Fail is for the author of that blog.

This is the latest Republican talking point? For real?

Aaron farking Burr?

Even Karl Rove must be facepalming now.

Take that ! Stupid libs.

I think Cheney is responsible for more deaths, and he did shoot that guy in the face, even though he didn't die.

So they had to go back 200 years to find ONE, and they're bragging about that?

Did Burr make Hamilton apologize, after he'd been shot?

Just because that guy Cheney shot in the face didn't die doesn't mean he's less dangerous.

This sounds like a joke someone told, and some right-winger, stinging from probably Biden's single best line of the debate, decided to run with it.

I wondered about that, what with Burr being formally charged with treason and trying to set up his own country.

Hail Burrtania!

Keep grasping, submitter.

roflcopter

That headline made my brain hurt a bit.

SilentStrider: Just because that guy Cheney shot in the face didn't die doesn't mean he's less dangerous.

Just not as good a shot.

My name is Aaron Burr the way I'm dropping Hamiltons!

At least Burr was successful.

Burr shot one man in a duel they both agreed to. Cheney arranged to have others go halfway around the world to kill tens of thousands for his oil buddies.

Seriously, which type of man is more dangerous?

Got milk?

Lionel Mandrake: Burr shot one man in a duel they both agreed to. Cheney arranged to have others go halfway around the world to kill tens of thousands for his oil buddies.

Seriously, which type of man is more dangerous?

Um, Burr also tried to overthrow the government and was charged with treason.

Wasn't Nixon a VP?

Tr0mBoNe: Wasn't Nixon a VP?

Eisenhower's, yes.

What happened to the SATIRE tag?

Tr0mBoNe: Wasn't Nixon a VP?

Yes, but he was pretty much working under the "President Eisenhower will see you next year sometime" role of the VP.

DamnYankees: At least Burr was successful.

Burr is actually one of the most interesting figures in American history. As well as killing Hamilton, he founded the bank that is now JPMorgan-Chase and turned the Tammany society into the first political machine. He submitted a bill to extend the right to vote to women and was an early feminist. And it's not clear what he actually intended to do, but he also might have been trying to form an independent state in the Texas Territory and part of the Louisiana Purchase ruled by him, with lands he planned to conquer as a private citizen with a private army if the U.S. went to war with Spain. (He was charged and acquitted with treason on that.)

At least when Aaron Burr tried (maybe) treason, he went ALL OUT instead of insidiously undermining the U.S. Constitution.

If Cheney hadn't been drinking during the hunt he might've managed a kill shot.

How soon they forget....



Okay, so he wasn't dangerous, just another crooked politician. But when Nixon can't stand you, it's gotta be bad...

Lionel Mandrake: Burr shot one man in a duel they both agreed to. Cheney arranged to have others go halfway around the world to kill tens of thousands for his oil buddies go into a fenced area to shoot not-really-wild-game, which couldn't really run, with pellet guns like a 14 year old and shot a man in the face before later, making him apologize.


FTFM
/still dangerous

bobbette: Burr is actually one of the most interesting figures in American history. As well as killing Hamilton, he founded the bank that is now JPMorgan-Chase and turned the Tammany society into the first political machine. He submitted a bill to extend the right to vote to women and was an early feminist. And it's not clear what he actually intended to do, but he also might have been trying to form an independent state in the Texas Territory and part of the Louisiana Purchase ruled by him, with lands he planned to conquer as a private citizen with a private army if the U.S. went to war with Spain. (He was charged and acquitted with treason on that.)

At least when Aaron Burr tried (maybe) treason, he went ALL OUT instead of insidiously undermining the U.S. Constitution.

The difference being? Burr was ethical. Crazy, maybe but ethical.

I'll take crazy and ethical over sane but unethically power hungry any day.

honeymaid8: The difference being? Burr was ethical. Crazy, maybe but ethical.

I'll take crazy and ethical over sane but unethically power hungry any day.

Philosophical question of the hour: It logic ethical?

Tr0mBoNe: honeymaid8: The difference being? Burr was ethical. Crazy, maybe but ethical.

I'll take crazy and ethical over sane but unethically power hungry any day.

Philosophical question of the hour: Its logic ethical?

FTFM

Republicans have done more to destroy satire in this country than any political party in history.

That was the best part of the night, and i'm so glad Biden hit Cheney.

Cheney's got a gun (new window)

Sgt Otter: So they had to go back 200 years to find ONE, and they're bragging about that?

Nattering nabobs of negativity

This should get a Pulitzer Prize for outstanding journalism.

Cheney did more to destroy this country.

Yeah but get this, some black guy named Diddy is scared of a white woman. You know the story about Sarah Palin in NYC? Yeah, she gets on an elevator with two german shepherds and there are two big tough black guys already on the elevator. Anyway Sarah Palin says "Sit!" and the two black guys hit the floor. She says, "I was talking to my dogs".

