Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney (born January 30, 1941) served as the 46th Vice President of the United States (2001–2009), under George W. Bush.
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Cheney was primarily raised in Sumner, Nebraska, and Casper, Wyoming. He began his political career as an intern for Congressman William A. Steiger, eventually working his way into the White House during the Nixon and Ford administrations, where he served the latter as White House Chief of Staff. In 1978, Cheney was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Wyoming; he was reelected five times, eventually becoming House Minority Whip. Cheney was selected to be the Secretary of Defense during the presidency of George H. W. Bush, holding the position for the majority of Bush's term. During this time, Cheney oversaw the 1991 Operation Desert Storm, among other actions.
Out of office during the Clinton presidency, Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000.
Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, the son of Marjorie Lorraine (née Dickey) and Richard Herbert Cheney. He is of predominantly English, as well as Welsh, Irish, and French Huguenot, ancestry; Cheney's 8th great-grandfather, William Cheney, immigrated from England to Massachusetts in the 17th century. Although not a direct descendant, he is collaterally related to Benjamin Pierce Cheney (1815–1895), the early American expressman. Cheney is a very distant cousin of both Harry S. Truman and Barack Obama; the three share a common ancestor in Mareen Duvall, a Huguenot who fled from France to England in the 17th century and later settled in Maryland. His father was a soil conservation agent for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and his mother was a softball star in the 1930s; Cheney was one of three children.
Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian. He is widely known as host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program that airs on Comedy Central.
Stewart started as a stand-up comedian, but branched into television as host of Short Attention Span Theater for Comedy Central. He went on to host his own show on MTV, called The Jon Stewart Show, and then hosted another show on MTV called You Wrote It, You Watch It. He has also had several film roles as an actor. Stewart became the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central in early 1999. He is also a writer and co-executive-producer of the show. After Stewart joined, The Daily Show steadily gained popularity and critical acclaim, resulting in his sixteen Emmy Awards.
Stewart has gained acclaim as an acerbic, satirical critic of personality-driven media shows, in particular those of the US media networks such as CNN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. Critics say Stewart benefits from a double standard: he critiques other news shows from the safe, removed position of his "fake news" desk. Stewart agrees, saying that neither his show nor his channel purports to be anything other than satire and comedy. In spite of its self-professed entertainment mandate, The Daily Show has been nominated for news and journalism awards. Stewart hosted the 78th and 80th Academy Awards. He is the co-author of America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, which was one of the best-selling books in the U.S. in 2004 and Earth (The Book): A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race released in 2010.
William "Bill" Maher, Jr. ( /ˈmɑːr/; born January 20, 1956) is an American stand-up comedian, television host, political commentator, author, and actor. Before his current role as the host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher hosted a similar late-night talk show called Politically Incorrect originally on Comedy Central and later on ABC.
Maher is known for his political satire and sociopolitical commentary, which targets a wide swath of topics including religion, politics, bureaucracies of many kinds, political correctness, the mass media, greed among people and persons in positions of high political and social power, and the lack of intellectual curiosity in the electorate. He supports the legalization of marijuana and same-sex marriage, and serves on the board of PETA. He is also a critic of religion and is an advisory board member of Project Reason, a foundation to promote scientific knowledge and secular values within society. In 2005, Maher ranked at number 38 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time. Bill Maher received a Hollywood Walk of Fame star on September 14, 2010.
Plot
'Just what, exactly, is going on here?' is not an unpopular question among visitors to the state of Utah. Tyrone Davies spent eight years with a video camera asking that question to nearly every Utahn he met. The result is a discursive collection of stories, interviews and media collages about the cultural landscape of the 'State of Deseret'. GLORIOUS THINGS ARE SUNG OF ZION presents a plethora of unexpectedly diverse 'best answers' to this enduring question that go far, far beyond the most common answer ('there are a lot of Mormons here') to reveal a collection of intricately intertwined stories about utopian ideology.
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Oliver Stone's biographical take on the life of George W. Bush, one of the most controversial presidents in USA history, chronicling from his wild and carefree days in college, to his military service, to his governorship of Texas and role in the oil business, his 2000 candidacy for president, his first turbulent four years, and his 2004 re-election campaign.
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, abuse-of-power, alcoholism, ambition, americana, archival-footage
Get Ready
A life misunderestimated.
George W. Bush: [Looks around the countryside] I think we missed the side road!
George W. Bush: I believe God wants me to be president!
George W. Bush: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me... and won't get fooled again.
George W. Bush: Whose job is it, to find these damn weapons?
