From Information Clearing House
By Sheila Samples

This is the guy who pulled the trigger of the gun that fired the round that hit his friend that ruined the hunt and shed some light on the world that Dick built…

Four days after blasting 78-year-old hunting partner Harry Whittington in the face, neck and chest with birdshot, vice president Dick Cheney emerged from his fortified bunker to make a snarling, unapologetic taped announcement to Fox News’ Brit Hume that basically amounted to what he did on his own time was his own business. Dick said shooting Harry the previous Saturday was one of the worst days of his life — which is quite an admission considering the fate of those who have been in Dick’s crosshairs over the years.

Harry, no longer Dick’s friend but a mere “acquaintance,” emerged from the hospital two days later to apologize to the media for the delay he had caused by having an operation, a heart attack and a shotgun pellet in his heart. Harry begged Dick and his family to forgive him for the trouble he and his family had caused them. “We all assume certain risks in whatever we do, whatever activities we pursue,” Harry said. “And regardless of how experienced, careful and dedicated we are, accidents do and will happen — and that’s what happened last Friday…”

Last Friday?

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