Accidents will happen - but not according to the media
One week ago, VP Dick Cheney had a mishap with a gun, and accidently shot a friend with birdshot. Yes, this is deeply unfortunate. And, he has apologized, on television. However, according the the former mainstream media, and the Democrats, pratically the same entities, this is the biggest scandal since Abu Gharib.
We all in our lives do create unfortunate incidents to people. For example, when I was 19, I went 60 mph on the ice and hit someone. A couple of days later, she blamed her carpal tunel syndrome on the accident. Having handled these claims for almost a decade, I now believe that she was probably lying about a prior condition (her husband was a body shop owner). My insurance company at the time probably did not do much of an investigation and coughed up policy limits, as I know that insurance company often does not do good investigations, are adversarial, and if I didn't get sued, which is what happened, then I have basis to believe this is what happened (my brother also had a claim for which he probably wasn't entitled to a BI settlement, but because they did such a bad investigation he got something). This is not the forum today for this, but I will probably write about bad insurance companies some day (I do admit, though, that they insurance company for whom I work is a good one and deals with claimants and insureds fairly).
Yes, he had consumed one beer prior to pulling the trigger - during lunch. While it is considered irresponsible today to consume alcohol prior to using firearms, he may have done this many times before without mishaps. One beer, to an experienced drinker (who is nowhere near a drunkard) will have little to no affect on their cognitive abilities or motor skills - especially consumed over a meal, which often takes a while to consume. And, in the 18th and 19th centuries, Americans had consumed so much alcohol, every day, before going out for their days' duties, that their BAL's probably were around the range that would get you a DUI today, had they been operating automobiles (based upon the average yearly alcohol consumption with the statistics that have been compiled by historians). And in the 18th century, they were using .70 caliber weapons, with no orange jackets - and with no mishaps. Go figure.
Not only has Cheney apologized, but the affected hunter has forgiven him for this incident. According to Harry Whittington, the victim, "My family and I are deeply sorry for everything Vice President Cheney and his family have had to deal with." Not only that, but "We all assume certain risks in what we do, in what activities we pursue...Accidents do and will happen."
So what would the average American think? My guess is, "Well, this if unfortunate, and it's too bad that he had not rushed to come out. However, I have more important things to think about. So how aboutr more education funding (or more free Medicare prescriptions)?"
So this should be over, right?
Noooooooo!!!!
The Democrats, and the old media, want to continue on with this. They think that they have finally found the silver bullet, if you can forgive the pun, that will bring down the Bush administration. And they can finally impeach him. Someday I will write a piece about impeachment, and I will say, "Bring it on!"
They fail to see that this is really no big deal, despite the fact that accidents happen, that this is an activity that many Americans (and in the critical states of the midwest) engage in, that there is an apology and forgiveness,because they are so driven by ideological hatred that they fail to perceive this fact. Here are the reasons:
1) It is the Bush administration. George Bush is the most evilest person in the whole wide universe. If they did not have to dress up their language, they would probably put it this way. They may want to believe that it is he who pulled the trigger, even though this is impossible, given he was nowhere near the scene.
2) Dick Cheney is the dark mastermind behind the whole Bush administration. Mr. Cheney, Halliburton, and the Neo-Cons are plotting to take over the world. Soif he has an accident, it was not a mistake, but some kind of devious plot.
3) It was in Texas. Texas is the state that is the biggest threat to the entire world. And it is full of cowboys! No cowboys are ever to be let anywhere near the levers of power. Because they are a wild bunch, unlike the socially responsible individuals who live in Cambridge, or on Manhatten. I think that even Lynden Johnson, despite his paronoia, may be somewhat right in this regard.
4) It involved a gun. Guns are bad. People who ever even dream of touching one should be incarcerated. Anything involving a gun is automatically wrong - which is why cops and soldiers are bad people, too.
Of this, it was their pathological blindness that guns are bad that attempting to make gun control an issue in 2000 is the reason why W is even sitting in the White House today (along with Elian). Had gun control not been an issue, Al Gore probably would have won West Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, and maybe Arkansas. I know many Democrat men who voted for W over this one issue - despite the fact that he campaigned little on this platform, if any. By not focusing on gun control, those four states would have put him way over the top, if not for other states, for those who support gun rights do so much more intensly than those who support gun control. So this gives an idea of the mentality of the left when it comes to guns.
I have an idea about how obsessed the left is about this incident. I work with many of these individuals, and many rational adults suddenly act like little children over an incident that, to quote Shakespear, is really "much ado about nothing." So now Time and Newsweek will cover this as a front page story. Of course, both newsmagazines are purchased today largely by leftists, because the middle of American politics has since given up on them (and of course we conservatives don't buy them, but I do read the copies that are in the lobby at work). In the meantime, they will ignore addressing the real issues that the swing voters are concerned about, which determine elections.
