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David is an occasional blogger, software engineer, Nintendo fanboy, liberal, news magazine addict, voracious TiVo user, and bibliophile. He was born in St. Louis, grew up in southern Indiana, and returned to St. Louis to attend Washington University. He hasn't managed to escape yet. He's a fan of free wine tastings, too many tv shows to name, and eating out. David makes his living developing web applications used internally by his employer. He doesn't blog about work because he's heard too many stories about that causing workplace troubles. There's more on the about page. |
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13 February 2006 - 10:18 pm
The first thing that came to mind when I read about Dick Cheney shooting someone (and I'm not unique here):
You can call us Dick Cheney from the way we're droppin' Whittingtons.
That aside, it's more than a little interesting that the big story we're getting from the MSM isn't about gun/hunting safety or background on the actual shooting, but is instead outraged coverage of the fact that Cheney didn't come running to the press as step number one. I know that we should hold our public figures to higher standards and that Cheney has a history of withholding information from the press, but I know for certain that if I shot someone -- accidentally or not -- I certainly wouldn't be holding a press conference admitting my guilt until I got some legal issues cleared up. I don't offer this as an excuse for Cheney; the public certainly has a right to know when our second-highest elected official shoots someone. But I think the press should concede that this might be a situation that left the VP and his handlers at a bit of a loss. They probably don't have a pre-existing game plan for handling the situation where the VP shoots someone. Yes, the administration has a bad track record when it comes to being honest with the American people, but we should probably cut them a little slack on this one.
Anyway, that's my 2 unsolicited cents. I'll go back to toeing the party line tomorrow.
Posted by on 13 February 2006 at 10:10 PM
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