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I don't think the pro-life camp can think of an unborn child that's commited a capital crime or taken up arms against their country.

All the time. Why not ask a serious question, like have I been in a hunting accident? No. I don't hunt nearly enough. Do I know people who have? Plenty. When you stand and stay in a line spread across fifty to a hundred feet with ten other people, flushing for grouse, pheasant or any other game bird that you really only catch on the up or in the air--and throw some dogs in the picture--safety takes on a whole different meaning. And I'm an inexperienced hunter, period.

As a matter of fact, yes.

Now there's a shock.

Good for you. Maybe you also drive your own car, and maybe, just maybe, you've watched an episode of Matlock or two. What you clearly haven't done is gone on a quail hunt.

Or, let's see you admit that you have no idea what went down on that hunting trip. How are you going to accuse the VP of acting irresponsibly when you have absolutely no factual basis to make such a claim? It's all well and good that you've developed a sudden interest in firearm and hunting safety. It'd be equally appreciated if you developed an interest in the facts as well. As for the truly tonedeaf comment about alcohol: "This department is fully satisfied that this was no more than a hunting accident." [1] So the weekend is over in Texas.

So now we're just linking to other people's fantasies? Has anyone here bashing the VP even read anything on quail hunting?

You managed to look up dove hunting. Quail don't flush very high very fast, which is the reason the line is the most important precaution beyond standard firearm safety.

They might be, if swansont hadn't cut them out of whole cloth. It's easy to find anyone in the wrong on something if you impose made-up rules as willy nilly as he did. Now I'm sure he honestly believes he was thought the sheriff's office had proper jurisdiction , or that it's obvious you never take the game on unless its in the air. Of course, neither point has any foundation in fact.

What? Isn't there enough news out there to keep us from making it up? Exactly what did VP Cheney do stupidly and when did the White House downplay Whittington's injuries?

Sure you do. Come on, there was no reason to go all half cocked on the VP over a hunting accident.

What impropriety would that be? Obstruction of tabloid journalism? The initial report came from Karen Armstrong, the owner of the grounds and VP Cheney and Mr. Whittington's host and mutual friend. Since no one has any reason to believe anything criminal occurred other than VP Cheney's failure to get a seven buck stamp, this has absolutely nothing to do with anything remotely related, connected or otherwise relevant to the VP's job, what duty does the VP's office have to inform anyone of the matter? Secret Service could determine that, and arguably they had jurisdiction. What's improper about letting the appropriate law enforcement body take first shot at the investigation? Standard procedure was followed. Secret Service took the lead. Whether or not that bothers conspiracy theorists out there doesn't change the fact. That's the conclusion of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Sure you do. Try it sometime. In the end, VP Cheney and his friend had a hunting mishap. None of the parties actually involved seem to make a big a deal of it as the media and the Bush critics, which probably says more about them than anything else.

I'm talking about your characterization of Christian fundamentalists.

Just as the pent up, violent autistics on the secularist end of the scale can't. Okay. Now we're on the same page. I think you need to rephrase this scenario, it's kind of confusing. But to answer your question, where exactly is the religiosphere of the past five centuries has secular thought and culture taken root and flourished? Geographically and demographically, your point doesn't hold water. And secularists have shown a penchant for fondling little girls, shooting up schools, starving men, women and children by the millions on the alter of science, and...oh yeah...burnings. Yeah, and I'm saying such a bigoted point of view doesn't survive under scrutiny.

Think of it as establishing Man's dominion over Animal. Seriously though, after a night of heavy drinkin who's your pal? That's right, the 24 hr drive-thru Two double cheese and some buffalo sauce, baby. Ca'mon.....ca'maaaaaahn.

Maybe it's akin to an MPAA rating or a spoiler warning.

Oh, I thought you were just asking it out of the blue. My bad. In short, no. Death sucks, hurts too.

Dude, you need to get your skills up like these kids if you're gonna beat back the Lie.

It's a powerful system, dude.

Good God, no! Jesus man, that's creepy!

But if we got light sabers.... Anyway, in the interests of salvaging something with discussing from bascule's article, points for the first person who makes a link between knuckle-dragging, conservative bliss and right wing authoritarianism.

I'll say this much, I'm not religious or married, but I am conservative and the second to last income quartet and life is great. BTW, does anyone here really feel like their in a lifelong struggle against the Big Lie?