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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:55 PM Oct 2013

Cheney feared heart device in assassination effort

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Vice President Dick Cheney says he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him and had his doctor disable its wireless function.

Cheney has a history of heart trouble, suffering the first of five heart attacks at age 37. He underwent a heart transplant last year at age 71.

In an interview with CBS' "60 Minutes," Cheney says doctors replaced an implanted defibrillator near his heart in 2007. The device can detect irregular heartbeats and control them with electrical jolts.

Cheney says that he and his doctor, cardiologist Jonathan Reiner, turned off the device's wireless function in case a terrorist tried to send his heart a fatal shock.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_PEOPLE_CHENEY?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Cheney feared heart device in assassination effort (Original Post) The Straight Story Oct 2013 OP

I'm tired of hearing the bullshit that zappaman Oct 2013 #1

According to the post, he got one at age 71. emsimon33 Oct 2013 #6

Golly. Why would anyone hate such a nice person? Liberal Veteran Oct 2013 #2

Crazy Old Man... and here's the Crazy Old Man Dancers! Cooley Hurd Oct 2013 #3

Cheney sure has a high opinion of himself when he is actually a waste of human flesh emsimon33 Oct 2013 #4

Isn't it amazing that the war criminal of a Dick (who authorized the torture of fellow human beings) malaise Oct 2013 #5

Not surprising at all considering the decisions they made Egnever Oct 2013 #23

That plus the draft dodging malaise Oct 2013 #24

He's confusing his life with an episode of the Showtime serial HOMELAND. MADem Oct 2013 #7

Too bad he didn't remember the episode of Lone Gunmen... Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2013 #11

Good One! 2banon Oct 2013 #20

oh good grief....malevolent narcissist. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2013 #8

Cheney, you ARE the terrorist, you evil fucking prick Scuba Oct 2013 #9

Electrical device = Phlyactery TheMightyFavog Oct 2013 #10

Kangaxx eat yer heart out! dogknob Oct 2013 #15

Control-Alt-Delete? Babel_17 Oct 2013 #12

Pity. Solly Mack Oct 2013 #13

I'm sure he wasn't worried about a terrorist group doing it... BluegrassStateBlues Oct 2013 #14

Very good point treestar Oct 2013 #27

War criminal fears terrorists. Iggo Oct 2013 #16

Not enough oxygen to the brain. Mz Pip Oct 2013 #17

what an idiot sad-cafe Oct 2013 #18

I hear he covered all of his body orifices with duct tape, too. wyldwolf Oct 2013 #19

Proof positive the man was PARANOID! Auntie Bush Oct 2013 #21

better play it safe and go with vaacum tubes. uncle ray Oct 2013 #22

Is it true that he drinks True Blood? B Calm Oct 2013 #25

Maybe they implanted a whole buncha wireless thingies while they were in there... Buns_of_Fire Oct 2013 #26

zappaman

(20,606 posts)

1. I'm tired of hearing the bullshit that

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:56 PM

Oct 2013

he actually has a heart.

emsimon33

(3,128 posts)

6. According to the post, he got one at age 71.

Reply to zappaman (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:59 PM

Oct 2013

Liberal Veteran

(22,239 posts)

2. Golly. Why would anyone hate such a nice person?

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:57 PM

Oct 2013

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

3. Crazy Old Man... and here's the Crazy Old Man Dancers!

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:58 PM

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emsimon33

(3,128 posts)

4. Cheney sure has a high opinion of himself when he is actually a waste of human flesh

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:58 PM

Oct 2013

malaise

(269,054 posts)

5. Isn't it amazing that the war criminal of a Dick (who authorized the torture of fellow human beings)

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 07:58 PM

Oct 2013

is a fugging coward.

Egnever

(21,506 posts)

23. Not surprising at all considering the decisions they made

Reply to malaise (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:25 PM

Oct 2013

Only someone shitting themselves in fear would have made the calls they did.

malaise

(269,054 posts)

24. That plus the draft dodging

Reply to Egnever (Reply #23)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 05:45 AM

Oct 2013

What an awful human being

MADem

(135,425 posts)

7. He's confusing his life with an episode of the Showtime serial HOMELAND.

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:00 PM

Oct 2013

That IS how they got rid of the Veep in one episode.

Years later, Cheney watched an episode of the Showtime series "Homeland" in which such a scenario was part of the plot.

"I found it credible," Cheney tells "60 Minutes" in a segment to be aired Sunday. "I know from the experience we had, and the necessity for adjusting my own device, that it was an accurate portrayal of what was possible."

Cheney and Reiner are promoting a book they co-authored, "Heart: An American Medical Odyssey."

I'll be he "remembered" all that AFTER he watched the episode.

I find the guy to be a bullshitter every time he opens his mouth, and this little story is no exception....

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,840 posts)

11. Too bad he didn't remember the episode of Lone Gunmen...

Reply to MADem (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:31 PM

Oct 2013

...where there was a plot to fly commercial airplanes into the World Trade Center...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen_%28TV_series%29#September_11_parallel

2banon

(7,321 posts)

20. Good One!

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 03:17 PM

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NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)

8. oh good grief....malevolent narcissist.

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:01 PM

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Scuba

(53,475 posts)

9. Cheney, you ARE the terrorist, you evil fucking prick

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 08:05 PM

Oct 2013

TheMightyFavog

(13,770 posts)

10. Electrical device = Phlyactery

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Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:30 PM

Oct 2013

I knew it all along! Cheney's a lich!

dogknob

(2,431 posts)

15. Kangaxx eat yer heart out!

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:13 PM

Oct 2013

Babel_17

(5,400 posts)

12. Control-Alt-Delete?

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 12:28 PM

Oct 2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=fuSDLnIgf00#t=84

Solly Mack

(90,771 posts)

13. Pity.

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 01:03 PM

Oct 2013

Snicker.

BluegrassStateBlues

(881 posts)

14. I'm sure he wasn't worried about a terrorist group doing it...

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 01:05 PM

Oct 2013

More like the shadowy people with which he did business.

treestar

(82,383 posts)

27. Very good point

Reply to BluegrassStateBlues (Reply #14)

Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:21 AM

Oct 2013

Like terrorists would even bother with him. What an ego. Did he think his demise would harm the country in some way?

Iggo

(47,558 posts)

16. War criminal fears terrorists.

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:33 PM

Oct 2013

Good.

Mz Pip

(27,451 posts)

17. Not enough oxygen to the brain.

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:40 PM

Oct 2013

Cheney was delusional and paranoid. Probably had been for years.

sad-cafe

(1,277 posts)

18. what an idiot

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:54 PM

Oct 2013

he should be grateful for the technology that has allowed him to have this device

wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)

19. I hear he covered all of his body orifices with duct tape, too.

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 02:56 PM

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Auntie Bush

(17,528 posts)

21. Proof positive the man was PARANOID!

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 07:00 PM

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uncle ray

(3,156 posts)

22. better play it safe and go with vaacum tubes.

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Sat Oct 19, 2013, 08:23 PM

Oct 2013

wouldn't want an electro magnetic pulse taking out the solid state electronics.

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

25. Is it true that he drinks True Blood?

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Sun Oct 20, 2013, 05:48 AM

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Buns_of_Fire

(17,181 posts)

26. Maybe they implanted a whole buncha wireless thingies while they were in there...

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Sun Oct 20, 2013, 08:17 AM

Oct 2013

And someone, somewhere, has the appropriate remote control. Imagine the possibilities...

Or maybe he's WiFi controlled, and he lives in fear of the day some hacker switches to the "explosive diarrhea" mode while he's speaking at a CPAC conference... Or...

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