Way to go Dick

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Could anything else go anyworse for the bush administration??
 
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Anyone who does a lot of bird hunting, especially anyone who ventures out on the opening day of dove season, knows how common this is. I'm not a big Cheney defender but if this was you or me it would never make the news.
 
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Well I can't wait to hear what jay leno has to say about this...
 
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(vols2345 @ Feb 12 said:
Well I can't wait to hear what jay leno has to say about this...
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Or Al Jazeera. Come on dudes, we already have an image problem with the world. Quit shooting 78 year old guys accidentally while hunting birds. :tease2:
 
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(VolunteerHillbilly @ Feb 12 said:
Anyone who does a lot of bird hunting, especially anyone who ventures out on the opening day of dove season, knows how common this is. I'm not a big Cheney defender but if this was you or me it would never make the news.
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Thanks for at least having some common sense about this.
 
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(VolunteerHillbilly @ Feb 12 said:
Anyone who does a lot of bird hunting, especially anyone who ventures out on the opening day of dove season, knows how common this is. I'm not a big Cheney defender but if this was you or me it would never make the news.
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Agreed . . . I feel sorry for the poor guy that got peppered with bird shot, but the press feeding frenzy on this story is absolutely pathetic. I just listened to the White House briefing and the controversey has now moved to why it took so long for the story to get out . . . . as if there was some sort of sinister cover up at work. :shakehead:
 
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(GAVol @ Feb 13 said:
as if there was some sort of sinister cover up at work. :dunno:
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There is ALWAYS some sort of sinister cover up going on. Don't kid yourself. :ninja:
 
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Having said all that. This is still easier to explain then a stain on a blue party dress and disagreeing on what "sex" definitions are. Sorry, had to throw that out there.
 
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No doubt . . . Bush's stories aren't nearly as entertaining as Clinton's. :D
 
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Cheney's got a gun, Cheney's got a gun, everybody better go ahead and run. Things got a little out of hand, Cheney shot 78 yr old man (to the tune of Janie's got a gun by Aerosmith)
 
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Things like this happen all the time...Problem is, when you're the vice president, is going to make the news. Both men should've taken a bit more caution, but that's not the problem I have with what occured...my beef is more along these lines:

Monday's hunting trip to Pennsylvania by Vice President Dick Cheney in which he reportedly shot more than 70 stocked pheasants and an unknown number of mallard ducks at an exclusive private club places a spotlight on an increasingly popular and deplorable form of hunting, in which birds are pen-reared and released to be shot in large numbers by patrons. The ethics of these hunts are called into question by rank-and-file sportsmen, who hunt animals in their native habitat and do not shoot confined or pen-raised animals that cannot escape.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported today that 500 farm-raised pheasants were released yesterday morning at the Rolling Rock Club in Ligonier Township for the benefit of Cheney's 10-person hunting party. The group killed at least 417 of the birds, illustrating the unsporting nature of canned hunts. The party also shot an unknown number of captive mallards in the afternoon.

Now, exactly what part of this is considered sport? Why not just go to kennels and shoot some dogs? I'm one for hunting, and controlling animal population, but this is just ridiculous cherry picking.
 
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The fact that these were pen raised makes it even likelier that someone would get shot. A lot of those pen raised birds just don't take to the wing very fast and you inevitably have people going after the "low bird". I will say that one advantage to being a lawyer is that if the matter can be settled quickly and fairly you won't have to give anyone a third.
 
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(UTGRADnNC @ Feb 13 said:
Things like this happen all the time...Problem is, when you're the vice president, is going to make the news. Both men should've taken a bit more caution, but that's not the problem I have with what occured...my beef is more along these lines:

Monday's hunting trip to Pennsylvania by Vice President Dick Cheney in which he reportedly shot more than 70 stocked pheasants and an unknown number of mallard ducks at an exclusive private club places a spotlight on an increasingly popular and deplorable form of hunting, in which birds are pen-reared and released to be shot in large numbers by patrons. The ethics of these hunts are called into question by rank-and-file sportsmen, who hunt animals in their native habitat and do not shoot confined or pen-raised animals that cannot escape.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported today that 500 farm-raised pheasants were released yesterday morning at the Rolling Rock Club in Ligonier Township for the benefit of Cheney's 10-person hunting party. The group killed at least 417 of the birds, illustrating the unsporting nature of canned hunts. The party also shot an unknown number of captive mallards in the afternoon.

Now, exactly what part of this is considered sport? Why not just go to kennels and shoot some dogs? I'm one for hunting, and controlling animal population, but this is just ridiculous cherry picking.
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Agree 100%. Close to placing anti-freeze outside for stray pets to drink.Pathetic!
 
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