Drug Signs Are Up In Newark

The Los Zeta Mexican Drug Cartel announced they would move all operations to New Fairview. Proclaimed, "We don't want no problems."

Edit: Oops. It's Rhome. Not Newark. The Zetas apologize for this error.

Aggies Taking Us Into The Weekend

Baylor v. Aggies, 11:00 a.m., FX Network.

I'm extremely worried the Bears will give up over 50.

Edit: I'm coming back to my Sports Genius status:

Edit: Weird --- Baylor coach won't let QB answer simple question about what Aggie Coach said to him after the game. 

I'm Guessing "Glee" Isn't Real Popular In Alice, Texas

Story.

Random Decatur Youtube Video

I was getting a little bored until* the 1:05 mark. I never get invited to anything.
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* Didn't mean to oversell that. Just meant that you could actually see some people (and a potential Hey, Now) around that time. Liberally Lean apologizes for this error.

While Fox News laughs off the "dirty hippies" of Occupy Wall Street, it doesn't hurt to stop down for a second and think about their cause.  Slowly, over time, wages have stagnated or fallen, jobs have become more scarce, student debt buries many of Americans, health care is ridiculously unaffordable, no one can obtain a mortgage, and the list goes on.  For those in their twenties and even in their thirties, they have every right to say, "This is not what you told me it would be like!"

Sean Hannity, who is in the middle of a 5 year/$100 million contract (ergo, the "1%"), preaches, "If you live in America and work hard, you will succeed."  The fact that people are now questioning that premise doesn't make them un-American, it may in fact make them very American. Or maybe the new American.

Are we lazy bums who simply spend beyond our means? Or has the playing field change over the years while we weren't looking. If you don't know someone who busts it everyday but is being buried financially, you don't know many people at all.

And the fear is that it will only get worse for our children.

More "We Are The 99%" photos here.

Edit: And just when I try to be serious, someone has to send me this:

Crazy Texas Legal Case Of The Day

An illegal alien is caught with drugs and is offered a plea bargain of 10 years probation in Smith County, Texas.  One of the conditions of probation was for her to obtain legal status within 12 months or else leave the country and reside  “in a location where you do have a legally authorized status.”   That's right, some judge said, in effect, "If you ain't legal in a year, get back to Mexico. In the meantime, enjoy American probation."

When the defendant failed to obtain the right to legally be here, the State filed a Motion to revoke her probation, the judge found that she had violated that probation, and he ordered her to prison for five years.

On Appeal: Not so fast, my friend.  The probation order is trumped by federal law, and federal law controls criminal sanctions for not being in the country legally.

Side note #1: The court's opinion casually pointed out that there was also a probation condition which required her to not break any law while on probation. However, the State did not allege that she violated that condition.

Side note #2:  "Her counsel stated at the revocation hearing that [the defendant] had four children who were United States citizens, two of whom have Down’s Syndrome."

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• Your Texas Rangers better get their act together. 
• Anyone else now share my opinion on how unlikable C.J. Wilson is? He called himself a pitching "novice" after his second straight playoff meltdown yesterday. And to think someone will give him at least $80 million in the next three months.
• And you feel good about rolling out Derek Holland for Game Six on Saturday? Sheesh. My big sports brain would start Alexi Ogando.
• WBAP morning newsman Brian Estridge said this morning that he had never heard the act of putting on makeup as "putting my face on." 
• Let me say this for the millionth time: No one is ever arrested on "suspicion" of a crime. (i.e. the Walmart heiress being arrested on "suspicion of DWI".)  A cop can initially detain, but not arrest, someone because of a "reasonable suspicion." Arrests must be based upon "probable cause." 
• Note to those who showed up at DFW Airport to meet the Ranger plane last night: Do you care that much about people who are actually a part of your life?
• I haven't heard of hardly any cases in Texas involving the so-called "Castle Doctrine" which went into effect in 2007.  That law eliminated the "duty to retreat" before using deadly force in one's home. Regardless of the law, Texas never, in practical application, had a "duty to retreat" rule. Killing someone who breaks into your home isn't exactly the kind of act which will get you indicted around here. 
• The dead guy in the bizarre Keller case was named "Gregory Williams" with a date of birth of 3/24/1971.  I haven't heard any background on him yet, though. 
• Tony Romo said yesterday "This team is going to win a Super Bowl at some point."  What the heck does that mean? "This team"?  
• Count the number of organizations trying to raise money this weekend in the Update.

Keller Shooting Death Gets Messier

Story.

And the house where it happened was a rental. Based upon the sign in the front yard, I found it here. Only goes for $3,390 a month.

This Is . . .

. . . someone's avatar on Twitter, and I laugh every time I see it.

And Another

I normally wouldn't post one from Maine, but those eyes just got to me. Man, I'd do whatever she said. Serious consequences would surely follow otherwise.

