Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter

WASHINGTON


Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.

Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong.

Armstrong said Cheney turned to shoot a bird and accidentally hit Whittington. She said Whittington was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital by ambulance.

Cheney's spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president was with Whittington, a lawyer from Austin, Texas, and his wife at the hospital on Sunday afternoon.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/12/D8FNPSUG0.html

I tell you, our country is being led by a bunch of loonies.

..."The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight."

Welcome. I actually couldn't wait to come into work today to find out about this. Don't get computer access at home.

(Bush may have given the actual order, but we all know who the Man Behind the Curtain is.)

This is just more evidence of a too-itchy trigger finger. Time for Dick to GO!

And welcome to DU, chuckyd!

According to KGO news, the whole hunting party was wearing those bright orange vests. How the hell could Darth mistake that for a quail?

I suspect Darth is a bit distracted with the recent news from the Grand Jury. Nervous finger on that trigger--or just practicing before taking down Libby? SG

Too rich. too rich.

Click on link for tune and words
http://members.aol.com/quentncree/lehrer/hunting.htm


... or just read the words below:
Almost every day during the hunting season you see at least one item in the newspapers about somebody who has shot somebody else, under the impression that he was a deer with a red hat, perhaps. Maybe a large flesh-colored squirrel. At any rate, it seems to me that this marks an encouraging new trend in the field of blood sports, and deserves a new type of hunting song which I present herewith.

I always will remember,
'Twas a year ago November,
I went out to hunt some deer
On a morning bright and clear.
I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow:
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

I was in no mood to trifle,
I took down my trusty rifle
And went out to stalk my prey.
What a haul I made that day!
I tied them to my fender, and I drove them home somehow:
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

The law was very firm, it
Took away my permit,
The worst punishment I ever endured.
It turned out there was a reason,
Cows were out of season,
And one of the hunters wasn't insured.

People ask me how I do it,
And I say "There's nothin' to it,
You just stand there lookin' cute,
And when something moves, you shoot!"
And there's ten stuffed heads in my trophy room right now:
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a pure-bred Guernsey cow.



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*In the orchestral version of this song, the last two stanzas are repeated.


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Thank you for the best laugh I've had in weeks!

Welcome to DU and MEOW

From "That Was The Year That Was", no? (on edit: the answer is: no... there was a 7" EP that we had of his that had a red and white border and a drawing of him in tales, with a pitchfork, horns and a pointed tail sitting at a keyboard that wound around and spelling the name of the album- which i do not remember.... anyone help?)

one of my favorite albums from my childhood!

Thanks for re-printing the lyric here, mom!

(Also one of my favorites from my childhood.)

you just earned a heart!

What was the one he did about various countries getting The Bomb?
The last line was: "When ALABAMA gets The Bomb!"

as a hunter (maybe not the most popular thing around here) you MUST always know where your fellow hunters are. Accidentally peppering people? In 10 years of hunting I have never done this. Everyone in this admin is just reckless

drinking and hunting.

I see nothing wrong with hunting by day, then, when that's done, sitting in the cabin or tent or whatever and drinking, if they wish. The problem I see is, some fools do the two things simultaneously.

But, you know, I would expect those who have the money to get the best accomodations to have that all worked out. And that's another thing: in public hunting areas, it strikes me that there's much more chance for an accident, since you don't personally know everyone who's out there at any given moment, and how would you know if they are all following safety rules? But on PRIVATE land, I would think you could, if you wished, know everyone who was out there while you were out there, and know whether or not they were following safety rules.

I mean, Cheney and this guy Whittington had enough money to hire whatever place they wanted, and have it exclusively to themselves. Yet even then, they couldn't be safe because... well, because CHENEY was (we don't know the details yet) not following safety rules.

Finally, you as a hunter must recognize that many or most of the hunts Cheney goes on are "canned" hunts--shooting of farm-raised birds, etc. Sheesh. Such animals are not able to protect themselves. THAT IS NOT SPORT.

anyone who drinks and hunts don't hunt with us- save the drinking for when we get back and the guns are unloaded and cleaned. And "canned" hunting ain't hunting at all, it's like shooting fish in a barrel.

acting like you actually went on safari.