George W. Bush: Who's ever remembered the son of a president?::Laura Bush: John Quincy Adams!::George W. Bush: Yeah, but that was like, three hundred years ago wasn't it?
Thatcher: Following in your father's footsteps there, Bushy?
George Herbert Walker Bush: You want an ass-whipping?::George W. Bush: Try it old man!::George Herbert Walker Bush: Go ahead, take a swing!
Asian Journalist: Mr. President, what place do you think you will have in history?::George W. Bush: History? In history we'll all be dead!
George W. Bush: God bless us all!
Barbara Bush: Is he imbibing something I don't know about?
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Melding the seemingly disparate traditions of apocalyptic live-action graphic novel and charming Victoria-era toy theater, Dante's Inferno is a subversive, darkly satirical update of the original 14th century literary classic. Retold with the use of intricately hand-drawn paper puppets and miniature sets, and without the use of CGI effects, this unusual travelogue takes viewers on a tour of hell. And what we find there, looks a lot like the modern world. Sporting a hoodie and a hang-over from the previous night's debauchery, Dante wakes to find he is lost - physically and metaphorically - in a strange part of town. He asks the first guy he sees for some help: The ancient Roman poet Virgil, wearing a mullet and what looks like a brown bathrobe. Having no one else to turn to, Dante's quickly convinced that his only means for survival is to follow Virgil voyage down, down through the depths of Hell. The pair cross into the underworld and there Virgil shows Dante the underbelly of the Inferno, which closely resembles the decayed landscape of modern urban life. Dante and Virgil's chronicles are set against a familiar backdrop of used car lots, strip malls, gated communities, airport security checks, and the U.S. Capitol. Here, hot tubs simmer with sinners, and the river Styx is engorged with sewage swimmers. Also familiar is the contemporary cast of presidents, politicians, popes and pop-culture icons sentenced to eternal suffering of the most cruel and unusual kind: Heads sewn on backwards, bodies wrenched in half, never-ending blow jobs, dancing to techno for eternity, and last, but certainly not least, an inside look at Lucifer himself, from the point of view of a fondue-dunked human appetizer. Each creatively horrific penance suits the crime, and the soul who perpetrated it. As Dante spirals through the nine circles of hell, he comes to understand the underworld's merciless machinery of punishment, emerging a new man destined to change the course of his life. But not, of course, the brand of his beer.
Keywords: allegory, anger, astrologer, based-on-novel, catholic, dante's-inferno, dick-cheney, divine-comedy, fraud, gluttony
The epic film of a lost young man's journey through hell.
Dante. Virgil. Hell. Puppets. Questions?
To Hell and back through the streets of America: a journey in toy theater.
Virgil: This is Hell, Dante. Not your personal fantasy.
Ulysses - Strom Thurmond: I'm not Mrs. Butterworth, God Dammit. I'm Senator Strom Thurmond.
Jimmy Fallon: It was reported this week that Britney Spears has signed a new endorsement deal with Pepsi. The company chose Spears, because just like Pepsi, she's sweet, bubbly, and has an instantly recognizable can.
See the sun (See, see the sun)
See the sunshine (See the sun go down)
See the sun (See, see the sun)
See the sunshine (See the sun go down)
As I was younger than today
I liked to dream the clouds away
So I went lonesome down the pave
And left to see the sun go down
I did expect a lonely night
As you came walking by my side
And with the man of my delight
I lived to see the sun go down
Every morning when I wake up
You're out there wherever the feet will go
I pray for giving him back to me
Every day when the things are wrong
I won't be grieving, I will be strong, ohoho
I pray for giving him back to me
But there is a day
You are furling down the day
And you're giving me your hand
It's the end of a nightmare
See the sun (See, see the sun)
See the sunshine (See the sun go down)
See the sun (See, see the sun)
See the sunshine (See the sun go down)
That evening we, you will agree
Enjoyd your coming back to me
And as we walked along the sea
We lived to see the sun go down
Today a man came to my door
He said you won't be back no more
With tears I'm walking along the shore
Teach In
Miscellaneous
Dinge dong
refr.:
Is het lang geleden, is het lang geleden
Dat mijn hartje riep met z'n ding dinge dong
Is het lang geleden, is het lang geleden
In de zomerzon ging het bim bam bom
Tikketak gingen uren, hoelang zou het duren
Tikketikketak en dan bim bam bom
Tikketak al die nachten bleef ik op je wachten
Tikketikketak en toen bim bam bom
De tijd was om
Is het lang geleden, is het lang geleden
Dat je zei "ik ben zo blij, ding dinge dong"
Is het lang geleden, is het lang geleden
Dat de kerkklok voor u sloeg bim bam bom
Tikketak zou 't doorgaan, dat je wilde weggaan
Tikketikketak en dan bim bam bom
Tikketak al die nachten bleef ik op je wachten
Tikketikketak en toen bim bam bom
De tijd was om
Bim bam bom
Bimbim bam bom
Het wordt later en later en voor je 't weet
Denk je "waar is de tijd toch gebleven"
Die je hebt gekregen van mij (bim bam bim bam)
Ieder uur dat ik gaf duurde eeuwen
Die je hebt gekregen van mij
refr.
