- Does anyone rent those office out past center field at the Rangers' ballpark?
- A DPS trooper is missing near Austin.
- Hooters has told this waitress that she's too fat and needs to lose weight.
- Another Republican congressman has been caught in an affair and will resign.
- Wise County now has three assistant DAs and they got a raise this week to $95,000 a year.
- Two Letters to the Editors in today's Messenger have a title that says, "Headline goes here."
- Saw parts of One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest last night --- had no idea that Christopher Lloyd ("Doc" from Back To The Future) was one of the crazy patients.
- Irving rush hour was slowed this morning when a body was found on the 183 freeway. That's not exactly a Chamber of Commerce moment.
- Odd moment last night when Rangers' reliever Neftali Feliz simply dropped the ball during his windup. I'm not sure I've seen that before. It was even funnier because it was with two outs and two strikes in the 9th, and the crowd was on its feet in anticipation.
- I don't think the Republicans had a good night last night: A Tea Party candidate beat out a Republican in the Senate race in Kentucky, and the Democrats held onto the Pennsylvania Senate seat formerly held by John Murtha.
- Edit @Wordkyle's comment: The Tea Party candidate did, in fact, run as a Republican. But considering he is Ron Paul's son, and considering the Republican establishment (including Dick Cheney) backed his opponent, that was a Tea Party win over a Republican in my book.
- Edit @DannyBoy's comment: You might want to check your facts regarding the Pennsylvania primary before going on a rant.
- I think DPS troopers sitting on the back side of the northbound 287 service road after the 407 overpass is sneaky.
- I'm pretty interested in the feds going after R. Allen Stanford, the Texas man accused of bilking billions of dollars from investors through sales of CDs. If you are to, there's a pretty good update here. He's been in jail for a few months and is not handling it well.
- Bought a lottery ticket for the first time in months last night. Did you know you can't pay for it with a debit card? Isn't that the same as cash?
- On another lottery note, is there any more of a beating than being stuck behind someone cashing in lottery tickets who then turns around and picks out more?
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59 comments:
Amazing that the Republicans are blowing their shot.
thoughts are great today and another good day of solid links. but barry.... what happened to your streak of good pics? this ones bad...
todays grade dragged down from what could have been your best yet to a lackluster
C+
I agree with the sneaky DPS troopers! Got a ticket last night for going 72 in a 65mph zone. He was hiding in the spot mentioned. What a crock!
'Republican with affair'.......ever notice Repub's resign, but Dem's caught in affairs just rationalize it and stay in office?
Do they have petting zoos in the tropics? You need to edit that pig out of the picture.
Those are huge *&^%# OMG I just heard a motor boat
It's good to see that the slow economy and falling property values are not affecting Wise County. The more lawyers on staff the better, I always say. Raises all around!
-Fake Barry Green
Feliz dropping the ball was funny. But did you see the girl giving the double one-finger salute, after the guy caught a foul ball while talking on the phone? That's the second time in less than a week we've seen that at a Rangers game. I would pose a big "WTF?" but that would be redundant
Today's random pic:
The one on the right looks good. The one on the left looks like a cartoon character. But I'm sure some guys seeing that will pop their eyes out like a Tex Avery wolf
Leave it to a defense lawyer to thing that cops doing their jobs is "sneaky".
On the plus side, party traitor Arlen Specter lost his job
Screw Stafford, the bigger rip off is just around the corner as the Cohen Brothers are in the process of remaking True Grit. That just ain't right!
C'mon, BG, you can do better than that. Rand Paul, a Republican, as an articulator of the Tea Party movement, won the Republican primary. To imply that the Tea Party is an official political party, and that this fictional party defeated Republicans, is disingenuous and a bit too cute, don't you think?
i just wish the retired, unemployed, dissabled......etc.
would play lotery when those of us with jobs arent trying to get to work or lunch.
nothing worse than burning half your lunch hour waiting on someone trying to decide wich ticket to buy with the 7 bucks they just won after spending 100.
the lottery is disgraceful unfair tax on the poor and the simple.
