Liberally Lean From The Land Of Dairy Queen

10.27.2011

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

Finally an answer on the resignation of the former Decatur principal from Arlington ISD.
That Super Committee that is in charge of budget cuts (or automatic cuts take effect) proposed yesterday replacing the dollar bill with coins to aid in the process of saving money. Now, they just have to worry about the other 99.9999% of the cuts.
An Alabama high school apparently hasn't received the memo that you can't have school sponsored prayers at high school football games. And Fox News thinks this is big news and sneaks "Jesus" into the headline for ultimate impact.
Rick Perry struggles on the campaign trail? Has anyone ever seen when a local TV station tries to interview him as he goes to or from an event? I've seen KXAS footage and Fox 4 footage before, and you would think it was like an assassination attempt based upon the way his handlers scurried him away.
And now he says he is against the confederate flag on Texas license place. What's he trying to do? Alienate his base?
One of my neighbors has a confederate flag hanging in his garage. I'm sure he's trying to send a "state's right" message.
Watching Jeopardy yesterday, I couldn't remember the other name for "adverse witness." It was "hostile". And in twenty-five years of practice, I've never heard the word "hostile witness" formally uttered in court.
Of all the money that is donated due to the pink Breast Cancer Awareness month, I wonder what safeguards are in place to get it into the proper hands. Across the country, that is a ton of cash going through a lot of other hands first.
From the description, that wreck on 1810 yesterday was grizzly.
Should I legally bet on the Cardinals tonight and post a pic of the ticket before the game?
I can't tell you the number of times I yelled "Focus!!" during the softball season.

10.26.2011

I'm Pretty Sure World Series Game Six Has Been Postponed

You Know That Little Airstrip (Hicks) Off The Saginaw Highway Into Northside?

A plane didn't fair too well by it this morning.

Edit: All of the reports were that emergency personnel were dispatched to Peden Road (which is by the airfield) this morning. Later in the day, the following was posted on the Medical Examiner's site:

However, I think the two are completely unrelated. That address goes to the Peden Road area a couple of miles away down by Eagle Mountain Lake. Still, that's an odd coincidence.

I Want You To Know . . .

. . . I'll never track you down, call you at work, record it, and then post it.

I'm not that interested. And I have a sense of humor.

Wow. (Language warning in the post.)

Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

Tony La Russa's daughter kind of called Ron Washington a crackhead. (But did not reference "gettin' holt of the wrong stuff").
His other daughter is a Hey, Now.
A cold front is moving through St. Louis today with a 60% chance of rain for tonight. With tomorrow looking like nice weather, it wouldn't bother me if they moved Game Six to Thursday.
Almost killed the Family Cat who decided to spend the night on a windowsill yelling at something outside. She got to take an all expense paid midnight vacation to the garage.
The Feds are after a Texas DA but they might find it tough going. The practice of a defendant agreeing to sign over seized cash in a drug case in exchange for a better plea bargain gives rise to a potential conflicts of interest, but I don't think its illegal.
Take this example. A defendant is arrested with 10 grams of dope and has $10,000 cash on him. The DA offers 2 years in prison as a plea bargain. Would it be unethical to offer an alternative of 10 years probation instead of pen time if the defendant agreed to forfeit that money to the State? (The arresting agency normally gets 70% and the prosecutor's office gets 30%. It can't do to the prosecutor's salary, however.)
The first time I was confronted with the issue as DA in the 1990s was when a deal was proposed by a defense lawyer who had been an infamous Dallas prosecutor during the Henry Wade administration. I ask him if he was actually proposing a better plea bargain in exchange for signing a judgment forfeiting his client's seized cash. His reply, without hesitation, "That's exactly what I'm proposing."
According to the Update, sounds like we've got a death on 1810 due to a one car wreck this morning.
I'm a middle aged guy and I've been battling a pimple all week.
President Obama was on Leno last night and told a story about eating chicken wings in the presidential limo. I sometimes wonder if he is simply baiting the Bubbas of the world.
West Virginia is joining the Big 12 -- as in the "The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia". (The only documentary to show a grandmother snorting cocaine while in a hospital room.)
There's a lot of student debt out there. And the government has shocking ways of getting paid back when compared to private lenders.
The official Amy Winehouse autopsy reveals she died of alcohol and not drugs. And she comes in at a shocking .416 alcohol level. I had always heard cracking .40 would kill you.
But the most interesting part is the official cause of death is listed as "Misadventure." In general, I suppose that's not a bad way to go.
Lindsay Lohan is getting neekid for Playboy. Her better days pictured here and here.
People in Denton didn't want to pay to see the untalented half of Hall & Oates.

I Knew "Occupy Oakland" Had The Potential For Problems

But does it have to look like 1960s Kent State?

Story.

Messenger Above The Fold

10.25.2011

Justin Beiber and His Girlfriend Adopt A Dog Named "Baylor"

Let's shut down the Internet. Our work is done.

(Source. Really? You gonna click on that source?)

Sporting Goods Store Getting Cocky

Empire Vandalized

Story.

Derek Holland Comedy Routine From Last Night

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Derek Holland doing impressions during a World Series game proves to me he is a knucklehead. There's a time and place. That was neither.
C.J. Wilson wasn't good and wasn't bad. But he was in charge of perhaps the most important pitch in Ranger's history when he had the bases loaded and a full count late in the game. He got out of it.
I won't be there tomorrow, but on Thursday I should be in a location that will allow legal sports betting. Considering the Liberally Lean Sports Predicting Curse, would it make you nervous if I bet on the Rangers in Game Seven and then posted a picture of the betting slip?
Let's get La Russa's reaction if I were to consider placing a bet on the Cardinals
Mrs. LL and I were going somewhere casual this weekend and I put on a button up shirt, khaki shorts, and tennis shoes. Then I got to hear, "Who am I going out with? Larry David?"
The Ticket has been merciless in replaying Fox 4's pre and post game coverage of the World Series. But it is blooper gold.
Modern Family gal twitpics herself in a bikini (which has been floating around since last Friday.) Hey, now.
The property in Arlington once home to Fantasy Ranch is being foreclosed upon.
WBAP's Hal Jay this morning on the "occupy" movement: "Just go get a job. Get a job." I don't mind the opinion. I mind him expressing an opinion when there is absolutely no chance that he has spent one second trying understand the movement.
I've got a feeling some baseball organizations are tired of doing the "God Bless America" performance during the seventh inning stretch but there's no way they are going to be the first ones not to do it.
I went to a wedding this year of a gal who had only seen me twice at Halloween parties. She told me she didn't recognize me without mascara on.
For those who thought my "Rick Perry Is A Birther?" post was a non-issue, you might want to turn on the news. It is everywhere.
Did you catch that a Mineral Wells teacher has resigned after being placed on leave for handing out a "Are Roman Catholics Christian" pamphlet? That would be a better story if she were suspended for handing out, "Are Muslims Going To Heaven?" pamphlets.
For you old-timers who never thought you'd see the Rangers come within one game of winning the World Series, take a look at the old scoreboard in the long gone Arlington Stadium.
What does this mean from the Update regarding road improvements on FM 51 in Decatur?: "And the center turn lane will be restricted in front of Cici’s and Wendy’s, allowing only right turns onto 51 while adding a third lane northbound lane of 51 through the 287 service road interchange."