Hello,
If you ask me, the hunting accident is just that, an accident. It seems to me that people who hunt know the risk at which they are putting themselves.
The real problem with Cheney\'s Vice Presidency is the immence secrecy that prevents the American voters from knowing his role as a policy maker. This makes him an elected official who is inaccountable to the public. Now, Cheney should be more forthcoming about what he does, but we can\'t expect him to do that. Very few politicians are very forthcoming about anything. Thus, it is the responsibility of the press to inform the voters of what Cheney\'s office does in order to make him accountable to the American people. The press have long helped to keep governmental power in check by forcing such accountability upon our government. However, the press have only until recently failed to perform this duty that they owe the people.
Every democratic society runs the risk of electing bad government now and then. That is why it is said that eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. So I feel that it is my patriotic duty to be eternally vigilant.
Please pardon my rant, but I feel very strongly about this.
Thanks.
