Monday, February 13, 2006
Surviving The Game
On Saturday just before sunset, Vice President Dick Cheney “accidentally” shot 78 year old Austin attorney Harry Whittington while they were “allegedly” hunting for quail. The other hunter in the group was Pamela Willeford, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland. Mr. Whittington was sprayed with birdshot across his face, shoulder and chest. After being looked after by Mr. Cheney’s security detail, Mr. Whittington was rushed to the hospital, and he’s reportedly in stable condition.
If this was anyone else I would think it was a hunting accident. This isn’t anyone else. Dick Cheney is the “Prince of Darkness” and people like that don’t accidentally shoot people. If they shoot you, believe me they meant it. Now why would Darth Vader shoot a 78 year old man? I could think of only one plausible reason. Mr. Cheney wasn’t hunting quail; he was hunting the most dangerous game of them all, MAN!
This story made me think of the 1994 classic movie, Surviving the Game, starring A list actors, Ice-T, Gary Busey, Charles S. Dutton, Rutger Hauer and academy award winner, (and with projects like this we can understand why) F. Murray Abraham. Just in case you don’t remember the plot, let me refresh your memory. Ice-T is a homeless guy. He is hired to be a hunting guide to these rich hunters. Ice-T discovers that he isn’t really the hunting guide, he’s the hunted. Using his street smarts, Ice-T turns the table on these fools, and the hunted becomes the hunter. I haven’t actually watched but a few minutes of it myself, put if Gary Busey and Rutger Hauer are in it, its got to be good.
Now I missed most of the movie, put I bet Dick didn’t. I’m sure when you’re sitting in your underground bunker you have plenty of time to watch movies, (when you aren’t planning invasions, torture, and stripping civil liberties here at home). I’m sure as Dick saw Ice-T run from Gary Busey and Rutger Hauer; he thought how much fun it would be to be Gary Busey. Since Dick has a bum ticker, he couldn’t be chasing after young prey, so he picked his old friend 78 year old Harry Whittington. Now that’s the type of sport Dick likes. How convenient that the hunt was at the 50,000 acre Armstrong Ranch in south Texas. The owners of the ranch are staunch Texas republicans, along with everyone involved in this hunt. In other words, no pesky eye witnesses. I bet they wish they had handled Enron this smoothly.
So if Vice President Dick Cheney ever invites you to go hunting with him, respectfully decline and give him the name of Ice-T. Only the results this time will be different.
If this was anyone else I would think it was a hunting accident. This isn’t anyone else. Dick Cheney is the “Prince of Darkness” and people like that don’t accidentally shoot people. If they shoot you, believe me they meant it. Now why would Darth Vader shoot a 78 year old man? I could think of only one plausible reason. Mr. Cheney wasn’t hunting quail; he was hunting the most dangerous game of them all, MAN!
This story made me think of the 1994 classic movie, Surviving the Game, starring A list actors, Ice-T, Gary Busey, Charles S. Dutton, Rutger Hauer and academy award winner, (and with projects like this we can understand why) F. Murray Abraham. Just in case you don’t remember the plot, let me refresh your memory. Ice-T is a homeless guy. He is hired to be a hunting guide to these rich hunters. Ice-T discovers that he isn’t really the hunting guide, he’s the hunted. Using his street smarts, Ice-T turns the table on these fools, and the hunted becomes the hunter. I haven’t actually watched but a few minutes of it myself, put if Gary Busey and Rutger Hauer are in it, its got to be good.
Now I missed most of the movie, put I bet Dick didn’t. I’m sure when you’re sitting in your underground bunker you have plenty of time to watch movies, (when you aren’t planning invasions, torture, and stripping civil liberties here at home). I’m sure as Dick saw Ice-T run from Gary Busey and Rutger Hauer; he thought how much fun it would be to be Gary Busey. Since Dick has a bum ticker, he couldn’t be chasing after young prey, so he picked his old friend 78 year old Harry Whittington. Now that’s the type of sport Dick likes. How convenient that the hunt was at the 50,000 acre Armstrong Ranch in south Texas. The owners of the ranch are staunch Texas republicans, along with everyone involved in this hunt. In other words, no pesky eye witnesses. I bet they wish they had handled Enron this smoothly.
So if Vice President Dick Cheney ever invites you to go hunting with him, respectfully decline and give him the name of Ice-T. Only the results this time will be different.