He can afford better! Sheesh, if this asshole can't make better use of his money than that, he ought to give it back to the people he stole it from! (Er... that would be US.)

The more people know about what passes for "hunting" among these people, the less they will want to vote for them.

People who don't like guns and hunting will work harder to defeat them.

Hunters will be less inclined to vote for them, because what they do is a pathetic travesty of hunting.

There is no significant group of voters we could possibly alienate by making a stink about this.
(We don't have the "shoot them so we can watch them die" vote anyway, and we don't really want or need it).

Howard Dean, with his high NRA ratings, would be well-positioned to lead the charge.

Not to shut the places down (not yet, anyway), but to chide the Repubs for their taste in fake hunting.

We can make it very costly for the pols to be seen frequenting such places.

That oughta alienate plenty of people! Or how about "grey poupon hunting".

I just read a blog article in which they referred to it as "hunting from your car".

Once again, I'm drawn back to Cheney's most glaring trait: he has so much money, he's at least a billionaire, if not a trillionaire. (Lately, of course, the majority of his money has been "earned" by stealing it from the U.S. Treasury.)

And with all those riches, the best he can get is this pathetic, phony, Disneyland, fake version of "hunting"?? What a dud the man is. He can't even be authentic about his hobby, which he supposedly loves.

First we got the bomb and that was good,
'Cause we love peace and motherhood.
Then Russia got the bomb, but that's O.K.,
'Cause the balance of power's maintained that way!
Who's next?

France got the bomb, but don't you grieve,
'Cause they're on our side (I believe).
China got the bomb, but have no fears;
They can't wipe us out for at least five years!*
Who's next?

Then Indonesia claimed that they
Were gonna get one any day.
South Africa wants two, that's right:
One for the black and one for the white!**
Who's next?

Egypt's gonna get one, too,
Just to use on you know who.
So Israel's getting tense,
Wants one in self defense.
"The Lord's our shepherd," says the psalm,
But just in case, we better get a bomb!
Who's next?

Luxembourg is next to go
And, who knows, maybe Monaco.
We'll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb!
Who's next, who's next, who's next?
Who's next?

That is a fantastic song, and still so amazingly appropriate today.

This is silly, but last night I was trying to remember the five major breeds of dairy cows - I could remember Brown Swiss, Holstein, Jersey and Aryshire, but for the life of me, I couldn't remember the fifth - Guernseys!

I would bet that the next time he issues invites to a friendly hunting trip, his crony friends will be too busy reorganizing their closets.

Many times before, he has (quite believably) state he does not read the press and does not look at opinion polls. He really does NOT care, he will simply do what he wants.
Caring what other people think or say is a sign of humanity, of having a sense of balance, humility and concern for the possibility that you made a mistake. Dick CHeney has none of those qualities.

Anyone else? yeah, I'd agree they were getting distracted. But not Dead-Eye.

helps himself.

24 hour delay in reporting? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

RAW

US Vice President Dick Cheney has accidentally shot and injured a man during a hunting trip in Texas.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/12022006/140/vice-president-sh...

He's a cyborg

www.foxnews.com

...and most other DUers

would be Cheney's lawyer?

What was he proposing to do after he sneaked up from behind?

Apparently Sharpshooter Cheney was shooting backwards into the same area they had already pillaged and confused the fallen legalist for an especially plump bird.

He didn't AIM his firearm, he just turned and shot.

That's recklessness at best.

Aiming backwards at the past (Iraq) and shooting for the fattest 'easy' catch (Saddam's overblown WMD) regardless of it's species (Baathist).

To put the locks back on the guncase.

Too bad it wasn't ... (oops sorry Agent Mike, but I won't finish that thought)

CHENEY ACCIDENTALLY SHOT &
INJURED HUNTING COMPANION

I only read the first line and then thought ...
(self-censored in case Agent Mike is here)

.. oh wait, the FBI are knocking down my door, gotta run.

