Finally, It Is Over

We, for all practical purposes, left Iraq tonight. That idiotic escapade cost 4,415 American soldier's lives and left another 32,000 wounded. And the number of men and women suffering psychological damage cannot be known.

Unforgivable.

And it you want to tell me it was to bring democracy to those who were oppressed by Saddam Hussein, hold your breath. Freedom for them? They are all Muslims. You don't even want them to have the freedom to build a church in this country. Right?

And in a few years, Iraq will be in more chaos than ever.

Viral Video Of The Day: Federer Trick Shot

Real or fake? Hmmmm. I think the guy's probably good enough to pull that off.

I Think The Man Might Be Right

Ladies, I Give You: Matthias

The description over at youtube before it disappeared:

 Had created this little fight song yesterday for the Dallas Cowboy fans, I’m just having some fun here. Could become serious fun though if indeed 95,000 Cowboy fans would start singing this chant in Cowboy stadium, that would be very cool.  Wishing everybody out there all the best,

MATTHIAS

Dude. (Shaking head.)

What's that wet stuff?

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Dr. Laura, a longtime fraud, has announced she'll end her radio show. I wonder if her "N Word" rant had her bosses wanting to push her out? And I'm pretty sure she hasn't been on DFW Radio in five years or more. 
• There were three of my high school friends on my jury panel yesterday.
• Entourage is really good this year.
• I can get into a 30 minute TV series but not an hour long one.
• Brett Favre is coming back (shocking, shocking I say.)  I'm officially wishing failure upon him. (And ESPN's coverage of him going to Minnesota yesterday was laughable.)
• Our annual Attorney/Cop Wise County Fantasy Football Draft is this Friday. Mrs. LL was not happy to learn about this since she's still in Florida. Good times. 
• Anybody else just a little shocked when a 12 year old and 13 year old are detained in a double shooting (with one fatality) in Garland? Especially when the 12 year old's mother was the fatality and the 13 year old was the girl's "boyfriend." 
• Our County Court at Law has two new big screens hanging in the courtroom. My trial yesterday was the first one ever to use them (although it can be a little tense having your laptop hooked up to a couple of big screens.)
• Yep, I lost. It was a tough DWI case but I hated just throwing in the towel and taking a plea. His field sobriety tests really weren't that bad, but he sounded drunk. And the fact that it was 10:00 a.m. on a Sunday morning didn't help.
• And what a horrible jury panel. A lot of folks with cops in their families. Three people that were almost in tears because of a past drunk driving accident had impacted them. But it's the luck of the draw.
• Motorcycle death in Arlington last night. (Hasn't been as many of them lately -- probably simply too hot to ride.)
• I heard an ad this morning for Jeff Foxworthy, the Cable Guy, and someone else who are having a show at the AA Center. They actually played Foxworthy saying, "You might be a redneck . . . "  It took all I had to recover my life force that had been sucked out of me. 
• The McKinney shooter from yesterday (headline below) had this odd quote on his myspace page: "I love guns more than toothpaste." Hmmm. Never really made that comparison.

Former Sheriff News

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• The Trophy Club overly-excited city council meeting (something to do with the mere suggestion of disbanding the police force) did not exactly look like the melting pot of society.
• That Badu chick that got naked at the site of the Kennedy assassination agreed to the maximum fine of $500 and six months probation on her Disorderly Conduct charge? Why in the world would you do that? Publicity opportunity fail.
• Edit: Link fixed. The crowd at the NY v. NY football game last night reminded me why I wouldn't want to live in NY.
• "2 boys found dead in car in SC river; mom charged." Anybody else having a Susan Smith flashback?
• Whatever happened to gypsies? 
• Heard on radio: Is the term "I'm going to start cracking the whip" (to motivate others) a reference to slavery? Is that also the origin of the term "Cracker?"
• Is there anyone who caters to the masses more than Texas Sen. John Cornyn?
• Got home from work and saw a broken beer bottle in the street in front of my home. Couldn't stand it: I swept it up while still in a long sleeved shirt and tie. 
• I here the example some times of a guy who went to bathroom in public and ended up having to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. I've never seen a case even remotely close to that factual scenario. 
• Denise Richards still has it. 
• Might be a little slow here today -- a DWI trial is calling. 
• Saw on the news that Pakistan is 20% under water due to flooding? Great. The most unstable place in the world becomes more unstable. Anybody watching the nukes?
• Edit @ 12:21 pm: Yep that trial is going to occupy my time today. 

Decatur Connection

Link.

(Thanks, Gina.)

I Can't Take It. Ugh.

Story.

Star-Telegram: Copy Editor Wanted

Within the story.:

"The Star-Telegram is not identifying the parents or the child to protect the identity of the boy, who is now 13."

That is, until you click on the photo next to the story and the mom's name is within the caption.

(Thanks, Kevin.)

Little Kid Denied

Listen, son, you've got to take control of the dance floor! Get back in there, toss that mean little girl to the side, and get those little feet a movin'.

Jesse In Bridgeport

If I heard it right, "Jesse in Bridgeport" owns a Bible that was autographed by Hitler.

At least that's what Greg "The Hammer" Williams just said on The Fan (as they discuss the value of odd items in "Greggo's Junk" segment.)

Jenny McCarthy Still Has It

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Heard this weekend: Pain and despair are completely different
• I'm on my own this week -- the Family Unit is at Walt Disney World. (Planned months ago.)
• And I had to take them to the airport at around 4:00 in the morning yesterday. I was kind of paranoid about the wrong way, late night driver you always hear about.
• Also heard this weekend: Life is a series of deaths and births. Whether it be relationships, experiences, jobs, or people.
• Fiona is following me on Twitter!
• Craig's List killer found dead. (I actually saw the "Craig" of Craig's List on TV the other day. He was older and frumpier than I thought he'd be.)
• In high school, we had 35 minutes for lunch and we didn't have a cafeteria on campus. How insane was that?
• The new ownership group of the Rangers actually has 18 investors, but we don't know their names. I want to know.
• You'd have to have been crazy to attend the Rangers game yesterday afternoon.
• I was in charge of four girls at a pool over the weekend. Survived a nosebleed and an emotional meltdown (one of the girls, not me.)
• Jerry Jones had surgery last month but won't tell us what kind it was.
• Shocking Dallas Cowboy tattoo seen yesterday at training camp.
• Israel is buying twenty F-35l fighter jets (I don't even know what that means) from us for $4 billion. But I do know that's why no Arab country messes with them. They always retaliate tenfold.

Fox 4's Lari Barager Got Married

(Stolen from facebook.)

Obama Backs Mosque Near Ground Zero

This is a mosque

After avoiding the controversy for weeks, President Obama endorsed the plan to build a mosque and Islamic center blocks away from New York's Ground Zero. "Ground Zero is, indeed, hallowed ground," Obama said at a White House dinner commemorating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. "But let me be clear: as a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws and ordinances."

For those that honor the Constitution's "Freedom of Religion" amendment, can you really disagree with that?

And I'll give him credit: The politically astute thing to do would be to please the masses and oppose it. Props to him.

What Could Possibly To Wrong?

"You're going the wrong way!"

"Yeah, you're not using the crosswalk!