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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

early morning

I’d Trust Dr. Doolittle More

Dr. David Blanchard, the emergency room chief, estimated that Mr. Whittington had more than 5 but “probably less than 150 to 200” pellets lodged in his body.

Wouldn’t you expect the emergency room chief to be able to estimate more accurately how many pellets are lodged in a person’s body than more than 5, but probably less than 150 to 200?  He could easily just get to twenty by taking off his shoes.  Is it some national secret if there are between 6 and 149 pellets in the body of a 78 year old man shot by the vice-president?  Ordinarily, I wouldn’t laugh at a rich old guy in a neon orange vest being shot by another rich old guy in a neon vest, but the guys went hunting for teeny little birds.  Did they camp or hike to go shoot these itty bitty birds?  No, they drove.  In a car.  And then one shot the other.  So, I laughed.  I hope the guy is fine, but imagine if this heart thing ends up more serious and a sitting VP kills a guy, while hunting teeny tiny birds, after tracking them in a…car.  Ha!  Stupid.