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[pmcd9]

Cheney "accidentally" shoots friend.

~Paul

[Golfhaus]

Accidentally or not, most people who shoot people get arrested, or at least investigated, no?

I would love to find out they'd had a couple brews beforehand. Dick Cheney's presence is really the main reason most of us haven't called for impeachment yet.

[miles]

A similar incident happened in my family years ago, resulting in the death of a friend of a very close relative of mine, at the hands of my relative.  He wasn't arrested or investigated or anything.  He, of course, is still haunted by it to this day.  He's also one of the finest people I know.

That said, Cheney's such a crap dude.

[Doc]

Whittington "came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter and didn't signal them or indicate to them or announce himself," Armstrong said.

So really it was his own fault, that's what they're getting at right? Stupid careless hunter not making a bunch of noise while they were approaching easily frightened birds.

"The vice president didn't see him," she continued. "The covey flushed and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot. And by god, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good."

Isn't this a bit too flippant? I don't think 'By Jove, he got peppered pretty good' is what I'd want to hear after someone shot me in the face.

I mean sure the guy sounds ok, but damn couldn't they have got someone who sounds a bit less of a hick to let everyone know what's going on?

Edit: While I'm ranting couldn't they have picked a better picture?
I'm kind of half convinced that Cheney is actually a morally pure force for good in the world but just has a bad rap because he suffers from an ancient curse that makes it impossible for him to look non-evil on film.

[theinevitable]

me:Cheney always has that sneer on his face... I can't stand it. He looks like he's up to something. It's terrifying.
a kid in my US Gov. Class: That's why I love him so much!

this is a kid who unironically sings the "America (Fuck Yeah)" song from Team America. Like.... I'm not sure if he realizes that it's a joke.
best part of that: he's a really smart kid. he's the type who says "the gays are ruining america!", and then has memorized all these statistics and details that make it sound reasonable.


but really... Cheney: He exercises his 2nd amendment rights so that you won't have to! (or want to)

[pmcd9]

I think Cheney was playing The Most Dangerous Game.

~Paul

[Biz Markizzle]

Isn't this a bit too flippant? I don't think 'By Jove, he got peppered pretty good' is what I'd want to hear after someone shot me in the face.

I hate to come to the defense of anyone even associated with Cheney, but it's actually not that flippant. Getting "peppered" is what it's called, not just by hicks, when hit at a distance by shotgun pellets. Because 28-gauge shotguns are not meant for shooting targets from any sort of distance, it's really not that serious to get hit by them from afar. Further, the ammo they were using is called birdshot, which are very small pellets.

For those of us non-hunters (me included), when we hear "shotgun" we immediately picture The Terminator, either on foot or on a motorcycle, blowing giant holes in trucks, liquid metal *****s, or the kneecaps of police officers.  However, while Cheney is, we all suspect, at least 75% *****, the weapon and ammo he was using is not very powerful and not very useful for destroying assassin *****s or conservative lawyers. Obviously you don't want to get hit in the eye, groin, or any sort of orifice, but otherwise it's no big deal. Note that the article has to mention explicitly that his skin was pierced, because very often it won't be. Some people -- in this case, yes, hicks only -- even play a game, with lots of different names but sometimes called "Pepper," where they stand very far apart and shoot each other.

Still: the vice-president just shot a dude. That is pretty funny.

[AlohaDawg]

Thanks, Biz. What I was gonna say exactly. Also, When birds flush they fly - my guess is the bird Cheney was tracking didn't go up but in the direction of the unfortunate guy who got shot - so, imagine,  you're eyes are fixed on this bush with birds in it, they flush, and you start tracking a bird that is gonna go in a random direction. The bird goes not up but left. so you are tracking left with a long gun and pull the trigger - the shot comes out in a spreading cloud and some hit the unfortunate guy who didn't tell you he walked up into your field of fire.

I imagine they pulled most of the shot out out of his clothes and the first layer of skin unless he was close enough to get burnt by the muzzle flash or have some hearing damage from the report.

Lucky they were just shooting at tiny little birds.

[sunnystar]

Y'all are making the fact that he shot a dude less funny by explaining how shooting birds actually works!

Although, it is a learning experience and I enjoyed hearing about it as I don't know much about shooting a gun or its specifics.

education.

[AlohaDawg]

The best part was the retarded questions coming out of the white house press corps. Remember, these people are supposed to be representing you, the American people:

• Will Vice President Cheney be submitting his resignation, or has he submitted his resignation?
• Would this be considered more serious had the other man been killed?

And people wonder why the media isn't taken seriously anymore.

[misterqueue]

Yeah.. it might be taken more seriously if this Presidency actually didn't hand pick the Press Corps it chooses to answer/allow in. 

[miles]

The best part was the retarded questions coming out of the white house press corps. Remember, these people are supposed to be representing you, the American people:

Hey, wait!  I never voted for this!  Currently, I'm represented by Jim Matheson (who is "working for Utah's Second District."  Thanks, Jim!), among others.

• Will Vice President Cheney be submitting his resignation, or has he submitted his resignation?
• Would this be considered more serious had the other man been killed?

Are you serious?  I mean, these questions weren't really asked, were they?  Shit, I know the answers.

• No.  Are you fuck*ng stupid or something?  He gets away with much worse shit than this, almost daily.
• Yes, your fuck*ng moron.  In that case someone would have died, which is clearly more serious than a minor injury.

And the White House pays someone a really good salary to field questions like these.

Also, thanks Dawg, for using that list feature.  I never knew it existed.

[Hobot]

me:Cheney always has that sneer on his face... I can't stand it. He looks like he's up to something. It's terrifying.
a kid in my US Gov. Class: That's why I love him so much!

this is a kid who unironically sings the "America (Fuck Yeah)" song from Team America. Like.... I'm not sure if he realizes that it's a joke.
best part of that: he's a really smart kid. he's the type who says "the gays are ruining america!", and then has memorized all these statistics and details that make it sound reasonable.


but really... Cheney: He exercises his 2nd amendment rights so that you won't have to! (or want to)

I had a kid exactly like that in my AP US Government class last year.  Now he's at Princeton.

He suggested to my teacher we fix the illegal immigration problem by taking a class field trip to the Mexico border - with shotguns.

[Doc]

Thanks to Biz and AD for the explaining. I did understand it wasn't that serious but didn't realise 'peppering' was actually a word, as opposed to a nice way to avoid saying 'he shot a guy'.

[Hobot]

Thanks to Biz and AD for the explaining. I did understand it wasn't that serious but didn't realise 'peppering' was actually a word, as opposed to a nice way to avoid saying 'he shot a guy'.

"Paprika-ing," on the other hand, means to mow someone the fuck down.