We did have a local one yesterday per the radio (out of Birdville or North Richland Hills) but they hadn't released a name yet. No name means no picture which means no blog post. Edit: Link.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• Walmart Heiress Arrested For DWI In Parker County.  Maybe I would consider taking a DWI case out of Wise County after all. (Thanks, Keith.)
• Baseball is entertaining in the post-season when every play matters. (See college football every Saturday.)
• For those that watched Nelson Cruz throw out Miguel Cabrera at the plate last night, I'd like to proclaim that I stood a better chance of getting to the plate than Cabrera did. That man is slow.
• It's three seconds long, but the awkward celebration/missed high five between Nolan Ryan's wife and GM Jon Daniels is pretty funny. 
• Another gruesome motorcycle death yesterday. You don't want to see "dragging" in any news story.
• Shocker: New NBC/Wall Street Journal poll just released puts Herman Cain in the lead for the Republican nomination. Who will they love next week? 
• I don't think I understand how tuberculosis works. (New cases reported in Denton.)
• I've been hearing that Blackberry service has been in and out over the last three days. Other than one 60+ businessman who thought he was showing off 10 years ago, I've never know anyone who has a Blackberry.
• My accountant yesterday on the phone as I prepared to file my taxes at the last minute (after an extension): "Let me see how much you'll owe . . . one second . . . it'll be . . . no, you overpaid." 
• Ticket fans only: Anyone else think The Hardline is becoming radio anthrax?
• You watch closely enough, and there's some uncomfortable flirting on Twitter. 
• I'm surprised the national media hasn't picked up the Rick Perry "Adios, mofo" line from a few years back.
• I'm watching the Denton County No Body Travesty Case on appeal. For now, they are just trying to get the court reporter to type of the transcript. (Technically called the "reporter's record" for all of you about to jump on me.)   No rush. We just have a man sitting in prison. 
• A murder in a home in Keller last night has all the markings of Darlie Routier (wife claims there was an intruder but cops say no) and Cullen Davis (she referred to the intruder as a "man in black").  I tried to look up the house on Google Street View but found out that it is in a high tone gated community. The metroplex news media will be all over this. 

Meet A Criminal Mastermind

More.

So let me get this straight. Unsolicited, he goes to an apartment complex, pretends to be a doctor, offers free breast exams, and two chicks actually bite on the ruse? Really? Not a single thing struck them as just a tad bit off? A little unusual? I would have been fired as the 911 operator because I would have thought I was being punk'd.

Sure, I can see this working when Obamacare goes into full effect and we all have a free doctor on call at all times, but in 2006? Come on, ladies.

That'll Clog A Freeway

This afternoon in Florida.

Hank Williams Jr. Sings His Response To Being Canned By ESPN

Story.

Those are his most moving lyrics since "If the South woulda won we'd a had it made."

For The Ranger Fans Who Forsake Good American Hard Work To Watch Afternoon Ranger Game

View of field in Detroit right now. And radar.

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• New Jersey governor Chris Christie endorsed Mitt Romney yesterday. Someone needs to tell Christie that rumors of his influence are greatly exaggerated. New Jersey endorsing Massachusetts doesn't mean that much to the rest of the country. 
• And what's up with this Republican divide? The Rush Limbaugh hardliners and the Tea Party don't think Romney is conservative enough but they can't find a candidate to compete with him. They fear the situation is going to become John McCain 2.0.
• Note to Family Pup in the middle of the night: It's lightening. It's thunder. You've seen it before. It is not going to come through the door and attack you.
• Two weeks ago, everyone thought the Rangers had the strongest pitching staff in the American League. Now you fear a train wreck no matter who they roll out there.
• The guy that got "hit" by Josh Hamilton's bat last night (photo 26) acted like someone had just blown off the back of his head with a shotgun. Man up. Edit: Video. Edit #2: Funny!
• Motorcycle death of Trophy Club elementary school teacher yesterday. 
• The object of my youthful crush, Deborah Foreman, is 49 today.
• I don't think I've ever had a flu shot. 
• One time Sarah Palin replacement Michelle Bachmann is crazy. Not only did she say she had spent "most of her life in the private sector" at the debate last night (huge lie), she also said of Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan: "[W]hen you take the 9-9-9 plan and turn it upside down, I think the devil's in the details." Really? 
• Everyone is counting Rick Perry out but it's still early. If he'll just plug along, he still has a chance. Front runners in October aren't normally front runners in March. It sounds crazy now but politics are crazy.
• My skeptical meter went off yesterday when I heard the news that Iran was behind a plan to assassinate the Saudi ambassador on U.S. soil by recruiting a Mexican drug cartel.  I smell the Politics of Fear. 
• My Softball Team lost 10-6 to basically a team of Select players last night. That score is very, very deceiving. Their starting pitcher, who they pulled after they quickly went up 10-1, struck out 7 of our first 9 batters. 
• And she had this weird slap-her-thigh on the wind up and slap-her-thigh on the release. It was hypnotic. 

Messenger Above The Fold

Boyd Man Who Fell Off Cowboys Billboard: Update

He fell of a billboard and certain members of his family have now filed suit. The Dallas Observer says that one of the Plaintiffs is his "widow" who lived in Denton. I note that the deceased's obituary referred to her as a "special friend."