As you already know if you pay attention to the mainstream media, VP Dick Cheney accidentally shot a 78-year-old man with a shotgun while hunting quail with him in Texas. His hunting partner, Harry Whittington, is in stable condition in a hospital in Corpus Christi, after being sprayed in the face (fortunately not in the eyes) and chest with shotgun pellets.
Whittington, a lawyer who was appointed by then-Gov. George W. Bush to the Texas Funeral Services Commission, now has a great story to tell his grandchildren.
(BTW, the title is a reference to a song here.)
UPDATE: Pharyngula points out that the type of "hunting" Cheney engaged in back in 2003 involved having pen-raised animals released for his shooting pleasure. 500 farm-raised pheasants were released for the Cheney party's entertainment, and they killed at least 417 of them, along with an unknown number of captive mallard ducks. I haven't seen an indication that this quail hunting incident was of pen-raised quail, but that seems to be common.
You did notice that the links for the "ducks-in-a-barrel" hunting were from 2003, didn't you?
ReplyDeleteActually, I didn't. Thanks for pointing that out, I will correct this post.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I almost did the same thing; someone else had to point the date of the Pittsburgh story to me. :) Nice blog, by the way.
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