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Police Agency Poll Number Two

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Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

Got to keep up my jog routine.

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Random Monday Morning Thoughts

What? No bullet points? Yep, kids. It's the dreaded Vacation Week for Liberally Lean which means things will be different.  Like last year, I've programmed some "Polls" to show up from time to time to at least keep the blog on life support while I'm gone. Warning: They are provided by some site that does it on the cheap -- as in "free". But they should work.

And archived Random Thought girls will appear as well.

I know I forgot to shut the comments off on almost all of these posts which I meant to because I probably won't be checking them. So if your comment doesn't show up, that's why.

In the meantime, secret video of me on Vacation Day One:

Bizarre Rain Storm In Decatur Taking You Into The Weekend

I Wonder If This Is Authentic?

ABC News Wrongly Suggested That Shooter In Colorado Was A Member Of The Tea Party

That's just dumb. Everyone knows that every Tea Party member is in bed by 10:00 p.m.

First Photo Of Colorado Shooter Per TMZ

Edit: From NBC News . . .

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• While you were sleeping: twelve dead after 24 year old James Holmes opens fire at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie in Aurora, Colorado.
• Aurora is 22 miles from Columbine.
• Here is a Facebook page of a "James Holmes" who resides in Aurora, Colorado.  He's not the shooter, but his day just changed in a dramatic way.
• This is a confirmed victim who was from Texas.  Edit: Wow. She had previously written of narrowly missing a shooting in a food court.
• Fox 4 had a story last night of a guy who allegedly "sexually assaulted" one or more women who came to visit him after he placed  a Craig's List ad for a roommate. Once there, the guy "made it clear" that  what he really wanted in exchange for sharing the apartment was an agreement for sex.  But this sentence from the McKinney police spokesperson sure did stick out: "Some may not have felt the freedom to get up an leave." There's something weird about that. 
• Saw where two juveniles were "arrested" in Hood County for creating a fake Facebook page of another girl. Yep, it is a crime in some situations in Texas. 
• Debbie Denmon is gone from Channel 8. Last year she sued the station claiming she wasn't promoted because of fat discrimination. So now we see what happens when her contract expired -- there wasn't a new one. 
• On a sadder note, Tammy Dombeck is out at Channel 5. Hot pic from back in the day. 
• I bought an automatic water timer and sat down to figure it out with instructions in hand. The project failed with step one: "Insert batteries as indicated." Turned out a plastic removable part that held the batteries was missing, but it wasn't readily apparent that it was gone. I spent 30 minutes looking at the thing and taking it apart by removing the screws. Defeating.
• Chik-fil-A's anti-gay marriage stance probably has more to do with making a buck than moral positioning. There is only one store in New York. There are about 275 in Texas. Think they considered that before they threw down that hot social issue opinion?
• Caught my attention from today's Update: Decatur High School sold "personal seat licenses" for the right to buy season football tickets? That's no big deal. The fact they cost only $18 for two years did.
• Really caught my attention: They county just bought over a half million dollars in vehicles. The nicest vehicles in the county will be driven by county workers. 
• Eleven animated GIFs of the hot female hurdler from yesterday.Hey, now. 
• The name of the Mormon book I'm reading (and almost finished with) is Under The Banner Of Heaven by Jon Krakauer. Two thumbs up.

Ouch

I was familiar with the story of Decatur football coach Kyle Story's son who suffered a serious leg injury last fall. I mean, so serious he almost lost his leg. The above photo ran in the Messenger last week along with an updated story  (behind paywall) on how the kid is doing.  But moments ago photographer Joe Duty released the photo of the actual tackle that caused the kid's leg to bend in a manner it is not supposed to. Oh, my!

(Do me a favor and keep the comments civil. There's a legitimate discussion to be had about the risks of football in general, but we don't need to call people out or be personal. Decatur ISD is always a hot button.)

Reader Submitted: "Spotted In Runaway Bay"

And that nutcase Sheriff is back in the news again:

And Another - Colorado

We're taking a step backwards with this one in the looks department, but throw in the seediness of the age difference and the birth of a baby, and 2012 continues its journey to a Gold Medal.

Australian Hurdler Pick Me Up

Edit: Bagofnothing referenced this first but I didn't steal it from him. I did steal the idea, just not from him. Now back to hurdling.

Random Thursday Morning Thoughts

• RGIII's contract is for $21 million over four years -- all guaranteed. Before the owners took the players to the cleaners in the last collective bargaining agreement, the #2 pick in the 2010 draft got a contract of five-years, $68 million contract with $40 million guaranteed.
• I heard a campaign ad on radio for Steve Winn (?) who must be in a runoff for something in Texas in a couple of weeks. The only reason I mention it was because it referred to him as "an award winning optometrist."  Award winning? That's a little broad.  Edit: That's Steve Nguyen candidate for Texas House District 115.
• Demographic watch continued: Fox and Friends will have . . . wait for it . . . KC and the Sunshine Band perform on Friday.  
• The kid who walked to DC carrying a cross had to average 36 miles a day to get there when he did. No way he walked it all. (On some parts of the trip he had to walk in the grass when there wasn't a shoulder and it was slow going based upon news clips.)
• Dueling interviews last night: George Zimmerman was on Hannity while Justice Scalia was on Piers Morgan. I chose to record Scalia.
• You "misdemeanors can legally go to the grand jury" guys are technically correct.  And a defendant can legally get cake and ice cream when he is booked in. It just doesn't happen.
• Weirdest thing this morning. I always use my phone as an alarm clock and accidentally set it for one hour later than my normal wake up time. I got up, ate breakfast, turned on TV, looked at the Internet, and didn't realize I was an hour behind until 40 minutes later.  And it was the sun that tipped me off. I'm losing it. 
• Nominated for the Emmy in Best Drama Series this morning: "Boardwalk Empire," "Mad Men," "Breaking Bad," "Downtown Abbey," "Game of Thrones," and "Homeland". Not one of them is on network TV.
• The head of the Mormon Church is always referred to as "Prophet, Seer, and Revelator."
• Two bizarre motorcycle accidents yesterday in Wise County: One involving a goat and one involving a maybe/maybe not hit and run driver. But the quote of the day in the Update has to be this one: "State Trooper Zeb Siebeneck said the goat had the right of way." Not saying he's wrong - just saying that's a funny way to put it. 

You Don't See That Very Often In Wise County (Or Anywhere)

I grab the pic from the Messenger so go here to find the back story so they won't get mad.

Oh, and I hope that goat wasn't one of these . . .