The video on the Hooters girl who is 5'8" and only 130+ pounds being told that she would have to "lose some weight or lose her job" is hilarious!! When the news crew tries to talk to her two immediate (male) supervisors, you get to see that they are both VERY overweight (one is even morbidly overweight)!! Talk about hypocritical! She seems VERY attractive, weight-wise. But don't take my word, click on the link and see for yourself.
Re: the Republican affair. Interesting is the language used on both sides. Democrats accuse Republican adulterers of hypocrisy; i.e., failing to live up to their own professed standards. Republicans are forced to attack Democrat adulterers for accompanying crimes; i.e. paying hush money, lying under oath, accessing illegal prostitution. Getting caught committing adultery is not enough to oust a Democrat, but forces Republicans to resign. Therein lies the danger of publicly embracing moral standards.
Wordy, you almost finished the thought. "The Dems held onto their seat in Penn." Well I would hope so BG, they were running in a primary. You know what those are right, you did a couple in your D.A. days. Pretty hard for the Dems to lose against the Dems dontcha think?
Although I do appreciate your slanted view on how the Dems performed last night. No better way to prey on the weak than to present slanted to views (MSNBC) to those who do not pay much attention to politics. In regards to the Tennessee win in the primary, he was running as a republican being backed by the Tea Party, not as Tea party, again, it was a Primary.
The reason that politicians were concerned last night was the incumbants. This was the first measuring stick for voters to show career politicians that we are tired of their SH*&.
Keep up the slanted misinformed views, doing a good job of not getting the facts right.
If anything, the consensus is that Barack Obama was the biggest loser yesterday.
Amazing how those republicans are the only people who cheat on their spouse?
Or do the democrats spouses just not care if they cheat?
DB - In all fairness to our host, I think he was referring to the Democrat win over a Republican to finish out the rest of deceased Democrat Representative John Murtha's term. Registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 2-1 in the district, yet the Democrat had to run as "pro-life, pro-gun" to win. (Democrat strategy: campaign Right, govern Left.)
Anyone know why they are moving the Chico ISD principals around? I have three kids going to school there and I heard that last week. Didnt they just move the high school principal from elementary to high school and give him a big raise? Will they take that raise away now that he moves back to elementary or is this another example of them wasting money for no reason???
8:46,
7 miles over the speed limit is just plain chicken$@*t! I could see 10 over as okay. Thats a trooper for ya.
If it were in any other place than Detroit I would say do not fire the Hooters girl for being heavy, fire her for being butt azz ugly...but I have been to Detroit and she is about as good as it gets.
7 miles over the speed limit is just plain still over the speed limit. If you feel the need to speed and don't like getting nailed for it, convince the lege to change the law. Don't badmouth the people who are doing what we pay them to do
More early signs from last night's elections that Obama is "one and done" baby!!!
Love live the TEA party, and hopefully King Obamy will be gone soon! Hopefully he won't TOTALLY destroy America!!!
On the Hooters girl--well I saw some girls at that hooters in the news footage who had more of a muffin top than she did but they were probably 20 years younger. Maybe that's the real issue and they're just using the weight as an excuse. Did get a kick out of the two huge managers and the one big customer they showed at Hooters.
As for the troopers hiding at 407 they were busy last night! I live there though and the speedlimit is 70 and not 65 so I'd definitely be checking on the ticket for 72 if I were you!
Let's hope Obammy campaigns for all his liberal weenie friends. Just like it was for Clinton, Obammy is the kiss of death.
2 die after motorcycle hits pedestrian in Oak Cliff... BG you missed reporting on this one..
PA-12 is a socially conservative district; it went for McCain over Obama in 2008 (a fact that isn't consistently reported when conservatives spin about how "blue" the district is). Further, this is one of the districts that handed Hillary Clinton her widest margin of voters against Obama in the 2008 primary. Not exactly Obama-friendly territory. It had been trending Republican. How else can you explain (or spin) the million dollars that Republicans poured into the district? They didn't do that because they thought they'd lose. (Well, this is Michael Steele's RNC, so they might have.)
Has the Chico Board has been watching the Boyd Board and Decatur Board for ideas.
Agreed BG, our comments do not go together. You were speaking of the Murtha Seat, I was speaking of the Spector debacle. Either way, your lannguage and reporting has gone more biased in the last couple of months. Also, last time I checked, Tea Party was not an option on the ballot. But I guess neither is "Muslim, going to cater to all of our haters and not listen to the people who elect me and spend trillions we don't have: Democrat- B Obama" now was it.