True story. Except in alternate non-bizarro world, instead of Sarah Palin, it was Reggie Jackson and instead if two big black guys it was two old women. And it was back in 79. Welcome to 2008 where P Diddy is scared of Sarah Palin.

Tr0mBoNe: Tr0mBoNe: honeymaid8: The difference being? Burr was ethical. Crazy, maybe but ethical.

I'll take crazy and ethical over sane but unethically power hungry any day.

Philosophical question of the hour: Its logic ethical?

FTFM

What?

Logic is a system of reasoning. Ethics is a system of value-based rules.

Are you asking if using logic to solve problems is unethical? That makes no sense because ethics are not universal, and in any case there are many different things that are referred to as "logic".

I saw on the news the other night and they had this composite sketch of a carjacker and damned if it didn't look a lot like Sarah Palin. And then again last night, another jacking and another suspect with the swept up hair and rimless glasses. Now I'm thinking, this is becoming a crime epidemic of foxy white women we are dealing with here. So P Diddy has a point. On the top of his motherfarking head.

When Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton dueled, it was Burr's second duel and Alexander Hamilton's 31st. There are a lot of bad things you can say about Burr, but giving him full blame for killing Hamilton is silly.

bloobeary: Did Burr make Hamilton apologize, after he'd been shot?

i don't think so.

Okay, Soften_hands turning into something closer to word diarrhea or Dadaist poetry than actual coherent posting. This is amazing.

This article seems to assume that Dick Cheney has never killed a man. I'd like to see that checked out a little more thoroughly.

McCain was the one to remind them of this: "There was this young guy, I think his name was Aaron Burr, he shot and kill someone. I remember it was the talk of the town. Well that Burr fella, I think he's more dangerous than Cheney"

Bill Frist: Cheney did more to destroy this country.

Saying that Cheney is destroying the country is like saying that Darth Vader destroyed The Empire.

If anything, he's accomplished a lot to assist American Imperialism and encourage corporate synergy between branches of government and the private sector.

Was Hermann Goring bad for the Third Riech?

Anarchofascist: When Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton dueled, it was Burr's second duel and Alexander Hamilton's 31st. There are a lot of bad things you can say about Burr, but giving him full blame for killing Hamilton is silly.

Yeah, plus Hamilton tried to cheat IIRC. He had the guns rigged so even the slightly pressure on the trigger made them go off, thinking that Burr would be nervous and shaking. If you fired your pistol in the air, it essentially meant you had to sit still while the other guy took a shot at you. Unfortunately it was Hamilton that prematurely discharged his weapon.

Mentat: Republicans have done more to destroy satire in this country than any political party in history.

That is just not true.

They have contributed more raw material than any comic could ever need.

Just look at stephen colbert. the entire premise of his show depends on their shenanigans.

The guy at the end of the thread: Bill Frist: Cheney did more to destroy this country.

Saying that Cheney is destroying the country is like saying that Darth Vader destroyed The Empire.

If anything, he's accomplished a lot to assist American Imperialism and encourage corporate synergy between branches of government and the private sector.

Was Hermann Goring bad for the Third Riech?

Eh, Darth Vader may be sort of a bad analogy, because he betrayed the Empire in the end and personally killed the Emperor.

Hermann Goring may not have been bad for the 3rd Reich, but it could be argued that the 3rd Reich was bad for Germany.

honeymaid8: bobbette: Burr is actually one of the most interesting figures in American history. As well as killing Hamilton, he founded the bank that is now JPMorgan-Chase and turned the Tammany society into the first political machine. He submitted a bill to extend the right to vote to women and was an early feminist. And it's not clear what he actually intended to do, but he also might have been trying to form an independent state in the Texas Territory and part of the Louisiana Purchase ruled by him, with lands he planned to conquer as a private citizen with a private army if the U.S. went to war with Spain. (He was charged and acquitted with treason on that.)

At least when Aaron Burr tried (maybe) treason, he went ALL OUT instead of insidiously undermining the U.S. Constitution.

The difference being? Burr was ethical. Crazy, maybe but ethical.

I'll take crazy and ethical over sane but unethically power hungry any day.

No he wasn't ethical. I think you should read up on him a little more, he was way more power hungry than Cheney.

added point he was aquitted of treason charges.

Softens_hands_while_you_do_the_dishes: Yeah but get this...

What the blue fark are you on about? I think I just saw part of your brain leak out of your ear and down your shirt while you spewed that absolutely inane string of nonsensical babble.

Is your Id spinning out of control and releasing errant verbiage for pressure relief from the constant cognitive dissonance caused by this campaign?