http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_hunting_accident
:-D
First time in years the guy leaves his bunker and he shoots somebody. That is one mean hermit.
At least he could've shot Sheehan. He had to go and kill a campaign contributor.
Ah, well, at least they weren't hunting elk or something. How bad can a quail shot be?
It's a damn shame hunting isn't one of Dubya's hobbies.
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gun control means using both hands
He should be required to take an NRA gun safety course.
it is, if your under 18. they do need one for everyone though.
What I'm saying is, if you accidentally shoot someone, maybe it's time for a refresher course. Dick should be forced into one as a way to demonstrate the importance of knowing what the farg you're doing when you play with guns.
old men def need a refresher. i think they should retake driving safety course too. fargin old basterds are stubborn.
The fact that, if you're over 18, you aren't required to take a safety course when you buy a gun is ludicrous, btw. I mean, that's like letting people drive without requiring them to know how to operate a vehicle safely. Just plain stupid.
this is what happens when a bunch of good ole boys get all amped up at the start of hunting season...this and the daytona 500 are like mardi gras for necks...
be afraid
Anyone wonder how someone who got 5 deferments from the Vietnam war can love guns so much? Just a thought...
Killing gooks in the name of capitalism wasn't high on Dick's priority list at the time. I figure he likes guns so much because the war trade has made him and his warmonger friends extremely rich and powerful. So happy in fact that they don't hold it against one another when they accidently shoot each other up.
This story is strange. And not just because the Vice President shot a Republican honcho in the face with a shotgun.
link (http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001995719)
QuoteNEW YORK The more than 18-hour delay in news emerging that the vice president of the United States had shot a man, sending him to an intensive care unit with his wounds, grew even more curious Monday with word from the White House that President Bush had been informed of the incident Saturday but not immediately about Dick Cheney's role.
Earlier, E&P had learned that the official confirmation of the shooting came about only after a local reporter in Corpus Christi, Texas, received a tip from the owner of the property where the shooting occurred and called Vice President Cheney's office for confirmation.
The confirmation was made but it is not known for certain that Cheney's office, the White House, or anyone else intended to announce the shooting if the reporter, Jaime Powell of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, had not received word from the ranch owner.
One of Powell's colleagues at the Corpus Christi paper, Beth Francesco, told E&P that Powell had built up a strong source relationship with the prominent ranch owner, Katharine Armstrong, which led to the tip. Powell is chief political reporter for the paper and also covers the area where the ranch is located south of Sarita, about 60 miles from Corpus Christi. Armstrong did not notify reporters at larger papers in Dallas, Houston, Austin, or other cities.
Armstrong called the paper Sunday morning looking for Powell, who was not at work. When they did talk, Armstrong revealed the shooting of prominent Austin attorney Harry Whittington, who is now in stable condition in a hospital. Powell then called Cheney's office for the confirmation around midday. The newspaper broke the story at mid-afternoon -- not a word about it had appeared before then.
More at link. Bizarre.
CBS reported, but has since taken down the tidbit that local cops weren't allowed to speak to Dick "Go farg Yourself" Cheney at all. The Secret Service prevented it.
p.s. Cheney didn't have the right authorizations on his hunting license to hunt
pheasant quail. link (http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001996219)
edit: got birds confused
What a farging moron.
See Dick. Run!! (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0213061cheney1.html)
The Smoking Gun checks in on the matter.
While this story is pretty funny I don't really see where there's much of a story past that. So what if the 'white house' didn't say anything right away. So what if he didn't have a quail stamp. If the guy who was shot wants to press charges he will I'm sure.
Quote from: Phanatic on February 13, 2006, 08:34:15 PMSo what if the 'white house' didn't say anything right away.
The Vice President shoots a man in the face with a shotgun and they withold the info from the people at whose pleasure they allegedly serve? That's a little strange. The local authorities were prevented from talking to Cheney by the Secret Service about the episode? That's a little strange too.
The White House owes the American people prompt news regarding it's leaders. The Vice President of the United States shot a man in the face with a shotgun. I think that rates with "be first to press" if you can possible do it, especially if you are the goddamned White House.
