Happy Dick Cheney Day!
Happy "Cheney shot a man in the face" day." I can't believe it's been this long.
On February 11, 2006, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old Texas attorney, while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Kenedy County, Texas. Whittington was shot in the face, neck, and upper torso with birdshot pellets from a 28-gauge Perazzi shotgun.
First public news of the incident was called in to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times on February 12, 2006, by ranch owner Katharine Armstrong. [1] The Bush administration disclosed the shooting incident to the public the afternoon of February 12. Local authorities released a report on the shooting on February 16, 2006 and witness statements on February 22. All of the witness statements conflict with the Sheriff's reports over the time of the shooting. (h/t Rhine)
First.
If anybody else shot that old man in the face, they would be in jail. The fact that Chaney and the owner did not inform the police for hours is criminal. When the old dude got out of the hospital he apologized to Chaney! That's what happens when you hang out with these right wing nuts. You literally go insane.
I got a Bye-Bye bush daily calendar this weekend and read about this on today's page. It seems this happened years and years ago to me. So awful much, and I do mean awful, has happened since then that it pushes this incident way back in my head.
I think this was one of the first times we saw this administration was not going to answer to the rule of law the way the rest of us are required to do.
If anyone else had done this, I'm pretty sure that at the least they would be charged with reckless endangerment. I guess after you send almost four thousand people to die in an unnecessary war, shooting a guy in the face with bird shot, isn't a very big deal.
All of the witness statements conflict with the Sheriff’s reports over the time of the shooting. (h/t Rhine)
No wonder these guys fuck up everything they touch, they can't even get their stories straight on a simple shooting accident. Me and my juvenile delinquent friends could've done a group alibi 10 times better than these slime balls.
More lies. More cover-ups.
And as usual, I haven't finished my Cheney-shot-a-dude-in-the-face-day shopping! At least I got my lawn decorations out!
Pissed off Patricia, I think you are right. I believe we are becoming numb to the audacity of this president and his adminstration. Everyday seems to be a new scandal. Most Americans want to ride this out. I, myself, want him impeached imediately. Sometimes I don't even want to read the newspaper. It makes me want to redo 2000 and 2004.
What do you buy that special someone on Dick-Cheney-shot-a-dude-in-the-face Day? Something in kevlar perhaps? Bulletproof bras with matching kevlar tote?
Dick Cheney has been wrong about oh-so-many things but man, was he ever wrong on that day. The most shocking thing was the guy who got shot apologizing for what should've been evident to anyone with a brain--Cheny was guilty of reckless foolishness. You never, EVER, shoot down and away from your original line of sight on a bird hunt.
Hunters are, for the most part, not the careless rednecks non-hunters stereotype them to be. I've found them to be diligent and responsible. You weren't alive if you didn't have an opinion on the Cheney shooting back then and I vividly recall conversations with hunters about the "incident." Not one hunter--not one--defended Cheney.
In this nation for the last eight years, Dick Cheney can do whatever he wants and no one can do shit about it. Cheney has not done ONE good thing for the country, just for himself and his finance buddies. We gave these evil mother fuckers all this power because we were scared by 19 terrorists, selling out our freedoms and actually believing Bush and friends protect us! Listen to them, they still claim that they are keeping us safe. I hope every day something horrible happens to Dick.
Cheney will probably be offered the Secretary of Defense spot if McCain is shooed in next Nov.
I read somewhere that when cheney and friends go out "hunting" they shoot
1) tame birds or
2) birds that are tied down or crippled so they can't fly
If that's true how does someone get shot in the face?
ps didn't Hucklebee shoot over some reporters heads while out hunting? Are all republicians that dense that they do not know correct etiquette when hunting?
Boggles the mind: Bill Clinton shoots an intern in the face and is nearly impeached.
Dick Cheney shoots a man in the face and nothing happens.
So, when do we get Dickipedia? For all things Dick Cheney?
We have a president who nearly died from choking on a pretzel, and a VP who nearly killed a man while duck hunting.
Dave @ 7:
Dead Ducks?
Elmer Fudds?
Slices of swiss cheese with faces painted on them?
Dickipedia? I love it. The nut jobs would refer to it like a Bible.
To celebrate the anniversary, Bush wants to execute 6 Guantanamo prisoners.
Its not hunting that is the problem. Its the way these people hunt that sends a shiver down my spine. What they do should not be called "Hunting"... it needs a new term.
They use caged birds that are planted in the path of these slothful jerks. They drive from the ranch house to an area that has been prepared for them. During the whole process they only walk a few hundred yards.
During WWI the Kaiser caught flack when people found out that he was shooting rabbits being let out of a cage.
And what about the alcohol and the fact that they waited almost 24 hours to tell anyone about the incident?
The whole thing turns my stomach.
What has gone unnoticed for the last two years is that the Secret Service abused its authority in the Cheney hunting incident. If the United States were really a country of laws, not men, whoever gave the Secret Service their instructions that day should be in jail. Of course, it could only have been Cheney himself...the S.S. wouldn't have followed orders from the man he shot, or from his wife.
