Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

12.01.2012

Saturday Reflections

Stumbled upon an old picture of me. The white shirt and tie is a good look.

11.30.2012

Mama Tried Part 2 Taking You Into The Weekend

Lottery Winners From Missouri Come Forward

Story.

Hey, is that Texas State Senator Jane Nelson in there?

Remember That New 85 MPH Texas Highway I Drove On?

DPS allowed a car to go 220 mph on it before it officially opened.

Source.

Poster Promoting Wise County's Toy Run

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

The bunnies, after a false start two days ago, are now free. Welcome to their own Watership Down.
Sports Illustrated changed the color of Baylor's uniforms. Some are really caught up in the journalistic integrity of such an alteration.
Another Texas life sentence for DWI. This time out of San Marcus.
In Oregon, a guy is lucky to be alive after his car teeters on an overpass after crashing. Yep, DWI.
Terry Dorsey and Hawkeye won the Ticket's "Emergency Brake of the Week" this morning but I didn't hear it.
The judge on highest Texas court had his warrant lifted after he paid $535.90 online. I would hope that might influence him to believe that parts of the criminal justice system are a racket, but he's already the court's most liberal judge.
I think we are babysitting an actual baby tonight. Well, I'm going to watch Mrs. LL babysit a baby.
My car, like most, will tell me if I have a low tire. I'm no engineer, but I find that confusing when I consider the wiring that would have to be involved for low pressure to be detected.
The "close encounter" with two whales that the BagofNothing guy posted is pretty amazing.
I guess I wasn't upset about the Dallas female officer rap video or the Hurst officer talking awful to the teenager because my expectations aren't that high.
An out of town blogger reviews Decatur's "Main Street Home and Gardens, Down The Street Cafe." Health food? In Decatur?
Oliver North will be at Ed Young's Fellowship Church in Grapevine this weekend. I wonder if he'll try to promote his new book which he does every time he can. If he does, he should be treated like a money-changer.
How's the parking and service now that Casa Torres has expanded? At one time, they wanted the city of Decatur to allow parking for the restaurant on the other side of FM 51. Can you imagine trying to cross that on foot?
There are eight Christmas related announcements in the Update this morning

11.29.2012

Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Jump Started A Car Last Night (Without The Battery Blowing Up)

So she said here.

The Tarrant County DA's office is promoting itself again by printing the names of those arrested for DWI over the Thanksgiving holiday. As I tread on thin ice here, let me say that there appears to be a disproportionate number of Hispanic of "foreign" surnames on the list. There are two explanations: (1) That accurately represents the proportional racial makeup of alleged drunk drivers on the road, or (2) Cops are ~~paroling~~ patrolling predominately minority areas. Why would they do the latter? Well one stereotype would lead to the conclusion that minorities are still historically poor and are more likely just to plea out as opposed to hire a lawyer who will question the officer's actions.

Crazy? Maybe. But if you are a cop looking for DWI suspects and want to make it as easy on yourself as possible, are you going to arrest someone from Westover Hills (which guarantees a court date -- maybe many of them) or are you going to patrol poor east Fort Worth where you'll probably never hear about the case again other than a disposition sheet that reads "Pled Guilty. 24 months probation. $750 fine"?

Here's a portion of the full list.

Remember Those Vets Hit By A Train In During A Parade?

They decided to blame the train. And you have to love their lawyer's website. An out-of-state "train accident" lawyer.:

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

Free Lindsay Lohan! (She was arrested last night for allegedly punching a woman in the face at a bar at 4 a.m. That girl is full throttle.)
A judge on Texas' highest criminal court (who is also from Fort Worth) has an arrest warrant issued for him for an unpaid traffic ticket. That's a different kind of full throttle.
Mrs. LL ran out of gas last night. I responded with the speed of a NASCAR pit crew (after I went to the bathroom.)
Should I know who Texas Ranger Clint Peoples was? He was born in Bridgeport and the same site that is auctioning off the JFK stuff has some of People's property for auction as well.
Zig Ziglar died yesterday. The guy made a fortune on motivational speaking but, with all due respect, he sounded like a beating to be around. I had a boss once who, if you told him "have a good day", would stop and say enthusiastically, "No. Make it a good day!" It was a complete power down.
I almost bought a Power Ball ticket yesterday. I didn't but I would never buy more than one if I had made it to the store.
One of the two winning Power Ball's was purchased in Arizona. I hope it is a Mexican who lives in Sheriff's Joe's county.
Every time I see a picture of a judge or a cop from before 1950 I just assume we wouldn't get along.
Sports: My list of most despised coaches: (1) Rick Carlisle, (2) Lane Kiffin, and (3) Will Muschamp. I think the common thread is that they all seem like a truly bad person.
Sounds like there were Internet issues in Decatur last night.
Fourth-Grader-In-The-House upon learning I've never eaten at Cracker Barrel: "You are kidding! It is the greatest restaurant ever!"
How much does Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow make? Seriously, I bet more people read my drivel every morning than his stuff.
Decatur now has three Subway Sandwiches shops. Three.
There's a strip shopping center on the east side of 287 right by the FM 51 exit which has been absolutely empty from the time it was built five or so years ago. It has never had a tenant.
There was a former Texas Tech student convicted of Intoxication Manslaughter this week after agreeing to a plea bargain of 15 years. The bizarre aspect of the case is that she was allegedly drinking on a school sponsored field trip.