And who the hell do the Secret Service think they are preventing the local authorities from conducting routine interviews following hunting accidents? If they had nothing to hide, then why shield Cheney from the authorities? I don't see any evidence to think the Secret Service perpetrated any kind of cover-up by disallowing the authorities to speak to Cheney, but I think it's awful that he gets the good ol' boy pass. Is he above the law, above procedure? Who else is? How do the rest of us Americans get into that club?
Quote from: Phanatic on February 13, 2006, 08:34:15 PMSo what if he didn't have a quail stamp.
The stamp is just a footnote..it carries no penalty. It's not like Schwarzenegger failing to have a motorcycle endorsement on his CA driver's licence; even non-royalty wouldn't have been fined for lacking the stamp.
Quote from: Phanatic on February 13, 2006, 08:34:15 PMIf the guy who was shot wants to press charges he will I'm sure.
Again, not my point.
In the way of a heads up... if any of you 'accidentally' shoot me in the face with birdshot, I will first try to repay the favor, and if unsuccessful will then press charges. Just FYI.
Didn't the rancher go to the press? If so then why do care if the WHite house notify's me? In fact the less spin the better. It's not like they thought it wouldn't get out if they didn't say anything, though they could be that stupid.
This administration serves at the pleasure of no one who demands an explanation anyway. They just drink the cool aid...
I still can't stop laughing about this. Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face with a shotgun. Nice gun he was using, too. Ha!
On the conspiracy tip, wouldn't it be hilarious if it turns out Cheney was drunk? Afterall, he was arrested twice for driving drunk. It would be reasonable to wonder as much about anyone else with such a record.
Quote from: Diomedes on February 13, 2006, 07:32:17 PM
CBS reported, but has since taken down the tidbit that local cops weren't allowed to speak to Dick "Go farg Yourself" Cheney at all. The Secret Service prevented it.
According to the AP, arrangements had been made to do the interview on the following morning, and the deputy went earlier in a "miscommunication." (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060214/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cheney_hunting_accident)
Excerpt:
QuoteSecret Service spokesman Eric Zahren said that about an hour after Cheney shot Whittington, the head of the Secret Service's local office called the Kenedy County sheriff to report the accident. "They made arrangements at the sheriff's request to have deputies come out and interview the vice president the following morning at 8 a.m. and that indeed did happen," Zahren said.
At least one deputy showed up at the ranch's front gate later in the evening and asked to speak to Cheney but was turned away by the Secret Service, Zahren said. There was some miscommunication that arrangements had already been made to interview the vice president, he said.
Take it for what it's worth. This story gets stranger by the moment.
Quote from: Diomedes on February 13, 2006, 07:48:52 PM
The Smoking Gun checks in on the matter.
:-D
Am I the only one who sees the humor and irony in this?
No, you're just the only one dim enough to be genuinely amused by it. They report on shooters all the time. The Smoking Gun. Ha. We laughed years ago.
Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me. I only read the site whenever someone posts a link to a particular story so I have no idea what else they report on.
Your mom.
If my skin were any thicker people'd be wanting to make baseball mitts out of my ass.
You're always the catcher, huh?
Cute.
Well played.
Don't ever let them say that you don't know when to give up, Sassy.
I'm not giving up. I'm just giving you a psychological advantage. There's a difference.
Kinda like the insurgency in Iraq?
QuoteMan shot and wounded by Vice President Cheney suffers "minor heart attack" after birdshot becomes lodged in his heart, hospital spokesman says.
big red banner on cnn.com
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for real?
lolol
i hope he dies just to make cheyney look worse
I'm genuinely surprised that the guy who got shot hasn't been "disappeared" yet.
:-D
Shotgun pellets lodged in his heart. Holy Jesus that's funny. Cheney must really have BLASTED him. Too goddamned funny. I hope he dies too. Manslaughter charges against the Vice President would be delicious.
Also, I presume Cheney himself is picking up the cost of medical care, right? Not the U.S. citizens, I hope.
He's a wealthy businessman, I'm sure he's covered himself.
And even if he dies, no way any charges are placed against Cheney. Unless it's John Chaney.
Party pooper.
Our Vice President shot someone in the face.
Hysterical.
I just love the over-coverage that the news outlets are giving this. Report the story and all necessary things related to it. Fine.
