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.
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flea - Feb 14, 2006 9:12:16 am PST #7122 of 10002
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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.
beth b - Feb 14, 2006 9:16:09 am PST #7124 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I talked to a friend of mine, who is a hunter. He is not impressed by Cheney's hunting skills. in fact , there was lip curling. He did give me some idea how it could happen, but he didn't seem to think just because it could happen - it should have happened.
Jesse - Feb 14, 2006 9:17:08 am PST #7125 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
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.
Seriously.
Theodosia - Feb 14, 2006 9:17:25 am PST #7126 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Scars and extensive plastic surgery and heart attacks aren't joking matters if you caused them.
ChiKat - Feb 14, 2006 9:18:03 am PST #7127 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Yeah. The birds are raised in captivity, then released as hunters stand by....
Oh dear. My dad's a bird hunter, but he hunts wild birds (pheasant, quail, goose, duck).
bon bon - Feb 14, 2006 9:19:14 am PST #7128 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
It looks like this guy has had some serious complications from the accident, but having some buckshot rain down on you, especially while quail hunting, is pretty common. Which is why I am not surprised that someone would treat it lightly.
bon bon - Feb 14, 2006 9:22:34 am PST #7129 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
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.
This is retarded. Quail are one of those birds that walk more than they fly. You flush them and shoot at them when they fly away, which means you do aim low. It's not like pen-raised quail are domesticated!
Jesse - Feb 14, 2006 9:24:57 am PST #7130 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It looks like this guy has had some serious complications from the accident, but having some buckshot rain down on you, especially while quail hunting, is pretty common. Which is why I am not surprised that someone would treat it lightly.
Didn't the guy go straight from the shoot to intensive care? Intensive care = time to stop treating it lightly, IMO. If they were regular people, they could then joke as soon as it was clear the guy was OK and he started joking about it himself. For the VP? No joking.
DXMachina - Feb 14, 2006 9:29:41 am PST #7131 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
For the VP? No joking.
When did Cheney make any jokes? The ones I've seen were from Jeb and McClellan, which bad enough, but up until this afternoon the hospital was saying the guy who got shot was going to be fine.