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Cheney accidentally shoots fellow hunter
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| 02/11/06
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Posted on 02/12/2006 12:46:46 PM PST by bayourant
Edited on 02/12/2006 2:10:43 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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To: All
FYI...NBC just interrupted Olympic coverage with a report of Cheney's shooting of Harry Worthington...
681
posted on
02/12/2006 4:55:33 PM PST
by
O Neill
(Aye, Katie Scarlett, the ONLY thing that lasts is the land...)
To: O Neill
Ah, thanks. Katharine Armstrong was on the hunt. I accidentally said Anne Armstrong, her mother. She's more familiar.
682
posted on
02/12/2006 4:56:00 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: girlangler; All
There are less people injured in hunting accidents than skiing annually. And, most hunting accidents/deaths, in recent years, have been attributed to falls from treestands.
Very true. Accidental fatalities from firearms are tiny compared to other activities/hobbies.
Excellent source for TONS of firearms info, and from very good sources:
Click on link.
683
posted on
02/12/2006 4:56:27 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Good intentions + bad information = Recipe for disaster.)
To: Bahbah
Actually, the guy went to get a bird. Cheney and the other hunter had moved on to the next covey.
At which point the peppered hunter walked up on Cheney and the other, IN THEIR LINE OF HUNTING FIRE AREA, WITH OUT ANNOUNCING HE WAS WALKING UP ON THEM.
The injury IS light.
I have actually been rained on before. Their bird hunting. Its a light load ammo.
To: Bubbatuck
Adlai Stevenson shot his sister's friend to death when he was 12.
When he was twelve, he accidentally shot dead in his own house a sixteen-yearold girl, who was his sisters closest friend and a distant cousin of them both.
685
posted on
02/12/2006 4:59:08 PM PST
by
Angus MacGregor
(Wars are fought in the will...)
To: mwyounce
686
posted on
02/12/2006 4:59:49 PM PST
by
Angus MacGregor
(Wars are fought in the will...)
To: nascar242005
I think it was probably in Kenedy County, not Nueces. Maybe Kleberg County, but I believe that ranch is in Kenedy County, south of there.
687
posted on
02/12/2006 5:01:12 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: Don Joe
Another candidate with a gun.....LOL.
" Man I love photo-ops that make me look commanding."
688
posted on
02/12/2006 5:04:08 PM PST
by
Liz
(Liberty consists in having the power to do that which is permitted by the law. Cicero)
To: Andy from Beaverton
Bees! What bees?
To: tiredoflaundry
shooting while intoxicated is a no no!!!
I'd like to see him try to preach that in Georgia.
690
posted on
02/12/2006 5:04:27 PM PST
by
Steve0113
(Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -A.L.)
To: bayourant
I thought Cheney was supposed to kill his friend so Condi can take his job? Did his miss the target???
To: JustaDumbBlonde
Other than the paper wad, what would he have been hit with besides pellets?I haven't used paper wads in over 40 years.
692
posted on
02/12/2006 5:05:37 PM PST
by
Cobra64
To: bayourant
I can see the NY Times headline now:
"Sources: White House knew of risk of allowing Cheney to use a shotgun." An Administration source has confirmed to The Times that internal Administration studies have shown there is a great risk of an accidental shootings when hunting. The Administration ignored these alarming studies.
To: ArmyBratproud
I have actually been rained on before.Same here, although not hard enough to get knocked down.Obviously, the VP was not being careless as you described so well. I come from a family of hunters. Stuff happens, even when things are done perfectly.
694
posted on
02/12/2006 5:06:48 PM PST
by
Bahbah
(An admitted Snow Flake and a member of Sam's Club)
To: girlangler
Yep, I know exactly. Come September each year, my Brittany got locked up or was never out of our sight. My DH was absolutely paranoid about it, but I hadn't experienced having a hunting dog stolen before, so I wasn't quite as hyper as he was.
It made him mad because I took her everywhere in the car with me, then would leave her in it when I ran inside to pick up whatever (not on hot days, not for very long, always with a window cracked) -- he was certain she was being stalked by those with an eye for "bird dog quality" and that I was just inviting unwanted attention. It was like she was a little beauty pageant winner!
She was never stolen, BTW. If she had been, I think the dognappers would've been sorry--she would've lit into them pretty fiercely, I think
695
posted on
02/12/2006 5:09:45 PM PST
by
Rte66
To: TN4Liberty; Liz
"but you know how long the MSM will belabor this minor event, in which the Vice President was NOT at fault."You don't hunt, do you? I assure you, Cheney knows it was his fault.
Seems like we're watching a partisan "beehive" metaphor. A bunch of self-appointed drones buzzing around the Queen Bee, to offer their stingerless defense of the Queen's Challenged Honor.
We see it more and more, lately, and it's not limited to any particular party. We are beoming an intensely partisan sociey, with "Party Loyalty" being valued above all else, to the point that it is equated with patriotism and love of country.
It's sad, it's scary, and sometimes -- as we see in this thread -- it's even comical, in a twisted kind of way. (The incredible convolutions that are offered up in defense of the Queen Bee, to "prove" that the victim was at fault, because the underlying premise -- the immutable rule of politics -- is that the Queen can do NO wrong. So, if "wrong" does transpire, it's obviously either "someone else's fault", or, "no one's fault".)
Yes, comical. But moreso, chilling, when one examines the historical record of cultures that have opted to go down that road.
696
posted on
02/12/2006 5:10:12 PM PST
by
Don Joe
(We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
To: O Neill; girlangler; Simo Hayha; All
Oh my. Here are some examples of the press already spinning this:
Images from: CBC.ca
U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney accepts a rifle from National Rifle Association officials in April 2004 (AP file photo).
Quail look like this. (AP/University of Florida file photo)
The New York Times of course had to bring up the Alito duck hunting trip:
"Two years ago he went duck hunting with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in Louisiana, a trip that drew criticism because the Supreme Court had just agreed to hear a case involving Mr. Cheney's energy task force. "
Of course, ABC News had to post the same NRA photo (No media bias of course):
Vice President Dick Cheney, center, accepts a rifle from National Rifle Association President Kayne Robinson, right, and NRA Vice President Wayne R. LaPierre, after concluding his keynote address to the 133rd annuanl NRA convention in this April 17, 2004 file photo in Pittsburgh. Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday Feb. 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
697
posted on
02/12/2006 5:10:26 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Good intentions + bad information = Recipe for disaster.)
To: Herbivore
I can see the NY Times headline now:
See my post #697. I searched a few sources for spin.
698
posted on
02/12/2006 5:11:33 PM PST
by
proud_yank
(Good intentions + bad information = Recipe for disaster.)
To: Liz
You make me sick.
In a good way, of course. LOL!
That photo is priceless!
699
posted on
02/12/2006 5:11:36 PM PST
by
Don Joe
(We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
To: Roverman2K
It's called birdSHOT. Do you fire trap and/ or skeet with a 'pellet gun' or a 'shotgun'?
rolling eyes
Do you reload?
700
posted on
02/12/2006 5:12:29 PM PST
by
Cobra64
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