So I bow in defeat.
A lot of places let you buy lotto with your debit card. 7-11, QT, Racetrac, Albertsons. P.s. You have to cash your tickets somewhere...Sorry if you are behind me!
I am not BAD mouthing the Highway patrol for doing their job. My complaint is 1. They were HIDING
2. In the time it took him to write me a ticket several cars passed going in excess 70 MPH. 3. Last week while driving the same road a Water truck pulled out into the FAST lane from the crossover and I had to come to a complete stop to avoid hitting him. Several cards behind me had to run off the road to avoid hitting me. WHERE was the highway patrolman then? Just doing his job???? Give me a BREAK!
8:55, you are right that "that just ain't right!" When they have to start remaking John Wayne classics, Hollywood is way out of line and out of material. I will NOT go see a remake of any John Wayne film. Next thing you know, they'll be trying to remake Gone With the Wind, or Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte!
Hollywood nuts!
I've seen heavier Hooters waitresses before in areas with smaller populations (NOT Dallas/Fort Worth).
There is another similar place in Grapevine (near the mall and Bass Pro Shop......NOT Bone Daddy's or Twin Peaks......I simply forgot the name of it) where the waitresses are a little thicker.
As for the Messenger's mistake, there is no one else to blame but the people at the top of the totem pole.
Such carelessness.....tsk, tsk, tsk!!!!!
Actually, the Cohen brothers' movie is not so much a remake of the original movie as much as it is a movie truer to the original novel.
Supposedly, the John Wayne version detracted heavily from the novel.
The Hooter's girl looks fine. It's the girl in Barry's pic that needs to lose weight. Seeing that first thing this morning actually hurt my feelings.
bBf - The "spin" is that Republicans won't win every contest, especially in areas where Democrats have a 2-to-1 voter advantage. Democrat Critz won PA-12 by running socially conservative, and by promising to continue Murtha's pork train. Critz also campaigned against Obama's legislation almost as much as the Republican did.
The missing trooper was found dead. http://www.kxxv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12506562
An officer can not be everywhere. One officer = one patrol car. Try going fishing with one rod and reel and catching more than one fish on you hook at a time.
ATTENTION 10:45
Commenter at 8:46 said he got a ticket last night. The speed limit drops at night from 70 to 65 MPH and it has for years. If you are going to try to prove how much you know, then please actually know what you are talking about.
" Edit @Wordkyle's comment: The Tea Party candidate did, in fact, run as a Republican. But considering he is Ron Paul's son, and considering the Republican establishment (including Dick Cheney) backed his opponent, that was a Tea Party win over a Republican in my book."
IT WAS VICTORIOUS BECAUSE THE INCUMBANT IS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE!
And it is just the beginning!
TEA party or no... AMERICANS are fed up with governmental abuse to her citizens!
ok, 12:18, explain this then:
The hiding officers watch for speeding motorists, however I've SEEN highway patrol pass right by those trucks that decide to PARK in the ROAD in front of Whataburger in Decatur! (And there is a parking area behind the restaurant that will park trucks) Now,I'm betting if I (car) were to park in that same place (ROAD) while I went in to eat, I'd get a ticket as soon as the patrol saw me. So, would you care to explain why the OBVIOUS "in your face" breaking of traffic laws is overlooked?
I know the trooper will get me one of these days, hey "troop" play fair
I would be willing to bet within a year there will be a liberal grass roots group that develops, the antithesis of the tea party movement!
11:15, I worked for a woman that owned a convenience store and I was the one having to set up lottery, western union, etc. It is against Texas Lottery rules to accept debit or credit cards for payment for anything to do with the lottery. I read the contract with the lottery and there is a penalty if you do. The reason, a person can easily dispute charges on a debit/credit card and get the charges reversed. Good 'ol cash can never be disputed. If they are accepting payment for lottery items by cards, they are running the risk of getting fined and losing their lottery license.