Tikketak gingen uren, hoelang zou het duren
Tikketikketak en dan bim bam bom
Tikketak al die nachten bleef ik op je wachten
Tikketikketak en toen bim bam bom
In the summernight love is all around
In the streaming light love is still be found
Leave you were to make it true
Better fall in love with you
When I write this still remembering
The days I spent with you
I feel lonely when I think
About the nights, I know what to do
Stayin' lonely isn't my way
So I'm gonna catch the bus
To be reaching you this evening
There'll be just the two of us
In the summernight love is all around
In the streaming light love is still be found
Leave you were to make it true
Better fall in love with you
When I write this still remembering
A holiday with you
But it's winter and you're far away
I don't know what to do
When the days are getting longer
And the sun is getting real
I'll be reaching you each evening
And I'll show you how I feel
In the summernight love is all around
In the streaming light love is still be found
Leave you were to make it true
Better fall in love with you
Wished that I could take you far away
To the sun, to the moon, to the stars one day
To a never ending love
'Cause we'll never get enough
In the summernight love is all around
In the streaming light love is still be found
Leave you were to make it true
Better fall in love with you
In the summernight love is all around
In the streaming light love is still be found
Leave you were to make it true
Goodbye, love
Goodbye, love
You got the stars to show the way
Across the foreign land
Need our music instruments
'Cause we're a jolly band
We know the bad times
With no-one there to see you
With no-one there to heal you
With anything but happiness
We know the good times
With everyone around you
But now that they have found you
I've got to go away
Now the cloudy days go by
The time has come to say goodbye
Goodbye, love
I'm going, goodbye, my love
There won't be summertime to spend
This lovesong needs a happy end
Goodbye, love
I'm going, goodbye, my love
Goodbye, love
Now the stars have shown the way
To glory and success
So we play our instruments
And join our happiness
We've known the bad times
When no-one came to see us
The dungeon didn't hear us
I'm glad to say they're gone, gone, gone
And in these good times
We've got to join the plasion
But after the sensation
I'm coming back to you
Now the cloudy days go by
The time has come to say goodbye
Goodbye, love
I'm going, goodbye, my love
There won't be summertime to spend
This lovesong needs a happy end
Goodbye, love
I'm going, goodbye, my love
Goodbye, love
The time has come to say goodbye
I'm sorry, love, I've got to say
Goodbye, love
The time has come to say goodbye
I'm sorry, love, I've got to say
Goodbye, love
Goodbye, love
Goodbye, love (Goodbye, love)
Goodbye, love (Goodbye, love)
Goodbye, love (Goodbye, love)
Goodbye, love (Goodbye, love, bye love, bye love)
Goodbye, love (Goodbye, love, bye love, bye love)
Goodbye, love (Goodbye, love, bye love, bye love)
Goodbye, love (Goodbye, love, bye love, bye love)
Goodbye, love (Goodbye, love, bye love, bye love)
If you're lonely
You just stutt it out
Feeling lonely
And you feel that
You've just gotta shout
Feeling lonely
Open your window
Unlock the door
Let in some sunshine
Lift your feet off the floor (The floor)
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
There's another day
If your loved one
Leaves you all alone
Feeling lonely
Don't you let it
Make you weap or moan
Feeling lonely
Open your window
Unlock the door
Let in some sunshine
Lift your feet off the floor (The floor)
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
There's another day
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
There's another day
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
There's another day
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
There's another day
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, get your feet out of the clay
Hear the music all around you
And decide of what it's found you
Don't keep faith in sweet temptation
To be happy and be free
When you're running from the bad times
From these crazy, lazy mad times
When you're searching for an answer
Keep remembering this song
Listen to a sound of freedom
To a sweet romantic song
Come on, let's make a song together
Clap your hands and sing along
Now let's bring the world together
Turn it upside down
This will make you feel much better
Turn it upside down
We will live in harmony (We live in harmony)
We'll be as happy as can be (Be as happy as can be)
So come together
Turn it upside down
Together, we can make it
Come together
Turn it upside down
In these days of no illusion
We are singing the solution
Now get rid of your confusion
And believe in harmony
When you're running from the bad times
From these crazy, lazy mad times
When you're searching for an answer
Keep remembering this song
Listen to a sound of freedom
To a sweet romantic song
Come on, let's make a song together
Clap your hands and sing along
Now let's bring the world together
Turn it upside down
This will make you feel much better
Turn it upside down
We will live in harmony (We live in harmony)
We'll be as happy as can be (Be as happy as can be)
So come together
Turn it upside down
Together, we can make it
Come together
Turn it upside down
Come together
Turn it upside down
Together, we can make it
Come together
There was a time that I knew you were mine,
But the dreams of today fly away, I'm alone again.
