Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

6.17.2011

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

Edit: Repeat picture? No way.
If aliens had landed this week, a huge question mark would form over their heads when they saw the the riots in Vancouver and the parade in Dallas. "Explain to us again what you are so emotional about?"
It's amazing there were only three arrests in Dallas.
"There sure aren't any lawns in Dallas being mowed right now." - The Ticket's Gordon Keith's (fake) claim of what Fox 4's Mike Doocy said off the air during the parade.
The picture of the couple "making out" (if that's what you kids are calling it these days) during the Vancouver riot sure is getting a lot of play. (And then some claim to have evidence that it was staged while others say it is real but not what it appears to be.)
Haven't watched a lot of the Casey Anthony trial, but I have seen enough to know the defense lawyer might have thought about the word "strategy" at some point.
Is Charlie Sheen still alive?
Diamondback fan pries a baseball away from mildly hot woman. (I think she gets it back when he drops it.)
Obscure sports broadcasting name that I haven't heard about in a long time: Van Earl Wright.
"It's Friday. Friday. Gotta Get Down on Friday," has been pulled off youtube. That song is a big player in my house.
ESPN has begun promoting the debut of its Longhorn Network. ESPN has an inherent conflict of interest here, don't they? They are paying UT a fortune to produce the network, so they want UT to succeed so they can sell advertising. But if there happens to be a scandal break out at the Empire, it would be in ESPN's best interest to not report it.
Gov. Perry has 1,170 bills on his desk that he must sign or veto before a Sunday deadline. (And he'll be going to New Orleans on Saturday to give a speech.) I'm sure he'll give careful deliberation to each one. Edit: I'll be. A bill will become law in Texas unless the governor vetoes it. I had no idea.
A panel on the Fifth Circuit ruled this week that illegal immigrants do not have a Second Amendment right because that particular amendment gives the right to bear arms only to "the people." Where else does the phrase "the people" appear? In the Fourth Amendment which protects against illegal searches and seizures. Chances Wise County supports the decision: More than 98%.
Aurora is having a fundraiser this weekend for its ballpark with an appearance by a special guest: Ned The Alien from the 1897 spaceship crash. Now this, I like. Who has a picture? And kudos for generically naming him "Ned".

6.16.2011

This Isn't Your Same Old Miss USA

Gone

He gets heckled pretty good and most reports are that the most vocal heckler was a Howard Stern minion. (As much as I like the irreverent, I've always thought Stern had a big bag of nothing.)

Stay Classy, Vancouver

And let me get that guy off the port-o-potty for you:

Final Parade Shots

I think I'll just take in the TV coverage later.

And a tweet from Sybil of 105.3 The Fan:

Uncomfortable Photo From The Parade?

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

The crowd for the Mavericks parade sounds like it will be insane. By 7:00 a.m., the crowd was jockeying for the best spots. And by 8:00 a.m., Victory Plaza had been shut down due to reaching a capacity of 3,000 or more.
Random pic from a DART train this morning headed downtown. And the crowd outside the convention center (starting point) before 8:00 a.m. And a sneak peak of one of the (high school like) floats.
Anybody at that parade have a job?
The parade goes right by the old School Book Depository. I suppose it would be in bad taste to have the Mav's mascot "Champ" waiving from the Sixth Floor.
I don't know if I've ever cared about any team long enough to stand around four hours to see them pass by.
Electricity problems plagued Decatur yesterday. And some folks were reporting their electricity going off again this morning.
I bet if the Lake Bridgeport Sunken Safe had been hidden on a 100 acre ranch instead, there would have been less effort expended to find it. But diving is fun.
I'm hearing lots of radio personalities pimping themselves out for some weight loss program called Medifast. Sad to hear the Ticket's George Dunham do the same claiming that he had lost 10 pounds in one week. What was the weight loss promotional product scandal in the 1990s? Vigerfit?
Sean Hannity thought his audience would enjoy him interviewing Larry The Cable Guy last night. Sadly, he's probably right.
Looked up and saw Mrs. LL filling up at the gas station at the same time as me yesterday evening. Is it wrong to immediately think about how much money we were spending on gas at that moment after initially being glad to see her?
The Maverick who was arrested for PI was interviewed by Fox 4's Shaun Rabb. The best part was Rabb going so street on us.
Rep. Weiner college pics take the scandal to a whole new level. Edit: And we're getting the first reports that he has decided to resign.
The Soon To Be Third Grader In The House has picked up the phrase, "This will not end well."

