Vice President Cheney taken to hospital

Vice President Dick Cheney was taken to the hospital approx 3 AM Eastern time this AM for shortness of breath. Latest updates said his EKG was unchanged, and that the fluid on his lungs may be related to that anti-inflammatory he has been taking for a 'foot problem'. He is expected to leave George Washington Hospital later today (apparently treating him with diuretics).
Fox News and ABC had announced this awhile ago.

Fox News has JUST reported at 6:30 AM Central time that Cheney is leaving the hospital at this time.


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Also, Judge Samuel Alito will be on the Senate hotseat undergoing a planned grilling and possible filibuster beginning today.

They are also working on taking Ariel Sharon off the medication that has kept him sedated, and he began to breathe on his own, but is still on the respirator.

And the lone mining accident survivor, Randal McCloy Jr, is improving, but still critical, and in an induced coma with medication that has kept him sedated. Meanwhile, the funerals for the deceased miners have begun, and are being kept private, with news people being kept away. There will be three today. There were six yesterday. One funeral is not yet planned.

Addendum at 7:30 Central. Doctors have stopped the sedation of Randy McCloy, Jr and are waiting for him to 'wake up', at which time they will assess the damage done. Lord, keep him safe.

How sad things are in that community. But they are pulling for Randal, with white ribbons, even in their grief. God bless them all.

A FIVE year old who was supposed to get APPLE JUICE got LONG ISLAND ICED TEA in a sippee cup!! And it turned out that after complaining and insisting that it be looked into, the waiter (who had said that the BARTENDER made a mistake...) had intentionally brought it to him!! Applebee's did not even offer to pay the bill for the meal even though the boy was taken to the hospital and determined to be drunk. Mother was interviewed, and there is video of the segway on the Fox News website

A Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing 12.

The suspects arrested for the murders of seven (two different families) in Richmond, VA may have been involved in a similar case in Chesterfield. One of the men was released from prison in November.

Harry Belafonte called President Bush "the greatest tyrant" and "the greatest terrorist in the world" on Sunday and said millions of Americans support the socialist revolution of Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela!! Danny Glover was with him and others.

And finally, the man who attempted to assasinate John Paul II will be released from prison sometime this week.


Keep the families and individuals in prayer, please.

God bless!