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It's the glasses again, Roger. The former VP visits Saudi Arabia and makes what you guys consider to be embarassing remarks. The current VP is careless w/ a firearm and his staff sits on the story for 24 hours. You know what? I consider that embarrasing. Once again, the guy who is a heartbeat from being the president and the leader of the free world has been less than he should be.

I feel sorry for everybody including myself. I, for one, wish that the Mr. Cheney had just been up front about the whole affair. It would show honesty and contrition, 2 qualities his public persona certainly lacks.

Diomedes, Saudi Arabia leaves a lot to be desired. A whole lot. It seems, however, that our stauchest Muslim allies in the mideast are monarchies. I am okay w/ some monarchies, like Jordan. What is your suggestion or solution w/ respect to how our governemnt should treat Saudi Arabia? I ask, b/c I do not have one.


Roger, I agree about James Cook. 2 good recent books on him are: Magnificent Voyage: An American Adventurer of Captains Cook's Final Voyage by Laurie Lawlor and Cook: The Extarordinary Sea Voyages of Capatain James Cook by Thomas Nicholas.
 

1. Doesn't this incident really sum up the five years of this incompetent administration?

2. At least after his other priorities kept him from serving his country in the 60's, its good to know that Dick is man enough to handle a gun.

3. as usual Stewart got it right:


Interview between Jon Stewart and Rob Corddry, playing the role of a
"vice president firearms mishap analyst," Corddry summed it all up
perfectly Monday night for Daily Show host Jon Stewart:

Stewart: Rob, obviously a very unfortunate situation. How is the vice
president handling it?

Corddry: Jon, tonight the vice president is standing by his decision to
shoot Harry Whittington. According to the best intelligence available,
there were quail hidden in the brush. Everyone believed at the time
there were quail in the brush. And while the quail turned out to be a
78-year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he still
would have shot Mr. Whittington in the face. He believes the world is a
better place for his spreading buckshot throughout the entire region of
Mr. Whittington's face.

Stewart: But why, Rob? If he had known Mr. Whittington was not a bird,
why would he still have shot him?

Corddry: Jon, in a post-9-11 world, the American people expect their
leaders to be decisive. To not have shot his friend in the face would
have sent a message to the quail that America is weak.

Stewart: That's horrible.

Corddry: Look, the mere fact that we're even talking about how the vice
president drives up with his rich friends in cars to shoot farm-raised
wingless quail-tards is letting the quail know 'how' we're hunting
them. I'm sure right now those birds are laughing at us in that little
'covey' of theirs.

Stewart: I'm not sure birds can laugh, Rob.

Corddry: Well, whatever it is they do -- coo -- they're cooing at us
right now, Jon, because here we are talking openly about our plans to
hunt them. Jig is up. Quails one, America zero.
 

Tony, it is partisan blindness to put Gore's sedition on even the same planet as Cheney's poor safe hunting skills. That he didn't immediatley phone David Gregory is not even a faux pas in my book. He has been honest and contrite and the press has been childish and just this side of insane.
Anon. No. not a good sum up. Thanks for all the typing though.