Stupid Shooting

So you might have heard that the vice president of the United States shot someone. By accident. We know it was by accident because the shootee was a rich old white guy - so he probably voted republican since Eisenhower.

So it was by accident. Who I feel sorry for is the poor U.S. Secret Service special agent that was assigned to that detail. I mean, usually the Secret Service are the ONLY ones with the guns around a protectee - but in this case EVERYONE had a gun.

But I think that the media needs to hang its head in SHAME over this incident. I mean, it was a stupid hunting accident. Hunters shoot each other all the time, just usually beer is involved. It really is a non-event.

What IS an event is all the other stuff Cheney has done. The leaking of classified CIA agents lists to discredit war critics. The no bid contracts to a company he used to be CEO of, and continues to send him mega fat checks. The total bullshit case for war, which has killed over 2,200 American military members, countless citizens in Iraq, and wounded many thousands more. The closed door energy policy meetings with oil company executives - who then go on to reap 11 BILLION dollar profits in only one business quarter. The abuse of executive power. And so on.

All that other stuff. Real stuff. Important stuff. Questions that have never been answered. And now we are all supposed to care about a hunting accident? Really now - the accident is a non-event. About as newsworthy as the last bowel movement I had. what I really want to know is WHAT WAS SAID DURING THAT CLOSED DOOR ENERGY POLICY MEETING with the then CEO of Enron, and top level oil company evecutives. That is what the media should be investigating, not bird shot.