Where can I go? I don't know what to do without you.
I'm alone.
When I need love, I need you by my side,
You're that who treats me right,
Come on home, I'm alone again,
When can I say that the time slips away for the rest of
my life?
And it seems like yesterday
We were together everyday,
Now that time has passed away, and I'm alone.
And it seems like yesterday
We were in love everyday,
Now that time has passed away, I'm so alone.
Tears in my eyes I can see 'cause you cry,
And I see you and me in my dreams, I'm alone again.
When can I say that the time slips away for the rest of
my life?
And it seems like yesterday
We were together everyday,
Now that time has passed away, and I'm alone.
And it seems like yesterday
We were in love everyday,
Now that time has passed away, I'm so alone.
And it seems like yesterday
We were together everyday,
I just left Rose Valley
With your love in mind
And I left in Rose Valley
My only love behind
I found it hard there, one step being true
But now it's over and I'm feeling blue
And I'm tramping that lonesome road
Oh, love in Rose Valley
That night in Rose Valley
The love we had that night
Was not for long
Shivering in my shady coat
Hell knows the reason why
Sure it's hard to hit the road
But you won't see me cry
I found it hard there, one step being true
But now it's over and I'm feeling blue
And I'm tramping that lonesome road
Oh, love in Rose Valley
That night in Rose Valley
The love we had that night
Was not for long
Oh, love in Rose Valley
That night in Rose Valley
The love we had that night
The train that's going to Nashville, Tennessee
The town I always wanna be
At eight I'm gonna take my old guitar
And then you'll hear this song from me
Ohoho, Tennessee Town, Tennessee Town
Tennessee Town
I said-a hey, hey, I'll be around
In Tennessee Town tonight
Ohoho, Tennessee Town, Tennessee Town
Tennessee Town
I sing-a hey, hey, me and my band
In Tennessee Town tonight
At home we made a song that hit the charts
And now we travel through the land
We walk and talk like all we are the stars
And play our one hundred night stands
Ohoho, Tennessee Town, Tennessee Town
Tennessee Town
I said-a hey, hey, I'll be around
In Tennessee Town tonight
Ohoho, Tennessee Town, Tennessee Town
Tennessee Town
I sing-a hey, hey, me and my band
In Tennessee Town tonight
Tennessee Town, tonight I'm coming
Tennessee Town, I'll be around
Tennessee Town, that's why I'm singing
I'll be around in Tennessee Town
Tennessee Town, Tennessee Town
Tennessee Town!
Ohoho, Tennessee Town, Tennessee Town
Tennessee Town
I said-a hey, hey, I'll be around
In Tennessee Town tonight
Ohoho, Tennessee Town, Tennessee Town
Tennessee Town
I sing-a hey, hey, me and my band
In Tennessee Town tonight
Ohoho, Tennessee Town, Tennessee Town
Tennessee Town
I said-a hey, hey, I'll be around
In Tennessee Town tonight
Ohoho, Tennessee Town, Tennessee Town
Dear John, I write you this letter
Oh, please, won't you teach me to dance?
Dear John, the sooner the better
Oh, please, won't you give me a chance?
There is a show at the new disco where I wanna go
The lights are low while we can show all the tricks we
know
When we're dancing, disco dancing
When we're dancing, we dream away
Drea-a, drea-a, dream away
(John Travolta)
Won't you teach me to dance?
(John Travolta)
Won't you give me a chance?
Dear John, won't you listen?
Oh, please, won't you drop me a line?
Dear John, you know what I'm missing
Oh, please, give me a sign
There is a show at the new disco where I wanna go
The lights are low while we can show all the tricks we
know
When we're dancing, disco dancing
When we're dancing, we dream away
Drea-a, drea-a, dream away
(John Travolta)
Won't you teach me to dance?
(John Travolta)
Won't you give me a chance?
(John Travolta)