Somebody Explain To Me How Heritage Action Controls The Republicans

They told the Republicans not to vote to open the government as planned tonight, and they all jumped in line.

Get Your Guns Up (Or At Least in A Safe Position)

I've mention from time to time how Texas law allows for a long barreled firearms (rifles, shotguns, and even AR-15s and the like) can be carried down the street in full view. Yep, legal.

And it looks like a group in San Antonio intends to remind the police about that on October 19th.

I'm Not Laughing. I'm Not Laughing.

Source – A woman in Fort Lauderdale, Florida who got stuck on a railroad bridge and had to be rescued by local firefighters could face trespassing charges. The 55-year-old Dania Beach woman who has been identified as Wanda McGowan, was crossing the New River using a railroad bridge, when the bridge unexpectedly started to lift up.  As the bridge started to rise, Ms McGowan held on to the sides of the two tracks to remain aloft. Matt Little, a spokesman for Fort Lauderdale police released a statement ’We are thankful that the individual involved in this life-threatening incident survived.

Fire At High School Football Game

Such insanity. The dialogue. The lack of fire fighting ability. And the band plays on.

It's like a Monty Python skit.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• There's a "fugitive" held up in a Parker County home this morning which gave rise to this sentence in the Star-Telegram: "He was paroled in 2010, but six months later he was convicted again of possessing a controlled substance, 'meth habitual,' according to TDCJ." (I'm guessing that's not the name of the drug but instead it was a possession offense with two prior prison trips. Thus, a "habitual offender" under Texas law.) Update: Police killed him. 
• The Fifth Grader in the house fell for the old "I bet you can't be quiet for a whole hour" trick last night. But I've got a new respect for her discipline because that kid loves to talk.
• Yesterday David Dewhurst said President Obama should be impeached. It's one thing for the fringes of the Tea Party to say something like that but shocking when it comes from a Lt. Governor. 
• I saw the "Overpasses For Impeachment" demonstration on 407/287 on Friday in Wise County. I'm guessing maybe twenty people tops. (And they grossly underestimated how big a sign needs to be to get motorist's attention.)
• The Denton County police (unofficial) Twitter book-in feed showed a 17 year old arrested for possession of tobacco last night. I clicked on the pic expecting to see some goofy high school kid. Nope. Throttle back, man. Throttle back. 
• A Texas guy became mildly famous over the weekend during the "Million Vet March" as he stood in front of the White House with the unofficial Tea Party flag along with a Confederate flag. 
• Sports: (1) I really didn't pay attention at the time to the Red Sox comeback win on Sunday but that was fantastic, (2) I feel sorry for RG3 -- he's just not right yet, (3) That was horrible crowd attendance at the TCU game on Saturday -- Where is everyone? (4) You think every National Championship team just waltzes through the the season? Not so fast my friend. (5) I could listen to Barry Switzer all day long. 
• The Dallas teacher/Playboy model says she's been fired. 
• There is a shocking lack of racial diversity in law firms in Dallas. The only silver lining for minorities  is that there is not a worse job in the world than the bill-by-the-tenth-of-an-hour Dallas big law firm job. I did it for the first three years of my career and walked away. Smartest thing I ever did. 
• I jogged last night, reflecting after a very difficult day,  and became really overheated due to the humidity and the lack of wind. After returning and leaning over the sink in the kitchen the Fifth Grader in the House handed me a cup of water. Sounds insignificant. Not to me. 
• Mrs. LL bought a commemorative edition of the Dallas Morning News which is an exact replica of the paper as it was published the day after JFK was shot. It's sealed in plastic. It's not worth anything but she won't let me rip it open and read it until she buys another one to save. 

Wise County Judge Bill McElhaney Collapses During Commissioners Court

That was probably the most upsetting moment in the history of the Wise County Courthouse.

He has passed away. Horrible. Just horrible. 

More Baseball Comedy

Ok, they story is that this guy rips away a home run ball from this chick and throws it back.  Fine.

But look at her face in slow motion.  It's like her first child is being tossed into right field.

