We accept advertising through Blogads. If you're interested, click the "Advertise here" link above, or go here to place your ad through Blogads. For assistance, e-mail me here; I'd be glad to help. Reach lots of viewers -- we're up to about 3,800 unique visits a day, and more than 61,000 page views a week (as of November 4). Our rates are dirt cheap for the exposure you'll get! If you'd like to advertise without going through the Blogads system, that's do-able, too. Just e-mail us here for more information.
As a lawyer/blogger, I get
to be a member of:
Quinta das Amoras, Vinho Tinto 2009
Mauro Molino, Barbera d'Alba 2009
Garda Chiaretto Rose
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Vineyard 10 White
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Pinot Gris, Columbia Valley 2009
L'Hortus, Rose de Saignee 2010
Maculan, Pino & Toi 2008
McKinley Springs, Bombing Range Red 2008
Trader Joe's Pinot Gris 2009
Montes Alpha, Cabernet 2007
Gran Sasso, Sangiovese, Terre di Chieti 2009
Garda, Classico Chiaretto Rose
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1999
Picos del Montgo, Tempranillo 2008
Chateau de Montmirail, Vacqueyras 2008
La Granja 360, Syrah 2009
Montgras, Carmenere Reserva 2009
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Cabernet 2008
Kirkland, Pinot Grigio 2010
Trader Joe's Coastal Syrah 2009
Columbia Crest, Horse Heaven Hills Merlot 2008
Trader Joe's Coastal Chardonnay 2009
Vieux Papes Red
Domaine de l'Aujardiere, Chardonnay 2009
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Medalla Real 2007
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008
Guild, Red, Lot #02 2008
Dievole, Dievolino Sangiovese 2008
Laforet, Burgogne Chardonnay 2009
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2007
Bonterra, Cabernet 2008
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2009
Maquis Lien 2006
Scott Paul, Pinot Noir, Le Paulee 2007
Cameron, Chardonnay
B.R. Cohn, Cabernet, Silver Label 2006
Graffigna, Cabernet 2005
Palo Alto, Reserve Red 2008
Menguante, Garnacha 2008
Lange, Pinot Gris 2009
Felsina Berardenga, Vin Santo 1997
Anne Amie, Pinot Gris 2009
McKinley Springs, Bombing Ramge Red 2007
Vieux Papes Red
Dionysius Chardonnay 2009
Haden Fig, Pinot Noir 2009
Vega Montan, Mencia 2008
Chateau la Vernede, Coteaux du Languedoc 2007
Mount Defiance, Hellfire (White) 2008
Root: 1, Cabernet 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines Pinot Grigio 2009
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 White, 2008
Columbia Crest, Two Vines, Vineyard 10 Rose, 2007
Abacela, Grenache Rose 2009
Avia Cabernet 2004
Lemelson Pinot Noir, Thea's Selection 2007
Chateau de la Roulerie, Rose d'Anjou 2009
Casal Garcia, Vinho Verde Rose
La Ferme Julien, Rose 2008
Cana's Feast, Bricco Red, 2006
Hogue, Genesis Merlot, 2008
Owen Roe, Sharecropper's Cabernet, 2008
Kim Crawford, Unoaked Chardonnay 2008
J. Scott, Pinot Noir 2008
Edmunds St. John, White, Heart of Gold 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2006
Stevenot, Cabernet, Sierra Foothills, "Stanford" 2000
Portuga, Vinho Rose 2009
Taylor Fladgate, First Estate Reserve Porto
Franciscan, Cabernet, Napa 2006
Chaparral de Vega Sindoa, Garnacha 2008
Quinta da Aveleda, Vinho Verde 2008
St. Francis, Chardonnay Sonoma 2008
E. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Blanc, 2007
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Noir 2008
St. Innocent, Pinot Noir 2006
Jigsaw, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Indian Wells 2007
Charles Shaw, Chardonnay 2008
Edmunds St. John, Bone-Jolly, Gamay Rosé 2009
Cameron, Willamette Valley Chardonnay
Il Valore, Sangiovese, Giovane, Puglia 2008
Duck Pond, Chardonnay, Wahluke Slope 2007
Kim Crawford, Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008
Domaine du Pesquier, Cotes du Rhone 2005
Cantina Zaccagnini, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2006
Domaine Matrot, Chardonnay, Bourgogne 2007
David Hill, Oregon Sparkling Wine, Brut
Chandler Reach, Monte Regalo 2006
Elk Cove, Pinot Gris 2008
Kirkland, Columbia Valley Merlot 2008
D'Aragon, Old Vine Garnacha 2008
Columbia Crest, Walter Clore Private Reserve 2005
Pavin & Riley, Merlot 2006
