Monday, February 13, 2006

Keep Cheney away from Scalia.

So what will it be? NRA and gun rights groups' spin on Cheney's accident will have to address two separate issues: (1) how often does this type of accidents occur? and (2) who does this type of accident occur to? Three out of the four combinations sound bad:
a) they are rare and only happen to inexperienced and irresponsible gun owners, i.e. idiots;
b) they are common but only happens to idiots, i.e. non-NRA members;
c) they are common and can happen to anyone including experienced and responsible NRA members.
The last option: "they are rare and can happen to even the most red-blooded, 2nd amendment-loving, Wyoming cowboy/CEO, duck-hunting American male" seems to be the most unconvincing argument--if Mr. Cheney, who never make a mistake, could f*** up, then we are all f***ed. I wonder what they decided during the news blackout on Saturday.

So one more thing, I don't think the VP should go on hunting trips with Justice Scalia anymore. Mr. Cheney has been looking for nukes everywhere, we shouldn't be tempting him to create another opportunity for the U.S. Senate to push for the Nuclear Option.

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Sunday, February 12, 2006

National security crisis.

No, not the questions concerning domestic wiretapping. Not the perpetual war on terrorism. Not the growing nuclear arsenal by the remaining Axis of Evil. I meant who's guarding the Vice President of the United States of America?

He just accidentally shot his hunting mate with a shot gun. Everyone would be jumping on the NRA angle. But I am more concerned about the implication--the VP is walking around with 70 year olds holding shot guns. It could just be as likely that Cheney is on the receiving end of the blast, and I doubt there were secret security agents diving in front of Cheney everytime one of the fellow hunters raises his shot gun.

Regardless of one's political leaning, VP Cheney is vital to our national security. We have enough to worry about everytime he trips, let alone checking into a hospital because of his bad ticker, do we really need him be surrounded by gun totting amatures? Quick, someone better take that chainsaw out of President Bush's hands before he hurt himself.

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