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SIRIUS Satellite Radio's Alex Bennett (SIRIUS Left Ch 146) just broke a rumor that the delay in reporting the news that Cheney shot err "peppered" 78-year-old Harry Whittington in the heart was due to an effort to hide or spin Cheney's female companion, Pamela Willeford. Pamela Willeford was part of the hunting excursion with Cheney and Whittington and was next to Cheney when the shooting of Whittington took place.

 

According to the report, the vice president's Secret Service detail had to decide what to do with Willeford by way of perhaps covering up her relationship with Cheney - hence the delay in reporting the news.

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Originally posted by lord_casek@Feb 15 2006, 12:13 PM

steve: yeah. just some minor shit like how far the spread for 28 gauge birdshot would be over a thirty yard distance. would it be possible to leave 200 pellets in a small area around guys neck/upper chest area from 30 yards away?

 

just talked to my boy...unless we know the choke and shot size...can't really figure anything out. he did say the 28 gauge is mainly used for target, skeet or small birds.

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Originally posted by HYDRO BILL@Feb 13 2006, 12:23 PM

The wackest thing about these ranches where people hunt is they have people scare the tiny birds out of the bush for them and then waste them with a shotgun!! They probably have to throw the bullet-riddled carcass away. It also shows you the good ole boys club as the dude he shot was a texas millionaire. Some sportsmen... At least use a crossbow or something

Dude....They have hunting dogs.....

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not a conspiracy like jfk shit or anything, but maybe an angry, drunken cheney fired one off at homie who was gonna drop the dime on his poon tang on the side...nawmean?

 

 

SIRIUS Satellite Radio's Alex Bennett (SIRIUS Left Ch 146) just broke a rumor that the delay in reporting the news that Cheney shot err "peppered" 78-year-old Harry Whittington in the heart was due to an effort to hide or spin Cheney's female companion, Pamela Willeford. Pamela Willeford was part of the hunting excursion with Cheney and Whittington and was next to Cheney when the shooting of Whittington took place.

 

According to the report, the vice president's Secret Service detail had to decide what to do with Willeford by way of perhaps covering up her relationship with Cheney - hence the delay in reporting the news.

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Originally posted by NightOwl@Feb 14 2006, 11:17 PM

too much talk on this on the news.. i bet bush is laughing that its taking all the attention away from KATRINA and the war in IRAQ.. and how abramhoff was in a picture at a whitehouse meeting he wasnt supposed to be at and from what the whitehouse says.. "we dont know how he got in the white house"

 

 

YOU KNOW WHAT IM SAYIN?!

 

 

THIS DEF quites the talk about other things, but the media has done little to get to the bottom of anything, maybe they see this as a slam-dunk and that they might actually be able to chalk one up in the win colum...

 

GO NRA.

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Originally posted by lord_casek@Feb 15 2006, 03:22 PM

anyone got any ballistics data for a 28 gauge shotgun with birdshot loaded into it? i'm doubting the 30 yard thing.

 

 

whittington has over 200 pellets still in him.

 

Yeah. Go grab the USA Today. They have an article about the actual cartridge and range and spray and all that shit in there.

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If lawyer dies, Cheney might face negligence charge

 

Wednesday, February 15, 2006; Posted: 3:16 p.m. EST (20:16 GMT)

 

Vice president Dick Cheney could face a criminal negligence charge if his hunting buddy dies.

 

DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- If the man wounded by Dick Cheney dies, the vice president could -- in theory at least -- face criminal charges, even though the shooting was an accident.

 

A Texas grand jury could bring a charge of criminally negligent homicide if there is evidence the vice president knew or should have known "there was a substantial or unjustifiable risk that his actions would result in him shooting a fellow hunter," said Dallas defense attorney David Finn.

 

Finn has worked as both a state and a federal prosecutor.

 

"The risk must be of such a nature and degree that it got to be pretty outrageous -- that a reasonable person would have to say, `I am not pulling the trigger because this other guy might be in front of me,' " Finn said.

 

The charge carries up to two years behind bars, but with no previous felonies Cheney would be eligible for probation, the former prosecutor said.

 

Mark Skurka, first assistant district attorney of the three-county area where the shooting took place, said prosecutors did not have an investigation under way.

 

"If something unfortunate happens, then we'll decide what to do, then we'll decide whether we're going to have an investigation or not," Skurka said.

 

Harry Whittington, a 78-year-old lawyer, was struck in the face, neck and chest with shotgun pellets over the weekend while Cheney was shooting at quail. Whittington suffered a mild heart attack Tuesday after a pellet traveled to his heart.

 

But on Wednesday, hospital officials said he had a normal heart rhythm again and was sitting up in a chair, eating regular food and planned to do some legal work in his hospital room. Doctors said they are highly optimistic he will recover.

 

In the only other case of someone being shot by a vice president, Aaron Burr was indicted on murder charges in New York and New Jersey for killing Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804, but he was never tried and finished out his term in office.

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Originally posted by SteveAustin@Feb 15 2006, 06:31 PM

I'm telling you guys...nothings gonna happen...even if the old lawyer did die...ain't nothin gonna happen.

 

They already mentioned in one of the articles that they pretty much give everyone a warning for the upland game bird stamp. Dick already wrote them a check for $7 and sent it.

 

 

canucks say 'ain't'?

 

you're probably right about cheney, though.

sucks, but we can all hope.

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If Tom Delay had to relinquish his post for what he did in Texas, Cheney should have to clear the fuck out, too.

 

Unfortunately, that leaves Bush 100% in the driver's seat.

 

He should have to face some kind of charges...even though I know the guy he shot is not going to press charges against a hunting buddy who happens to be the VP. If he dies from his injuries (could happen since he's 78, although I hope not) then yeah, manslaughter could fly, but.....

 

It's Dick Cheney.

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