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Robert — 2/14/2006 7:20:05 PM (archived)

On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr shot and killed Alexander Hamilton. To my knowledge, Cheney is the first VP in over two centuries to shoot somebody.

Just thought you'd want to know.

See what a policy of "ready, fire, aim" gets you?

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The Quailgate Cover-Up - Donald - 2/14/2006 2:18:31 PM
- Give him a break. They had to wait until he sobered up. - Bowser - 2/15/2006 3:13:53 AM
  - They had to wait until he sobered up. - Lindy - 2/15/2006 1:28:26 PM
    - Hunting and alcohol - Jack Herer - 2/15/2006 1:42:36 PM
      - re: Where is this "sacred practice" practiced? - Scott Evil - 2/15/2006 2:37:09 PM
        
        Da Yoopers - Laurie Street - 2/15/2006 7:54:18 PM
        
        I never hunted, but I've packed in Jack Daniels to all sorts of remote locations. - alcaray - 2/15/2006 7:30:19 PM
        
        It's the sugar that does it..... (n/t) - Lindy - 2/16/2006 2:08:31 AM
        
        That sounds horrible. - Scott Evil - 2/15/2006 9:42:11 PM
        
        One of those things you learn not to do. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/15/2006 9:47:09 PM
- Since when did not notifying the press become a crime? - Lee - 2/14/2006 7:50:10 PM
  - Maybe so. Question: Do you think we have a right to know if Cheney shoots someone? (n/t) - alcaray - 2/15/2006 12:06:16 AM
  - Let's ask MARY Jo at Martha's Vineyard......???? - carl - 2/14/2006 10:33:13 PM
- re: The Quailgate Cover-Up - Tom Brosz - 2/14/2006 7:20:27 PM
  - The "uproar" at my house is derived from two things: - Mary Anne - 2/15/2006 2:48:23 AM
    - Only thing that makes sense - he was drunk. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/15/2006 4:26:46 AM
  - Gee, this seems familiar... hmmmm where have I seen such desperate tactics... - R.L. - 2/14/2006 8:49:49 PM
    - Come on. Even you would have to admit this "controversy" is lame. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/14/2006 10:39:21 PM
      - Lame? LAME?! - Lindy - 2/15/2006 12:40:55 AM
      - How? - R.L. - 2/14/2006 11:04:01 PM
        
        Can you imagine Tom and the other neocons reaction had it been Clinton pulling the trigger? - Buck Galaxy - 2/15/2006 2:03:16 AM
        
        You don't know the half of it out there. - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2006 2:29:20 AM
        
        Even if a Democrat had done it and the press coverage was identical they would be whining... - R.L. - 2/15/2006 2:28:18 AM
        
        Clinton - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2006 2:31:19 AM
        
        Iraq. You missed the part about Iraq. Small country, Middle East. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/15/2006 5:24:11 AM
        
        And Cheney delaying his meeting with the police for 14 hours? (n/t) - R.L. - 2/15/2006 2:36:30 AM
        
        re: And Cheney delaying his meeting with the police for 14 hours? - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2006 3:20:40 AM
        
        "At least one deputy showed up at the ranch's front gate Saturday evening and asked to speak to Cheney but was turned away by the Secret Service" - Lindy - 2/15/2006 1:39:13 PM
        
        Read the rest of that paragraph. - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2006 5:27:28 PM
        
        A deputy arrived that night and asked to speak to Cheney but was turned away by the Secret Service - Buck Galaxy - 2/15/2006 8:03:36 AM
        
        And if it were you instead of Cheney - R.L. - 2/15/2006 3:29:13 AM
        
        re: And if it were you instead of Cheney - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2006 6:06:07 AM
        
        Tom, I am NOT saying this is an impeachable offense - R.L. - 2/15/2006 11:20:52 PM
        
        So you are saying that those that hold high political office... - R.L. - 2/15/2006 10:42:15 PM
        
