Here Endeth The Humor

[filkertom]

I declare a moratorium on the funny stuff regarding the Cheney hunting mishap, for one simple reason: The condition of Harry Whittington is worsening.

As I said in an earlier thread, I don't in any way believe it was deliberate. I don't think anyone does. But at the very least it was an act of mutual incompetence. The guy was shot in the face, has been in the ICU for three days, and now suffers a minor heart attack. And they still won't stop spinning it.

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[drzarron.livejournal.com]

Oh I know.. ask the people passing my door when I read the news.. I SCREAMED.

"A minor heart attack"??? A piece of buck shot lodged in an artery and caused a blockage. There is no such thing as a minor heart attack.

[tigertoy.livejournal.com]

BIRDshot, please. He'd have died on the spot if it had been buckshot.

Remeber, just because they don't care about facts doesn't mean we get to do the same.

[youngcurmudgeon.livejournal.com]

Disagree about the minor heart attack -- my dad had one of those a couple years back. Granted, he also had a major one when I was in third grade, but they do happen.

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

So, if Mr. Whittington dies (heaven forbid), will Dick Cheney be charged with manslaughter? Or is he just made of Teflon these days like his supposed boss?

[admnaismith.livejournal.com]

They'll probably give him some kind of award. No way does this administration admit wrongdoing, ever.

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is the RESPONSIBILITY administration. Everyone is responsible except them *rolls eyes*

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

"Mutual incompetence"? I'd question that. http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007666.php

Oh, I Question It As Well

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I said "at the very least". One-sided incompetence would trump that. And, no matter how incompetent Mr. Whittington might have been, he wasn't the one with the gun.

[sarekofvulcan.livejournal.com]

Oh, do we have to put a complete moratorium on it? From the CNN link above:

This department is fully satisfied that this was no more than a hunting accident," the Kenedy County Sheriff's Department announced in a statement issued Monday evening. (Watch reporters pepper White House spokesman with questions about the shooting -- 2:03)

[kightp.livejournal.com]

That's good of you, Tom. Too bad the White House isn't following your example.

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Hey. If I can't be ethically superior to them, I should just begin my life of crime now.

[admnaismith.livejournal.com]

Fenton in 2008. This time, he's the lesser evil.

Heh! heh. Waaaahhhhh.....

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

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... Let me cogitate on that one.

[wayward-va.livejournal.com]

Don't get fleeced, America. Fenton in '08.:)

[nuveena.livejournal.com]

Fenton in 2008: He's working for ewe.

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

Fenton '08: Just for the shear hell of it.

[gpeefalt.livejournal.com]

Woo'll get our country baaaaack? Fenton 2008!

[palenoue.livejournal.com]

Fenton in 2008 -- Mutton But The Best

[trdsf.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. It's simple, and it says it all.

Death Sheep '08

[nuveena.livejournal.com]

Good lord. I hope the guy pulls through. But yea, it's all fun and games until someone requires open heart surgery.

And can I just say that canned hunting is totally lame? I want to say to the people that do this, "So, great, you're a tougher ur-male than a bunch of tame, caged birds. Aren't you just studmuffins."

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

Well, this is Captain Five Deferments we're talkin' about here.

[barbara-the-w.livejournal.com]

"Hi, my name is Dick and I have a gun addiction."
"Hi, Dick!"
"I've been using guns for over forty years now. I can't seem to stop."
"Awwww."
"My addiction is so bad that I ...shot a fellow hunter in the face while going after quail in the brush."
...
*crickets*
...
"It was an accident!"
"Dick?"
"Yes, Group Leader?"
"I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave."
"But--!" (quick scuffle...)
"Everyone, remember your gun safety. Don't be a Dick."