You Mean The Fake One Going Around Yesterday?

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• A Steelers running back thinks 9/11 was an inside job. (Yet another reason NFL players should stay off Twitter.) 
• I saw the Wise County alleged-murder-for-hire lady in court yesterday. She's still in jail.
• Pope John Paul II being beatified over the weekend had a hard time hitting my radar screen.
• The Family Cat is weirder than ever after her surgery. The dang thing runs around the house at a hundred miles an hour.
• These cases are all over the map: Plea bargain in Tarrant County for DWI Manslaughter results in a probation requiring the defendant to wear a bracelet with the victim's name on it; reimburse her mother $22,271.46 in funeral expenses; and spend Christmas, Thanksgiving, the Fourth of July, and the dates of the victim's birth and death in the Tarrant County Jail. 
• The second that I heard of an unplanned presidential address on Sunday night (I was fortunate enough to be watching CNN when the first mention of it occurred), I knew it was going to be big. I couldn't remember the last time a president made a national address with one hour's notice. 
• I said it yesterday, but there will be an Osama Is Not Dead Conspiracy and it will be huge.
• And that's why they've got to release the photo of his corpse. (But there's some speculation that there wasn't much left to look at -- that the one shot to the head report is a gross understatement.)
• ABC News said this morning that the latest information is that the White House is "seriously" considering releasing one photo today. 
• I hope whoever/whomever fired the fatal Bin Laden shot(s) never is identified. That would be much cooler than being on Oprah and writing books. Not as lucrative, but definitely cooler.
• When the helicopter malfunctioned at the Bin Laden compound, you know all of those monitoring the situation thought of the failed attempt to rescue the Iranian Hostages in 1980 which turned into a disaster due to, yep, helicopter problems.
• If there were any potential Republican presidential candidates who were deciding whether to run, they might have serious reservations now. 
• WBAP's Hal Jay this morning: "Do those Navy Seals ever think of [themselves] being killed?"
•  The Evil Empire's baseball coach cusses out his players a lot. (Serious language warning.)  That doesn't make him look like a scholar or a gentleman. 
• The Zombie Walk last weekend in Irving was a little weird.
• Mavs beat the Lakers last night? (Sounds like a wild game, but you might want to tap those brakes.)
• A brand new teenager's birthday party and Mother's Day in the same weekend for me.

At A High Tone Downtown Hotel

Story

And I guess I've got an answer to my last question from this Random Thought last month. His friends allegedly found him the next morning.

Watching It Unfold - Maybe

There were some rumors that Obama watched the whole Bin Laden mission via a camera feed mounted on either the helicopter or a Navy Seal. I'm not sure that's true. (Edit: CNN says "kind of" with lots of qualifiers.)

This official White House photo release refers to this group "receiving an update." Still, it's pretty dramatic.

Edit: Man, so many people are saying "they watched a live feed of every second of it". That misinformation will go down in history as fact.

Osama's Compound

Rumors of it being a "mansion" were greatly exaggerated.

Source.

We Have A Winner

It'll Drive You Crazy But Still Pretty Funny

And another funny Fox affiliate flub (note the location):

Edit: A fellow blogger points out that a very recent Tom Clancy book (I've seen the movies but the books are longer than War and Peace), had a plot very similar to the capture of Bin Laden. But in the book, the Evil Doer was in Las Vegas. Coincidence?

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• So what exactly do with do with Bin Laden's body? What's that? He's already been buried at sea? Let the conspiracy theories begin.
• The killing couldn't have been more dramatic. And it kind of fits Bin Laden who has been a ghost like figure over the past decade. He leaves us as he lived: In a cloud of secrecy. 
• After about two or three years removed from 9/11, I never thought we would get him.
• Anyone else feel a little weird about the people shouting and celebrating in front of the White House and on college campuses? It just seems very middle eastern-like 
• I know a lot of you scoff at Twitter, but it is the source for breaking news. The first word of Bin Laden's death came from Keith Urbahn, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's chief of staff. From there, the national press picked it up.
• Ann Curry "broke" the news at around 3:00 a.m. (I bet she was asleep and didn't realize it until she woke up for work.)
• Then there were some funny tweets: "Donald Trump demands to see Bin Laden's birth certificate." "Waldo 1, Bin Laden 0",  and one from the fake Jesus: "You're at the wrong gate, Osama."
• Fox affiliate typo last night.
• Edit: And one I heard but haven't tracked down: "It's amazing what America can accomplish when the Playstation Network is down."
• One guy in Pakistan tweeted what he was hearing when the raid was going down obviously not knowing its significance.
• Pakistan is odd partner in this War on Terror. They won't allow American troops on their soil, but we go in anyway with special forces.Odds are, we didn't tell them ahead of time because they cannot be trusted. (Although there are conflicting reports on this.) 
• Bin Laden lived in a million dollar "mansion"/fortress which is right by Pakistan's version of West Point. Hmmmm.
• Edit: And everyone knows you don't want to have the biggest house in neighborhood. That was his mistake.
• As many have pointed out, yesterday was the eighth year anniversary of Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech.
• President Obama is getting some criticism in using the "I" work a little too much in last night's announcement (i.e. "Today, at my direction . . . .) Hey, everyone remember how President Clinton was criticised for "letting him go" and "he had him"? 
• The U.S. was offering up to "$25 million for information leading directly to the apprehension or conviction of Usama Bin Laden." Assuming someone helped, does "killed" equal "apprehension"?

