So Dick Cheney has finally gone out and shot somebody. In the face. With a shotgun. Okay, it was a hunting accident. And it seems the guy was far away enough that hopefully he's going to be fine. I saw one report that said he's more bruised up than anything. Yet he's in the Intensive Care Unit? Weird. I've got to admit when I first read the headline I didn't really believe it. I kept thinking 'this can't be true, that's just too bazaar! The Vice President doesn't shoot people!' But yes, from CNN:

Cheney was unaware Whittington had walked up behind him when he swung around to fire his .28-gauge shotgun at one of the birds rising from the grass. He was focused on the bird and did not see Whittington, who was wearing a hunter's "blaze orange" vest, she said.

Washington Post:

"The vice president was concerned," said Mary Matalin, a Cheney adviser who spoke with him yesterday morning. "He felt badly, obviously. On the other hand, he was not careless or incautious or violate any of the [rules]. He didn't do anything he wasn't supposed to do."

Except to shoot the 78 year old lawyer!

Here's what Wonkette has to say:
Dick Cheney Finally Takes a Stand Against Trial Lawyers