Cheney has terrible accident.

POSTED BY: Hero
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 23:57
VIEWED: 4260
PAGE 1 of 3

1 2 3 NEXT PAGE

HERO

Friday, February 17, 2006 7:34 PM

Now that authorities and everyone (who isn't a Bush-hater liberal or 'Crazy Talkin' Pirate) agrees that this was an accident, perhaps we can put the 'Cheney goes on Rampage' Thread away.

Quote:

"We all assume certain risks in whatever we do," Whittington said. "Whatever activities we pursue and regardless of how experienced, careful and dedicated we are, accidents do and will happen. And that's what happened last" (Saterday)

"My family and I are deeply sorry for all that Vice President Cheney and his family have had to go through this week," Whittington said.

That says it all. The victim, or his animatronic double (looks sadly at the Pirates) has spoken. Accident. Sad. Tragic even.

Yet perhaps I disagree. Perhaps Cheney did do the right thing? Suppose the man Cheney shot accidently had been a terrorist or even Osama Bin Ladden himself (aside from all the other questions like why was he on a Texas ranch...) Clearly if it had been a terrorist then, while still an accident, it would have been a positive rather then a negative act.

If this is so then the act of shooting a man accidently is not wrong in itself, its 'wrongness' is a measure of the person shot.
Thus shooting a friend and otherwise good man is bad yet forgivable, shooting a terrorist is good, if it had been a child it would have been unforgivable, if the person had been French it would have been ok...you get the idea.

So in conclusion what makes this accident terrible must be who he shot, not that he shot.

H

CARTOON

Friday, February 17, 2006 11:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hero:
Now that authorities and everyone (who isn't a Bush-hater liberal or 'Crazy Talkin' Pirate) agrees that this was an accident, perhaps we can put the 'Cheney goes on Rampage' Thread away.

Amen to that.

Although, I've actually already put it away. But, no doubt, the conspiratorial lunies will keep at it. After all, what else do they have in life to do than to imagine a conservative around every corner?

RUE

Friday, February 17, 2006 11:44 PM

A conservative with a gun?

Nearly everything I know I learned by the grace of others.

RUE

Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:24 AM

Cheney has a terrible accident.

Whittington escapes unscathed.

Nearly everything I know I learned by the grace of others.

TK421

Saturday, February 18, 2006 4:41 AM

First, I'm a political moderate. I vote for both republicans and democrats. And I happen to not be a Bush/Cheney fan. I think this administartion is arrogant and bumbling beyond words.

But, with that said, the Tin Foil Hat Wearing Black Helicopters Piloted By Mossad Agents Under Orders From The Trilateral Commission Which is Working For Space Aliens Took Me Away To a Secret UN Concentration Camp Where I Was Forced To Have Big Foot's Love Child Conspiracy Theory Crowd is blowing this waaaaaaaay out of proportion.

Hunting accidents happen. This sort of thing is not at all unique. The only reason it's national news is because this time it happened to involve the VP.

I thought it was sort of funny too, up until Mr. Whittington had his heart attack.

No real crime happened here. At most Cheney didn't have the proper $7 stamp on his hunting license and recieved a warning. The stamp is a new thing and TX wildlife officials have been handing out warnings to everybody...the VP didn't get any special treatment there.

DREAMTROVE

Saturday, February 18, 2006 5:35 AM

Cheney is not a conservative. Even remotely. I think it was the sort of accident that happens to someone who is very tense, and not very careful, or responsible. It's symptomatic of the sort of bad judgment he has shown in office.

I'm so up for the idea of removing Cheney that I posted in another thread that I'm willing to drop my push to get rid of Bush if we can get rid of Cheney.

DREAMTROVE

Saturday, February 18, 2006 5:55 AM

TK421,

I'm a moderate conservative. I try not to vote for a democrat if I can help it.

1. Two is a crowd?

2. They don't just happen. Someone is a f^&kup in every case. Often a f^&kup who goes to jail. The odds actually work out to 10/million, or 1/100,000. Of those, well over 90% involve an excess of alcohol.

3. Trilateral Commission is real.

4. I'm not part of that crowd. Bigfoot is not real.

5. A crime happened here. It's illegal to drink and shoot. Cheney openly admitted to drinking and shooting Mr. Whittington without a lawyer stamp on his hunting license.

6. Anyway, I kind of agree, but it's the Pirate's job to see sinister schemes afoot, because even if he's wrong, he's sometimes right, and better than someone see it in case it's there to be seen.

7. I think that the one thing which came out here is that Cheney is not a level head, and he went off half cocked, which is an indication that his f^&kup in Iraq is not part of a masterplan, but is just a f^&kup, because he's a f^&kup.

TK421

Saturday, February 18, 2006 6:23 AM

Quote:
I'm a moderate conservative. I try not to vote for a democrat if I can help it.

Cool. I guess I could be described as a liberal repuclican or a conservative democrat.

Quote:
1. Two is a crowd?

I'm not sure what this means.

Quote:
2. They don't just happen. Someone is a f^&kup in every case. Often a f^&kup who goes to jail. The odds actually work out to 10/million, or 1/100,000. Of those, well over 90% involve an excess of alcohol.

I didn't say they "just" happen, I said they happen. Some people are acting as if this is the first time someone has been shot while hunting.

Just like car accidents. Sometimes excellent drivers with years of experience f**k up and find themselves in a wreck.

Quote:
3. Trilateral Commission is real.

Where did I say it wasn't? The Mossad is real too. Both are favorites of conspiracy theorists.

Quote:
4. I'm not part of that crowd. Bigfoot is not real.

Cool.

Quote:
5. A crime happened here. It's illegal to drink and shoot. Cheney openly admitted to drinking and shooting Mr. Whittington without a lawyer stamp on his hunting license.

Cheney admitted to having a beer at lunch a few hours before the incident.

I addressed the license thing but here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060214/en_afp/uscheneyaccidentshooting_0
60214035218
"Gaming officials said they had been issuing oral warnings instead of fines to hunters who had failed to update their licenses under the new rule.

Cheney's staff members had asked state authorities for all necessary permits beforehand and were never informed about the need for a seven-dollar stamp for quail hunting, his office said in its statement."

Quote:
6. Anyway, I kind of agree, but it's the Pirate's job to see sinister schemes afoot, because even if he's wrong, he's sometimes right, and better than someone see it in case it's there to be seen.

Pirate's hillarious. I'm enjoying reading his posts.

Quote:
7. I think that the one thing which came out here is that Cheney is not a level head, and he went off half cocked, which is an indication that his f^&kup in Iraq is not part of a masterplan, but is just a f^&kup, because he's a f^&kup.

Wow, that's a lot of conclusions to draw from this.

I think if one thing came out of this it's to never get careless or complacent while handling firearms. As a gun owner I'm always dismayed when I hear stories like this. It doesn't make it part of a conspiracy or anything sinister though.

KHYRON

Saturday, February 18, 2006 6:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by dreamtrove:
I think it was the sort of accident that happens to someone who is very tense, and not very careful, or responsible. It's symptomatic of the sort of bad judgment he has shown in office.

Yes! I couln't agree more.

DREAMTROVE

Saturday, February 18, 2006 7:11 AM

It's not a conspiracy. It's Cheney being an ass. But I'm already biased against them. Since I'm fairly solidly on the right, Cheney's group of lefties and their left-leaning agenda bugs me. I want him gone from party. So I'm not the most objective.

The crowd of two is the pirates.

The lawyer stamp was a joke. There's not really a lawyer season, in spite of what Hillary thinks.

1 2 3 NEXT PAGE