8.15.2013

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts



  • Fort Worth police will soon begin wearing body cameras. I'm all for it. Some on the news last night argued about "privacy concerns" but that makes no sense. That would only apply if the cops are somewhere they weren't supposed to be and, if that is happening, I want it videotaped.
  • I've never heard of the Spillway Club located near Eagle Mountain Lake but an argument started there last night which ended with one dead and three wounded.
  • Up at the courthouse yesterday, I ran across a couple of lawyers upset that their Texas Wesleyan Law School degree now bears the name of a school that doesn't exist. When Texas A&M bought it several months back, that wasn't supposed to happen
  • Former Bachelorette hangs herself in suicide. And you would have thought all those women would be emotionally stable.
  • Oh, no! "Houston Texans unveil world's largest HD video board" --- even larger than those at The Death Star. 
  • Someone wanted me to post the video of the African-American kid praying about the President but even I feared the racist comments directed at a little boy. Others did it and the reaction was exactly what I thought it would be. Incredible.
  • Local talk radio thoughts: (1) Jeff Bolton is filling in for Mark Davis and he is beyond awful, (2) I don't listen to Dennis Prager anymore because I just couldn't take it, (3) I've never understood how Ben and Skin have their own show, (4) Corby Davidson is much better when Rhyner takes the day off (though it rarely happens), but his "I'm going wireless" bit is a big bag of nothing, and (5) I still think the It's Just Banter podcast with Ticket boys T.C. and Jake is really, really good. 
  • Testosterone update: (1) I'm feeling better but I'm getting real sleepy earlier in the evening -- related? (2) There must be a ton of guys using the stuff because I've had lots of people talk to me about it. 
  • A former Texas Ranger (baseball)  is on trial for doing-you-know-what with a teen, but I haven't heard any local coverage about it at all. (In fact, if someone hadn't emailed me, I wouldn't know about it at all.)
  • I forgot to mention that Brent Musburger was in the Mary Decker documentary interviewing her decades ago. Man, he's been around forever, and I think he's great. A college football game that starts off with his voice saying, "We are liiiiiiivvvvee from . . . . " makes me smile. 
  • The Hard Right is having a tough time processing their position on all of this Egyptian violence since the military government (loaded with U.S. arms) is killing members of the Muslim Brotherhood left and right. I think they've gone to the default position of: Blame Obama.