Dick Cheney

Al Gore, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris were all in prominent attendance at Dick Cheney’s funeral Though in a Protestant Church,  it was a truly Catholic event. In a divided country where assassination threats are freely bandied about, it was a validation of the democratic project. Still the assembled mourners represented the old elite that Retrumplicans have sought to destroy in favor of something far more onerous, despotism. Only an autocrat can challenge an aristocracy! Class is the enemy of the populist. It’s no wonder Trump went after Harvard. The funeral was not only a swan song for the former Vice President, it was a challenge to everything Trump stands for. If one were a Mamdani supporter, the service might occasion conflicting emotions. Liz Cheney was a prominent member of the January 6 Committee. But remember her father was associated with Hallibuton. With Pete Hegseth heading the Pentagon, the old military industrial complex can seem appealing until you remember the CIA brought down Mossedegh and Allende and was ultimately responsible for the Shah and Pinochet. Edit note: you may have been alienated from the world of fly fishing, football and 4x4s, but you start to appreciate Americana when the President of the country is issuing bitcoins while putting out the red carpet for a murderer. You may hate military industrial complex, but it starts to look only malign in the world of Palantir.

read "Double Exposure" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star

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