Bono Hangs Out With Chicks Young Enough To Be His Daughter

We here at Liberally Lean condemn this sort of conduct. (Note to self: Learn to play guitar and sing. Like really quick.) Fox News has the Bono story.

A Serious Political Thought

I'm still not convinced that Obama will win seven days from now but he may very well be the next President. If that happens, the Republican Party, as we once new it, will be dead. And if doesn't happen this year, it will happen after four more. It's all a matter of demographics. And before I get flamed, this belief was actually the product of a conversation I had with a couple of right wingers six months ago. It was their idea, not mine. The reason? Minorities typically vote Democratic - that's not news. But it doesn't take many of them to push the Democrats over the 50% margin. And once that happens, there will be no turning back. Take a look at the census. That day is coming. And it may be one week away. I'm convinced that Ronald Reagan could not get elected today. That landslide of 1980 and 1984 came from an American public, and this is the most important part, that no longer exists. Yeah, it's a simplistic way of proving of it, but just think about The Brady Bunch, The Andy Griffith Show, or The Dick Van Dyke Show. It's almost like you're watching the History Channel when you looked at the way their lives were portrayed. Yeah, the Republican Party can get back into power at the national level by becoming more moderate - something McCain apparently realizes even now - but the true conservative will not be welcome. Rush Limbaugh went on a rant the other day that, win or lose, it is time to take back the Republican Party. His heart may be in the right place, but the numbers are against him. There's just not enough of those folks left to be a factor. Yeah, they are all over the place in little Wise County, but not nationally. I'm not saying it's a good thing or a bad thing. But I am saying that America changed right before our eyes. And far more quickly than any of us realized.

And Elvis Wants You To Run The Wishbone

Two background facts: (1) This is former Baylor great and new coach of the 49ers Mike Singletary being interviewed, and (2) Bill Walsh is, uh, dead.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• I thought about the old Garcia's restaurant in Decatur yesterday. Good salsa.I miss that.
• I saw KSCS's Terry Dorsey there once
• McCain's wheels fell off in Pennsylvania yesterday - and I absolutely love watching his wife's expression in this 36 second clip.
• Charlie Brown's The Great Pumpkin was weird.
• Regarding the plot to kill Obama, I bet stuff like that drives the not-crazy-Republicans crazy. Kind of one of those, "Guys, we're trying to win an election here, and you aren't helping" things.
• I still haven't turned my home heater on. I like waking up in the middle of the night in a warm bed but in a cold room. (But it's getting close.)
• Those that see things only in black or white haven't hung out with folks in the middle very often. It'll make the world a little grey afterwards.
• A pink stripe was painted down Main Street by the courthouse in Decatur on Friday in honor of the fight against breast cancer. But it's off center and is bound to cause traffic confusion.
• The Federal Reserve is expected to cut the Fed Funds rate to 1% today. (I'm not really sure what that means but it makes me sound smart to write it.) But this did occur to me: They are running out of room for any more cuts.
• Of all the talk show hosts, Sean Hannity is the dumbest.
• Good news for us bumpkins: I've noticed that the local lawyers at least know how to dress for court. Yesterday I saw the out of town folks looking darn near homeless: One without a jacket (incredible), one with his tie hitting him about halfway up his protruding belly (drives me nuts), and another with a jack/pant combo that wasn't worthy of Bill's Dollar Store.
• At one point during the UT/OSU game last week, Colt McCoy was 25 of 27. That's insane.
• Barnett Shale fun fact: "Each rig . . . directly employs about 20 workers and at least that many in related services, such as truck drivers and site-preparation workers . . . ." I was actually curious about that.
• Bridgeport's name appears to be listed on local news weather maps more than Decatur's.
• And Bridgeport got a huge shout out on The Ticket this morning for hitting 27 degrees at 7:19 a.m.
• They are having trouble selling out the NASCAR race this weekend at the Speedway. I just can't get interested.
• Not a fan of the Saw movies.
• I was moaning the other day about T. Boone Pickens and his propensity to throw money at the Oklahoma State football program the other day, but he's doing it again: Another $63 million.

Get Your Wallet Out

For Texas Tech / Texas tickets on Stubhub. They can get a little pricey. And this is to clarify that I still don't like the Evil Empire. I hold a grudge. I'm shallow like that. (And, by the way, this is a triple fake picture of the "2004 Texas Tech Swim Team")

Another Day . . .

