Protesters show up in force near Cheney home

[TransitJohn]

Source: Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune

Protesters show up in force near Cheney home

By WHITNEY ROYSTER
Star-Tribune staff writer Sunday, August 12, 2007

WILSON -- Some 200 people gathered in a Wilson field Saturday afternoon for a "Peace Rally" to protest the Iraq war and send a message to Vice President Dick Cheney, who owns a home just up the road.

"We organized it because of the war in Iraq and what an injustice it has been," Walt Farmer, retired Air Force captain and registered Republican said. "The Vice President has received a pass in Jackson long enough. We want to let them know we don't approve of the war or how they play fast and loose with the Constitution."

Attending a rally first with speakers, including State Rep. Pete Jorgensen (D-Jackson), author Alexandra Fuller and musicians, the group then took to the county bike path where they marched 1.5 miles north to the entrance of the exclusive Teton Pines Country Club, where Cheney lives when he is in Wyoming.

A 10-foot tall effigy of Cheney, with a fishing pole in one hand and a spouting oil well in the other, was brought on the route. Rally-goers toppled the statute as a symbolic gesture of their disapproval of the vice president.

Read more: http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2007/08/12/news/wyoming/e26d5e7db6b2747f87257334007aad70.txt

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Just thought I'd post to let everyone know that not all of Wyoming is RW nutjobs, which I hear here often. :hi:

[katmondoo]

1. About time someone protested Cheney

Good job

[TransitJohn]

2. Yep, sure is.

Thanks to everyone recomending this. I believe it's my first post on the Greatest Page. :hi:

[Change has come]

31. Your post is on top of the home page too.

:applause:

[Judi Lynn]

3. What a lovely idea! Lovely walk for the protesters, as well.

Teton Pines Country Club

More photos of Cheney's home away from home:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2004-37%2CGGLD%3Aen&q=%22Teton+Pines+Country+Club%22&btnG=Search+Images

[TransitJohn]

4. Yeah, sure is

gorgeous in Jackson Hole.

[Kolesar]

10. And a map to get you there

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=%22Teton+Pines+Country+Club%22&ie=UTF8&ll=43.528607,-110.84424&spn=0.020909,0.029869&z=15&iwloc=A&om=1

[calimary]

37. Did you notice "cheney road" there?

EEEEuuuuwwwwwww...

If I were a horse rider, I'd sure let my horse wander up and down there after a big meal...

[Kolesar]

38. Good catch!

Hey, you can view the homes with the aerial "satellite" image on Google!

[rekoveringamerikan]

12. and where is google when he needs them?

if we can't see the official residency of the VEEP, why is he
letting this go uncensored?

[cui bono]

5. Good on them! But...

Cheney lives at a country club??? I thought people belonged to them, not lived at them.

So he lives at a country club and a naval observatory. Hm...

[TransitJohn]

6. I think the deal is

that it's the most exclusive property in the State. And we all know how the carpetbagging sonofabitch illegally changed his residency from Texas to Wyoming after the deadline in 2000. So he had to buy in a hurry and couldn't have the castle built in time, complete with medieval torture dungeons.

[PurpleChez]

9. I remember him changing at the last minute

but I didn't remember that it was illegal. Evil bastard.

[PurpleChez]

8. Nope...they live there....

Even here in li'l ol' Athens GA. My bosses (who are repubs but who are also very good people) live at the country club. ''He'' is a golf nut. ''She'' is a little more cynical about it and thinks the expense is a bit much. I'm not sure how it works. I think it's like a big-time homeowners association, with powerful covenants and so on. They own the property outright, but there are still major restrictions.

[NJCher]

27. golf club communities

I'll bet that's what it is. I know a developer of them and what they do is to get some name golf course designer to come in and design the course. Then they build exclusive homes around the course.

Now, I'll tell you a funny story about these communities. Somehow, through some crazy scheme with the gov't and the banks, Katrina survivors are moving into homes that have undergone bankruptcy. Anyway, one of the bankrupt homes in a golf community became the residence of some displaced Katrina survivors. This only happened a few months ago. You should have heard the screams from the elite when they moved in, LOL. Oh man.

Long story short, wouldn't you just love it if something similar happened to Cheney?

It would work out very well for them, wouldn't it?



Cher

[Callalily]

7. And how wonderful

of that business to close early so employees could attend the rally. Do you think Mr. Dick got the message? Unfortunately not. But we must continually show publicly our disdain for the war as well as this administration.

[Vinca]

11. Darth will probably charge them with conducting terrorist activities

and have their homes and other assets seized. And he'll be grinning while he does it.

[lynnertic]

21. not yet he won't

I heard a rumor here on DU that executive orders can be cancelled by congress in their first 30 days.

So they won't abuse that one for another 2 weeks or so I think.

[roody]

48. Shall we place bets on whether this Congress

cancels the executive order? I bet they do not, and I hope I lose this bet.

[lynnertic]

49. I wrote a letter to Feinstein asking about it.

normally I get an auto-response, and didn't this time.

