The Black Helicopters Must Be In The Shop

This falls squarely in the category of things that raise eyebrows. There's been plenty of talk since the election about how the administration is lurching to the right. But letting the U.N. Security Council use Dick Cheney's plane to fly to Nairobi? Was it a moment of weakness? An olive branch? My preferred hypothesis: as a parting gift, Secretary Powell loaned it out and didn't ask the veep's permission. That would be fantastic.