Bush was making his National Guard speech and the first headline they ran was:

PRESIDENTIAL TERROR SPEECH

I fired off a hasty ROTFLMAO and they changed it immediately ...

it's the fucking retards that use them. If Cheney would have served his country instead of dodging the draft he may have been more safety conscious about firearms.
Too bad Cheney didn't have the BIG ONE after this. Any normal person would gave been shaken up enough to have some effect on them, but Cheney probably just sneered at him and continued "hunting".
I really hope he goes hunting with Scalia again soon. REAL soon!
This is icing on the poisoned cake of the bush administration. How fitting.

having said that....I don't know what else to say....I'm sort of stunned that an experienced hunter like Cheney would make such a mistake.

Wittington is doing okay. I hope he sues the crap out of Cheney.

If he isn't a bigger supporter, Cheney'll shoot to kill the next time. This was probably jsut a warning...

Yeah, I hope he takes it all, including Cheney's "undisclosed location".

Hell, the way things work nowadays, he could probably sue for the Vice Presidency itself and win.

IN ICU??

I would not describe that experience as AWAKE and ALERT.

I wonder if Darth Cheney and Darth Lynn are playing cards with him or looking at TV or just shooting (oops) the breeze!

Give me a break, anyone in ICU at the age of 78 should not be described in those terms after taking a blast to the body from a person without a heart.

Please FAUX News, give us a break.

I pray for the well being of the victim.

a seeded dove field or something.

Cheney has the motherfuckers release the animals in front of him and then he shoots them.

I know people in Patterson, LA (where Cheney and Scalia went hunting) who have witnessed this type of "hunting."

For Cheney - it's all about his image. He wants to look like a manly man instead of a fucking coward who had six deferments from Vietnam. He wouldn't touch a gun if he didn't have to. But I'm sure he loves the killing part.

I don't care how well trained or experienced you are, you can still make mistakes with firearms that can result in serious injury or death - guns arent toys even though people like Cheney use them like that (ie for enjoyment rather than as a a tool).

I'm not saying they should be banned, but people have to stop looking to firearms for thrills. In my opinion firearms should only be used as a tool to accomplish a specific task - and as far as I am concerned hunting for pleasure doesn't fall into that category. Sure if you need to eat and hunting is how you do it then fine, but killing quail just for the pleasure of having blown the hell out of a small bird is not something I believe people should do.

But I am talking about a cultural change rather than a legal change - I don't mean to ban these activities, but the sooner they become socially unacceptable and thus undesirable the better. As far as I am concerned people should treat thrill hunters the way they treat smokers.

killing small animals with big guns is so the same.

But your reaction is what I was trying to convey. I don't mean to suggest the treatment of smokers is right or anything, just that the way smokers are treated is the way thrill hunters, who kill animals for nothing more than the enjoyment of killing something, should be treated.

In my opinion though, smokers shouldn't, at least not for just being smokers - smoking in places where non-smokers are is another story.

he knew what was there....seems to be a consistent pattern here.

I haven't gone hunting since I was a kid, but the FIRST FREAKIN RULE is... NEVER shoot unless you ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY sure WHAT you are shooting at.

My Grandpa was an excellent teacher. I miss him.

Cheney is a "sport hunter."

No he wasn't... my bad!

Cheney shot him. He probably told Cheney that Wiretapping is illegal.

Cheney: So, Harry, think you could sneak into Libby's lawyer's office, pretend your there about another case or something and plant a bug on his phone?

Whittington: Dick, wiretapping American citizens like that is illegal.

Cheney: (Boom!) Damn. I thought the safety was on!

nt

an experienced hunter. He is a wannabe. He has had the money all his life to afford to get "guided" on all his hunts. A really experienced hunter always knows where his fellow hunters are, and NEVER aims a gun in that direction. Cheney is just some rich dude that goes out with other rich dudes, trying to feel like men, and never quite making it. In 10+ years of hunting, I have NEVER "peppered" anyone, nor come anywhere close.

the history of the bush administration in a nutshell! These guys could fuck up a one car funeral procession.

And we pay for this!

releasing the news today? So what will the spin be>

Didn't catch that....

A little "perception management" going on here?

Whittingtons didn't finish negotiations on the pay to mouth the "official story" until today?

hm,