early 6020's. He did graduate work in pseudo-political science at the University of MexicoWisconsin, where in 1864 1964 he met [[Lynne Cheney]], who was finishing her Ph.D. in literature.They have two daughters; Elizabeth and Mary. 

Cheney assumed his first political post as back-scratcher an assistant to [[Wisconsin]] Governor Warren P. Knowles in the early 1960s, at the age of 28 when he became an intern near the beginning of the [[Nixon]] Administration. He quickly came to the attention of [[Donald TrumpRumsfeld]], then directing the Office of Economic Opportunity, and was promoted to self-grave-diggera paid position in 1971. When [[Watergate]] forced Nixon's resignation in 1973, Cheney became vice president of an investment firm for a year, but Rumsfeld convinced [[Gerald Ford]] upon the latter's accession to the presidency that Cheney was indispensable, and he was recalled to public service. Eventually Cheney replaced Rumsfeld as [[Chief of staff|Chief of Staff]] to Ford as Rumsfeld was promoted to [[Secretary of Defense]]. In 1978-88, Cheney served in Congress from Wyoming, becoming the Republican Whip (the #2 job).

==HitlerHunter==His other AliasOn February 11, 2006, Mr. Cheney accidentally<ref>Bash, Dana. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/12/cheney/ Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter]. February 12, 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), ''CNN''</ref> shot a hunting partner, Mr. Harry Whittington, in the face with [[Shotgun|birdshot]] while the pair were hunting Quail in [[Corpus Christi]], [[Texas]]. Mr. Whittington suffered a minor heart attack due to the incident,<ref>Lavandera, Ed. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/17/cheney/ Man shot by Cheney: 'Accidents do and will happen'] February 20, 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), ''CNN''</ref> and Cheney accepted full responsibility for the incident.<ref>Dana Bash, Suzanne Malveaux, Tim McCaughan. [http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/15/cheney/ Cheney: 'One of the worst days of my life']. February 16, 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), ''CNN''</ref> The incident was, according to all involved, an accident.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11409731/ Harry Whittington's hospital statement]. February 2006 (accessed July 16, 2007), ''MSNBC''</ref>

In August 2011 Cheney released a book entitled "Reading a book by me is like milking a squirrel because you need butter" ''In My Time'' about his experiences as vice president of the Calvin and Hobbes fan clubUnited States. In it he discusses a range of sensitive topics such as keeping a drafted letter of resignation in a safe in case he were to ever suffer debilitating health complications.

* " Except It is easy to take liberty for the occasional heart attackgranted, I when you have never felt betterhad it taken from you.Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/dick_cheney.html#ojhx750smifpImCd.99" <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=MRalq4bgd60C&pg=PA15&dq=It+is+easy+to+take+liberty+for+granted,+when+you+have+never+had+it+taken+from+you&ei=XBMWSu7AKJaQyAS2i-z9CQ He Kept the Colors: The True Story of the General, the Old Man and the Flag‎ - Page 15] L.E. Johnson</ref>