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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Fox News is all over the "news" of reporter Steven Crowder being hit by "union thugs" yesterday in Michigan. Hey, I'm against violence but Crowder went in there looking for a confrontation (and that may be the most edited video in the history of ever.)
• The Ticket's Gordon Keith made a good point today: How is it that Jane McGarry is fired by KXAS for DWI but Josh Brent is embraced by his employer for Intoxication Manslaughter?
• Hey, it's 12/12/12.  (Which makes me realize it's less than two weeks to Christmas.)
• Former Cowboy Eugene Lockhart will be sentenced today for mortgage fraud. Not a good week for the Cowboy brand.
• Idiocracy: Heard a mortgage company ad the other day offering a customized mortgage that they referred to as a "your-gage".
• Watched an old Seinfeld last night. That series for the last two seasons was horrible. (It was the episode where Elaine was mistaken for a "Susie" at her work. It's almost impossible to describe it was so bad.)
• John Wiley Price, in reference to a point made by Maureen Dickey during commissioners' court, said yesterday, "Honey Boo Boo has spoken." Oh, man. 
• I'm pretty sure Mrs. LL slept walked for about three minutes last night. I was scared to disturb her it was so weird. After three minutes, she got back in bed without saying a word. I asked her about this morning and she had no memory of it.
• Jenna Bush is pregnant. It's the equivalent of a U.S.'s Kate Middleton pregnancy only completely different.
• There was a lawsuit filed that claims Storage Wars is fake/set up.  I'd be stunned if someone thought it wasn't.
• The winner of the Dallas Marathon was a big Russian guy who had the worst teeth ever and sounded like Borat. 
• Anti-big government Rick Perry endorsed legislation yesterday to allow government to restrict abortions. 
• I think the Update is wrong about the criminal trial going on. If the guy is convicted of the original charge, he faces a minimum of 25 years. 

Morning Pick Me Up: Heisman Edition

Tennis Player In Hot Water For Mocking Williams Sister?

Dailymail – Caroline Wozniacki has been accused of doing a ‘racist’ impersonation of fellow tennis player Serena Williams after stuffing her bra and shorts. At a recent exhibition against Maria Sharapova in Brazil, the former world No. 1 stuffed courtside towels down her kit to replicate the body of the curvaceous Grand Slam champion. But now the 22-year-old Dane, whose boyfriend golfer Rory McIlroy was in the crowd, has now been accused of racism by some observers. On feministing.com, an article read: ‘Given the history and current-day context of racialized standards of beauty, and the hypersexualization of people of color, when a white woman makes fun of a black women’s body, especially in a way that hypersexualizes her and draws on the stereotype of black women’s big butts, it’s racist.’ The joke was not lost on her friend Williams, also in Brazil to promote the 2016 Games, who tweeted: ‘Do they make Brazilian bikinis for, um, well, me?’.Wozniacki mentioned during a press conference after the game that she was performing an impression of her friend and fellow tennis player Serena Williams.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• The reaction to this Cowboy tragedy is really surprising to me. Jason Garrett fully supported Josh Brent yesterday at the press conferences and said he is fully welcome at the Cowboys' facility.
• What happened to the lock-em-up-and-throw-away-the-key mentality?
• And the boys on The Ticket were speculating that the Cowboys would pay for Brent's criminal defense. Two words: No. Way. 
• The victim's family said yesterday that they didn't want Josh Brent to go to prison. Note that they don't make the call, the DA's office decides whether to push for that. But it is always interesting when a victim's family and the DA's office get cross-ways.
• But what in the world was the victim's mom and grandmother doing on Piers Morgan last night? That wreck was barely 48 hours old and they are flying to New York to be on TV. Sheesh. 
• Jerry Jones said on The Fan this morning that Josh Brent will ride to and sit with the victim's family at the memorial service today.
• The range of punishment is 2 to 20 years in prison, but a judge or jury could suspend any sentence and place Brent on probation. (Yeah, I know the "deadly weapon" aspect tricks it up.)
• The charge is "Intoxication Manslaughter." Not "voluntary manslaughter" or "involuntary manslaughter". 
• The fact that Brent had a prior DWI out of Illinois does not change the range of punishment.
• There was a lady who came forward yesterday to say Brent wasn't trying to get the victim out of the car after the crash and she, in essence, had to "coerce" him to help.  I was skeptical when I read her account. When I heard the audio of her describing it, she sounded credible.
• But a drunk and stunned Brent may not have been the clearest thinker after the wreck. 
• There were 12 Dallas Cowboys at the club along with Josh Brent?
• Some are saying that the Cowboys victory at Cincinnati on Sunday may be one of the team's greatest victories of all time because of the tragedy. I don't get that at all. 
• Mark Cuban hosted TMZ the other day in place of Harvey Levin. That sleazy and cheesy role is perfect for him. 
• Last night I coaxed those in the house to watch an episode of The Three Stooges. Everyone was laughing except Mrs. LL who had a "McKayla Maroney is not impressed" look on her face. 
• How are they not tracking the bomb threat calls to Decatur High School? These kids using a burner phone ala The Wire? Edit: According to the Update, the threat wasn't made via phone and three teenage girls have been "arrested."
• I went 12-2 in the Wise County Courthouse Fantasy Football league, finished the regular season in first place, and then got bounced in the first round of the playoffs. 
• There's a sexual assault of a child case starting this morning at the courthouse. It's a He Said/She Said which are always the hardest cases of all.
• We got our Christmas tree up in a timely manner but the guy who normally puts our lights on the roof (I ain't getting up there) isn't returning our calls or emails. (Oh, and I think we've trained the Family Pup to attack the Family Cat every time the cat gets near the tree. Mrs. LL put bells on the lower branches to warn us when the cat's War On Christmas begins.)

