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zakur,
Thanks for the link.

It appears that the biggest disrepancy of all is to call what was done an investigation into the accident.

It looks like most of the details of the accident are not going to either be released or evaluated by any law enforcement personell.

I wonder if this is standard procedure in a hunting accident. If the shooter and the victim basically agree that it was an unfortunate accident and nobody dies, do the authorities just let it pass. Maybe so.

And it certainly looks like the VP's office and the victim are not going to cooperate in any sort of media investigation. So this could be one of those little events in history that might have a twist or two but in this case, those that make the news control the news and what you hear is what they want you to hear.
 
If I was the unfortunate person shot by the VP, and I was satisfied that it was an accident, then I would be satisfied from a criminal standpoint that the VP just needs to be interviewed by the police and pay any fine for hunting regulations violated. Civil liability is another matter.

I would not co-operate in any media investigation. My private life is my life and I would want to keep it that way.


Ranb
 
OK, I have a question that doesn't seem to have been covered by anybody yet. Deadeye Dick says that he was aiming for a bird, fired, then realized that Harry Whittington was in the line of fire.

Did Dick Cheney actually hit the bird?

It's one of those little details that just isn't covered in all of this stuff. It might be significant, it might not be, but nobody seems to know.
 
When the hell are these people going to learn that the best thing to do is to get it out in the open, as fast has possible. He should has taken the man to the hospital has soon as it happened and he would have look a thousand time better for it. And have said to the press first off, I screwed up and I can’t tell a man from a bird, and the fallout would have been so much less. Daaaaaaa :soapbox

Paul

:) :) :)
 
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OK, I have a question that doesn't seem to have been covered by anybody yet. Deadeye Dick says that he was aiming for a bird, fired, then realized that Harry Whittington was in the line of fire.

Did Dick Cheney actually hit the bird?
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I don't know, but I bet he didn't eat the bird. In my hometown hunting was a not uncommon hobby, and most people ate what they killed. After seeing how badly sprayed Whittington was, I don't see how anything Cheney shoots could be edible.

It's one of those little details that just isn't covered in all of this stuff. It might be significant, it might not be, but nobody seems to know.
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My question is why did it take a half hour for Whittington to get loaded into the ambulance? Considering that the ambulance was already at the ranch in case Cheney needed it -- I consider that to be extremely slow.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/16/politics/16tock.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1
An ambulance — one always accompanies Mr. Cheney — arrived in about 30 minutes.
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Oh, he ate the bird already. :D

Paul

:) :) :)
 
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Paulhoff said:
When the hell are these people going to learn that the best thing to do is to get it out in the open, as fast has possible. He should has taken the man to the hospital has soon as it happened and he would have look a thousand time better for it. And have said to the press first off, I screwed up and I can’t tell a man from a bird, and the fallout would have been so much less. Daaaaaaa :soapbox

Paul

:) :) :)
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No argument whatsoever. And the whole thig is damn funny. Still, it's not really a story worthy of two weeks of coverage and to make the cover of both Time and Newsweek.

Humans are so funny.
 
It's going to turn out that the bird was a terrorist sent by al Qaeda, and that's why the use of force against it was justified, even if innocent bystanders got hurt. Questioning the events is actually hurting America, and jeopardizing the War on Terror.
 
RandFan said:
No argument whatsoever. And the whole thig is damn funny. Still, it's not really a story worthy of two weeks of coverage and to make the cover of both Time and Newsweek.

Humans are so funny.
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While I don't think Cheney should resign---or even be in major legal trouble--- over this, I have to disagree about this not being a big news story.

I mean, come on! The Vice President of the United States shot a friend in the face with a shotgun! This will be talked and joked about for years!
 
Mark said:
While I don't think Cheney should resign---or even be in major legal trouble--- over this, I have to disagree about this not being a big news story.

I mean, come on! The Vice President of the United States shot a friend in the face with a shotgun! This will be talked and joked about for years!
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Nope. Didn't even show up on Rueter's headlines today.

In fact, the number 4 top news item for today is Lindsey Lohan:

"I hate it when people call me a teen queen," Lohan says in an interview.
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I'm not often so crude, but shut the **** up *****. You've been sucking on Disney's teet since you were 7 years old. Not put on the stupid pink dress and smile for the camera, you anorexic tw*t. :mad:
 
Bruce said:
I'm not often so crude, but shut the **** up *****. You've been sucking on Disney's teet since you were 7 years old. Not put on the stupid pink dress and smile for the camera, you anorexic tw*t. :mad:
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Yikes! Remind me not to piss you off! ;)
 
Mark said:
Yikes! Remind me not to piss you off! ;)
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I'm sorry, but when your last big hit was a supporting role in the remake of a crappy '70's movie about a sentient Voltzwagen, you can't expect the public to see you seriously actress. :rolleyes:
 
Mark said:
I mean, come on! The Vice President of the United States shot a friend in the face with a shotgun! This will be talked and joked about for years!
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Hey, don't get me wrong, it's a human INTEREST story. The point is that it is not news worthy for two weeks. Time and Newsweek covers? Come on, laugh about it, joke about it, that's what leaders are for to a certain extent. It is damn funny.
 
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