Q 2: how long after the window expires will it be abused?

[smirkymonkey]

53. And that's if he's feeling particularly kindly that day....

otherwise, he'll just have them shot.

You have to hand it to the protesters, they have "balls" of steel. I wouldn't put it past Cheney to have active land mines within a mile of all his properties.

[rodeodance]

13. displeased that Cheney would disrupt other people's time in the outdoors with his helicopters flying

Jennifer Love of Jackson said she came to the rally because she's tired of the war.

"I feel like the administration has just turned their head and continued to take vacations," she said. Cheney typically spends the month-long August recess in Jackson Hole. Love and others said they were displeased that Cheney would disrupt other people's time in the outdoors with his helicopters flying overhead.

In the last week, several teams of helicopters have been seen flying in formation over areas of Jackson Hole.

Jeff Brummer and Kate Walker were visiting their son in Wilson and decided to come to the rally.

"We have a long history of anti-war activism so it seemed like the right thing to do," Brummer, of Boston, said. "We're here in particular because I think Dick Cheney is a criminal in virtually everything he's touched or had involvement in, whether it's the war or economy or civil liberties."

[Aviation Pro]

14. Anyone have a pic....

...of Jerkoff Dick Cheeeeney's effigy?

[wordpix]

44. me, too, would love to see the fishing pole toting, oil spouting 10 ft. effigy

[thereismore]

50. check out the video forum, it's there. nt

[Rene]

15. I've got to laugh because that's RIGHT NEAR my cousin's house.....extremely close to the gate.

She's a l w a y s asking me why the h--- he's out there with all his friends being driven in limos instead of in Washington DC.
Someone should track his travels over the last 6+ years....they'll find he's in Wilson much, much more that working in DC. He's VERY rude to the local tradespeople.

[annabanana]

18. VERY RUDE to the locals, huh?

Quelle suprise!

[lynnertic]

22. and you can imagine the traffic snarls

[UpInArms]

16. great story!

thanks for posting :D

k&r

[HughBeaumont]

17. You couldn't send a message to that Ninth-Circle dweller using fireworks and sky-writing.

The bloodthirsty, money-hungry cyclops berzerker Cheney will go to a rotting grave 64 feet under the earth just as cold, murderous and unfeeling as the day he fell out of that jackal. The sooner this shit-stain leaves the earth, the better off humanity will be.

[LiberalFighter]

19. I thought he lived in a cave during daylight hours

[The Wizard]

23. Yes

And sleeps in a coffin too. And can't see his reflection. And is a parasitic blood sucker. And a lying scumbag and war profiteer. Well, you get the picture. Who the fuck would want anyone connected with these criminals moving into their neighborhoods? If they moved into my neighborhood I'd get a big dog and have it shit on their lawn.

[Dogmudgeon]

32. And the vampires can't stand him, either

There's a lot of bad blood between them.

--p!

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

20. Toppling the statue--oooooh!

Good theater! Wish there had been photos.

The last line of the article is telling-at least one Jackson Hole business closed its doors so its people could attend the rally. I would say that the RW nutjobs are getting scarce there.

[Vidar]

24. Applauding the protesters.

[nevergiveup]

25. If there is a large anti-war protest in Wyoming,

the end is near.

[Oilwellian]

26. Here's a video of the effigy toppling

DU's "Suzebekistan" sent it to me via YouTube....I'm assuming she was there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVTuTWe75yA

[Neecy]

35. love the video!

[wordpix]

46. Thanks! Nice event, wish I were there

[dragon82a]

28. Vice President Cheney Bites The Ambassador From Liechtenstein

Vice President Cheney Bites The Ambassador From Liechtenstein

Washington, D.C. - In a highly charged confrontation that is sending shock-waves around the world, an enraged Dick Cheney bit the ambassador of Liechtenstein on the shoulder during a state dinner at the White house. Apparently, Cheney was chewing on a prime rib bone and glanced up to see the ambassador from Liechtenstein staring at him. For some reason, this upset Cheney who bared his teeth, snarled and then lunged at the startled ambassador.

Like a possessed pit bull terrier, Cheney sank his teeth into the ambassador and refused to let go. As stunned dignitaries looked on, Cheney had to be forcibly pulled off by his secret service detail. Immediately after the incident, an aide to the vice president retrieved Cheney's false teeth from the ambassador's shoulder. The ambassador was then taken to the hospital where he received 12 stitches and a tetanus shot.

Later that same evening, Cheney's wife, Lynne, said to reporters "Two things about Dick, never look him in the eyes when he is chewing on a bone and don't ever cross him once he's made up his mind. He'll crush you like a June bug."