Hello Re-Election 2012

KILLED TODAY IN PAKISTAN 
SCOREBOARD!
President Obama: "I can report to the American people and to the world, that the U.S. has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden”

Not Sure About Details Just Yet

Lightning struck a disposal well and tanker in Wise Co, according to Fox 4


(Credit Bud Kennedy of Facebook)

Former Bridgeport High Player Drafted

Second time ever? (Kyle Clifton only other one that comes to mind. 3rd Round in 1984.)

Idiocracy Truck At Home Depot

Hide Yo Wives!

What's this bus doing in Decatur?

Getting All Classy Up In Here: Royal Wedding Pick Me Up

From People Magazine's "Best Hats of the Royal Wedding."

Noooooooooooooo!!!!

Ann Curry? My long time nemesis?

The Queen Of Fake Concern Face is getting a promotion. #ICantGoOn

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Turned on the TV at 5:05 a.m this morning. - just as Kate Middleton was walking down the aisle. Man, I had forgotten what a production a Royal Wedding is. (And I didn't know her sister, Pippa, was a "Hey, now.")
• I then went into Channel Search Mode and found that the wedding was on Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC. CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business (with comedy commentary), CNN Headline News, TLC, E!, KERA, and some Spanish Channels.And I bet I missed some. 
• I have a dumb question: Can you walk through Westminister Abbey as a tourist? (Yeah, I know Google has the answer.)
• The first kiss on the balcony - A tradition you can forget about after thirty years between royal weddings. Wow, thirty years.
• Mrs. LL mowed the grass yesterday -- she likes to. Really.
• As the first round of the NFL draft wound down last night, Mrs. LL walked by and asked "So who all got drafted?" I might have given her a "Say, what?" look.  
• I should have at least said two guys from Baylor and none from UT, but even I realize that's a meaningless victory. 
• One NFL draft name game and then I'll move on: There's a player named Prince Amukamara who has five sisters named Princess, Promise, Peace, Precious, and Passionate.
• The number of hits on Liberally Lean were the same yesterday as always, but it might be a record for fewest comments. What gives?
• Did you see that Pete Delkus was sent to Tuscaloosa? Does WFAA have an accounting entry for "Unnecessary Expenses"? 
• With little fan fare, the Texas house passed new redistricting legislation yesterday that keeps Wise County and Phil King together. We just don't know how to quit him. 
• The average national gas price record is $4.11. We are headed in that direction.
• The guy who stole scrap metal from a building after the Great Paradise, Texas Fire of 2008 (and received 10 years in prison for it from a jury) had his conviction affirmed on appeal yesterday.
• As was a Wise County felony DWI case where the guy received six years in prison from a jury.
• And in a case out of Tarrant County, a DWI conviction was actually reversed when the trial court failed to advise the jury about the law of an "involuntary act" when there was some evidence that revealed the Defendant took an Ambien by mistake.
• Most people don't know you can be guilty of DWI if your messed up on drugs you have a prescription for. But that makes sense: Alcohol is legal, too. 
• Dawned on me that there were very few, if any, fundraisers for those that lost their lake homes around Possum Kingdom Lake because of the fires. Do you think there was the attitude of, "Well, if they can afford a lake home . . . . "
• Rick Perry bashed the Obama Administration yesterday for "taking care" of Alabama but not Texas. Uh, there might be a slight difference.  Does he not have a TV in his public funded $10,000 a month rent house? 

In Honor Of Charlie Sheen's Appearance In Dallas

The Ex-Wife Still Has It Going On

Mayor Gives An Exiting* "State Of The City" Column

And maybe I'm reading too much into his column, but this sounds like a full blown crisis. No cash reserve, not running a balanced budget since 2005, an electrical department that needs upgrades and is "hemorrhaging cash" , and the list goes on.
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*Oops. Make that an "End Of The First Year" Column.  My Bad.