More on Cheney's Shooting Accident
The media is in a self-righteous rage over not being told about the incident for nearly 24 hours. David Gregory of NBC was especially having a hissy fit. Personally, I think they lose a lot of their right to complain about "the public's right to know" when they won't publish those Danish cartoons, among other things (incidentally, if you still haven't seen the cartoons, I have a link to them in this post). They further complain that when the story was told, it wasn't to them, but to a minor newspaper. Somehow it doesn't count as disclosure unless they are the ones being told. I severely dislike their self-important preening. Some are even trying to portray the waiting period before the story broke as a "cover-up" which doesn't make the least bit of sense.
Also, it appears that the man who was shot was not following proper etiquette at the time which contributed to the shooting. He had seperated from the group and was coming to rejoin it without alerting them that he was coming.
Some people are raising a stink over Cheney not having the proper hunting stamp on his hunting license, too. First, the vice president does not typically take care of such things on his own, but a member of his staff does it. Apparently, said staff member was misinformed over the requirements (mailing in $140 -- $125 for the license, and $15 for a federal stamp or something for fowl hunting, which he already had, but not the $7 for the stamp he needed). Apparently, this stamp is also a fairly new requirement, so perhaps outdated materials were relied upon. At any rate, the policy, even before Cheney, was to merely issue warnings for it at this time. The $7 has been mailed in to obtain the correct stamp, et cetera. It seems more a tale of bureaucratic snafus than any misdeed on Cheney's part.
On a lighter note, I found the photo compilation of Cheney here (scroll down) amusing. That site, by the way, belongs to Lucianne Goldberg, mother of syndicated columnist and National Review writer Jonah Goldberg, one of my must-reads, and she is also the one who encouraged Linda Tripp in some of her actions in the whole Lewinsky affair. I like random trivia.
Also, it appears that the man who was shot was not following proper etiquette at the time which contributed to the shooting. He had seperated from the group and was coming to rejoin it without alerting them that he was coming.
Some people are raising a stink over Cheney not having the proper hunting stamp on his hunting license, too. First, the vice president does not typically take care of such things on his own, but a member of his staff does it. Apparently, said staff member was misinformed over the requirements (mailing in $140 -- $125 for the license, and $15 for a federal stamp or something for fowl hunting, which he already had, but not the $7 for the stamp he needed). Apparently, this stamp is also a fairly new requirement, so perhaps outdated materials were relied upon. At any rate, the policy, even before Cheney, was to merely issue warnings for it at this time. The $7 has been mailed in to obtain the correct stamp, et cetera. It seems more a tale of bureaucratic snafus than any misdeed on Cheney's part.
On a lighter note, I found the photo compilation of Cheney here (scroll down) amusing. That site, by the way, belongs to Lucianne Goldberg, mother of syndicated columnist and National Review writer Jonah Goldberg, one of my must-reads, and she is also the one who encouraged Linda Tripp in some of her actions in the whole Lewinsky affair. I like random trivia.
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