Lest we forget, a sheriff's deputy came to the ranch within a few hours of the shooting, to investigate. He told the Secret Service (who intercepted him) that he had to speak to Cheney, as part of his investigation. They told him to go away and come back the next morning. He did. By then, of course, Cheney had sobered up.
Impeachable? You bet your ass it is.
winterbear:
I think the term you're looking for is "slaughtering".
Yup, that's the way these guys hunt. Do you really think they could hunt the old fashioned way? No wonder they hate him in his own state.
Bush calls him the best VP in history so I trust Dick is harmless...
The fact that even Putin made a joke that he wouldn't go hunting with Chaney lets you realize how much our credibility has suffered. Remember when Bush grabbed Chancellor Merkle? The Germans still call him Herr Groper.
Dick Cheney Day is funny. But that birdshot victim survived. It's a cryin' shame C&L and most Americans missed Colin Powell Day's fifth anniversary last week (Feb. 5). That's the day that will long live in infamy. That's the day Dick Cheney should have been impeached for war crimes.
Dale @ 14:
If Monica opologized the next day, we would have Gore as president and 1,000,000 less Iraqis dead.
"The shot heard around the world..."
Sorry, I'll stop there.
Give Dick a little credit. Despite the pain and suffering he experienced in the incident, he very graciously accepted Whittington's apology.
Dick Cheny is in underground bunker at the time of 911 attacks, This was a drill and the VP jop is training for the real thing right, when Condi Rice said no one had ever thought a airplane would be used to attack a building. Dick C is a mob boss want to be. How many more must DIE.
Here's another conspiracy theory of what really happened -- involving Halliburton.
Dick Day! What a novel idea.... z z z z z z z z
It is certainly a great misfortune to the country that we've had to endure this period of rule from the Littledick's Dynasty. Such men as this are notable for the way that shrinkage spreads to their brains and hearts, as well.
"Your dithpicable!" (spit, spit, spit).
No you're are.
Let me make a plea for understanding. This incidents was not Dick's fault. His inability to distinguish frail old men, or indeed, any human being from what Lewis Black called domesticated, flightless quail-tards is in fact genetic. Like color blindness, he just can see the human.
Let me make a plea for understanding. This incidents was not Dick's fault. His inability to distinguish frail old men, or indeed, any human being from what Lewis Black called domesticated, flightless quail-tards is in fact genetic. Like color blindness, he just can't see the human.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svhkaRX4Lew
Faux hunters (caged birds), faux cowboy (no cows and a lot of brush to clear) faux democracy (Mucasey declares them above law) faux congress (no impeachment)
My favorite surreal moment in all of that was when Whittington apologized publicly to Cheney for all the inconvenience he had caused the VP.
Oooops, down the rabbit hole!
Definitely the winner for "politicians action story which elicited the greatest number of hilarious comments" !
A yearly award should be given....like a stupid dick trophy.
why Dick the foul-mouthed Wyomingite is not rotting in prison over shooting Whittington is beyond me!
too bad Cheney didn't shoot Bush in the rump with that twelve gauge!
To celebrate this day, check this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5ba1OKY7Xc
especially the bit about shooting the rabbits. Think priviledged repubs for the rest.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXAzAgb4pA
A spokesman for the Vice President said that Cheney shot an assistant to commemorate the occasion.
Who paid his hospital bills?
Left&Left @ 11:
The claim is that 19 people took control of the planes, although 9 of the 19 have been found alive. Anyone care to comment on what that really means.
VietVet67 @ 46:
We did, I'm sure. Duh!
Y'all do realize that this is what Cheney will be best remember for right?
A hundred years from now only historians will remember the madness that was the Iraq war.
Every teenager in America though will know that a dumbass drunk VP shot an old man in the face.
For Rick # 48: Actually, there's no way to tell how many of the 9/11 hijackers are still alive, if any are. You say nine are. Maybe you're right. But since none of the 19 names appear(ed) on any passenger manifest, we have no way of knowing who they were or whether any are still alive. And how is it possible that 19 men could board four separate commercial jetliners without any of their names showing up?
If nine are still alive, that presupposes that you (or somebody) knows their names. Have the names ever appeared in print, anywhere? If they have, how did the newspapers learn their identities? How do you know who's alive and who isn't? Where is this information available?
Dale @ 16:
Blue Lensman @ 17:
Each one is good when Harry sings: Am All Shot up !!
arkieology @ 38:
Couldnt have said it better myself, well done.
Robert Lockwood Mills @ 51:
The BBC reported on it and found the 9 you speak of. All said they lost their passports in America on a visit. All claim to be of good healt, ie not dead. The government just pulls kids with beards and turbans in front of camera on say "see we got another one!"
Another wonder why we have killed a bunch of "number 3 man in Al Qaeda"? Yet OBL remains at large?
The website that is supporting Cheney's unannounced candidacy for President (ILikeDick.org) hasn't been updated in some time. Do you suppose he really ISN'T going to be the next President? I mean not running in an election and not taking office are two separate issues...
Dick Cheney: A live example of the truism that every technology, even one as seemingly benign as battery storage, can be put to bad use.
I'd been wondering whether the planet that sent the "Dick Cheney" to us had sent a defective model, or did it work as designed. I think TimeForNewLeadership answers that question. Thanks.
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