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Protests disrupt Dick Cheney's Vancouver book tour stop

by Pangea | September 26, 2011 at 10:23 pm

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Protesters attempted to block the front doors of the Vancouver Club earlier this evening, in an effort to prevent people from attending a book club-sponsored presentation by former U.S. government official Dick Cheney. Attendees - each of whom had paid $500 to hear Cheney speak - had to be escorted by police through lines of protesters who had formed a human chain across the front door.

Cheney has courted controversy over his support for harsh interrogation methods used on detainees captured in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has repeatedly justified his belief that waterboarding (a technique that involves 'simulated drowning') "saved countless American lives." This admission has prompted some Canadian Members of Parliment, such as Don Davis, to demand that the Canadian government arrest Cheney and charge him with war crimes.

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The 1

at 00:09 on September 27th, 2011

"Cheney has courted controversy over his support for harsh interrogation methods used on detainees captured in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has repeatedly justified his belief that waterboarding (a technique that involves 'simulated drowning') "saved countless American lives." This admission has prompted some Canadian Members of Parliment, such as Don Davis, to demand that the Canadian government arrest Cheney and charge him with war crimes."

Dick Cheney is a snake beyond compare..What you suggest is the tip of a very large iceberg of basically criminal activity conducted by Cheney in his last eight years of political life under satanic moron Bush.

http://tvnewslies.org/html/cheney_s_secrets.html

YankeeJim

at 02:48 on September 27th, 2011

Isn't there an international court to which to turn him over?

"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 04:46 on September 27th, 2011

Free citizens willingly paid $500 to hear Dick Cheney speak as part of his book tour. The city of Vancouver, read taxpayer, had to pay $500/hr or more to have a Police force present to ensure their freedom of assembly.

The 1

at 07:18 on September 27th, 2011

lol

Scrivener

at 08:29 on September 27th, 2011

The real story I'd like to see reported here: Who in Vancouver would pay $500 to hear Dick Cheney? I'm thinking that very, very few "real" people, if any, actually paid that much to attend this book signing. Subtract the undercover goons and the paid crowd-padders, and who's left?

"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 09:30 on September 27th, 2011

It wasn't a Star Trek Convention so there were no microwave fusion matrix weapons to hinder real people with open minds from attending. Just a handful of uber-liberal potheads who believe that 9/11 never happened. And if it did happen it wasn't Islamic terrorist. As every American knows 9/11 was a Republican conspiracy which the Bush family pulled the trigger on, while Dick Cheney was holidaying in Iraq drowning a couple of innocent peace loving Islamist just for the sport of it. You know. The same conspiracy agenda nonsense you and all other liberals believe.

Alice Smite (not verified)

at 07:38 on September 28th, 2011

Dick Cheney is a despicable person and I wonder how on earth such a creep made it as far as he did in US public life. Saying that, I'm more interested in the people, mostly Canadians I suppose, who attended the meeting. Maybe there were some just curious to see Cheney for no good reason than curiousity but what about the true believers who see his career as a template for their own lives. Hopefully, the attendees list is made public so we can keep an eye on those people, because the last thing we want is a home-grown Cheney. Does anyone know where I can read the names of those who attended?

the hell? (not verified)

at 07:50 on September 28th, 2011

You want to stalk the people who attended? isnt this getting a little too fascist? If people want to go listen to him talk thats hardly a crime, is it?