David Hill, Estate Pinot Noir, Barrel Select 2006
Castle Rock, Paso Robles Cabernet 2006
Magnificent, Cabernet, Steak House 2008
Conundrum 2008
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Saint Cosme, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
La Granja, Tempranillo 360, 2008
Santa Rita, Mendalla Real Cabernet 2006
Columbia Crest, Grand Estates Merlot 2006
Andezon, Cotes-du-Rhone 2007
Collegiata, Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Troon, Druid's Fluid 2008
La Granja, Tempranillo 2008
Monte Antico, Toscana 2006
Vieux Papes, Blanc de Blancs
Jack London - The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii
Jack Walker - The Extraordinary Rendition of Vincent Dellamaria
Colum McCann - Let the Great World Spin
Niccolò Machiavelli - The Prince
Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus - The Nanny Diaries
Brian Selznick - The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Sharon Creech - Walk Two Moons
Keith Richards - Life
F. Sionil Jose - Dusk
Natalie Babbitt - Tuck Everlasting
Justin Halpern - S#*t My Dad Says
Mark Herrmann - The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
Barry Glassner - The Gospel of Food
Phil Stanford - The Peyton-Allan Files
Jesse Katz - The Opposite Field
Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited
J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
David Sedaris - Holidays on Ice
Donald Miller - A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
Mitch Albom - Have a Little Faith
C.S. Lewis - The Magician's Nephew
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt
Miles run year to date: 54
At this date last year: 50
Total run in 2011: 113
In 2010: 125
In 2009: 67
In 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
Comments (61)
He told police that he saw something moving in the bushes, and he figured it was Osama bin Laden.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 7:40 PM
The other guy's bird call sounded like "Hillary! Hillary!"
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 7:42 PM
"Cheney Tires of Killing by Proxy"
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 8:10 PM
Cheney later remarked: "And people think George Bush is a stupid president. Well, I can tell you that he's never accepted a hunting invitation from me."
Posted by patrick b | February 12, 2006 8:11 PM
Another veep who can't spell. He said he was hunting quayle.
Posted by myrln | February 12, 2006 8:15 PM
"I panicked when my pacemaker went nuts, but it turns out one of the kids in the office had just put a 50 Cent ring tone on my cell phone."
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 8:16 PM
As Spiro Agnew (almost as luminous a Republican Veep as Cheney) famously said, when asked whether he'd beaned his tennis partner with an errant shot accidentally or on purpose: "I can do it either way."
Posted by Allan L. | February 12, 2006 8:24 PM
"My intelligence said he had WMD. Should I have waited until there was a mushroom cloud overhead?"
Posted by myrln | February 12, 2006 8:24 PM
Citing a confidential source, The New York Times is reporting that Cheney was apparently given faulty intelligence regarding the identity of his intended target. According to the source, Cheney believed that he was under imminent threat of attack and preemptively fired in self-defense.
Posted by Mark | February 12, 2006 8:26 PM
"Heh heh, wait 'til the chimp hears about this one!"
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 8:30 PM
"People want to know how I could mistake the rustling of a small bird from a large man in the bushes. I tell you that those little birds are my enemies. They will mingle in with innocent civilians since they have no respect for our way of life or our freedoms."
Posted by patrick b | February 12, 2006 8:45 PM
"I accidentally searched his Google records, too."
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 8:52 PM
This is how it felt during the Monica scandal. And both had a senior White House official shooting something off aimed all wrong. One hit a blue dress, the other hit a lawyer.
These are the times comedy writers are supposed to deliver. I will do my best to be a part of this. Bill McDonald - The Portland Freelancer.
