On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:03:14 -0800, johac <jhachmann@sbcglobal.com>
wrote:

In article <7tavu1l80uc6chumi9qfcapma084dfd1cd@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11312757/

Cheney shoots man on Texas quail hunting trip
Man wounded in accidental shooting said to be ‘alert and doing fine’

Updated: 4:25 p.m. ET Feb. 12, 2006

WASHINGTON - Vice President ***** Cheney accidentally shot and injured a
man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said
Sunday.

Harry Whittington, 78, was “alert and doing fine” after Cheney sprayed
him with shotgun pellets on Saturday while the two were hunting at the
Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong.

Armstrong said Whittington was mostly injured on his right side, with
the pellets hitting his cheek, neck and chest, and was taken to the
hospital by ambulance.

Whittington was in stable condition Sunday, said Yvonne Wheeler,
spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Health System.

Cheney’s spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president was with
Whittington, a lawyer from Austin, Texas, and his wife at the hospital
on Sunday afternoon.

Armstrong said she was watching from a car while Cheney, Whittington and
another hunter got out of the vehicle to shot at a covey of quail late
afternoon on Saturday.

Whittington shot a bird and went to look for it in the tall grass, while
Cheney and the third hunter walked to another spot and found a second
covey.

Whittington “came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter
and didn’t signal them or indicate to them or announce himself,”
Armstrong told the Associated Press in an interview.

“The vice president didn’t see him,” she continued. “The covey flushed
and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot.
And by God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good.”

The shooting was first reported by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.

‘It knocked him silly’
She said Whittington was bleeding but not very seriously injured, and
Cheney was very apologetic. “It broke the skin,” she said. “It knocked
him silly. But he was fine. He was talking. His eyes were open. It
didn’t get in his eyes or anything like that.”

She said emergency personnel traveling with Cheney tended to
Whittington, holding his face and cleaning up the blood.

“Fortunately, the vice president has got a lot of medical people around
him and so they were right there and probably more cautious than we
would have been,” she said. “The vice president has got an ambulance on
call, so the ambulance came.”

Armstrong said Cheney is a longtime friend who comes to the ranch to
hunt about once a year. She said Whittington is a regular, too, but she
thought it was the first time the two men hunted together.

“This is something that happens from time to time. You now, I’ve been
peppered pretty well myself,” said Armstrong.

/end

Reporter: "What happened, Mr. Vice President?

Cheney: "I missed dammit!"

Reporter: "That must have been a really bad shot."

Cheney: "I'll say! I was aiming at a Democrat!"

Reporter: "Any other comments, Mr. Cheney?"

Cheney: "Go F**k yourself!"

Headline: Cheney accidentally protects nation from lawyer while
protecting nation from Al quailda.
____

VP ***** Cheney acted the hero today while protecting the environment
against quail who were terrorizing their ecosystem. Some attributed
the action to an accident caused by the visual ambiguity of the words
"Quail" and "Qaeda" when viewed through Cheney's lens prescription as
it is displaced by his cheek when he speaks out of the side of his
face. This, though was no accident. "Those birds are a threat to our
security", Cheney insisted. He also bagged himself a lawyer, who will
be set free as part of the catch and release policy of the
administration, similar to the release of noted terrorist Cat Stevens.

____

Mr. Cheney, there are activities that don't include killing things.
You might give some thought to engaging in them.

W\/W

johac wrote:

In article <7tavu1l80uc6chumi9qfcapma084dfd1cd@4ax.com>,
stoney <stoney@the.net> wrote:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11312757/

Cheney shoots man on Texas quail hunting trip
Man wounded in accidental shooting said to be Œalert and doing fine¹

Updated: 4:25 p.m. ET Feb. 12, 2006

WASHINGTON - Vice President ***** Cheney accidentally shot and injured a
man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said
Sunday.

Harry Whittington, 78, was ³alert and doing fine² after Cheney sprayed
him with shotgun pellets on Saturday while the two were hunting at the
Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong.

Armstrong said Whittington was mostly injured on his right side, with
the pellets hitting his cheek, neck and chest, and was taken to the
hospital by ambulance.

Whittington was in stable condition Sunday, said Yvonne Wheeler,
spokeswoman for the Christus Spohn Health System.

Cheney¹s spokeswoman, Lea Anne McBride, said the vice president was with
Whittington, a lawyer from Austin, Texas, and his wife at the hospital
on Sunday afternoon.

Armstrong said she was watching from a car while Cheney, Whittington and
another hunter got out of the vehicle to shot at a covey of quail late
afternoon on Saturday.

Whittington shot a bird and went to look for it in the tall grass, while
Cheney and the third hunter walked to another spot and found a second
covey.

Whittington ³came up from behind the vice president and the other hunter
and didn¹t signal them or indicate to them or announce himself,²
Armstrong told the Associated Press in an interview.

³The vice president didn¹t see him,² she continued. ³The covey flushed
and the vice president picked out a bird and was following it and shot.
And by God, Harry was in the line of fire and got peppered pretty good.²

The shooting was first reported by the Corpus Christi Caller-Times.

ŒIt knocked him silly¹
She said Whittington was bleeding but not very seriously injured, and
Cheney was very apologetic. ³It broke the skin,² she said. ³It knocked
him silly. But he was fine. He was talking. His eyes were open. It
didn¹t get in his eyes or anything like that.²

She said emergency personnel traveling with Cheney tended to
Whittington, holding his face and cleaning up the blood.

³Fortunately, the vice president has got a lot of medical people around
him and so they were right there and probably more cautious than we
would have been,² she said. ³The vice president has got an ambulance on
call, so the ambulance came.²

Armstrong said Cheney is a longtime friend who comes to the ranch to
hunt about once a year. She said Whittington is a regular, too, but she
thought it was the first time the two men hunted together.

³This is something that happens from time to time. You now, I¹ve been
peppered pretty well myself,² said Armstrong.

/end

Reporter: "What happened, Mr. Vice President?

Cheney: "I missed dammit!"

Reporter: "That must have been a really bad shot."

Cheney: "I'll say! I was aiming at a Democrat!"

Reporter: "Any other comments, Mr. Cheney?"

Cheney: "Go F**k yourself!"

LOL! It's open season on ***** Cheney. I have to say he does have it
coming to him for this.