It's Going To Be A Long Campaign When He's Posting Stuff Like This

THIS is what I call wheelchair accessible. @NRA #tcot @TexasGOP #guns #txgop pic.twitter.com/axgF1kI2Sh
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) November 12, 2013

You would think he's running for President of the NRA instead of governor.

Does This Make Me An Internet Mogul?

Time to start thinking about an IPO. I'm gunning for you Zuckerberg.

Source for this (certainly) deadly accurate evaluation.

Edit: It has to be accurate. Look at the value a few hours later:

NFL Death

Did he have any concussion related issues? I haven't seen anything about that. The story just says he "battled liver disease and other serious illnesses in recent years."

(And I'm not sure that I knew the Oakland Raider star was originally drafted by the Cowboys.)

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Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts

• Shout out to the two Century Link guys who came to fix my Internet connection yesterday at the office. Funny and efficient. And they even started out the job pointing out that they were Liberally Lean fans and (I hope jokingly) said they knew they had to hurry over to the job before the comments section started dogging the company.
• The Sophomore In The House ran over to me last night with a waxed covered hand yelling in (fortunately) a bad acting voice of "I burned my hand!" Mrs. LL was standing nearby to calm my fears in the event I fell for the bit. I have no idea what they were doing over there -- some skin softening trick I think.
• TCU coach Gary Patterson seems like he's gained a lot of weight. And he seems overly stressed on the sideline this season. There will be bad times, man. You've got a lot of equity built up -- roll with it while you fix it.
• That bagofnothing guy wrote yesterday that he was beginning to dislike the soldier/child surprise reunions that news crews were filming because the coverage seemed to cheapen the moment. I promise I was going to say the same thing yesterday but simply forgot to do so. Couldn't agree more.
• Oh, man: Mrs. LL tells me yesterday that she has bought tickets to Oswald: The Actual Interrogation at Casa Manana for Saturday. (How did I not know about that show?) But, uh, that's also at the same time as Texas Tech / Baylor game at Cowboys Stadium. When I timidly pointed that out, she was more than understanding (sincerely  - not faking) and told me that her mom had already expressed interest in the ticket if I didn't want to go. I'm thinking. Thinking.
• One sportswriter I forgot to mention who habitually says "I had a nice chat with [insert athlete]" was Peter King. He may be the worst offender of self important self promotion.
• Someone posted the other day as the "Double Fake Speaks Volumes Guy". That made me laugh.
• I'm disappointed with Megyn Kelly's new show on Fox News. I always considered her to at least attempt to be a slight voice of reason amongst all the noise. Now she seems to be following an angry right wing script providing regurgitated talking points readily devoured by her viewers. And she doesn't even seem comfortable selling it.
• "If you can't win elections, you can't govern." - Rick Perry on whether the Tea Party needs to be more pragmatic. 
• "The sudden appearance of about 40 [peaceful yet] armed men outside a Dallas-area restaurant this weekend was the latest confrontation between an open-carry gun-rights group and a mothers group advocating gun control that was meeting inside." A quick consultation with a PR firm would have been well worth the money for the gun rights group. Your message will always get lost if it's not packaged correctly. 
• Had a guy tell me as I walked to the office that the Decatur girls beat their "nemesis" Argyle last night in the volleyball playoffs. I knew Abilene Wylie was a nemesis but I'm not well versed on volleyball rivalries. 
• If anyone gets angry about the "not guilty by reason of insanity" verdict referenced in the Update, please read the sentence that the State did not contest the fact the guy was crazy and that he did not know right from wrong. The trial at least sets forth a procedure to get the guy help. A dismissal wouldn't have done that. 
• Jon Stewart went after Sen. Lindsey Graham the other day. And it was fantastic.
• Gov. Chris Christie is on the cover of Time this week with the caption "The Elephant In The Room". Clever. He's a big guy and possibly a moderate Republican who could shake up the Tea Party's desired takeover of the GOP.
• I heard on the radio that Mav's coach Rick Carlisle "doesn't suffer fools". And although that was said as a compliment, I consider that to be code for a one word derogatory term he greatly deserves.
• I'm a fairly good Bible trivia guy (I once stunned friends in online Jeopardy by knowing the answer to a question about an obscure Old Testament god named "Baal") but I had no idea that the "suffer fools" was from 2 Corinthians.
• Mrs. LL and I rarely watch Seinfeld anymore but we did last night. When she hit the "info" button she almost fell out of her chair when she learned the episode we were watching was twenty-two years old. 
• Fifth Grader in the House yesterday as I was watching the news: "Are they already talking about running for President?" Me: "Yep. It never ends. And everyone is so angry." Her: "It's like no one wants to agree. They all think they are right." Out of the mouth of babes.
• NFL: The Saints set an NFL record with 40 first downs on Dallas but more shocking is that they had a 625-193 yard edge.
• The Sophomore in the House was watching Life of Pi and then stopped down to ask if we thought bananas would float. 
• Everyone is up in arms over the "new" college basketball rule that disallows hand checking. That rule led to a mind numbing 79 free throws in yesterday's Baylor/South Carolina game. 
• Man, I got dogged the other day after saying that Lee Harvey Oswald's widow had been remarried for the last 50 years. OK, technically it was 48 1/2 years. My apologies. A grievous error. (Side note: I learned that her new husband had already been married twice before that third marriage "took".)

Former Cowboy Sam Hurd To Be Sentenced Tomorrow

I've just skimmed it since it is loooooong, but the article looks really good. Your government is trying, and very well may, lock him up for life. Insane. 

http://mmqb.si.com/2013/11/12/sam-hurd-cocaine-bust/

(Oh, and Century Link will be here sometime before 7:00 pm to fix my office Internet connection.)

