Apparently dick cheney just shot someone

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According to radio 5, on a hunting expedition?!

― Vicky (Vicky), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

but I can't find anything on the internet

― Vicky (Vicky), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

It's a breaking story on cnn.com.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:51 (nineteen years ago)

Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed Whittington with shotgun pellets on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch in south Texas, said property owner Katharine Armstrong.
Armstrong said Cheney turned to shoot a bird and accidentally hit Whittington. She said Whittington was taken to Corpus Christi Memorial Hospital by ambulance.
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.

― stet (stet), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

He was quail hunting!

― stet (stet), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1151AP_Cheney_Hunting_Accident.html?source=mypi

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

Cheney shoots man on hunting trip in Texas

(hi vicky!)

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

"accidentally"

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

Is it legal to hunt pensioners in the USA?

― Tehrannosaurus HoBB (the pirate king), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

prosecute with extreme prejudice

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

oops - that link just goes to the quote above - nothing to add...

Talking about Cheney this made me laugh in a stupid tee-hee kind of way though...
Cheney should be probed...

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:58 (nineteen years ago)

the deadliest game of all!

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 12 February 2006 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

Fear and trembling in NRO world:

HUNTING ACCIDENT [Jonah Goldberg ]

Dick Cheney accidentally shot someone during a hunting trip. The man's in good condition, thank goodness. Get ready for an avalanche of nasty jokes and comments.
Posted at 04:05 PM

Aw.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

haha i love the pic currently illustrating the story

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

See, Cheney ain't no chickenshit! Dude was set to expose some scandal, and Dick had to take him out. what did Whittington know??

― woodstein, Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:10 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.thechiefsource.com/hello/106/1266/1024/Cheney%20gun.jpg

― Super Cub (Debito), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

this one is better:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart/aponline/46821.39CHENEY-HUNTING-ACCIDENT.sff.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

Cheney with his cain gun
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/img/NY10901091205.jpg

― Super Cub (Debito), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

they are truly the gang that couldn't shoot straight.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:19 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/whispers/graphics/cheney_020607.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:21 (nineteen years ago)

he's not cracking under the pressure or anything

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:22 (nineteen years ago)

apparently, on "Face" this morning, they were discussing Libby, and Dean referred to Cheney as "Aaron Burr." subtle.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

itchy trigger finger cheney
http://crozier.tangerinecs.com/blog/images/cheney.jpg

― Super Cub (Debito), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:26 (nineteen years ago)

My first reaction was, "That must have been so awesomely satisfying for him."

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

Dick Cheney, packing heat

http://towleroad.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/cheneybulge.jpg

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Sunday, 12 February 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

i love that pic.

― phil-two (phil-two), Sunday, 12 February 2006 22:04 (nineteen years ago)

Apparently Bill O'Reilly said:

"Now see there, see there, that's what happens when you step in front of someone's gun. I mean do you really expect Dick Cheney, the VP, second-in-command of the world's most powerful military, do you expect him not to know how to handle a gun?"

― stet (stet), Sunday, 12 February 2006 22:09 (nineteen years ago)

See, in my world, "accidentally shooting a person who steps in front of your gun" is not really part of "knowing how to handle a gun."

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 12 February 2006 22:13 (nineteen years ago)

aw christ. somebody please tell me that the vice president had to take a hunter's safety class at some point in his life. You wear the flourescent orange for a reason, dammit.

This same thing is how my first programming teacher was blinded when he was a teenager. (He went on to be the world's first totally blind professional magician, of all things)

― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Sunday, 12 February 2006 22:14 (nineteen years ago)

"well *i* can't see it!"

― mark s (mark s), Sunday, 12 February 2006 22:16 (nineteen years ago)

As we speak, Democratic congressmen are rethinking those invitations for friendly weekend outings.

― Mitya (mitya), Sunday, 12 February 2006 22:22 (nineteen years ago)

This is the problem with playing with guns.

― Super Cub (Debito), Sunday, 12 February 2006 23:07 (nineteen years ago)

There was a guy in my late-teenage town who killed his own son this way.

Many jokes seem inappropriate. O'Reilly's little connection there is funny, though: if gun-handling really is like military-commanding, then yes, this is a pretty adequate metaphor for the administration's job perforamce.

― nabisco (nabisco), Sunday, 12 February 2006 23:13 (nineteen years ago)

How often does this happen? How dangerous is hunting?

