The Doomsday Plan

by Chris Bodenner

A reader writes:

You posted some reactions to Cheney's torture speech, including this bit from Peter Kirsanow:

As a friend succinctly puts it, "When that big asteroid finally heads toward Earth, who's the person you'd most want to be in charge?" I suspect Cheney would score at or near the top.

It says something about our former VP that when I imagine this scenario, it has President Cheney contacting us from his undisclosed space station to wish us all the best in the minutes before all life is wiped out, promising that he and his selected survivors will dedicate their work at rebuilding the Earth in our memory.

I found some footage of that moment on YouTube:

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