Nope. It was crazy rioting in Vancouver after losing the Stanley Cup Finals last night. More. (And it's some serious rioting which apparently got lots of TV coverage last night after 10:00 p.m.)

How can this be? Hockey was still going on?

Edit: Yahoo has posted some pics on one page and they are pretty amazing.

6.15.2011

The Great Lake Bridgeport Search Of 2011 Is Over

Behold!!!!!

High School Kid On The Cover Of "Texas Football" (Just Announced)

The kid out of Aledo is great but has questionable judgment in that he has already announced he will play for the Evil Empire. (He rushed for 3,221 yards and a state record 59 touchdowns as a Junior last year.)

And is it just me, or does that cover look like a horrible photoshopped job?

DeShawn Stevenson Was Intoxicating In The Finals

So much so that he got arrested for Public Intoxication in Irving last night.

Wednesday Morning Pick Me Up

"We're talking 'bout the U"

Countdown: 78 days until the first college football game.

Countdown #2: It's a little over two weeks until the NBA collective bargaining agreement ends which means no more pro basketball until a new one is signed.

Whoopi's Rant About Fox Business News

The Right better get Elisabeth Hasselbeck under control. She's just going to sit there and take that?

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

That was a bizarre storm in Decatur last night with quite a few downed branches around town. And a lot of people are still without electricity. (Well, at least one of our staff members is without electricity so I consider that to be an adequate sample of the population.)
Mark Cuban at a urinal holding the trophy. What?
Journalism? WBAP does a quick story on the value of Mavericks memorabilia so they get a sound bite from an owner of a Dallas memorabilia store. Hmmmm. I wonder what he will possibly say?
My wheels were completely off this weekend. It doesn't happen very often, and I hate it when it happens.
Decatur's quarterback has a recruitment video.
A guy in Fort Worth allegedly got drunk at a topless club and then killed four teenagers in a wreck way back in 2005. So the bar gets sued and finally gets to trial last week. Responsibility? 35% bar/65% driver. Really?
Lawyers quote that jumped out at me: "These guys are so cheap and so greedy, they don't even buy insurance to protect the public." Translated: "I may never collect on this verdict."
Quote #2: "[My clients are happy] the jury said, 'Alcohol dealers -- drug dealers -- you're partly responsible for this.'" Drug dealers?
The WBAP traffic gal actually said this morning, "A family truckster is broken down on . . . . " I wonder if that was mine that I sold?
A lot of people on criminal court dockets seem to have unexpected car trouble on the morning they are supposed to appear.
Hey, I'm happy to see Michelle Bachmann enter the GOP presidential race. I need material.
Pretty funny picture of the guns being recovered by the diver at Lake Bridgeport yesterday.
There's still a safe out in the lake they found which is 50 yards off shore and 20 feet deep. Highway 380 will probably be shut down for a bit today so they can fish it out.
DPS has been awfully quiet since its "shootout with the cartel" last week. Turns out the whole thing was over marijuana that some guys were trying to get to the Mexican side of the Rio Grande by a raft. Edit: To the commentor who question me about the marijuana going into Mexico, use something called "Google".
I kept seeing the reference to an Australian reporter telling a joke to the Dalai Lama so I finally watched it. It was pretty funny (the interviewer reminds me of Andy Bernard from The Office.)
Edit: Most offensive political ad in the history of ever.