Funny Play Of The Day

Baseball is still being played. Comedy ensues.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Wow: The wife of Lee Harvey Oswald once listed a post office box in "Boyd, Texas" as her address per the Warren Commission Report. (h/t Bud Kennedy.) 
• I would have bet a ton of money on OU straight up. Thanks goodness I don't know a bookie.
• When I left this morning Mrs. LL was laying horizontally in bed with the Family Pup at her side. Made me giggle.
• Watched the first half of Frontline about the concussions in the NFL. I had forgotten that Monday Night Football began with two animated helmets crashing into each other and exploding. 
• Mrs. LL found all the Frontlines on Netflix via Roku. She was absolutely giddy. Sometimes she surprises me. 
• The Dallas Morning News has a "Miss Texas Pole Competition" slideshow on its home page. That's the equivalent of a Random Thought Girl, no?
• The BagOfNothing guy was dogging Baylor this morning after scoring just 35 on Kansas State.  Hey, I'm not ready to proclaim them Big 12 Champions, but every good team has to go through that on the road. It wasn't pretty, but I'll take it. 
• I think arson investigators and coroners believe they are smarter than they actually are. 
• The more I think about it, the Chris Arnold plagiarism piece is a fireable offense. I've never seen anything so blatant. (And we should have all been tipped off -- he's not smart enough to string together that many coherent thoughts.)
• From my email bag: "Thought you might like this.  I am self employed and purchase private insurance for my wife and I.  My premiums are currently $370/mo since we were both on excellent when we enrolled many years ago.  Under Obamacare, my premiums go to $925/mo and I can not get subsidy since I make more than 4x the poverty level.  I can not afford this $11k premium and the resulting $12k annual deductible."  He wanted me to share it. The stunning part is that he was paying $370 a month part. 
• From the Update: "1 SHOT, 1 STABBED IN CHICO". How is it possible the names aren't available?
• Bridgeport falls to 0-7. They need one win to get in the playoffs. That ain't happening. 
• The Sophomore In The House is in band. The number of hours she is required to commit to it would cause me to brake break my instrument over my knee in the first week. But she loves it. Even if it means leaving the house at 8:00 a.m. on a Saturday. 
• I'm back to jogging and have abandoned the X-box training game.  I had forgotten how much I loved it. I got up yesterday morning at dawn to do it, -and I always think to myself, "There will come a time when you can no longer do this. But that day is not today."

An Example Of Why Facebook Drives Me Crazy

If you posted this, you are as dumb as a  box of rocks. (And that's an insult to rocks who happen to be in boxes.)

"Beware of false prophets"

I'm a pretty easy going guy. I don't get worked up very often.

But on the rare occasion I run across Joel Osteen on a Sunday morning, I become borderline enraged.

The screen on his "sermons" is constantly imploring you to go to one of his seminars or buy his new book (very Jesus like), but I was very confused as to why his P.O. Box address was predominately shown on the screen. Then I thought that perhaps, maybe, it's targeted at the elderly? Those who have savings yet are naive and technologically challenged? Those who would sit down and write a letter? And write a check?

Snake Oil for sell. Gather round, gather round.

Above The Fold

Taking You Into The Weekend

Obie!!! A Story in Pictures

 More.

Look how fat Obie was! And if that is Mrs. Obie in the background, she looks like she is about to visit a doggy divorce lawyer. Ain't no way she's putting up with that.

Good grief. Fat Obie basically wore a moo moo on the beach. No way he's picking up chicks looking like that. 

He didn't even have enough energy to play with his hot Doggy Momma. Poor fat Obie. 

 Post thumb stomach Obie! Attaboy!  Probably just eyeing some seagull that he's going to track down before it knows what hit it. Just owning the beach. 

  Sexy Obie.

Swag Obie. A true Renaissance dog. Probably just slaying it with the ladies.  

Wow. Critical condition.

Edit: Or not?

Edit: And then there's stuff like this . . .

Horrible story from @tmz with Adrian Peterson's son. Hope he'll be OK. Fantasy advice for owners of the #Vikings RB - http://t.co/pEP5HtgbAm
— Walter Cherepinsky (@walterfootball) October 11, 2013

Woman Freaks Out On Plane To Tampa

Well, it is Tampa.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• I've been so confused by the Republicans refusing to admit they are responsible for shutting down the government.  Let me quote the great philosopher Jon Stewart: "Do you think Obamacare is a big enough threat to shut down the government? Fine. But own it!"
• That freedom loving new government in Iraq has executed 42 people. Who do they think they are? Texas? 
• "FORT WORTH, Texas - One of the officers involved in deadly shooting of a Fort Worth homeowner has been fired for falsifying a police report unrelated to that case." That now dead homeowner was in his driveway and the now fired officer had said he fired because the homeowner pointed his gun at them. No reason to now disbelieve that, right?
• One of the gang of Manhattan bikers accused in the beating of a motorist is represented by Gloria Allred. She would be on my short list of the most shameless attorney in United States history. Her representation appears to have only one criteria: Is a TV camera involved?
• Rhome is pretty wheels off, right? According to the Update last night a council member left in the middle of a meeting. Leaving only two members left -- not enough for a quorum. 
• The Fort Worth Star Telegram finally provides coverage of Bridgeport's Big Ed Beckley today. 
• Tomorrow I'll watch the Texas/OU game and look forward to seeing Bob Stoops and Mack Brown meet on the field before the game. They've done that 14 times. The 15th will probably be the last one. 
• Couple of legal eagles took me to task for praising the criminal justice system of the Bahamas yesterday (see below) because they pointed out the range of punishment for Ecstasy possession there was four years. Yeah, but the actor got a "fine only" sentence for over a dozen X pills. When's the last time you saw that in Texas? In fact, that's an illegal sentence in Texas (look it up.) 
• The Fifth Grader in the House had me help her with her science homework last night. Ugh. But I got to learn what the difference is between an element, a mixture, and a compound. 
• The Israeli defense minister was in Fort Worth yesterday to visit the Lockheed plant. Israel intends to buy 19 F-35s.  Iran might want to step up it's plans to produce a nuclear weapon. 
• No front page today. That site is down again. 
• You know who Chris Arnold is? If you do, you've got read this article just published which calls him out for plagiarism.  CBS/The Fan is going to have to address this.   

In Midland. Posted On Youtube Today.

At least the driver shut the door first.