Posted by Bill McDonald | February 12, 2006 8:53 PM
You all miss the point.
He's just a mean, nasty guy.
Posted by Garey | February 12, 2006 9:05 PM
Afterward Cheney put a cigar in the barrel of the other guy's rifle, then smoked it. Ewww!
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 9:07 PM
He apparently was tired of shooting himself in the foot.
Posted by Eric | February 12, 2006 9:10 PM
Here's the headline from the first time I saw this, at http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2006/02/dead_eye_dick.html :
"The Vice President in a veiled warning to his former chief of staff Scooter Libby shot his hunting partner."
Posted by Josh | February 12, 2006 9:12 PM
thanks for the link jack. (see comment #3)
Posted by fournier | February 12, 2006 9:16 PM
What better way to celebrate Lincoln Day?
Posted by Chris Snethen | February 12, 2006 9:24 PM
That poor guy who was shot probably had told his wife the night before, "And I was just blown away when the vice president invited me to go hunting with him."
Posted by patrick b | February 12, 2006 9:35 PM
Showing he's not a world-class quailer.
Posted by FreeJack | February 12, 2006 9:37 PM
come on
maybe he had oil on his hands
Posted by steve schopp | February 12, 2006 9:44 PM
Here is my attempt:
Vice President Prematurely Blows his Wad.
Posted by Travis | February 12, 2006 9:52 PM
Or worse yet:
Dick Blows Wad into Friends Face
Posted by Travis | February 12, 2006 9:55 PM
Tom Lehrer was fifty years ahead of today's news:
"I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow,
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow."
Posted by Isaac Laquedem | February 12, 2006 9:57 PM
On to Iran!
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 9:58 PM
Where's that bird-hunting buddy Scalia when he's really needed?
Posted by Allan L. | February 12, 2006 10:04 PM
Here's a new strategy for dealing with terrorists -- furloughs from Gitmo to go hunting with Cheney.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 10:06 PM
Cheney learned how to shoot a rifle at FEMA.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 10:07 PM
"I knew Aaron Burr. Aaron Burr was a friend of mine. And, Mr. Vice President, you're no Aaron Burr." -Thomas Jefferson
Posted by Alan DeWitt | February 12, 2006 10:17 PM
Bush will be looking over his shoulder during the next State of the Union address. Fat Teddy will be out in the audience yelling "Pull!"
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 10:22 PM
Interviewed at the Vice Presidential residence, a housekeeper, who identified herself only as Hortensia, told CNN: "I'm not surprised. You should see the floor around the upstairs toilet."
Posted by Jack Bog | February 12, 2006 10:24 PM
I guess Mr. Cheney got tired of mounting quail and decided to try an attorney instead.
Posted by Doug in SW | February 12, 2006 10:58 PM
Wow, Cheney shot a fellow American. You know, looking back maybe it's best that he didn't go to Vietnam.
Posted by Bill McDonald | February 12, 2006 11:31 PM
Birdshot in the head is worth two in the bushes.
Posted by Tenskwatawa | February 12, 2006 11:49 PM
funny though, it's still safer to ride shotgun with Cheney than with Ted Kennedy
Posted by jason | February 13, 2006 4:17 AM
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan is so full of it. He’s calling this “Collateral Damage in the War on Pheasants.”
Posted by Bill McDonald | February 13, 2006 6:57 AM
You may have gotten funnier responses if you had used 'him shooting a lawyer' angle.
Posted by Abe | February 13, 2006 6:58 AM
"If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times: I'm opposed to all forms of gun control." - Dick Cheney
Posted by Alan DeWitt | February 13, 2006 8:03 AM
I told Abramoff not to go on that trip.
Posted by Dave J. | February 13, 2006 9:03 AM
"Eats, shoots and leaves"?
Posted by Isaac Laquedem | February 13, 2006 9:20 AM
"Vice President Elmer Fudd."
credit: http://www.jameswolcott.com/
Posted by Auggie | February 13, 2006 9:29 AM
The Ballad of Dick Cheney
http://plmagee.com?p=28
Posted by PLM | February 13, 2006 9:38 AM
Kind of off-topic, but what are the chances that Mr. Cheney gets charged with a crime?