New Big 12 Member West Virginia's Mascot Is Apparantly Authentic

The school issued a statement when they learned of a video  of this guy shooting a bear with the actual musket that he parades around with during the game.  I hope this isn't a pattern where he'll now start blasting longhorns and horned frogs.  I've seen the Wonderful Whites Of West Virginia. Those people are crazy.

Worst Free Throw Ever

Another Bomb Threat At Decatur School

I think it's the high school.  Edit: Confirmed.

Developing . . .

Waiter Identifies, Uh, Rather Large Girls As "Fat Girls"

And, of all things, they wanted their meal comped. Story.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• A wrong way driver in Dallas demolished the car he hit. 
• And we had someone strike a police car with their vehicle. They just keep coming. 
• The sideline reporter for the Cowboys game, Laura Okmin, reminded me of Ann Coulter.
• Isn't it about time to see the commercial of the guy who gives his wife a Lexus for Christmas?
• The start and conclusion of the Army/Navy game is really, really neat. The game itself, not so much. (But if you saw the crying Army quarterback you kind of wanted him to "man up" after about 10 minutes.) 
• Sheriff Joe tweeted a picture of him in a parade and must have been oblivious to the fact that there was a aorta-potty directly behind him. 
• I wish Jerry Jones would fire Rob Ryan based upon principle. He reminds me too much of his daddy. 
• Every time Jason Garrett looks at his play sheet to select a play my confidence level in him drops.
• The two Cowboys who were in the wreck causing the death of one of them had been at "Privae Dallas, a private club where comedian Shawn Wayans performed Friday night" according to 105.3 The Fan. 
• Tommy Tuberville leaving the head coaching job at Texas Tech to go to Cincinnati is baffling. I'm just guessing he felt he needed to get out of there before he was fired. 
• The Mark Davis Show on the radio this morning is a taped replay from last week with no explanation as to where he is.
• The 30 for 30 on Bo Jackson was really, really good but my DVR recorded version stopped about five minutes to early because some show about "the Heisman" ran long on Saturday night.  Jackson's professional career was so short. 
• Got to witness two teenage girls in the house cry at the end of Titanic despite the fact they had seen the movie a million times.
• Mrs. LL and I watched Magic Mike. Good grief. 
• Some Mexican singer named Jenni Rivera has been killed in a plane crash.  I don't think she is as big as Selena but it sounds like she was pretty famous. 

Huge "Oh, My"

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Redskins Cheerleaders Taking You Into The Weekend

Oh, Man

The Meteor This Morning

Credit Fox 4 News. (Via Facebook)

Aggie OSU Fight In Dallas

Published on Nov 30, 2012

Out-of-town Oklahoma State fans walk into a bar where some local Aggies are watching the football game. The Cowboys fans began taunting after the game, then demanded a cigarette from one of the friends of the Aggies who refused. A brawl ensued.

Can we have a better description than that? There has to be more to it than that. Did someone say something negative about Johnny Football? The Corp? Reveille? There has to be more. 

Hey, if idiots want to brawl, I say knock yourself out. But the face stomp when someone is down might be the most cowardly act you can perform. I wonder if that was an Aggie or an OSU guy. I'm guessing OSU.

P.S. If I were one of the Aggies about to land a haymaker to an OSU boy, I couldn't help but say, "I'm a man! I'm 40!" (Pow!)

And Later They All Sat Around And Listened to Larry The Cable Guy

Go ahead and make fun of me for being fearful of working on geometry homework last night. You see, I know my limitations.  These guys (and I'm taking a wild guess here) do not.

Now if only Honey Boo Boo's mom had been holding that ball.

Good Grief

All part of a wacky radio bit. Story.

Edit: Here is the audio of the prank.

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