Whittington was SHOT with birdSHOT (not peppered with pellets)

[BurtWorm]

It's really amazing how the Cheneyites have succeeded in getting the press to speak exactly as they want it to speak.


http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2006/02/so_much_for_the.html


"Pellets are little air-gun bullets. They are different in shape from "shot", which are spherical and are of specific diameters. Shotgun shells of the type reported to have been used by Cheney contain BB-like shot, not pellets.

"It is medically improbable that shot lodged in the head or neck could travel to the heart; these little missiles have no intrinsic mobility; passive travel in blood vessels is highly unlikely. In this case, the most reasonable explanation is that one or more shot entered the heart immediately and that the locations therof were not established until imaging was conducted and reported."

[salvorhardin]

1. Check your PM n/t

[BurtWorm]

2. ABC

Already been checked. ;)

[mattclearing]

3. I said this to someone yesterday.

Pellets don't travel through the bloodstream...it was already in or near his heart.

[Emit]

4. And thus, had traveled through his clothing. n/t

[Avalux]

5. Actually, they can if they nick a blood vessel. However -

this injury to Whittington's heart is in the muscle - so the bead penetrated the chest wall and lodged in the heart, killing the tissue and causing a 'firing' problem, irregular heartbeat. Not a typical heart attack, but a heart attack nonetheless.

[mattclearing]

6. Makes sense.

My point is that it didn't travel from his arm or shoulder into the heart.

[Avalux]

8. You're right, it sure didn't.

All the reports of superficial wounds and the yucking up about "chicken-pox" was garbage.

[salvorhardin]

7. This tall tale

is unraveling faster than a ball of yarn in a kitten factory.