Comments on: Veep Fiction http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:14:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Σπιτάκι » Blog Archive » Έλεος! Compassion για τον Cheney? http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-144640 Σπιτάκι » Blog Archive » Έλεος! Compassion για τον Cheney? Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:31:07 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-144640 [...] Πριν από λίγες μέρες, ο Dick Cheney, αντιπρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ, είχε πάει για κυνήγι. Στο κυνήγι, πυροβόλησε έναν άλλο κυνηγό, ύπο ημιμυστηριώδεις συνθήκες. Διαβάστε αυτό και αυτό. [...] [...] Πριν από λίγες μέρες, ο Dick Cheney, αντιπρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ, είχε πάει για κυνήγι. Στο κυνήγι, πυροβόλησε έναν άλλο κυνηγό, ύπο ημιμυστηριώδεις συνθήκες. Διαβάστε αυτό και αυτό. [...]

]]> By: readyontheright http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-144086 readyontheright Tue, 14 Feb 2006 19:33:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-144086 It depends on what the definition of "shot" is. It depends on what the definition of “shot” is.

]]> By: jet http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-144009 jet Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:43:14 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-144009 To cut the the VP a little bit of slack, bird hunting can be extremely dangerous if you don't watch your field of fire. When you fire on a bird, it is usually fairly close to you and moving quickly. If the bird is not coming directly at you or away from you, then you are swinging your line of sight rapidly to the left or right, and you can shift by 90 degrees in as little as a second while trying to lead the bird. So that person to your left and a little behind you can quickly come into sight right as you think you have your lead. On the other hand, quail are flushed from the ground and usually fly directly away from you. But they do stay close to the ground which explains how someone 30 yards away was shot. And anyone who hunts with a 28 gauge is either a crack shot or is giving even caged animals a very sporting chance. To cut the the VP a little bit of slack, bird hunting can be extremely dangerous if you don’t watch your field of fire. When you fire on a bird, it is usually fairly close to you and moving quickly. If the bird is not coming directly at you or away from you, then you are swinging your line of sight rapidly to the left or right, and you can shift by 90 degrees in as little as a second while trying to lead the bird. So that person to your left and a little behind you can quickly come into sight right as you think you have your lead.

On the other hand, quail are flushed from the ground and usually fly directly away from you. But they do stay close to the ground which explains how someone 30 yards away was shot.

And anyone who hunts with a 28 gauge is either a crack shot or is giving even caged animals a very sporting chance.

]]> By: Gene O'Grady http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-144007 Gene O'Grady Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:40:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-144007 Re ambulance available -- having worked with the security people in a medical center which was not infrequently on call for local visits by a previous president it definitely is just part of the way things are done. Re ambulance available—having worked with the security people in a medical center which was not infrequently on call for local visits by a previous president it definitely is just part of the way things are done.

]]> By: Pooh http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143998 Pooh Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:17:44 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143998 "Comedy is a kind of hobby of mine. Well… well, actually, it’s a little more than just a hobby. Reader’s Digest is considering publishing two of my jokes. Perhaps some night we could maybe get together and swap humorous stories, for fun." Kieran, that's a genius pull. I'm guessing Whittingham did not realise that he "had entered a region beyond sight and sound. He had entered...the Demilitarized Zone." “Comedy is a kind of hobby of mine. Well… well, actually, it’s a little more than just a hobby. Reader’s Digest is considering publishing two of my jokes. Perhaps some night we could maybe get together and swap humorous stories, for fun.”

Kieran, that’s a genius pull.

I’m guessing Whittingham did not realise that he “had entered a region beyond sight and sound. He had entered…the Demilitarized Zone.”

]]> By: me2i81 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143984 me2i81 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:43:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143984 <i>Interesting to learn that Cheney always has an ambulance on call.</i> I was at a cafe in Berkeley when veep-at-the-time Al Gore rolled up. He had an ambulance in his motorcade. I think it's SOP. Interesting to learn that Cheney always has an ambulance on call.

I was at a cafe in Berkeley when veep-at-the-time Al Gore rolled up. He had an ambulance in his motorcade. I think it’s SOP.

