The Black Commentator - Freedom Rider: Dead Eye Dick Cheney: "Cheney is mean and evil. The shooting and the official response are indicative of the way this group works. Like the accident along the highway, it was impossible to ignore this tale. Yet it was a distraction from more serious issues that should have put another party in the White House, or Bush and Cheney on trial for impeachment.

Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are worse crimes than Cheney channeling Elmer Fudd. They are the reason other countries hate and or fear the United States and they are what makes Cheney truly awful. They will be forgotten until someone forces us to pay attention. By that time the shootout at the ranch will have been forgotten too.

Margaret Kimberley's Freedom Rider column appears weekly in BC. Ms. Kimberley is a freelance writer living in New York City.