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Grex > Agora56 > #96: Cheney shoots fellow hunter in South Texas. | |
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happyboy
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response 46 of 218:
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Feb 14 19:17 UTC 2006 |
he musta looked alot like a bird thru cheney's scotch-goggles.
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tod
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response 47 of 218:
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Feb 14 19:25 UTC 2006 |
Harry got peppered perdy good!
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happyboy
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response 48 of 218:
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Feb 14 19:37 UTC 2006 |
like a denny's tuna sammich!
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gull
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response 49 of 218:
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Feb 14 23:25 UTC 2006 |
Re resp:45: I never expected an incident involving Dick Cheney to
result in someone *else* having a heart attack.
Re resp:40: I guess my question is, if this had been a traffic
accident, would Cheney have been charged with involuntary manslaughter?
If so, how is it different just because he used a gun instead of a car?
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bru
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response 50 of 218:
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Feb 15 01:09 UTC 2006 |
no one has died, no manslaughter.
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other
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response 51 of 218:
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Feb 15 03:57 UTC 2006 |
Yet.
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nharmon
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response 52 of 218:
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Feb 15 04:09 UTC 2006 |
Yet. If this guy dies of his wounds, or otherwise as a result of the
gunshot wound, Cheney is on the hook. Or, so he should be.
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naftee
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response 53 of 218:
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Feb 15 04:30 UTC 2006 |
I've been hit by a pickup truck before.
Was it my fault for not reacting fast enough, or his fault for deciding to
risk a turn and drive into me ?
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richard
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response 54 of 218:
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Feb 15 16:56 UTC 2006 |
cheney did not have a license to hunt quail.
some example he is setting.
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nharmon
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response 55 of 218:
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Feb 15 16:59 UTC 2006 |
Yeah, maybe professional athletes weren't such bad role models after
all, huh? :)
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tod
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response 56 of 218:
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Feb 15 17:37 UTC 2006 |
I think we can all move beyond this simply by mandating that anything Cheney
kills has to be eaten by him. If he can't finish what's on his plate then
he can share it buffet style with the Administration. Setup some big BBQ pits
right there on the White House lawn and get a convoy from Walter-Reed's morgue
going. Snap to it.
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nharmon
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response 57 of 218:
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Feb 15 17:42 UTC 2006 |
Gross.
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tod
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response 58 of 218:
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Feb 15 17:56 UTC 2006 |
Yea, disgusting...isn't IT.
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johnnie
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response 59 of 218:
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Feb 15 17:58 UTC 2006 |
And this: Apparently, the owner of the ranch where Cheney went on his
rampage hinted in an interview that the Veep may have had "a beer or
two" prior to the shooting, which may not be such a great thing for a
guy with a couple of drunk driving arrests on his record.
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happyboy
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response 60 of 218:
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Feb 15 18:00 UTC 2006 |
but beer is good for lubing up his pacemaker, d00d.
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jep
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response 61 of 218:
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Feb 15 18:11 UTC 2006 |
re resp:59: "Apparently" someone said Cheney was drinking? It's not
apparent to me. If there's information, cite it right out in the
open. I'm not going to assume there's anything to a story you cite
like that.
I assume that is all a rumor which was started right here in this item
as idle speculation because it would be so titillating if there was
anything to it. It is nothing short of contemptible to be spreading
that kind of garbage. How much lower can you possibly go for a
standard of reporting and judgement, than to make up a rumor yourself
out of nothing at all, and then repeatedly cite it as a fact?
I'm not a fan of the vice president or the Administration, but I have
nothing but disdain and despite for the "drunk hunting" innuendos which
were started in this item. No one with the slightest self-respect
would act in that manner.
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tod
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response 62 of 218:
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Feb 15 18:24 UTC 2006 |
re #61
If there's information, cite it right out in the
open.
They were wearing orange hunting jackets. BRIGHT ORANGE jackets.
That's a fact.
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jep
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response 63 of 218:
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Feb 15 18:28 UTC 2006 |
Highly enlightening, Todd, as usual.
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tod
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response 64 of 218:
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Feb 15 18:30 UTC 2006 |
I'll give you enlightening in the next few new items I post, professor.
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richard
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response 65 of 218:
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Feb 15 18:40 UTC 2006 |
it doesnt matter if they were wearing hunting jackets, cheney WAS NOT LICENSED
to hunt quail. He had no legal right to hunt that particular animal. He was
licensed to hunt deer.
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tod
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response 66 of 218:
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Feb 15 18:40 UTC 2006 |
One question raised by Whittington's condition is just how far from
Whittington was the vice president when he pulled the trigger on his 28-gauge
Perazzi Brescia Italian shotgun. The original report on the incident from the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says Cheney was 30 yards away from
Whittington. But the news that one shotgun pellet is now apparently lodged
in the muscle of Whittington's heart will likely lead to a reexamination of
the force with which Whittington was hit, and therefore, of the distance
between the two men when the shooting occurred.
*tipping my drink to drinky guy Cheney*
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richard
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response 67 of 218:
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Feb 15 18:48 UTC 2006 |
Whitting should sue Cheney and get some of his haliburton money
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cyklone
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response 68 of 218:
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Feb 15 19:01 UTC 2006 |
Jep, for what it's worth the drinking angle was not started on Grex. I've come
across it a couple of other times. Apparently, others are capable of deducing
the possibility from the facts known so far.
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marcvh
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response 69 of 218:
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Feb 15 19:38 UTC 2006 |
Supposedly MSNBC reported it earlier but then retracted the report.
It's entirely possible that it was simply a misquote or something.
But, since Cheney didn't allow law enforcement officers to talk to
him until the following day, there's really no way anybody could
conclusively eliminate alcohol as a possible factor. It's just another
facet of the fact that, even many Republicans agree, Cheney handled
this incident very stupidly.
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johnnie
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response 70 of 218:
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Feb 15 20:40 UTC 2006 |
Don't say "supposedly"--jep won't like that any better than
"apparently". MSNBC did in fact post said report. Here's the lowdown:
http://blogs.philly.com/blinq/2006/02/was_there_beer_.html
Also, interestingly enough, despite their willingness to divulge many
details regarding the condition and treatment of Cheney's latest victim,
there are two things that the hospital officials have (repeatedly)
refused to comment on (note: not, "we don't know", but rather "we can't
comment on that"): the number and composition of the pellets in
Whittington's body, and whether or not he had alchohol in his system
when he was brought in.
And, jep, the shooting itself isn't necessarily a big deal (accidents
happen), but the VP's continuing efforts to withold information make it
look like there's more to the story, and that's making it all a bigger
story. Further, in the absence of real information, rumor and innuendo
will fill the gap (PR101). If Cheney had talked to the police
immediately, followed that up with a news release to the media, and
followed that with a short/informal press conference ("this is what
happened, it was a stupid accident, my apologies and prayers to my
friend", etc), this whole story would already be fading away.
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