In America's often bizarre history only two vice presidents have played shoot-'m-up. In 1804 the crackpot, vice president, Aaron Burr, a criminal ne'er-do-well with imperial aspirations, shot down Alexander Hamilton, killing him in a duel. Hamilton, you'll remember was the illegitimate bastard and illegal alien from the Caribbean who helped concoct our often bizarre Constitution. In 2006, crackpot vice president Richard "I'm a dick" Cheney, a criminal ne'er-do-well with imperial aspirations, shot down an old man in Texas. Cheney failed to kill his victim and called the incident an "accident," kind of like the Iraq war that he sponsored. Apparently the vice president has a blood-lust to kill things. He has to be satisfied with blasting away at dangerous birds, quail, and having prisoners tortured. Dicky Cheney seems to have lured an old man (almost 80 years old) into the woods and proceeded to blast away with a shotgun. He said it was an "accident." It wasn't even quail season. He wouldn't lie about that like he did about weapons of mass destruction, would he? While crackpot Burr killed one of our "Founding Fathers" in a dispute of "honor," crackpot "Dicky Bird" Cheney's target was a feeble millionaire lawyer. That says something about the difference in the characters of the two vice presidents. Burr was a brave fool. Cheney is a cowardly crook. Aaron Burr was the first vice president under a great president, Thomas Jefferson. Dicky Bird was vice president and puppetmaster under the evil George W. Bush, America's least great president. Rebecca's Bargain Antiques Collectible Vintage Photos Fine Prints - Old Maps Sheet Music - Old Books Elegant Antiques and Collectibles "A good life is the only religion" English proverb, 1732 You are welcome to use or republish any of our material. Please give www.prisoners.com credit as the source. Return to the News Items Menu Return to the Politicians and Politics Menu Return to the Main Menu. Go to our site's Search Engine Send us Your Comments or Input.