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- So the City of Dallas calls its sand trucks on standby "Ice Force One"? Really?
- I've decided that the only thing more entertaining than snow is the media coverage of it. Over. The. Top.
- Yesterday during the playoff game, CBS 11 hijacked a commercial break for two minutes to provide weather coverage. That means there's some company that paid for a national ad that wasn't seen in the Dallas market. Are they compensated for that? By whom?
- Remember the guy who shot the Arlington officer and little girl in Arlington last week before turning the gun on himself? His body remains unclaimed in the medical examiner's officer.
- Mexico resort town of Acapulco: 27 dead in one day including 14 beheadings. (Our successful efforts to combat meth manufacturing in the U.S. has added to the war in Mexico where it is now being made and shipped here.)
- Had Mrs. LL watch Star 80 over the weekend.
- You think Sarah Palin regrets her "crosshairs map" that targeted some politicians for defeat -- one of whom is critically injured Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords had said, "We're on Sarah Palin's targeted list. The thing is, the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun site over our district. [When] people do that they've got to realize there are consequences to that action."
- How in the world can the parents of the 9 year old girl who was killed in the Tuscon shooting grant TV interviews less than 24 hours after her death? Incredible.
- Hey, Now with a great photobomb.
- Texas Monthly named Salsa Fuego one of its Ten Best Mexican Restaurants. It's south of Ridgmar Mall near the traffic circle. Verdict: It's a hole in the wall which is very, very good. (Pic of my plate.)
- Ever chased a cat who escaped onto the front lawn when you're barefoot and there's freezing rain? I have.
51 comments:
if we stretch enough we can blame the tea party or rush limbaugh
Barefoot frezzing rain and cat=DEAD CAT
I think Palin's use of crosshairs targeting Democratic districts was very insensitive, and no she isn't the first to have used such graphics and no she isn't responsible for the horrible behavior of one demented soul.
Both political parties have used violent advertising that does nothing more than promote more hate.
Sorry, even mentioning Sarah Palin is as goofy as the sheriff's comments regarding the motive behind the madman. It is a political cheap shot!
If we can be more constructive, a discussion about mental illness and how to get disturbed people off the streets might keep this from happening again. That is why the parents of the 9 year old were speaking out.
You could be at a cafeteria and get killed by a crazy with a gun.
And remember how the left went crazy when the activists tried to get next to Ron Paul and someone held her down. You never know when some nut is going after someone.
I'll bet Palin has no regrets. If anything her response was "one down, 16 to go."
We have a right to voice our opinions but there are whack-jobs listening and there are often consequences.......and not for the guilty parties.
The time between when a tragedy like the Arizona shooting occurs and when Liberals (including the media) blame "right wing rhetoric" is measured in nanoseconds. Always. Today's claim, though, clashes with the fact that the shooter's acquaintances describe him as "a left-wing pothead." (Reality keeps getting in the way of Liberal "thought.")
Do you think any of the advocates for legalizing pot regret their rhetoric? Do Liberals regret violent left-wing rhetoric like that advocating the assassination of George Bush?
Since nobody wants to claim that killer who shot the officer and mother last week, why don’t they just dump his body at a local pig farm? oink oink here piggy piggy
Not sure about Sarah Palin but, do you think Obama regrets attending a church for 20 years whose pastor is a certifiable nut job that hates America?
Worst effort of the year Barry. You must have wanted to go back to sleep.
'left-wing rhetoric' is over the top today, BG. Put. On. The. Brakes.
Weird that you blame the US as they try to squash the meth problem for the crease in Meth production in Mexico. The fact is Mexico is virtually lawless. Enough guns and money is the government down there. The two countries should BOTH be tough on crime and drugs. Otherwise the weak country becomes overgrown with crime.
Ever notice when one homeowner treats his home and lawn for pests, the pests move to the neighbor's yard that doesn't treat his yard. Then that yard becomes so infested with pests that they spill over into the treated yards anyhow. No difference here.
Im neither repub or demo, but point of order, the shooter's friends have been describing him as "an intense left wing crazy."
Good point Barry, we never hear about any meth smuggling busts, just the pot busts, but its the lucrative meth business that's driving the cartels to murder, not pot.