Posted by justin | February 13, 2006 11:08 AM
Also off topic, just heard on NPR that the Cheney staff worked with the ranch staff to "get the story straight" before talking to reporters. Evidently, the owner of the ranch talked to a reporter off message, which angered McClellan. That seems paranoid, if it was just a hunting accident.
Posted by Liz | February 13, 2006 11:20 AM
I'm sure it was a hunting accident, but one that was caused by recklessness and carelessness on Cheney's part, and that's what they don't want to talk about. My avid-hunter buddy told me this morning that when you shoot another person, it means you screwed up, period. This business about "Oh, a certain amount of this just happens in hunting, it's nobody's fault" is a crock. It means recklessness, and it doesn't mean Cheney is evil, but it does mean he screwed up, and I think that's what they were trying to get "straight." They were trying to get people to say it was pure unavoidable accident, which it pretty much couldn't have been.
Sorry. Return to your previously scheduled punchlines.
Posted by Linda | February 13, 2006 12:28 PM
Linda has it right. It's always the shooters fault, but my guess is that it was just stupidity, not recklessness.
Not that they had "just gotten out of a vehicle" aka road hunting, the "sport" of the drunk and feeble. These are the kind of guys OSP nails every year for shooting deer from their pickups. "Sportsman" Indeed!
Now, don't get the idea that I hate hunting. I've spent many a fine autumn day pursuing game birds with my friends and their dogs. The walk is the best part, well, maybe eating the bird later.
Canned "hunting" like Cheney's is for guys (note I didn't say men) who just want to brag about what great shots they are (add sex punchline here)
Posted by Todd | February 13, 2006 1:00 PM
Today VP Cheney got a prescription for Viagra. His doctor wanted to prevent him going off half-cocked.
Posted by Jenny | February 13, 2006 2:16 PM
Gives the phrase Dead-Eye Dick a whole new meaning, doesn't it?
Posted by Betsy | February 13, 2006 2:17 PM
While he continued firing from the gunslits in his secure unimploded bunker location, the Senate increased special investigation hearings into the treason and war crimes charges on Cheney, for which he faces a possible death penalty.
Now that's freakin' funny comedy gold.
Posted by Tenskwatawa | February 13, 2006 2:44 PM
"Ooh, sorry! What's a little friendly fire among friends?"
-or-
"Thought you were a pheasant insurgent for a second there."
No, I am not a professional comedy writer. What's more amusing is the media hype surrounding this "event". There was an accident, somebody was injured, everybody is going to be fine. Add Cheney, hunting, firearms & weve got ourselves a big story! Run with it!
Posted by White Devil | February 13, 2006 2:47 PM
No criminal charges. We can't have a Sitting Vice President distracted by nonessential litigation, now, can we? The Supreme Court would put a stop to that in a hurry.
Posted by Allan L. | February 13, 2006 2:52 PM
Bush already has already pardoned him in advance.
Posted by Jack Bog | February 13, 2006 3:44 PM
When asked about the incident Cheney snarled, "Just remember, Harry had a gun too."
Posted by Matt Jusinski | February 13, 2006 3:47 PM
Ready! Fire! Inspect!
Posted by Jack Marlin | February 13, 2006 5:45 PM
It's the Bush-Cheney plan to Save Social Security, one recipient at a time
Posted by Ed | February 13, 2006 8:47 PM
Can you say "loose cannon?"
Posted by myrln | February 13, 2006 8:54 PM
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
Say something I don't like
And I'll shoot you, too
Posted by josh | February 13, 2006 9:09 PM
The difference between Cheney and Shakespeare is that Shakespeare only talked about it.
Posted by Ronald M | February 13, 2006 9:24 PM
Old School:
If you donate $200,000 or more, you can go hunting with the Vice President...
New School:
If you DO NOT DONATE AT LEAST $200,000, you will have to go hunting with the Vice President...
Posted by Greg in Seattle | February 14, 2006 9:12 AM
The elederly victim could not hear CreepVeep say "Go duck yourself"
Posted by Tenskwatawa | February 15, 2006 10:09 AM