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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
NOW I get it. A "real" conservative is one that has no idea what the merits of an argument are, he just insults the people making it. Republican and Democrat are established parties, yes, but are you insinuating that William Weld or George Pataki is the same as Sam Brownback or John Ashcroft?
I love that you have no idea what a liberal is, you just know it isn't you. That's a shame. For all you know it could mean, in part that you're an intelligent, compassionate, rational human being who realizes that we're all part of a society and need to behave as such. But you're right, that couldn't be you, could it?
P.S. I'm a real liberal, not the caricature or straw man that "conservatives" like to make up so they have someone to make their insane arguments look better
This article (sorry if I'm hurting copyright, maybe it will help circulation)
called "Hunting Democracy" from the Autumn 2005 issue of Montana: The Magazine of
Western History, casts some interesting light on hunting and its overtones in
American politics, and on the Veep and his "canned hunting" in particular. Those
from the left need to learn now to drive the wedge between the country-club Republicans and the "rugged individualist" Republicans (or more properly, the associated Independents).
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3951/is_200510/ai_n15643342
What could gladden the heart of a conservative more than to know that our beloved Vice President has stood up to the trial lawyers and said, in the strongest way possible, "your kind deserves a face full of buckshot." Reagan would be proud.
These pretend tough guys run around (I am sorry) drive around in the woods shooting at pen raised birds.
They are such $hitty sportsmen that they consider this sport.
What in the hell is sporting about it?
Join the rest of the great unwashed in the woods or on a duck blind and shoot birds that have a fighting chance to escape.
The folks who defend this crap have never hunted in their lives. I hate PETA but they are right about these dude-ranches where make believe tough guys go out and shoot at daffy-duck and bambi.
Do you think these guys would have a fighting chance with 500 pounds razorback bearing down on them if it wasn't on a really short leash?
Hunter my a$$.
This is hardly unprecidented. Aaron Burr was vice president and was, I believe, serving when he shot Alexander Hamilton.
Cheney is in appropriate company.
CNN has just reported that Mr. Whittington has suffered a heart attack from a piece of bird shot that traveled to his heart.
Sounds like more than skin wounds to me.
If he dies, should the VP be charged with negligent homicide?
I know my clients would be.
How he was allowed to clean up, sleep and sort through stories for 12 hours is amazing to me.
No one else would have been given such an enourmous amount of latitude.
This whole thing stinks from the head.
Note to Peggy: silly, silly, silly. You're confusing facts with logic when say that if Cheney was a client of yours, he'd be charged. This is Cheney we're talking about! He's above the law. He authorizes an underling to blow a CIA operative's cover with seeming impunity, his "former" company gets contracts without bidding in the occupation of a country. When it came time to serve his own country,he had "other priorities". Why would a triflin' matter like shooting someone incur any consequences for him? Turns out Cheney managed to wolf down a mighty fine dinner after the shooting too.
at least try to make it funny...
Blech....Cary, keep your day job.
If Mr. Whittington does die, the Republicans will finally have their very own Chappaquiddick, because you know nothing will happen to Cheney.
I'm interested in what the hunting party had for lunch on Saturday. Especially the beverages. Wake me up when our free press turns that rock over.
Dear Cary,
I usually enjoy your advice column, even when I take issue with your advice. However, this piece about the V.P. is just...creepy. If you were trying for political commentary, you missed. If you were trying to be sarcastic or even bombastic, you were way off the mark. And just in case you were mearly tring to be funny, well, don't quit the day job, so to speak. A few words of advice to the online Dear Abby: next time sit on a topical piece for 24 hours, and then let an editor at least skim it. Even a Salon.com editor might have found reason to encourage you to delete this file. This piece just plain sucked. It was actually painful to read.
It is really time. Nice article Cary.
Is it news worthy now that the man who was shot has now suffered a heart attack? The Vice President may have accidentally caused a man to end up in the ICU, then suffer a heart attack. SO is it still NOT real news?
Don't you think that is pretty demeaning and insulting to Aaron Burr?
Yes, it might be considered to be an insult to Burr. Burr, unlike you-know-who, had a distinguished military record.
The American Right has provided us with yet another example of why Charles Darwin may have been excessively optimistic about our species.
evil lives on
has anyone analyzed the patterns of his sneers for clues to when the next 9/11 style attack is coming from the US Government?
these clowns, Cheney, Rummy, act like lords because nobody oversees their behavior.
why is the media forgoing its job to oversee government corruption?
my guess, the media is mostly owned by the same conservative companies who own war machine stock.
Look folks, we're at war. War. And in a war, people get hurt. It's sad, but stuff happens. At times like this we've got to support our brave vice presidents who are out there risking their necks to protect our freedoms. And what you can be sure of is that our vice presidents are doing everything they can - they got smart buckshot, the best technology - everything they can to reduce civilian casualties. And you've gotta ask, what was this guy doing out there with the quails, in the bushes, in camouflage, in an area where vice presidents were known to be conducting operations. I don't have the facts and I don't want to speculate on this alleged lawyer's motivations and loyalties, but it doesn't look good, does it?
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
Salon headlines in your mailbox