― Super Cub (Debito), Sunday, 12 February 2006 23:34 (nineteen years ago)

Just a little more dangerous than lawn darts.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Sunday, 12 February 2006 23:41 (nineteen years ago)

Ah, but is it more dangerous than Bocce?

― Super Cub (Debito), Sunday, 12 February 2006 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

I wonder what the NRO/rightwing attitude would be if it had been Cheney who had been "accidentally" shot by someone else? I doubt it'd be "well this is what happens, it was an accident".

― Trayce (trayce), Sunday, 12 February 2006 23:44 (nineteen years ago)

I also wonder what would have happened if the guy had died.

― Super Cub (Debito), Sunday, 12 February 2006 23:47 (nineteen years ago)

"A mistake was made"

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Sunday, 12 February 2006 23:50 (nineteen years ago)

ROUND THE CLOCK PIETY ON FOX NEWS.

― Michael Daddino (epicharmus), Sunday, 12 February 2006 23:55 (nineteen years ago)

The victim was treated by Halliburton medical staff, died, and his wife received a 15 billion dollar bill.

― Momus (Momus), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:15 (nineteen years ago)

did dean say "burr" bcz cheney has committed treason, or bcz of shooting this guy? or both?

oh burr oh burr what have you done
you have shooted dead the great hamilton
you hid behind a patch of thistle
and shooted him dead with your big horse pistol

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:28 (nineteen years ago)

dick cheney more like dick army

― dick hardman, Monday, 13 February 2006 00:29 (nineteen years ago)

spory, that's "hoss pistol"

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:30 (nineteen years ago)

did dean say "burr" bcz cheney has committed treason, or bcz of shooting this guy? or both?

Burr: stick 'em! Ha ha ha stick'em! Burr: stick 'em! Ha ha ha stick'em!

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:32 (nineteen years ago)

Currently In Hiding.
http://www.nndb.com/people/781/000024709/dan-quayle.jpg

― dan bunnybrain (dan bunnybrain), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:49 (nineteen years ago)

more dangerous than gay sex?

― ken c (ken c), Monday, 13 February 2006 00:53 (nineteen years ago)

It might be time to dust down the joke that research revealed to be the world's funniest:

"Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other man pulls out his phone and calls emergency services.

He gasps to the operator: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator in a calm, soothing voice replies: "Take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead."

There is a silence, then a shot is heard.

Back on the phone, the hunter says, "Ok, now what?"

(It's a lot less funny if you substitute "Iraq" for "my friend".)

― Momus (Momus), Monday, 13 February 2006 02:06 (nineteen years ago)

he called him burr because cheney shot the guy in weehawken

(ok, not really)

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Monday, 13 February 2006 02:08 (nineteen years ago)

apparently, on "Face" this morning, they were discussing Libby, and Dean referred to Cheney as "Aaron Burr." subtle.

That's what I thought this thread was about! Dean. never. learns. please to not let him go anywhere near a tape recorder or TV camera for at least four months before the midterm elections.

however, it is kind of a funny comment now that Cheney actually did shoot somebody.

― dar1a g (daria g), Monday, 13 February 2006 03:12 (nineteen years ago)

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[link for that story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20060215/cm_huffpost/015711;_ylt=A86.I2QBZ_ND_u0AfA39wxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--]

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Thursday, 16 February 2006 11:20 (nineteen years ago)

Sent by a friend. Origin uncertain.

February 15, 2006

VICE PRESIDENT Dick Cheney accidentally shot documentary filmmaker Michael Moore yesterday as Moore was walking out of a Manhattan Denny's.

A spokesperson for the vice president said that it was a "complete accident" and that Cheney felt "horrible." The White House released a statement saying that the shooting was "just bad timing. Vice President Cheney, who is well-versed in firearms safety, was merely sitting in a shrub, wearing camouflage, outside of a Denny's frequented by Mr. Moore." The statement went on to say that Cheney had been in the shrub for "several days." Moore is said to have suffered only minor injuries and was released from the hospital.

IN ANOTHER BIZARRE accident, Cheney mistakenly shot every Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. A White House spokesman said that the vice president feels "bad, but not that bad." An aide to Cheney said that the vice president "happened to be in the committee chambers, under a chair, when he stood up to put on a pair of chaps, accidentally shooting the committee members, stopping to reload three times." Remarkably, the committee members were largely unhurt and are expected to make complete recoveries.