Looks like CareFlight (or our equivalent) had to head out to 287 a few moments ago near New Fairview after a car rolled.

There Just Needs To An Emergency Brake Sound Effect

I actually caught this live yesterday. Not earthshaking, but pretty funny.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Cowboys receiver Roy Williams was sporting a big black western hat after the game.
• I finally watched one of those Kim Brimer campaign TV sports (both pro and con) that are constantly being run. Man, that's a lot of money to spend on a state senate race.
• Saw one of those Ninja bikes doing a wheelie down the highway on Saturday.
• Saw a gal in an authentic Dallas Cowboy cheerleader outfit on Saturday for Halloween. Hey, now.
• During my jog on Saturday morning, I saw a trail of blood for over a half mile (maybe more) of what clearly was some animal bleeding from one leg. (Perfect bloody paw print followed by blood spots.) I wondered what happened to him.
• I proclaimed to someone afterwards that it was probably a domesticated animal since it stayed on a cement jogging trail instead of running off into the brush. She asked me when I had become an expert on the pattern of wounded animals.
• Funny line on the Ticket this morning about the Wade Phillips' sideline celebrations: "He looks like a kindergartner who has just been told that he had 15 extra minutes of recess."
• The beautiful Megan Henderson on Fox 4 this morning led one story with, "The turnout for this year's election might exceed the one of four years ago." Might? I blame the news story writer.
• I accidentally poured some gas on my very hot weedeater on Friday evening. I backed up thinking the thing was going to burst into flames. It didn't. And I've never really heard about that happening.
• The Dallas Morning News, which laid off a ton more people last week, is now shoving its classifieds into the back of the sports section. It makes you feel like you're getting short changed on your sportzzzz. (And it was just announced that the paper's circulation dropped another 10% over the last six months.)
• I'd like to take a day and get a complete physical, complete with the treadmill and the breathing apparatus strapped to my mouth. Do they do that? Or is that just something I see on TV?
• Bailout question: If Mortgage Company A sold a mortgage to Mortgage Company B and Mortgage Company B ends up holding the bag since the mortgage wasn't any good, didn't Mortgage Company A make out like a bandit? Which gives rise to the other question: Where did all that money go that ended up in the hands of the thousands of Mortgage Company A?
• The Star Telegram has to be run by Muslims who don't wear flag lapel pins since the paper endorsed Barack Obama on Saturday.
• The always overrated AC/DC released a new album but it's only available on a CD at Walmart. No where else. And not available online. Those boys are cutting edge.
• "Contestants relax in between rounds during a U.S. Republican vice-presidential nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin look-alike stripper contest at a strip club in Las Vegas, Nevada October 23, 2008." Photo.
• I mentioned about that very young and hot anchorwoman from Arkansas last week. She died this weekend and I actually said an audible, "Oh, my" when I read it. She was 26.
• Start looking around for small individually owned used car lots. They seem to be vanishing before our eyes.

Gratuitous Crazy Photo

Pirates Prove Me Wrong

Ok, I predicted Texas Tech failure over Kansas and all they did was go and beat the crap out of them. That makes my happy because it sets up an epic battle on Saturday between unbeaten #1 Texas and unbeaten #6 Texas Tech. ESPN's College Game Day will be there. It's on national TV. Tech hasn't been ranked that high in 32 years. My college football pants are going crazy. Tell me if I'm wrong, but I can't think of any game more important in Tech's history. I haven't seen an opening betting line, but I "bet" it will be Texas -7.5. Edit: Close. Texas opens as a 5 point favorite.

Pigskin Amber Alert: Defenses Reported Missing

Alvord 48 Chico 6

Vernon 14 Bridgeport 55

Jacksboro 21 Boyd 14

Decatur 47 Burkburnett 61

Fossil Ridge 17 Northwest 28

Paradise 48 Millsap 13

Edit: But Bridgeport won't be moving up in the AP Poll.

Anybody Else See This?

From an email: Wanted you to know that I just saw three fighter jets escorting a LARGE jet over Bridgeport (2:00pm)! I couldn't make out what kind of jet it was (Commercial, gov't, etc.), just knew that they had him surrounded. They came from the Northwest and heading towards DFW.

And Another

Link.

