Seasons

Here's an excerpt from a Wall Street Journal article about the Cheney incident:

"The press corps is outraged that the White House waited 20 hours or so to disclose that Vice President Dick Cheney had shot a hunting companion, and we can see why. Don't these Bush people understand that the coverup is worse than the crime? In the name of media solidarity, and in the interest of restraining the Imperial Presidency, we have put together the following coverup timeline with crucial questions that deserve to be answered:

5:30 p.m., Saturday (all times Central Standard Time). Mr. Cheney sprays Harry Whittington with birdshot, and the Secret Service immediately informs local police. Who is Harry Whittington and whom does he lobby for? Does he know Scooter Libby?

6:30 p.m. White House Chief of Staff Andy Card informs President Bush that there's been a hunting accident involving the Vice President's party. Did Mr. Bush ask followup questions? Was he intellectually curious?

7 p.m. Karl Rove tells Mr. Bush that it is Mr. Cheney who did the shooting. Why was this detail withheld for a full 30 minutes from the President? Who else did Mr. Rove talk to about this in the interim? Was Valerie Plame ever mentioned?

5 a.m., Sunday. White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan learns that Mr. Cheney is the shooter. He also fails to alert the media. Did he rush to write talking points or fall back to sleep?

11 a.m. Katharine Armstrong, owner of the ranch where the shooting took place, blows the story sky-high by giving the news to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. According to Ms. Armstrong, Mr. Cheney told her to do what she thought made sense. Has Ms. Armstrong ever worked for Halliburton?

1:27 p.m., Monday. Mr. McClellan finally holds a press conference and gets grilled. One reporter actually asks (and we're not making this one up), 'Would this be much more serious if the man had died?' For the record, Mr. McClellan replied, 'Of course it would.'"

Got this from a friend
Top Ten Dick Cheney Excuses

10. "Heart palpitation caused trigger finger to spasm"

9. "Wanted to get the Iraq mess off the front page"

8. "Not enough Jim Beam"

7. "Trying to stop the spread of bird flu"

6. "I love to shoot people"

5. "Guy was making cracks about my lesbian daughter"

4. "I thought the guy was trying to go 'gay cowboy' on me"

3. "Excuse? I hit him, didn't I?"

2. "Until Democrats approve medicare reform, we have to make some tough choices for the elderly"

1. "Made a bet with Gretzky's wife"

I believe that list was from David Letterman.

If it's got ten entries, and it's funny, that's usually a good bet.

*facepalm*

[sarcasm]Ouch, right in the feelings. Why don't ya just give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice on it while you're at it?[/sarcasm]

Sorry.. project "Ignore" is GO!

Sounds good to me. Maybe if we pretend the problem doesn't exist for long enough, it will go away.

Project Ignore, which could be summed up as:

'Sorry, there are no valid Responses for me to choose from.'

Good idea, Connery

'Sorry, there are no valid Responses for me to choose from.'

so, error-free silent response - a smother for moody havoc

Beautiful!

*applause* at Psimagus

Shunning, or ostracism, is actually one of the oldest social methods of dealing with someone who isn't following the rules. Acting as if the person does not exist and completely excluding them from all interactions really does eventually stop their disruptiveness.
I've been thinking of suggesting a shunning for a while now, but I've been enjoying psimagus's anagram retorts too much.