I really don't want to report about this. I really wish the whole thing would just go away like Iraq, Dubai ports, Health Care, TomKat and Bradgelia, but alas, as Helen Thomas would say, we can't choose the news we can only report it.
A report on the website Capitalhillblue.com, (http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8184.shtml) as reported on The Human Stain, claims the the VP was "clearly inebriated" at the time of the shooting, as reported to him from various White House aides and Secret Service members. How likely should we take this story? Well from what I've read from CapitolHill's defense of its article (http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_8187.shtml) they seem to be on the up and up on their sources and honesty. But beyond that the Cheney ploy of ignore and hide along with the deceit of this administration doesn't provide me with a reason to give the VP the benefit of the doubt. He admitted himself that he had one beer during the trip after the woman who owned the ranch, who originally broke the story, said that no one had ingested any alcoholic beverages. Then there's the fact that Texas law enforcement was denied entry into the ranch for a day and a half, more than enough time for everyone to sober up. Hopefully the investigation will clear this up... (cricket, cricket...there is an investigation right?)
Personally I have to agree with Bill Maher here. I don't have much pity for rich guys who run around with shotguns shooting little birds, much like I don't have much pity for drunken frat boys who run their cars into trees (and this is coming from a former drunken frat guy, and current drunk). However if a law was broken--and if the report is true, and Cheney was indeed hunting drunk, then he should be prosecuted. Not that I'm holding my breath. He only shot a man--wasn't like he was selling weed in Harlem or anything.
Anyone out there know of good deals to Iceland?
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