]]> By: Scrutator » Circular firing squad http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143982 Scrutator » Circular firing squad Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:26:25 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143982 [...] Now there is talk about “press blackouts” and jokes at the expense of Mr. Whittington. How about this? A man was injured in a hunting accident and the White House waited to release details so the hospital wasn’t inundated with bloodthirsty reporters. Of course not. It had to be the men in black helicopters. [...] [...] Now there is talk about “press blackouts” and jokes at the expense of Mr. Whittington. How about this? A man was injured in a hunting accident and the White House waited to release details so the hospital wasn’t inundated with bloodthirsty reporters. Of course not. It had to be the men in black helicopters. [...]

]]> By: bob mcmanus http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143934 bob mcmanus Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:13:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143934 Used to be aristocrats had plenty of expendable peasants to do the flushing and retrieving. We obviously need to extend Bush's tax cuts. Used to be aristocrats had plenty of expendable peasants to do the flushing and retrieving. We obviously need to extend Bush’s tax cuts.

]]> By: Long Sunday http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143922 Long Sunday Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:38:19 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143922 <a href="http://www.long-sunday.net/long_sunday/2006/02/kablamo.html" rel="nofollow">[...]</a> Readers will certainly recall the chapter, "Q is for Quail", from George W. Bush's Amazing Alphabet Book of the Contemporary World, or Al-Qaedas All Around (illustrated by Paul Wolfowitz). The chapter, like the chapter on democracy in Spinoza's Political Treatise, strangely trails off: "See Dick shoot <a href="http://www.long-sunday.net/long_sunday/2006/02/kablamo.html" rel="nofollow">[...]</a> [...] Readers will certainly recall the chapter, “Q is for Quail”, from George W. Bush’s Amazing Alphabet Book of the Contemporary World, or Al-Qaedas All Around (illustrated by Paul Wolfowitz). The chapter, like the chapter on democracy in Spinoza’s Political Treatise, strangely trails off: “See Dick shoot [...]

]]> By: Joshua W. Burton http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143912 Joshua W. Burton Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:02:39 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143912 It's time to start calling him <a href="http://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/views/plays/play_view.php?WorkID=henry6p2&Act=4&Scene=2&Scope=scene&LineHighlight=2379#2379" rel="nofollow">Dick the Butcher</a>. Is our children learning Shakespeare? It’s time to start calling him Dick the Butcher. Is our children learning Shakespeare?

]]> By: Daniel http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143903 Daniel Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:29:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143903 <i>Steve Gilliard suggests this “hunting mishap” occurred while the VP was playing a round of “The Most Dangerous Game</i> hmmmm, it is certainly unlikely to calm down the more lurid rumours surrounding Cheney at the David Icke site. Steve Gilliard suggests this “hunting mishap” occurred while the VP was playing a round of “The Most Dangerous Game

hmmmm, it is certainly unlikely to calm down the more lurid rumours surrounding Cheney at the David Icke site.

]]> By: anon http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143899 anon Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:39:20 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143899 The headline I would have liked to see: "Bush may shoot endangered species, but Cheney shoots old war hawks." The headline I would have liked to see:

“Bush may shoot endangered species, but Cheney shoots old war hawks.”

]]> By: Bob B http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143896 Bob B Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:31:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143896 Why doesn't George W ever go on quail shoots with the VP or is that just a silly question with an obvious answer? Why doesn’t George W ever go on quail shoots with the VP or is that just a silly question with an obvious answer?

]]> By: Crooked Timber » » Quail? http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143895 Crooked Timber » » Quail? Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:25:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143895 [...] Crooked Timber « Veep Fiction | Main | [...] [...] Crooked Timber « Veep Fiction | Main | [...]

]]> By: jet http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-143894 jet Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:01:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/02/12/veep-fiction/#comment-143894 "Where’s the risk or difficulty here?" Obviously from his fellow hunting party. And abb1, that was brilliant. “Where’s the risk or difficulty here?”

Obviously from his fellow hunting party.

And abb1, that was brilliant.

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