Quote Originally Posted by lemonboy
LOL. Truly amazing. I'm not from the UK nor did I study British English but I did live there for a short period. Do I now have enough rights to use the letter "u" in my words?

LOL.

Tyre. BOO!

LOL. Stupid fucking Americans.
It's not just the UK that uses the u but you never did say where you were from. Was that intentionally vague? Sorry, was I supposed to not notice?


Quote Originally Posted by Goodman3eb
You're right on one point-- the situation you described is a very plausible way for an accident to happen that places blame squarely on the shoulders of the non-government figure. That doesn't mean it's what actually happened, though.

I figure Cheney had one too many dry martinis before going out to play machoman with his millionaire buddies, and just got careless. But god forbid we make guns look dangerous--or Cheney look incompetent-- so we make up some cover-up story placing the blame on the other guy, and making Cheney look like a good, responsible person.
Did YOU read the whole thread? I posted a link to a yahoo post that had an eyewitness saying that exact thing. She owns the ranch and was the one that reported it to the local paper.
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 discovered 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 said.

"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."
Maybe you've never hunted quail?
iamapatient Reviewed by iamapatient on . Cheney accidentally shoots hunting partner WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a 78-year-old man while the two of them were hunting on a ranch in South Texas, Cheney's office said. Cheney spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride confirmed a news account that Cheney had turned to shoot quail that had just been flushed but instead peppered Harry Whittington with shotgun pellets, striking one side of his body. The incident occurred around 5:30 pm (2330 GMT) on Saturday at the Armstrong Ranch, Rating: 5