I want to know why the DPS IGNORES the speeding in the work zone on 380! Yesterday I drove back from Denton, drove the speed limit...60...and was passed by at least 15 vehicles, most of them rock haulers, and no hy-po in sight. Why don't you station someone there and catch these bozos? You could make quota in an hour! These semi drivers act like they own the highway and the rules don't apply to them.
TD - You're already correct. Oh, you haven't heard of the Coffee party? Odd. Maybe it's not a "grassroots" movement after all.
1239 - I don't dispute your points. However, the Republican party is the only political vehicle where the Tea Party's strength can be utilized. BG's post implied the Republican party had a bad day yesterday. I believe the opposite.
Those breasts are amazing.
Word..That was my point, the Coffee party was more of reaction to the Tea Party, I am not expert but it did not seem "grassroots" at all. I believe it was created by documentary filmmakers through facebook.
My point was once the liberals begin to lose ground politcally, when there majorities begin to shrink, I think an actual movement will take place...maybe it will be the Coffee party, maybe something else. The success of the Tea Party movement has to be eye opening.
Not only are those DPS troopers there sneaky, they also urinate on the side of the highway there. Seen it myself. Double standard? Of course.
I didn't realize that my opinion had made the front page. BG, has it not been clear for years that rank-and-file Republicans (many of them Tea Party supporters) have been displeased with the Republican "Democrat lite" establishment? Why do you think Republicans were so ambivalent about John McCain in 2008? I wrote about it two years ago.
The battle has been going on since the 60s. (See Rockefeller Republicans vs. Goldwater Republicans).
Word...That was my point, I did not really feel the Coffee party was a "grassroots" movement but more so a reaction to the Tea Party movement--It was created by documentary filmmakers via facebook. That is why I did not mention the Coffee Party, I feel a true grassroots liberal movement will begin to take place once liberal political capital begins to wane....it may very well be via the Coffee party or another named movement.
TD - What is the basis for your belief in an upcoming Liberal grassroots movement? What we refer to as the Tea Party (there's no real formal organization that represents the movement) is driven, for the most part, by a central ideology -- opposition to big government. What would be the Liberal equivalent? Is there a central message that would energize Liberals? Or would it be a coalition of groups with their own self-interests in mind? Isn't that what the Democrat party is now?
Being that Phoenix is now the kidnap capital of the US and Chicago, home of our beloved annointed Muslim President, is the murder capital of the US is not exactly what I would call Chamber of Commerce moments either.
Word, the party out of power always seems to get energized by a "grassroots" movement of some kind. The tea party movement was genuine, the liberals will look at it's success when the tables turn and contrive a "movement" of their own through the liberal media. It is hard for me to see the Coffee party as anything other than a response to the Tea party, it has no central message because there is not a lot for liberals to be angry about...they have it fairly good right now politically speaking.
I realize the Tea party is not a formal organization, which goes back to my original post where I called it a movement. My original point was that liberals will be intriuged by the success of the Tea Party and try to contrive something similar, which you correctly pointed out they may already be doing with the Coffee... I should have elaborated initially. I also misspoke when I said "true grassroots" in my previous post, I meant truly contrived.
Word, you are getting a bit touchy, I think you were mistaken by my post and got a little quick to try and dress me down.
Did anyone notice the Letter to the Editor written by one election non-winner about another election non-winner?
Does anyone care what one failed campaigner has to say about another failed campaigner?
TD - Sorry if you mistook my response for pique. It was not my intention to "dress you down" at all. You expressed a reasonable opinion without attacking anyone else. My question, honestly, was to discover your reasoning behind that opinion. I expanded on the question in my last post -- maybe in a too-challenging tone -- but it's sincere curiosity on my part.
7:23, Yes, I DO care! Howard's letter was a class act that I have never seen before. Note that it was done AFTER the elections, so you shouldn't gripe! You, 7:23 are the example of those who will gritch about ANYTHING! What harm did this letter do to you? huh?
Ruby and Jerry were class acts....... let's see what the new board members are.
DAGO;Buy a good fuzz-buster.
I used to have a customer when I worked at Big Daddy's that had an office at The Temple. They were a PR firm and kept a hospitality suite fully stocked for all the games for clients.
RE the Random Thoughts pict:
DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN! That's all I have to say about that.
My Other Brother Darryl
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