Dick Cheney and the Bitter, Frustrated Book Reviewer of Doom

I was reading an article by Christopher Hitchens over at Slate. Now, while Hitchens is a liberal, he has demonstrated that uncommon quality among liberals of being sane, so, while I don't always agree with what he says, I respect his honesty.

On the sidebar, there was a link to this Washington Post story:

‘In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir’ by Dick Cheney. Only the link was titled "Dick Cheney's Self Serving Memoir".

Question for all you non-rabid, intellectually honest people out there: Has there ever been a "memoir" that was not in some way shape or form "self serving"? Anything from "this is how I remember or perceived events at the time" to "the publisher gave me a nice fat advance on the book"?

And even though it is in the "Entertainment" and "Books" section of the Post, don't read Robert G. Kaiser's column to find an analysis of the book, as one might expect in a "book review", but rather you can see Kaiser's bitter partisan take on Cheney the man, not the book.

Far be it for an "honest liberal" (stop laughing!) like Kaiser to analyze the book on its merits or lack therof, and allow the reader to draw his or her own conclusions.

If I had to sum up this review in six words, it would be "Move along! Nothing to see here!"

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"Off to see the Wizard (One last time)"

-dead tree paper, on the Harry Potter finale

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From yesterday's New York Post:

Weiner Finally Yanks Himself

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"MSNBC Ratings Rise on First Night Without Olbermann"

LOL.

H/T Mememorandum

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Poll: Obama's Losing support; Romney Would Beat Him Now

...or at least have Marie Osmond kick his @ss...

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Man arrested after ejaculating during TSA pat-down

Eww! I don't guess it would be appropriate to say "TSA gives you a lift"?

H/T Jawa Report

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Conn. gunshot victim eats before going to hospital

Maybe he figured that under ObamaCare, there wouldn't be any food in the cafeteria?

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"O-pression"

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Delaware Crosses the Washington

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“I Can’t Spend All Of My Time With My Birth Certificate Plastered On My Forehead”

or my version: “I Can’t Spend All Of My Time...Plastered..."

Heh.

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MO Says "No" to O

Obamacare rejected in Missouri 71 to 29.

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Finger in Butt Crack Sparks Knife Fight

Truth is stranger than fiction! Besides that, I have no comment other than "Butt Crack Sweat" would be a great name for a rock band!

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"Man Caught at Airport With Monkeys Under Shirt"
Heh. Though, like "man bites dog", think how much better it would have been had monkeys been smuggling men under their shirts?

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"Man Hit By Stray Bullet at Violence Prevention BBQ"

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NASA = No Americans in Space Anymore?

Chilling, sad but true.

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Obama's speech: There's a pipe spewing a gazillion gobs of oil into the gulf, so let's build more windmills
-LATimes commentary

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"Halter Topped"
-on the defeat of Blanche Lincoln's opponent.

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"Keystone prosecutors: federal case against Hutaree militia falling apart like a cheap Kmart picnic table"

Via the blog Prof

"Like a cheap Kmart picnic table". Nice.

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Not the actual one as written, but the one that should have been! The WSJ has an article (I won't link to it because it's on their "subscriber only" page) with the stirring headline:

"Man and the Volcano"

I would have titled it:

"The Average Joe Versus the Volcano"!