I don't believe Sarah Palin pulled the trigger? The lib media and their pundits are reacting the same way to this as they reacted to the JFK shooting. Nothing new. Still just as absurd.
What a shame that a United States representative like Gabrielle Giffords doesn't understand the difference between the terms site and sight.
sigh
Just one more reason why concealed carry should be allowed EVERYWHERE...
Irony that the anger and rhetoric screamed throughout the last two years had lots to do with health care reform. The assassination that occurred in AZ, (and UWV, UT, and several others) was from the hands of a mentally ill person. "Getting the mentally ill off the streets" as was referred to earlier has been a push by the liberals but stated a little different. How about caring for those that can not work because they think there are diamonds in their blood, believe they are Jesus Christ or are so paranoid they believe the government has placed intercoms in their cloths, closets and sheets. These are descriptions of current patients, that receive care from a government grant I work with....one that our new conservative governor will cut. Mental hospitals were closed during the Reagan years in response to a 60 minute episode that showed how awful they were. The thought was local mental health clinics would open...but no money followed as it was an easy area to cut from budgets...no lobbiest work for psychotic citizens! Insurance companies have refused to cover mental illness, mine covers $2000 a year. Best health care in the world does not help the mentally ill. But our health care does not need to be reformed...it works great till you get sick, or heaven forbid, crazy.
1009 - Let me see if I understand what you're saying. Your position, ultimately, is: Mentally ill people in the United States can not get treated for their illness. Is that correct?
I had to stop watching the sensational media report on the AR shooting when the reported kept trying to make a bad situation much more dramatic by asking the trauma physicians (who treat gunshot wounds and mass trauma situations DAILY) whether this reminded him of his stint in the military. What an ignorant douchebag! Trauma centers treat stuff like this every day. The media just makes me sick. Why can't they just cover the news without trying to make everything so sensational and over the top? I turned the program off in disgust, as I do the news on a regular basis.
Good points Wordkyle.
I was driving by the DPS office in Decatur on Sunday
and seen a DPS car half way in the fince.
Anyone know what happen?
Let's just remember it was a crazy person who committed the mass shooting, not the gun.
Fox 4 seemed like it was looping minutes upon minutes of traffic information that seemed little worse than normal rush hour traffic.
The killing had nothing to do with Democrats or Republicians. Here is some good information on the crazy killer from one of best friends:
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/01/jared-lee-loughner-friend-voicemail-phone-message?page=2
LOL, I just read that the crazy shooter in Arizona is a Left-Winger.
Funny, how you left-wingers twist things around and try to blame the Tea-Party.
Re: chasing a cat.
Um,no. Cat goes outside in the freezing rain and doesn't turn around and come back in is a stupid cat and deserves to realize what a dumb mistake that was and quit being a stupid "pussy" and get it's butt back in the house. If not, then you have an outside cat.
I doubt Sarah Palin feels any more responsible for the actions of a known psycho than do the Democrats for their 2004 Bullseye/Target map wherein the democrats assert that certain states are "ripe targets for Democrats."
Keep in mind, the Democrats are the ones who spent 8 years burning, in effigy, Pres. George W. Bush. Let us not forget, it is the Democrats, for the past 40 years, who have waged class warfare.
Prior to Democrats finding fault with the rhetoric of Republicans and/or TEA Party, the Democrats need to look to the Democrat's long history of hate speech.
Amazing that you watch so much fox news and you missed the two democrat political maps using cross hairs to target republican house seats in 06 and 08. After fort hood the libs immediately told us not to jump to conclusions but apparently that doesnt apply when something tragic happens to somebody with a (D) next to their name.
what did crazy people do before government help and health insurance?
how has anyone survived until they started helping us.
worst line to hear from anyone,"I'm from the government, and im here to help."
Hey Skippy, Do you think Obammy regrets saying at a campaign rally in Philadelphia in 08, "If they bring a knife...you bring a gun?" I bet he doesn't either. Words have consequences, only when they are uttered from someone on the right. It's very pathetic the we have a commander in chief that incites violence as the answer.
I keep watching the weather on TV waiting for them to explain this cold. England just had their 2nd coldest December since the 1600's and the winter crops in Flordia just got wacked for the second year in a row. Last winter we had buildings collasping in Wise County from the snow load. If this keeps up I may move to Mexico.
Doubtful that the shooter in Arizona even voted in the last election. I doubt he was deep into political philosophy. He appears much closer to a Barney Frank than a Sarah Palin.
I woulda put 8 rounds in his chest AND drawn a chalk-line around him before he even hit the ground. Just sayin....
11:29 No doubt!! Remember "Don't retreat! Instead reload!
Cold weather or Mexico were you might have your head chopped off. Think I will stay with the cold and the snow..
10:45 Your post shows a supremely high level of ignorance. The correct word is "SAW", not "I seen", and the correct spelling is "fence" not "fince". You make me ashamed to be a member of the same species.
Crazy people: just another group of good-for-nothing freeloaders for those of us who actually work for a living to support.
11:31: I'm just the opposite. If we keep having these mild winters, I'm moving to Alaska. I HATE TEXAS HEAT! Bring on the snow and ice!
Chick pic today is ridiculously hot!!! Just sayin'!!!!
GREEN CHICK TODAY IS A DREAM.... AND A DAMN GOOD ONE
12:07PM, Or "We talk to them so I will know whose ass to kick." Or "Punish your enemy." Or "Hit back twice as hard." Or "I don't want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I'm angry!" All quotes from Obammy.
Girls today are hot but little miss blue is INSANELY smokin' hot. Just throwing that out there.
All this political BS is just more of the reason I can't stand both Right and Left Wingnuts. At the end of the day they are more worried about being right and making their point then about me. And I think there are a bunch of them that think they really aren't that bad, but yeah, they reall are.
And that's a fact.
Screw all the parties... and go back to worrying more about the golden rule and your neighbor then watching News TV and getting whipped into a frensy. You'll be a lot better for it in the end.
Texas Monthly named Salsa Fuego one of its Ten Best Mexican Restaurants. It's south of Ridgmar Mall near the traffic circle. Verdict: It's a hole in the wall which is very, very good.
I'll have to check out Salsa Fuego. I'm pretty sure the building is an old Kentucky Fried Chicken if I have my bearings right.
Lovie go make Thurton a glass off Tea and shut up
thank you 3:47
The left can have posters having Bush being hanged or shot ... libs say nothing. Barry, you are way too smart to be a sheep.
People who say "just sayin" are fags.
I sure would like to see them lips kiss
I agree, Wordkyle. Think their position (on mental health treatment) has been stated clearly. No response, yet, though, at this time.
Mz--couldn't have said that better!! Some folks are throwing stones, but forget they live in glass houses...
CF-amen, brother, on both posts!! JUST SAYIN..
Forgot to post:
Re: cat, freezing rain, barefoot
Thanks for the visual, BG!!! It did lighten up the mood!!
still laughing (sorry!!)
Hey Honcho--
You might want to do a little research on then/than. They are two different words with distinct meanings
Wordkyle,
I live daily in hell. I refuse to discuss my situation because mental illness is toxic in a small town but here is an article that is similar to my life; and yes mental health care is hard to get.
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/01/11/husband_mental_illness_knife_rally_open2011/index.html
Because you are an expert on all things...I am sure you are aware of the judicial protection of mentally ill, the number of mentally ill currently in prison, the current insurance laws for mentally ill and in your state the options available at Parkland, and all other states for psychotic uncooperative patients.......A judge not a psychiatrist frequently rules if a person is harm to themselves or others in Texas....unless you live in my shoes or others like me. You have NO IDEA.
311 - First, if you feel you live daily in hell, you have my sympathies. You really do need help. Second, I have never professed to be an expert in anything, much less all things. What I do, however, is ask questions, especially when someone (as you did) tries to tie the Arizona shootings with Conservatives and/or Republicans.
I read the story you cited, and the mentally ill person seemed to have several years of medical attention for his problem(s). It was the quality of that care that was deficient, and I don't know what the government or more money can do about that.
3:11---- You could always shoot yourself and save us all the whining, and maybe even save a congressman's life too
To anonymous 5:38...
Even by my standards, THAT was harsh!
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