Morford: Dick Cheney Kills Birds Dead

[kskiska]

Dick Cheney Kills Birds Dead
The manly veep has himself a lazy, "canned" pheasant slaughter, and we are so impressed

So then about a month ago the vice president of these beautiful and deeply confused United States, he of the struggling defibrillator and the shockingly nefarious wife and the gnarled calluses from working Dubya's puppet strings, he of the thin-lipped sneer that makes babies cry and women wince and foreign policies crumble like feta cheese in the freezer, well, Dick goes himself a-huntin'.

Not just any ol' regular, camouflage-wearing, man-versus-nature hunt out in the wild, mind. Dick is far too fragile and unskilled and spoiled and scared of the open woods and icky furry monsters for that. Assumedly.

Nossir, our man Dick, he has himself flown over, in Air Force 2, on the taxpayer's tab, accompanied by his most favoritest shotgun, to the exclusive Rolling Rock Club in Ligonier, Westmoreland County, in rural Pennsylvania, to have himself a nice, cushy "canned" pheasant hunt.

This is what it was: Dick and about nine other overfed white guys sitting in a comfy luxury blind with their manly shotguns, waiting for the Westmoreland guy stationed behind them on a hill to release clusters of stunned, fat, tame game birds from a net. Then they shoot them.

Lots and lots of them. And then they slap each other on the back. And they grunt and say nice shot as the birds drop like flies as dogs race back and forth hauling dead or dying birds into huge piles. Whee what fun.

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[tinrobot]

1. PETA?

Why haven't we heard anything from our good friends at PETA about this?

[demnan]

2. I became physically ill just reading this post

and I have an iron stomach. :puke:

[madrchsod]

3. morford as usual has

written a great column. but this one may be one of his best- you can really feel the rage and hatred for unkie dickie!

[chiburb]

6. He nails this one!!!

All of his columns are worth reading, but among the greats this is the best! I'm gonna email him and tell him that.

A MUST READ for anyone who doesn't know Morford.

[zbdent]

4. One slight step above Monty Python's "Upper Class Twit" olympic

event.

One of the tasks was to shoot a rabbit that had been tied down in a spread eagle position, tight enough that it couldn't move.

Somebody else on the hunt: "Mr. Cheney, you missed."

Cheney: "No, I didn't. We're witnessing a miracle. There's a dead bird - FLYING!"

[Vrai]

5. Dick Cheney Kills Birds Dead

Thanks for posting Morford's column. I logged on after reading it this morning. Uncle Dick is living the life of the former rich royal raj of India. Is it our plane or his? He travels without shame and thumbs his nose at those of us who are concerned for the welfare of the world and its living creatures.

[hot2trot]

7. He is disgusting

:puke: