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Ms Bancroft, please report to the Ministry of Truth, doublequick.

There are some educational events that we request you attend.

I love Big Brother.

Armstrong Ranch = "Hostel" ??? Inquiring minds want to know.

Bob Cesca: Was Cheney Hiding His Lewinsky?

1 hour, 55 minutes ago

Sirius radio's Alex Bennett just broke a rumor that the delay in reporting the news that Cheney shot an old man in the heart was due to an effort to hide or spin Cheney's female companion.

Pamela Willeford ambassador to Switzerland and -- yes -- Liechtenstein, was part of the hunting excursion with Cheney and Whittington. And according to Willeford's account, Cheney and the ambassador were side-by-side when the shooting of Whittington took place.

The vice president's Secret Service detail had to decide what to do with Willeford by way of perhaps covering up her relationship with Cheney, and thus the delay in reporting the news.

The rumor goes that Lynn Cheney isn't happy with Cheney's close relationship with Willeford.

Again, just a rumor.


All I got to say about that is... ewwww

I can't think of a good joke for this...

Aside from the two hunters in the woods...
"Well, Mr. Cheney, first you have to make sure he's dead."
The CIA agent on the other end of the line heard a pause, then a gunshot.
"Okay" Cheney said. "Now what?"

Haha, I think that fits well enough. Does anyone know how he didn't see the other guy? Don't they wear those neon orange stuff? Usually if you're concentrated on the bird you are going to shoot, you would scan the area for anyone, I'd hope.

From what I understand, this was sorta an impromptu hunting event, so they might not have been wearing hunter-orange. Not everyone wears it anyhow, depending particularly on the type of hunting being done.

As for "scanning the area"... If your actually focusing down the length of a gunbarrel, your awareness of your surroundings are limited... Remember, one eye is closed, and your focal point is a fair distance off. Add in the fact the target was moving, and being tracked while it was doing so, and the lawyer was in a spot he shouldn't have been... It's an understandable mishap. It happens a lot, as I've said before... Getting peppered with shot is probably the most common hunting mishap. Not a good thing, certainly, but it's not uncommon.

1) All hunters were described as wearing "blaze orange" according to official reports.

2) Whittington (The lawyer) was behind Cheney. Is there a safer area that one could be than BEHIND the shooter? And how exactly did a 78 year old man with a shotgun "sneak" up on the vice president in the presence of Secret Service agents?

3) He wasn't "peppered". "Peppered" is when shots arc down on someone at the end of their trajectory from above. He was shot at what must have been between 5-10 yards away (Hit by 200 out of 263 ball bearings) , and it's not that common -- it occurs in approximately 3% of hunting trips.

4) If it's such a nothing occurence --why the delay in reporting?

Remember they were drinking too.

In politician speak:

"there was no alchohol involved" = they had a couple/few drinks
"there was beer in the room" = they were drunk.
"we may have been drinking" = there is video of us drunk
"we were drinking" = we were arrested for being drunk (and there is video)

Given that Cheney's GF is already saying there was a beer or two involved, I am thinking they were fairly hammered.

(this is sometimes called the Ted Kennedy rule)

Missed that, thanks.



The only, only place you should ever be in this sort of hunting is in about a 2-foot circle around each other. Behind or not isn't as relevent as distance. Not 10 yards, not even five.

Theres a reason I don't much like that specific sort of hunting - I don't like any "group" hunting as a rule, excepting maybe fishing if you want to count that as hunting. (And a hook in your arm from a careless cast probably sucks)



I didn't mean "common" as in "one in three" or anything, Kendra. Accidents in general are thankfully rare. In the realm of accidents, however, this is fairly common.



In point of fact, it's not even required that it be reported at all in Texas unless a fatality occours. Beyond that, who knows? I'm not seeing anything mallicious here, though.

However, as I've said a number of times, if you read my posts, I'm *not* saying Cheney isn't at fault. He is. He's just not soley to blame: There was carelessness on all parts there. Nor is it, in my opinion, a signifigant event. Tragic, absolutely. Signifigant in the grander sense, no. Accidents happen.

The hunting accident isn't the problem. Whether or not immediate reporting in Texas is mandatory is not the problem.

The problem is It took 22 hours to report that the Vice President of the United States of America shot a man in the face.

I'll repeat that:

Dick Cheney SHOT a MAN in the FACE.

No, he shot a man, accidently, with a a round of expanding shot, some of which hit the man's face, some also hit his chest and (I believe) arm. If he had been, as you put it, "shot in the face", he would be dead or blind, of which he is neither.

To be pedantic about it.

As for the delay in reporting it... *shrug*

I guess I expect my government representatives to be accountable :::hrug:::


Why do you hate America?

I must admit that, compared to the other things he's responsible for...

Kendra. I have to ask this. But have you ever been a poster on a board called FuckedCompany? If no, then nevermind the question. If yes, Burke In The House!

not me

but I'll check it out!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11361657/

The accident happened at 6:30 PM. By 7:20, the man was in the hospital and by 7:50 the sheriff's department got the report. I am at a total loss over this whole 'Delay in Reporting' business.

The proper authorities were notified in a timely manner and the local news in Texas had the story by 9 AM the next morning. What...the crybaby's in the White House Press Corp didn't get a call from the ranch as soon as it happened. ohh Boo-Hoo. If you look at the timeline, there is NO WAY you can make the case that anyone tried to cover this up.

"7:50 p.m.: The head of the Secret Service office in McAllen, Texas, calls the Kenedy County sheriff to report the accident. The sheriff asks to speak to Cheney, and they schedule an interview for 9 a.m. Sunday . At the White House, presidential aide Karl Rove tells Bush that Cheney was the shooter, after talking to ranch owner Katharine Armstrong."

Oh Boohoo -- Cheney had to sleep off his drunk before talking to the sheriff.

Oh Boohoo -- Bush knew it was Cheney on Saturday night, but we "little people" don'ty need to know THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT SHOT A MAN IN THE FACE until late Sunday night.

Go ahead an defend your creepo secretive fascist government all you want.
You apologists make me sick.