Always Trust Bu-Bear*

Thanks to Prawn for pointing out that we have a little liar on our hands. And the fact that she used a "black man" as the fictitious villain tells us all we need to know about her. But I'm proud I sniffed this one out from the beginning. And always remember that Matt Drudge headline. ________________ *Bu-Bear: That's my eBay name that I revealed one time when I sold an ad on this silly blog. It's code for Baylor University Bear but some on here interpreted it to have more of a lovable "Boo Bear" meaning. That's why you'll see the reference on here every now and then.

The Only Thing . . .

. . . that I find more boring than baseball is hockey. But I am a fan of chaos and anytime a grown man can knock another man through the equivalent of a plate glass window, I'm all for it. If they would play the game with two workman actually carrying a plate glass windows back and forth across the ice, I'd get an NHL tattoo. Happened last night.

I've Got To Go Buy A Car!!!!

Frank Kent in Fort Worth is throwing away money: As I write this, a share of GM stock is worth $5.33 a share (down from it's annual high of $87.00 a few years back. And if you think it's a good deal to buy GM right now, just go buy 250 shares and keep your car.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Man, the Palin/McCain/Bush skit on Saturday Night Live last night was funny. (Will Farrell came back to play Bush.) Link here. Watch it.
• And it was even funnier because I flipped over from the Sean Hannity lovefest with Palin on Fox News to see it. I can't tell Fey and Palin apart.
• Southern Baptist official compares birth control to murder. Is it OK that I refuse to believe that everything coming out of a pastor's mouth is directly from God?
• Man, I feel sorry for the Dallas officer that struck the 11 year old while the kid was on a bike (in the middle of the road, unsupervised, at night). But the local TV stations had a tough decision as to whether to show the dash cam footage from the patrol car. Fox 4 put the footage on its website early in the evening. I watched Channel 5 later that night which decided to edit the tape so as to not show the collision. But Fox 4 decided to run the whole footage, unedited, on TV -- even this morning during breakfast burrito time. I bet they catch a lot of flak for that.
• Sometimes I wake up a night, get a weird feeling, and lock the bedroom door.
• I posted my world wide exclusive story of Miss Teen Louisiana getting arrested for walking a dinner bill and for weed earlier this week. We now have the mugshot.
• There's a couple of bales of hay and pumpkins on display by the stop signs on the Decatur square. No one ever jacks with them.
• I'll admit, most political nutcases tend to be on the left. But, man, this Obama thing has brought out the certifiable loonies on the right.
• I'm hypothetically involved in holding the proceeds of a hypothetical friendly wager that some of you might be aware of. But, hypothetically, I'm not involved since I don't know what's in the envelope.
• Hot sports opinion: Texas Tech loses for the first time this weekend.
• I'm suspicious of anyone who always talks about how "wonderful" their life is. Come on, we all know its a beating.
• It's too early to turn the home heater on.
• Holy crap: Just saw a headline that said the "Dow futures drop 550, triggering selling freeze." The market opens at 8:30 a.m. local time.
• I haven't been to Angelo's in Fort Worth in years.
• An ATF agent shot and killed someone yesterday in Arlington. Somehow I picture a guy all dressed up in his fancy federal uniform that we bought him just waiting for the opportunity to shoot someone with the fancy gun that we bought him. The dead guy, thus far, does not appear to be related to the reason for the raid (drugs!!!!!!) of the Arlington apartment. Is there such a shortage of local police that we have to get the feds involved?
• I heard the oddly named but great 1980s song "Big Country" by, uh, Big Country yesterday. Love that thing.
• In the paper today: The Superintendent of Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD got arrested for DWI a couple of months back. That misdemeanor charge will jeopardize her $285,000 a year job.
• As a follow up to the Sexy Prosecutor Halloween costume, I've also discovered the Sexy Criminal Defense Lawyer and Sexy Judge. Hey, now.
• My hair is getting long. I thought it was Brad Pitt in the mirror this morning.

Drudge Fear Mongering Again

He quickly toned down the headline and linked to the story. And that story indicates: - She was robbed at a bank - She had a McCain bumper sticker on her car but no where does it say she was a volunteer - She refused medical attention. (Edit: This new story calls her a McCain "staffer" but she's also a 20 year old Texan.) "Developing" indeed. I want to see a picture of the "mutilated" girl. Edit: Thanks to wordkyle, I found her picture which mysteriously is on some blog and not on some news web site. The comments there are interesting. Something isn't right. Edit #2: Thanks to bagofnothing.com, here's her Twitter feed. Edit #3: And a right wing columnist smells a rat. Edit #4: After 12 hours of thinking about it, I'm betting this girl is lying.