We all in our lives do create unfortunate incidents to people. For example, when I was 19, I went 60 mph on the ice and hit someone. A couple of days later, she blamed her carpal tunel syndrome on the accident. Having handled these claims for almost a decade, I now believe that she was probably lying about a prior condition (her husband was a body shop owner). My insurance company at the time probably did not do much of an investigation and coughed up policy limits, as I know that insurance company often does not do good investigations, are adversarial, and if I didn't get sued, which is what happened, then I have basis to believe this is what happened (my brother also had a claim for which he probably wasn't entitled to a BI settlement, but because they did such a bad investigation he got something). This is not the forum today for this, but I will probably write about bad insurance companies some day (I do admit, though, that they insurance company for whom I work is a good one and deals with claimants and insureds fairly).
Yes, he had consumed one beer prior to pulling the trigger - during lunch. While it is considered irresponsible today to consume alcohol prior to using firearms, he may have done this many times before without mishaps. One beer, to an experienced drinker (who is nowhere near a drunkard) will have little to no affect on their cognitive abilities or motor skills - especially consumed over a meal, which often takes a while to consume. And, in the 18th and 19th centuries, Americans had consumed so much alcohol, every day, before going out for their days' duties, that their BAL's probably were around the range that would get you a DUI today, had they been operating automobiles (based upon the average yearly alcohol consumption with the statistics that have been compiled by historians). And in the 18th century, they were using .70 caliber weapons, with no orange jackets - and with no mishaps. Go figure.
Not only has Cheney apologized, but the affected hunter has forgiven him for this incident. According to Harry Whittington, the victim, "My family and I are deeply sorry for everything Vice President Cheney and his family have had to deal with." Not only that, but "We all assume certain risks in what we do, in what activities we pursue...Accidents do and will happen."
So what would the average American think? My guess is, "Well, this if unfortunate, and it's too bad that he had not rushed to come out. However, I have more important things to think about. So how aboutr more education funding (or more free Medicare prescriptions)?"
So this should be over, right?
Noooooooo!!!!
The Democrats, and the old media, want to continue on with this. They think that they have finally found the silver bullet, if you can forgive the pun, that will bring down the Bush administration. And they can finally impeach him. Someday I will write a piece about impeachment, and I will say, "Bring it on!"
They fail to see that this is really no big deal, despite the fact that accidents happen, that this is an activity that many Americans (and in the critical states of the midwest) engage in, that there is an apology and forgiveness,because they are so driven by ideological hatred that they fail to perceive this fact. Here are the reasons:
1) It is the Bush administration. George Bush is the most evilest person in the whole wide universe. If they did not have to dress up their language, they would probably put it this way. They may want to believe that it is he who pulled the trigger, even though this is impossible, given he was nowhere near the scene.
2) Dick Cheney is the dark mastermind behind the whole Bush administration. Mr. Cheney, Halliburton, and the Neo-Cons are plotting to take over the world. Soif he has an accident, it was not a mistake, but some kind of devious plot.
3) It was in Texas. Texas is the state that is the biggest threat to the entire world. And it is full of cowboys! No cowboys are ever to be let anywhere near the levers of power. Because they are a wild bunch, unlike the socially responsible individuals who live in Cambridge, or on Manhatten. I think that even Lynden Johnson, despite his paronoia, may be somewhat right in this regard.
4) It involved a gun. Guns are bad. People who ever even dream of touching one should be incarcerated. Anything involving a gun is automatically wrong - which is why cops and soldiers are bad people, too.
Of this, it was their pathological blindness that guns are bad that attempting to make gun control an issue in 2000 is the reason why W is even sitting in the White House today (along with Elian). Had gun control not been an issue, Al Gore probably would have won West Virginia, Tennessee, Florida, and maybe Arkansas. I know many Democrat men who voted for W over this one issue - despite the fact that he campaigned little on this platform, if any. By not focusing on gun control, those four states would have put him way over the top, if not for other states, for those who support gun rights do so much more intensly than those who support gun control. So this gives an idea of the mentality of the left when it comes to guns.
I have an idea about how obsessed the left is about this incident. I work with many of these individuals, and many rational adults suddenly act like little children over an incident that, to quote Shakespear, is really "much ado about nothing." So now Time and Newsweek will cover this as a front page story. Of course, both newsmagazines are purchased today largely by leftists, because the middle of American politics has since given up on them (and of course we conservatives don't buy them, but I do read the copies that are in the lobby at work). In the meantime, they will ignore addressing the real issues that the swing voters are concerned about, which determine elections.
posted by EricMatthew at 11:58 AM
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