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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:49 PM
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It takes 12 vehicles to cart Cheney around on his hunting trip --->>>

How much did this little shooting expedition cost us?




http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/13133709.htm

Dick Cheney leaves South Dakota after annual hunting trip
Associated Press

PIERRE, S.D. - Vice President Dick Cheney left South Dakota on Thursday after visiting for his annual pheasant hunting trip.

Cheney arrived at the Pierre airport in a 12-vehicle procession. He waved to a small crowd as he entered the plane and left the airport about 12:45 p.m.

This marked the fifth year Cheney has gone pheasant hunting in South Dakota as vice president.

He arrived Monday and stayed at a private hunting lodge near Gettysburg.
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WhiteTara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:51 PM
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1. 12 cars? That is mindboggling
and an incredible waste of gasoline.
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formerrepuke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:51 PM
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2. Too bad there's no pic.. I have this image of a motorcade of
Lincoln Navigators.. you know, for the off-road, rugged outdoorsman and his entourage.
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Patsy Stone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:52 PM
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3. Your tax dollars at work. n/t
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:52 PM
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4. Oh, pheasants! I thought.....
Nah, you've probably heard that joke enough times ;)
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:53 PM
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5. Our season opens Sat. in CA and I'm hoping to be able to get out
but I don't know if I'll be able to find 11 more cars to get me there.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:53 PM
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6. I would like to know that too. Also, re the 2000 people traveling
with Chumpy aka * - how much does that cost? What president before this Resident ever had to do that?
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:57 PM
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11. 2000??? Where did you see that?
That's outrageous.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:09 PM
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15. Yeah, on his little trip to S. America recently he took 2000 people
with him, to guard him. Where did I read that? Let me think about it and I will get back to you.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 08:07 PM
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27. Here is the DU thread on the entourage of 2000 from Buzzflash
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=2225767
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Neocondriac Donating Member (732 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:55 PM
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7. He's in reality hunting Tom Daschle!
run Tom run !
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Kierkegaard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:56 PM
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8. Slick Dick, just doing his part to help use up any lingering fossil fuel.
As per the hunting, how is this even possible?

What, did he use his Rascal scooter to 'walk the fields?' I mean, the sloth can barely stand up.
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fiveleafclover Donating Member (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:56 PM
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9. What could you possibly sneak up on and kill
when you have a dozen cars following you?
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:11 PM
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16. Nah, that's to get him to and from the airport. He stays at a hunting lodg
I think it might be this one - only one I could find near Gettysburg:

Only Gettysburg lodge in this listing:

http://www.outfittersandguides.com/southdakota.htm

# Paul Nelson Farm - Guide, and lodge service for pheasant hunters. Gettysburg

http://www.paulnelsonfarm.com/index2.asp


It's basically like shooting fish in a barrel - the farm is stocked with game.
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agates Donating Member (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:34 PM
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22. Stocked with birds
And when he hunts, they prop him up at the end of a field and flush the birds towards him. All he has to do is raise his shotgun and fire.
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fiveleafclover Donating Member (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 04:18 PM
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23. There's probably somebody
who even raises the shotgun for him. Think he pulls his own trigger? Heh, that sounded dirty...
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Fridays Child Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:57 PM
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10. What's not reported here is what he does to the animals before...
...he finally puts them out of their misery.

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insane_cratic_gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:57 PM
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12. Here's to hoping he gets bird flu
from his pheasant
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 02:59 PM
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13. Isn't it ironic that the one guy who apparently could use some ethics
is not around for the refresher course?
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CabalPowered Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:02 PM
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14. He's been fishing on a fork of the Snake River the last few months
I can't remember which fork but I have friends that have been kicked off the river serveral times so dick can go fishing. One spooky encounter an older gentleman relayed to me ... He was about to put his boat in the water when a women approached him and greeted him by name. She had a laptop in a sling over her neck and informed him that he couldn't put in today because dick was fishing. He was really spooked .. he has no idea how they could've had his name.. but they did. :scared:
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medeak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:12 PM
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17. jesus!
had to apply for new passport and they wanted my email addy...now I'm scared!
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:13 PM
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18. oh good lord that is scary! Was that in MT or WY?
These guys are such PRICKS! Where do they get off kicking people out of PUBLIC LAND for their PERSONAL USE???
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:17 PM
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20. They do it because they can.
Seriously, who questions it? Nobody dares hold them accountable for ANYTHING...


REMEMBER FALLUJAH!:cry: :cry: :cry:

Peace.
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CabalPowered Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:33 PM
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21. Idaho actually..
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MrBenchley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 03:14 PM
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19. Remember, he went "hunting" with Fat Tony Scalia
at an oil executive's posh hunting lodge just before Scalia ruled Cheney could keep his energy meetings secret...

It's a helluva great sport, isn't it?
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 04:21 PM
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24. Is he going to hang the pheasants by their feathers while they're still
alive?

Slice up their wings with meat shears until they talk?

Drop acid in their eyes?

Pull out their feathers with a rusty tweezer?
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 04:23 PM
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25. Did Scalia call in sick, and go with him this time?
:puke:
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DemoTex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-10-05 04:31 PM
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26. Sitting duck .. er, pheasant.
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