[dragon82a]

29. Vice President Cheney Kills Innocent Man In Fit Of Rage

Vice President Cheney Kills Innocent Man In Fit Of Rage

Lynchburg, Virginia - Dick Cheney was at the center of a confrontation at a local steakhouse late Wednesday evening that resulted in the death of one man. Eyewitnesses and employees of the restaurant report that the vice president was enjoying a quiet night out with his close friend, the late Jerry Falwell (whose undead presence, now wears an authentic Ring Wraith robe bought from the "Lord of The Rings" costume preservation dept.) when he overheard a diner at a nearby table remark that "Cocker Spaniels were not as smart as Irish Setters."

For some reason this infuriated Cheney who rose to his feet while unleashing a torrent of obscene comments which seemed mostly to pertain to the superiority of Cocker Spaniels over any other breed, especially Irish Setters. He then grabbed a bottle of 1961 Chateau Latour Pauillac from the table and threw it at the startled diner. Unfortunately, the vice president had finished most of the bottle and his aim was off. The 1961 Chateau Latour Pauillac flew wide of its target and struck another restaurant patron in the head, splitting his skull and instantly killing him.

Seeing what he had done, Cheney muttered "Oh, shit!" He then reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a piece of paper that appeared to have the presidential insignia on it. Waving the paper in front of Falwell, he said, "Lucky I've got this, all purpose past, present and future pardon. My get out of jail card. Don't know what I'd do without it."

Cheney then calmly sat down, ordered another bottle of wine and proceeded to finish his meal, a medium rare porterhouse steak with cottage fries.

[dragon82a]

30. Cheney Spends Vacation Clubbing Baby Seals

Cheney Spends Vacation Clubbing Baby Seals

Miramichi, New Brunswick - Vice President Cheney, while vacationing in the picturesque Canadian community of Miramichi, decided he could use some relaxing recreation so he joined a group of local hunters on a outing to harvest the pelts of baby seals.

Using a club bearing the vice presidential seal, Cheney took to the task with relish and, in the course of the afternoon, personally clubbed to death 14 baby seals. In one particularly impressive display of clubbing skill, the vice president, with a single swing of his club, dispatched a mother harp seal that was attempting to protect her young pup. Then, with another swing of his club, he knocked the pup unconscious whereupon its pelt was removed.

Obviously pleased with his performance, a blood-stained Cheney joined the other hunters in the time-honored tradition of eating the liver of their prey as a sign of their prowess. Said Cheney, "Eating raw liver from a freshly clubbed baby seal whose heart is still beating is one of the greatest joys in the world. It just doesn't get any better than this."

The vice president is planning to turn this into an annual event and next year will take his wife and daughters along so they can make it a family affair.

[Stardust]

33. Smile.

:hi: :yourock: :applause:

[arikara]

43. LOL

Did you make these up?

Welcome to DU!

[lonestarnot]

34. Most excellent!

:applause:

[WilyWondr]

36. What, no comments on the newspaper's site?

No comment may contain:
Personal attacks, insults, or threats.

OIC :evilgrin:

[stimbox]

39. Comment left.

Hope it gets approved.
Kind of hard not to comment without personal attacks, insults, or threats! :evilgrin:

[Peregrine Took]

40. Jackson is such a cool, hippie town I'm amazed they haven't been protesting

his sorry butt for years.

[Decruiter]

41. There is a discussion going on in GD, see link below.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1570205

Cheney is not sane. His obsession with guns is disturbing.

[Lint Head]

42. Damn! Wish I could have been there.

:dem:

[Rosa Luxemburg]

45. how many homes does he have?

[wordpix]

47. apparently one in WY, also has one at MD's eastern shore & the VP's res in DC

[ClayZ]

51. Bravo! K and R

[EVDebs]

52. So, Cheney lives up the old dirt road, eh ? eom

[Mad_Dem_X]

54. Very cool

And the fact that it happened in WY, right near where The Dick lives, makes it even more awesome.

[dragon82a]

55. Washington D.C-Vice President Cheney Begins Remodeling White House.

Washington D.C-Vice President Cheney Begins Remodeling White House.

A big fan of fantasy films and tasteful redecoration, President Cheney has enlisted Martha Stewart to do over the white house. The goal is to make it a one-to-one scale replica of Sauron’s Barad-Dur from the film "Lord Of The Rings"

“I feel that the White House should reflect the inner qualities of it’s true ruler” proclaimed Cheney as he dined on some some apple pie and ice cream “Besides it will be a great tourist attraction for the kids, now that Harry Potter is being sent to Gitmo –I never did trust that little git.” Snarled Cheney, stroking a glittering ring on his finger.

The Secret Service has been slated for replacement by Halliburton Uruk-hai, to serve as the Vice President’s personal guard. Vice President Cheney has also issued a directive, henceforth he will be addressed as Dark Lord, and only in hushed, fearful whispers.

[ohio2007]

56. Show up in force? looks like a small get together

thats not even 200 unless you include the media and police
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a11_1187129180

jmo

[Alexander]

57. A Democrat almost won Wyoming's house seat last year.

And Dave Freudenthal, a Democrat, is the governor.

This is how the 50-state strategy works - don't let the Republicans take any turf for granted, not even their hometowns.