Dick Duck Season

The Island of Balta noted the Cheney/Scalia duck hunt, and, being from Louisiana, I couldn't pass up a comment or two.

First, here's a link to a State map, where anyone interested can get a general idea of where the Veep and the Justice went to kill stuff (please note: I have nothing against hunting, per se--if that's how you recreate, fine. I just hope that if you do hunt, you eat what you kill, or at least cull animals like nutria--I suppose that Cheney and Scalia didn't select nutria as a matter of professional courtesy). Anyway, from the map link, choose to locate by longitude and latitude--Amelia is at 29.7 N, 91.3 W. From there, zoom in to your heart's content.

Dick and Antonin were the guests of Wallace Carline, owner of Diamond Services Corp., an oilfield services company.

Check out the link to Balta, and, if you don't mind submitting an email address, you can subscribe to the Los Angeles Times, which has more.

Interestingly, the area that Cheney and Scalia were in has at least one Superfund site--not that they apparently give a damn.