I guess I should not have been surprised when I heard about the incident involving Dick Cheney's shooting of his hunting partner on a ranch in Texas. What amazed me was that the incident was not reported immediately and was also listed as "accidental" even though there was NO investigation. Minor accident? The man shot ended up having a heart attack due to buckshot traveling to his heart and was subsequently admitted to a private room in the Intensive Care Unit!!Late night comedians had a great time with this topic, and rightfully so! Here was just another link in the chain of misfortunes that have plagued the Bush/Cheney administration. I like to think of this particular chapter as "Qualgate". I am really glad that the man shot did not suffer any lingering problems though, and was released from the hospital to indeed, hunt again. If one closely analyzes this most recent misfortune, it was not a funny thing! How did Mr. Cheney go for over 24 hours without even reporting the incident? And without even obtaining a hunting license? He wasn't even charged with any minor crime, just a little slap on the wrist.
Mr Cheney only appeared publicly several days later when he was, most likely, advised to even voice his views on the issue or even an apology. The aloofness, lack of accountability and arrogance of this administration is just mind-boggling when you think about it. It seems that this is just another area wherein thoughts of self-absorbtion and the feeling that they are "above the law" and the sense of entitlement and arrogance just amaze me! Remember, during the hurricane Katrina, just six months ago, NO ONE had a clue where Mr. Cheney was for over a week? Thousands of people were either killed, hurt, never found and no one knows where our VP even is and the big guy GWB doesn't even show up for 5 days!! Unbelievable. Don't even want to get started on the current planned takeover by a mideastern company of our sea ports, nor the justification for spying. Why do we, as Americans, keep allowing this type of behavior from the current administration?
Since I am currently on yet another political rant............Are we really at war?
Bush says we are currently at war, hopefully justifying many activities, from the original invasion (alone as a country) to remaining there where it was supposedly "over", to the wiretapping, the slaughter of over 2000 American soldiers, a country ready for a civil war, not really wanting us there. I am also wondering how many people have noticed how tapes from Bin Laden, himself, are released when Mr. Bush's numbers are dipping?
But, doesn't being at war, mean that our country is being currently attacked or at risk of being attacked? Our borders and ports could conceivably be taken over by an Arab company, if Mr. Busn has his way. Having lived through WWII, Vietnam, etc. I I don't feel that the country is clearly at risk of actual harm from acts of foreign governments, who, on a daily basis make threats or engage in acts in an attempt to obliterate it's existence. This current administration explains everything as a justification because "we are at war"!
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