THE WHITE HOUSE was put on the defensive again today when Air Force Two was forced to make an emergency landing 25 miles west of New York City after a loss of cabin pressure because of the accidental shooting of former FEMA Director Michael D. Brown and Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Both men have recently come under criticism for their handling of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina. Cheney was said to be "laughing, but also deeply concerned" when he was awoken from a nap after accidentally shooting the men at close range. Typically, shotguns are not allowed on either Air Force One or Two, but Cheney is, the statement said, "a seasoned hunter and also planned to accidentally shoot both men." Both Brown and Chertoff are expected to make complete recoveries, although it remains unclear as to why Brown was duct-taped to the wing of the plane.

A White House spokesman later added that the vice president had been on his way to New York City to accidentally shoot New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.

SEN. HILLARY Rodham Clinton miraculously escaped injury today after Cheney accidentally ran up to her motorcade and accidentally shot at her car. The White House said the vice president "tripped."

"These things happen," a White House spokesman said. "Guns, while completely safe, are also dangerous."

― M. White (Miguelito), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:16 (nineteen years ago)

lol michael moore fat lol

wait a minute, there's a denny's in manhattan?

― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

no, there isn't a denny's in manhattan, afaik.

it doesn't seem that credible that a five-time heart attack "victim" with a pacemaker (right?) would be drinking.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:44 (nineteen years ago)

CBS News:

President Bush's top political aide, Karl Rove, pushed Vice President Dick Cheney to speak publicly about shooting a fellow hunter, sources tell CBS News.

Rove worried the vice president's silence on the issue was becoming a political problem, CBS News chief White House correspondent Jim Axelrod reports.

Cheney is in a "state of meltdown" over shooting his friend and the political fallout it has caused, a source close to the Cheney has told CBS News. On Wednesday, he accepted full blame for the incident and defended the decision to not publicly disclose the accident until the following day.

http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060216073209990011&cid=2249

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:54 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/images/wizardofzwitchmelt5.JPG

this kind of meltdown?

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:57 (nineteen years ago)

it doesn't seem that credible that a five-time heart attack "victim" with a pacemaker (right?) would be drinking.

Well, by his own admission he had a beer. If he shouldn't even be doing that because of his health, that's a problem.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 February 2006 15:59 (nineteen years ago)

"but Occifer, it wuz only one beeeeer"

― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:19 (nineteen years ago)

oh he did admit to having a beer? weird/dumb.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:21 (nineteen years ago)

maybe it was an
http://jazzblog.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/odouls.gif

― ,,, Thursday, 16 February 2006 16:41 (nineteen years ago)

it's official: cheney mishap takes focus off c.i.a. leak.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:19 (nineteen years ago)

I don't think one drink is going to have deleterious effects on a someone with a pacemaker-defibrillator.

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:24 (nineteen years ago)

i don't think one drink is going to have intoxicating effects on, well, just about anyone.

― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

unless you count Whittington.

― Dave will do (dave225.3), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:28 (nineteen years ago)

he claims to have had a beer with lunch, and the shooting was at 4:30-5. some of the other statements suggest the possibility that some in the shooting party were drinking post-lunch.

meanwhile

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Thursday, 16 February 2006 20:30 (nineteen years ago)

a bit here wondering about why there are different stories that were given to the press, and with Tucker Carlson repeatedly asking an Admin official why Cheney was drinking at all(what with his meds & the fact that he was actually going shooting that day)

― kingfish has gene rayburn's mic (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:53 (nineteen years ago)

Kinda lame, but, hey.

Slightly more entertaining.

― M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 17 February 2006 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/rids/20060217/i/r4218592360.jpg

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 18 February 2006 08:46 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Vice President was experiencing discomfort following overseas trip

Grand Jury Deliberation World Tour gives credence to DVT-Air Travel link? Heparin treatment means no more beers for Dick?

― gabbneb, Monday, 5 March 2007 21:24 (eighteen years ago)

See, I would have assumed that Cheney was ALREADY on every blood-thinner known to man.

― nabisco, Monday, 5 March 2007 21:40 (eighteen years ago)

http://gamerzhub.net/turbodog/images/cheney-vampire.jpg

― Curt1s Stephens, Monday, 5 March 2007 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

Vice President was experiencing discomfort following overseas trip

a nation nods to itself and thinks "good"

― m coleman, Monday, 5 March 2007 21:50 (eighteen years ago)

Ha - I thought this was a new thread!

― David R., Monday, 5 March 2007 22:10 (eighteen years ago)

yeah i was all: again? oh wait...

