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<DIV><FONT size=4>Joan,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Thank you for your comments.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I, however, erred in one statement, which should read as
follows:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3>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." <FONT
color=#0000ff>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.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4><FONT size=3></FONT><BR><FONT size=3><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A.
Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----
<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=joanopyr@moscow.com href="mailto:joanopyr@moscow.com">Joan Opyr</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=deco@moscow.com href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">Art
Deco</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision 2020</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 15, 2006 1:02 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] New hunting protocols</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 15 Feb 2006, at 08:55, Art Deco wrote:<BR><BR>"What this
incident has done is to correctly focus the light on the essential character of
the Vice President:<BR> <BR>1. He was hunting without the
proper license.<BR>2. He was road
hunting.<BR>3. He shot without being sure of his target or
where his projectiles would go, hit or miss.<BR>4. He shot a
person wearing hunter orange.<BR>5. Despite 1 - 4, he blamed
the victim for the infliction of serious possibly fatal
harm.<BR>6. He arranged that no report of the incident was
made for almost a day.<BR> <BR>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."<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>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.<?bigger><?x-tad-bigger><BR><BR><?/x-tad-bigger><?/bigger>Joan
Opyr<BR>Northern Idaho Editor<BR>New West
Magazine<BR>www.newwest.net<BR>www.joanopyr.com<BR>
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