February 12, 2006, Accidents will happen...
Cross-posted to Sisyphus Shrugged, while Julia continues hiatusing.
While sitting here amidst New York's second largest snow fall ever of 22.8 inches, and pondering going back out to shovel, I was suddenly alerted to the fact that the Vice-President of the United States shot a man.
My dreams of reading about Dick Cheney having challenged Senator Pat Leahy to a duel a la Burr and Hamilton were dashed, when I saw that, in fact, it was a hapless 78 year old political crony and campaign giver, Texas lawyer Harry Whittington, who was, in fact, shot while hunting with Dick Cheney. We always suspected that activity was probably really dangerous in any event...
Thankfully for all, Whittington is apparently o.k. He was hit with bird shot while hunting quail (another vice-presidential reference sneaks in here!) Cheney was most apologetic, what with Whittington being a loyal friend, hunting buddy, Republican and campaign contributor and all...
Obviously, Cheney was too shaken up by the whole incident (one wonders how his ticker will take this kind of excitement) to figure out a way to express that Democrats were actually responsible for it.
Of course, the day is young...
Comments
Whittington did have a WMD, Dick will ackknowledge. Now it is most certain the democrats were to blame. It also may be his dogs fault, after all he feeds that dog once a week. I believe next time Dick should use his brain a little more when he makes 78 year old Whittington carry all the equiptment + do all the work on his pleasure trip.
Posted by Dave Haney at February 12, 2006 7:54 PM
Did Cheney get the quail? Nevermind the collateral damage!
Posted by john laituri at February 13, 2006 5:49 AM
Does anyone have the ability to find out if quail are in season in Texas and if Mr. Cheney bothered to purchase an out of state hunting license - seeing as he had to claim he was not a resident of Texas when he wanted to run for Vice President? After all, he had only lived there for five years!
Barbara
Posted by Barbara Jenkins at February 13, 2006 12:27 PM
hither. More recent. Hope you don't mind my not repeating myself, but just linking.
"Does anyone have the ability to find out if quail are in season in Texas...."
Yes.
Posted by Gary Farber at February 13, 2006 8:45 PM
it is so stuped but things happen by nathing.
Posted by jose jaramillo at March 2, 2006 1:12 AM
it is so stuped but things happen by nathing.
Posted by jose jaramillo at March 2, 2006 1:12 AM