― jhøshea, Monday, 5 March 2007 22:11 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

A Cheneymania award was being planned for Halo 3

The "Cheneymania" award was discovered Sunday by fans playing a beta-test version of the first person shooter Halo 3, but its name was changed Monday to "open season," according to a post on XBox360fanboy.com. Players are given awards after rounds during online multiplayer games, and the "Cheneymania" accolade was intended for the player able to "kill 10 opponents in a row with the shotgun without dying."

And reaction is mixed, yet lolful:

"A lot of you say that the joke isn't political, but you're wrong- A joke about a politician IS political...don't get me wrong, the joke is pretty funny," wrote forum user RedHound5. "I mean, it's not every day that a man shoots another man in the face by accident- but the problem with this joke is people turn it political."

But another forum user named Dark Quiche Boy wasn't happy with the one-time vice presidential in-game achievement.

"Dude," Dark Quiche Boy complained. "Thats not a cool medal. Poor Cheney, it was an accident."

― kingfish, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)

xpost - the words "poor" and "Cheney" should never go in the same sentence

― MaGoGo, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:39 (eighteen years ago)

Shouldn't that award go to the player who shoots his own teammates the largest number of times?

― HI DERE, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:41 (eighteen years ago)

Dude thats not a cool medal the purpose of the game is too shoot the other team

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

if you shoot your own teammates you loose! why would you have a medal 4 that

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 16 May 2007 16:51 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

http://cliffschecter.blogspot.com/2007/07/man-walked-up-to-dick-cheney-calmly.html

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

http://m1.freeshare.us/161fs577980.jpg

It's real hard to read someone's blog when they have a picture like that put up.

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 19:56 (eighteen years ago)

Hold on, someone said to Dick Cheney he doesn't agree with his Iraq policy, and Dick Cheney shot him?

― Tuomas, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

A guy told Dick Cheney to go fuck himself, so Dick Cheney told him he didn't agree with his Iraq policy. Then Dick Cheney shot the guy and put a picture of him on his blog.

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 20:09 (eighteen years ago)

Then the guy claimed executive privilege as the 8th branch of government.

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 20:10 (eighteen years ago)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yd_cB48QdxI

Never gets old.

― Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 20:29 (eighteen years ago)

eight years pass...

@radleybalko
Here's wishing you and yours a warm and happy 10th anniversary Dick-Cheney-Shot-A-Guy-In-The-Face Day.

― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 February 2016 15:17 (nine years ago)

Billy Joe Shaver approves.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 11 February 2016 15:19 (nine years ago)

two years pass...

https://i.imgur.com/RwfFQU4.jpg
(christian bale)

― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 21:26 (seven years ago)

euargh

― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 21:31 (seven years ago)

Last (x) Movies you are going to Avoid

― Engles in the Outfield (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 22:29 (seven years ago)

amazing how ilx preserves threads like this, formally consistent with everything else and revive-able at the drop of the hat. everything that ever happened is equally distant from the present. can't be many other places where the "dick cheney just shut someone" thread is so straightforwardly unearthed.

otm, every other forum you’ll get blasted for necroing a thread and it’s dumb

― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 03:08 (seven years ago)

i love that ilx is a living archive

― Trϵϵship, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 03:14 (seven years ago)

one of the reasons ilx became so popular is it has the best user interface ever. whoever designed is website is a goddamn genius. revives at the drop of a hat. no damn avatars or signatures. and best of all, you don’t have to click through fifty thousand pages when you look at a big thread.

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 3 October 2018 09:24 (seven years ago)

Phil Greenspun IIRC

he also started the old photo.net forum, which started out looking like ILX and became a complete disaster when features beyond text were added

― louise ck (milo z), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 09:40 (seven years ago)

starting to think christian bale's acting career is just an excuse for an extreme eating disorder

― shrek and han solo kinda dress the same (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 October 2018 10:42 (seven years ago)

and TYLER PERRY as COLIN POWELL

shoulda done it as Madea

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:21 (seven years ago)

one of the reasons ilx became so popula

Lol

― Trϵϵship, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:24 (seven years ago)

wow I never put it together that Cheney shot a guy in the face the same day the first Uhh Yeah Dude episode dropped

2006 4 Life

― President Keyes, Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:31 (seven years ago)

this movie looks fucking terrible and seems destined to backhandedly glorify Cheney

― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Thursday, 4 October 2018 15:33 (seven years ago)

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