[Vision2020] New hunting protocols

[Art Deco]

Joan,

Thank you for your comments.

I, however, erred in one statement, which should read as follows:

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."  With these virtues, should it happen that Cheney should ever become President, the positive part of it all is that the public will not be inconvenienced by having to adjust to a President with different morals.


Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
deco at moscow.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Joan Opyr 
To: Art Deco 
Cc: Vision 2020 
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] New hunting protocols


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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