All over the news today was the story that Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a hunting companion in the upper body (namely, the head and chest). Fortunately, it was buckshot and not bullets, else that would really be a story…Cheney would probably be facing manslaughter charges were that the case.

I’m reminded of a Tom Lehrer song (listen to MIDI file) that went something like this:

I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow,
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow.

and goes on:

The law was very firm, it
Took away my permit,
The worst punishment I ever endured,
It turned out there was a reason,
Cows were out of season,
And one of the hunters wasn’t insured.

That the hunter that was mistaken for the quail was insured is the least of my worries. Let’s just hope the VP himself is adequately insured.

Tags: Dick Cheney

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