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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Jesse - Feb 14, 2006 8:58:17 am PST #7114 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That article says:

The state Parks and Wildlife Department issued Cheney a warning for not possessing a required stamp on his hunting license, but the sheriff's deputies announced there was "no alcohol or misconduct involved in the incident."

Not having the proper license isn't misconduct? ISTG.


Jessica - Feb 14, 2006 8:58:31 am PST #7115 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Cheney did not have a valid liscense to be hunting quail.

Ah, but did he have a valid licence to be hunting campaign contributors?


msbelle - Feb 14, 2006 9:00:48 am PST #7116 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am pretty sure that what needs to happen now is for some NRA members to have a press confernce and state how people like Cheney who do not obey the hunting laws and practice safe gun practices are the ones giving real hunters a bad name. He needs to be held up as a bad example.


Jesse - Feb 14, 2006 9:02:01 am PST #7117 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Not to mention the part where, if The Daily Show is to be believed, it wasn't even actually hunting, just shooting birds. I mean, if we're supposed to say the guy got "peppered" instead of "shot," shouldn't we be saying "killing birds" instead of "hunting"?


Jessica - Feb 14, 2006 9:02:47 am PST #7118 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Two headlines which should not have been put next to each other:

Iran confirms bird flu outbreak
Rolling Stones fever hits Brazil


DavidS - Feb 14, 2006 9:06:31 am PST #7119 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Oof, this gmail IM thing is dangerous. I had to restrain myself from chatting up Nutty when I saw she was in gmail. I didn't even have anything in particular to say, but it seemed like an Opportunity for Nutty Talk. It seemed wasteful not to take advantage of it.


flea - Feb 14, 2006 9:09:13 am PST #7120 of 10002
information libertarian

New York Times reported this AM that the White House (McClellan) and Jeb Bush were joking about the Cheney thing. Both jokes involved people wearing orange and "watch out for Cheney." Which seems pretty distasteful, and what if the fellow dies now, eh?


askye - Feb 14, 2006 9:10:55 am PST #7121 of 10002
Thrive to spite them

Really distasteful.

I read earlier someone describing the type of "hunting" that Cheney was doing as "Skeet shooting with live birds".


flea - Feb 14, 2006 9:12:16 am PST #7122 of 10002
information libertarian

I mean, I think it's great that WE joke about it, and Jon Stewart and all. But the White House should not be joking; their jokiness is just another variety of spin.


tommyrot - Feb 14, 2006 9:12:57 am PST #7123 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I read earlier someone describing the type of "hunting" that Cheney was doing as "Skeet shooting with live birds".

Yeah. The birds are raised in captivity, then released as hunters stand by....

Not quite as bad as shooting a teathered deer... but not hunting, either.

eta: From a blog:

Those pen raised birds can hardly fly. Sometimes the birds won't fly at all. They think you've come to feed them. That explains why Dick was aiming so low.

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