OK people...if YOU insist on QUESTIONING MY RULE, persist in HOLDING ME ACCOUNTABLE, and continue to resist my efforts to RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER CONGRESS....

THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY DIRTY!
Tell 'em Dick!...

Cheney here. I've really had it with you people! I'm damn tired of getting dragged on Meet the Press every other week to defend this or that extra-executive privilege. How many ways do I have to find to say "SHUT UP" before you all get the point???

You dare question our decisions? Well, maybe we'll stop protecting you little lambs at all. REMEMBER: There are A LOT OF DANGEROUS TERRORISTS OUT THERE...
AND THEY ALL WANT TO GET YOU! YES YOU!
AND YOUR DOG!

That's right: the TERRORISTS are...um...going to strike next at AMERICAN DOGGIES.

But hear this: we will only be able to keep your little doggies safe if you give us complete and unquestioned authority to do whatever we wish. If Congress or the Media try to interfere -- then THEY will be responsible for the future and CERTAIN terrorist attacks against your darling little pets. So which is it?

Freedom? Democracy? Civil rights?

Or cute,
safe,
happy
little doggies?

It's a cruel world, my fellow Americans. And this cruel world today confronts us with a difficult choice: Do you want democracy and civil liberties? Or do you want to give up those freedoms for the hollow promise of an impossible feeling of absolute security?

We know you'll make the right decision!