[Vision2020] New hunting protocols

[Joan Opyr]

On 15 Feb 2006, at 08:55, Art Deco wrote:

"What this incident has done is to correctly focus the light on the 
essential character of the Vice President:
 
1.    He was hunting without the proper license.
2.    He was road hunting.
3.    He shot without being sure of his target or where his projectiles 
would go, hit or miss.
4.    He shot a person wearing hunter orange.
5.    Despite 1 - 4, he blamed the victim for the infliction of serious 
possibly fatal harm.
6.    He arranged that no report of the incident was made for almost a 
day.
 
In my possibly twisted opinion, the above says to me that Vice 
President Cheney is a person with a reckless disregard for human 
safety, health, welfare, and life, a person who takes no responsibility 
for his own errant actions, and a person who tries to conceal the truth 
from the public.  In short, with these qualities, a perfect person to 
lead this country should something happen to the current president."

I could not agree more.  I am an avid hunter and sportswoman.  Two 
years ago, I chose not to take a shot at a genuine Boone & Crockett 
(what in the West would be called a five-point, but in the East is 
called a ten) because I couldn't see beyond the ridge that he was 
standing upon.  I had a bad case of buck fever, and, by God, I really, 
really wanted that buck, but I know how far a 180-grain .30-06 bullet 
might travel should it miss the target or even should it hit the target 
and pass on through.  You don't fire without looking.  You don't fire 
unless you're sure of your target.  You don't "truck hunt."  You don't 
blame the victim.

This story is relevant for all of the reasons above plus a little 
something else -- do you recall a year or so ago when the Vice 
President went duck hunting with Justice Antonin Scalia while Cheney 
was party to a case pending before the Supreme Court?  The man needs to 
lay off the birds.  When it comes to hunting (not to mention the law), 
Dick Cheney doesn't know if it's asshole or breakfast time.

Joan Opyr
Northern Idaho Editor
New West Magazine
www.newwest.net
www.joanopyr.com
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