        Keeping a grip on reality - Buck Galaxy - 2/15/2006 7:24:41 AM
        
        "the perpetrator not reporting it until the next day?" - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2006 5:18:21 PM
        
        semi-personal story - alcaray - 2/15/2006 6:52:53 PM
        
        Dick to finally come clean - Buck Galaxy - 2/15/2006 6:11:54 PM
        
        That would be the same Harry Reid... - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2006 7:20:53 PM
        
        Then there's this quote: - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2006 7:25:12 PM
        
        Tom in full dodge ball mode - Buck Galaxy - 2/15/2006 7:34:06 PM
        
        re: dodge ball mode - Tom Brosz - 2/15/2006 8:00:45 PM
        
        Tom, is there ANY law you don't mind this administration breaking? - Lindy - 2/16/2006 2:29:11 AM
        
        I'm sorry, I must have missed the commitment of a crime. - Tom Brosxz - 2/16/2006 2:37:03 AM
        
        What I said was true... - R.L. - 2/15/2006 2:34:07 AM
        
        ;-) and, predictably- no response (n/t) - R.L. - 2/15/2006 3:27:26 AM
        
        Tom is doggedly avoiding this point... - R.L. - 2/15/2006 6:49:00 PM
        
        It is all rhetoric. Not pursuit of the truth. (n/t) - alcaray - 2/15/2006 6:57:45 PM
  - How many of those shootings in Texas involve the Vice President of the United States? - Robert - 2/14/2006 7:23:24 PM
    - re: Vice President of the United States - Tom Brosz - 2/14/2006 7:39:33 PM
      - re: Vice President of the United States - dtb - 2/14/2006 11:12:26 PM
- 202 years ago - Robert - 2/14/2006 7:20:05 PM
  - Ford - FrankC - 2/14/2006 10:37:08 PM
    - Nope, Ford didn't shoot 'im - Robert - 2/15/2006 1:03:35 AM
      - Cheney loses his taste for the hunt.... - Lindy - 2/15/2006 2:09:29 AM
    - re: Ford - R.L. - 2/14/2006 11:10:33 PM
    - Same level of incident?! - R.L. - 2/14/2006 11:09:29 PM
      - lodged? - FrankC - 2/15/2006 6:17:38 PM
  - I assume we're not counting wars, here. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 2/14/2006 7:40:24 PM
    - re: I assume we're not counting wars, here. - Laurie Street - 2/14/2006 8:51:40 PM
- Whittington has pellets lodged in his heart! - Jack Herer - 2/14/2006 6:46:33 PM
  - Negligent homicide if the guy dies. Big trouble even if he doesn't. (n/t) - Bowser - 2/14/2006 6:56:38 PM
    - Manslaughter for sure. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 2/15/2006 7:26:39 AM
      - It would be involuntary Manslaughter - Scott Evil - 2/15/2006 2:32:59 PM
- I think you nailed it, Don - McFly - 2/14/2006 6:38:19 PM
  - "Pure blood lust." - Sam F. - 2/15/2006 3:57:13 AM
  - Don't forget. - Bowser - 2/14/2006 6:55:15 PM
- I wonder if the NSA sniffers picked up any of the details concerning the cover up? - Scott Evil - 2/14/2006 2:47:51 PM
  - On a more serious note - Donald - 2/14/2006 3:29:50 PM
  - No, but I suspect that.... - Donald - 2/14/2006 3:02:30 PM
    - Politicians and guns don't mix: Didn't somebody in congress just recently have a "gun accident"? - Scott Evil - 2/14/2006 3:12:03 PM
      - Who was that? (n/t) - Lindy - 2/14/2006 3:13:44 PM
        
        re: I don't remeber...it was a 15 minute story...Maybe somebody else remembers the details... - Scott Evil - 2/14/2006 3:23:51 PM
        
        re: maybe it wasn't DC... I think this is the story - Scott Evil - 2/14/2006 3:28:19 PM
        
        "politicians and guns don't mix" - Robert - 2/15/2006 1:12:36 AM
        
        Thanks (n/t) - Lindy - 2/15/2006 1:00:47 AM

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