Dick Cheney Hunting Accident

Vice president Dick Cheney is currently in the Tallahassee, Florida area shooting at an unknown species of animals. It is unknown at this time if alligators, manatees, or "two-leggers" are on the menu.

The freeway in the area was briefly shut down both for the protection of Cheney as well presumably for the security of other drivers. He will be there until Wednesday, and has so far not shot anyone.

Vice President Dick Cheney's first hunting trip since shooting Harry Whittington in the face on February 11, 2006 will take place this coming Tuesday, November 7. That, of course, is the day of the midterm elections.

The trip will be at a private hunting lodge outside Pierre, South Dakota. It's at least his fourth trip to the state do go hunting; in 2003 he'd already made three trips.

He'll apparently be hunting the rink-necked pheasant, which is SD's state bird. While closely related to quail, they are not as tall and no pheasants have ever been known to be elderly lawyers. Whether any Democrats were invited on the trip is not known.

November 11 UPDATE: At this point it's clear that Cheney didn't have another hunting accident. Either that, or the coverup this time was better.