But when you start having people demonstrating what the birdshot looks like when shot into a cardboard target, interviewing random people about it and everything else it drives me nuts. CNN had numerous "experts" weighing in on this huge breaking news story disaster live at 5,6 and 10!
more leakage out of Cheney ass. (http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1159347,00.html)
Don't know if it's been mentioned but Cheney was hunting with an expired license.
I'm not sure that's true. Got a link? It was my understanding that he had all the proper licensing except one particular endorsement..a stamp allowing upland fowl hunting. It's seven bucks and failure to have the stamp carries a warning/notifaction to get the stamp (no othe penalty).
Chaney's just glad someone else is having the heart attack instead of him.
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 14, 2006, 04:47:38 PM
Chaney's just glad someone else is having the heart attack instead of him.
Ohhhh...ju soh fannee.
Quote from: Diomedes on February 14, 2006, 04:43:22 PM
I'm not sure that's true. Got a link? It was my understanding that he had all the proper licensing except one particular endorsement..a stamp allowing upland fowl hunting. It's seven bucks and failure to have the stamp carries a warning/notifaction to get the stamp (no othe penalty).
I thought I heard it on the radio on my drive home. Probably am mistaken.
Quote from: hbionic on February 14, 2006, 05:07:30 PM
Quote from: Sgt PSN on February 14, 2006, 04:47:38 PM
Chaney's just glad someone else is having the heart attack instead of him.
Ohhhh...ju soh fannee.
Go do something heroic like burning yourself.
Even something as simple as a hunting accident causes those clowns to try and cover shtein up.
Good God I can't wait until those fargtards are sent packing in two years...
Cheney for America in 2008!
Man you just can't write this stuff. Letterman had a hunter come out at random throughout the show who shot dummies out of the rafters. Too dang funny.
So
Quote from: Jerome99RIP on February 14, 2006, 06:59:34 PM
Even something as simple as a hunting accident causes those clowns to try and cover shtein up.
Good God I can't wait until those fargtards are sent packing in two years...
So they can be replaced by a Dem like Hillary? No thanks.
Go away.
Well this shtein didn't take long at all, did it?
Recognize, motherfargers!
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Gotta love NC...
Wife saw a bumpersticker in eastern NC today:
"I would rather hunt with Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy."
Wow. In under a week. Impressive.
Quote from: trottisgodd on February 15, 2006, 10:47:49 AM
SoQuote from: Jerome99RIP on February 14, 2006, 06:59:34 PM
Even something as simple as a hunting accident causes those clowns to try and cover shtein up.
Good God I can't wait until those fargtards are sent packing in two years...
So they can be replaced by a Dem like Hillary? No thanks.
took nine posts to annoy the farg outta me. at least i know to skip over them now.
Quote from: Wingspan on February 15, 2006, 12:59:05 PM
took nine posts to annoy the farg outta me. at least i know to skip over them now.
The problem isn't only on one side of the aisle. The problem is people that truly believe their side has more honest politicians than the other side. That's what's really hilarious.
Quote from: FFatPatt on February 15, 2006, 01:15:26 PM
Quote from: Wingspan on February 15, 2006, 12:59:05 PM
took nine posts to annoy the farg outta me. at least i know to skip over them now.
The problem isn't only on one side of the aisle. The problem is people that truly believe their side has more honest politicians than the other side. That's what's really hilarious.
anyone who has 24 hour agreement boners and political man babies all over the place with any one person, is a brainwashed half wit.
Yep.
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eskin going OFF about this today is classic radio
Quote from: MURP on February 15, 2006, 04:21:37 PM
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:-D That's great!
I'm very proud that 'agreement boners' has worked its way into the Concrete Field vernacular. I've contributed so much to your puny, insignificant lives.
Quote from: trottisgodd on February 15, 2006, 10:47:49 AM
SoQuote from: Jerome99RIP on February 14, 2006, 06:59:34 PM
Even something as simple as a hunting accident causes those clowns to try and cover shtein up.
Good God I can't wait until those fargtards are sent packing in two years...
So they can be replaced by a Dem like Hillary? No thanks.
And you can go suck a fleshpop you right-wing farghead.
But hey, at least he's covering his ass on the Plame investigation. (http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/16/cheney.classified/index.html)
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