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This is probably in bad taste, but it's still pretty funny
"Fair warning: I intend to dance on Dick Cheney's grave
As reported this evening by Reuters, Dick Cheney was hospitalized today for chest pains. Though he's resting comfortably and the situation does not appear to be too serious, this news raises a salient issue: Someday, Dick Cheney (assuming he's not actually a vampire or some other form of immortal undead creature, admittedly a big "if") will, in fact, die.
I hereby give this community fair warning: On that fatal day, I intend to celebrate, throw a party, high-five people, put on a sailor uniform and have my picture taken kissing a pretty nurse, and generally behave like a person who has outlived a mortal enemy.
What I will not do is put on an expression of somber concern and mouth insincere pieties about how, while we differed on many things, Dick Cheney was a fine man and an honorable adversary, and the world is a poorer place without him. To coin a phrase Cheney himself might employ: fuck that...
In The Wizard of Oz, when Dorothy's house landed on the Wicked Witch of the East, the munchkins didn't issue a brief statement expressing their condolences and assuring the witch's family that their prayers are with them in this difficult time. No, sir; the munchkins congratulated Dorothy, danced and sang "Ding-dong, the witch is dead." In my opinion, this is entirely appropriate behavior for people from whom a heavy instrument of oppression has just been lifted."