Very Random

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Random Monday Morning Thoughts

-This will be limited since my office Internet is down and writing this on an iPad is a beating. 

-My assistant just came in and gave me a copy of "Double Down". Love her. 

-I've got "Killing Kennedy" DVR'd. 

-I watched an old episode of "The Brady Bunch". It was about the family going to the Grand Canyon. I stopped down with the scene of all nine family members (Alice included) in one station wagon. ---They were all singing and as happy as could be.  Oh, the 70s. 

-Some of the comments lately have been oozing hate. I don't know how some of you live that way. But it's ironically entertaining. 

-I could sleep all day listening to the cold wind. 

-The most evil prosecutor in the world who intentionally withheld evidence that caused Michael Morton to be wrongfully imprisoned for 25 years has agreed to give up his law license and serve nine days in jail. Nine days!

-Watched some Vietnam documentaries yesterday. Incredible bravery by those guys in a foreign land. 

-I really like Sting's "Fields of Gold"

Finally

I've been on a rant about this case since it happened. A cop fired 41 shots into the vehicle of an unarmed man after a chase.

But manslaughter?  That's the "reckless" killing of another individual.  In its simplest terms, it means that a person didn't intend to kill another (that's murder) but instead killed another by doing something so stupid when he knew there was a risk of that death occurring but made a decision to disregard that risk and continue on with his stupidity. Example: Driving through a school zone at 90 mph in a school zone.

I'm pretty sure the officer meant to kill the guy.

Story.

Storu.

DFW Knows Better

Everyone is jumping on the "she was drunk" bandwagon regarding the Michigan president because of a halftime speech.

Nope.

There is some weird phenomenon that happens sometimes when speaking in a stadium/arena and the speaker gets caught up in the feedback.

It happened famously at UNT.  And at TCU.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• Sarah Palin was on the Today Show this morning. When did she get so angry? (Oh, and she'll be at Costco in Plano later this month!)
• Amazingly I've never seen it, but I caught most of the first episode of the Band of Brothers series. Men in their twenties fighting in combat in World War II are worthy of all the credit they can get.  
• I've kept away from the Richie Incognito controversy but did watch his Fox interview yesterday. What a meathead. I'm thinking about compiling of list why I hate the NFL.
• Texas has 2 losses. Oklahoma has 2 losses. Texas beat Oklahoma. Oklahoma is ranked above Texas. Ummkay.
• High school football Idiocracy:  There are nine teams which qualified for playoffs with just two wins. And two teams who made it in with just one win! Schedule
• Greg Abbott "knocked on doors" on Saturday. That has to be a publicity stunt because it certainly is not a practical way to campaign. 
• "I thought smoking pot was illegal. Everybody's smoking pot. What's up with all the pot?" - Kellie Rasberry tweet while attending a music festival this weekend. 
• Two more earthquakes near Wise County over the weekend. I can't believe I even type a sentence like that. 
• I read most of the Texas Monthly issue on the current Texas oil boom over the weekend. Fantastic stuff. Midland rising. But the last place I would want to be is in that city's Petroleum Club hanging out with those oil guys. 
• If rolling out affordable health care doesn't go smoothly and initially costs me a bunch of money so that people in the future have coverage, I have no problem with that. How can anyone have a problem with that? 
• That being said, I do laugh at all those who scream "My premiums are going up!"  Hasn't that been said every year for the last twenty years? The last forty years?
• Saw the elder George Bush and Bob Dole on separate newscasts over the weekend. Both seem to be in their last days. 
• Whatever nutcase posted yesterday that Ted Cruz will be the next president, can we bet on that? A far right winger will never win the presidency and will never even get the Republican nomination. It's a no-brainer. 
• "What do you think about Ted Cruz?" should be a starting point for any friendship/relationship. There may be no better and quicker way to size up a person. 
• I took the under on the Cowboys wins being less than 8.5, and I was beginning to get nervous. Not any longer. But in their defense (pardon the pun), when half of your defense is injured you don't stand much of a chance. 
• Tyrannosaurus dance celebration!
• Johnny Football's stats are better than last year at this point. I have no trouble with that man being handed the Heisman.
• While jogging my normal path over a normal bridge over a normal creek yesterday, I spotted eight ducks casually swimming by. I stopped down and just watched. 
• UT had a defensive lineman have his knee destroyed (watching his face was heartbreaking) and had their star running back blow out his Achilles. In addition, I bet I saw three to four concussions over the last two days which left players motionless on the field. I love the sport, but it is getting harder to watch. 
• Lee Harvey Oswald's wife has been remarried for over 50 years and lives a quiet life in Rockwall. 
• I loved Game Change - a book about the 2008 Presidential campaign. And now everyone is reading the sequel about the last election. It's driving me crazy that I'm behind. 

Cowboy Game On. I Came Across This.

I find this more interesting.

Edit: I retract that. This from the Cowboy game is weirder.

Ted Cruz At Harvard Law School

From the Boston Globe's article today entitled "Harvard Law outsider became Tea Party hero".

Perfect photo.

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LSU Taking You Into The Weekend

One Last Baylor Note: The Most Chaotic Moments Of The Game

Some OU player almost got killed. That bench reaction made you think he might have been killed. The Baylor player was assessed a personal foul and was ejected.  And then Baylor's immediate angry outburst led to two more fifteen yard penalties. Then we had the ejection overturned but the three personal fouls were allowed to stand.

The line of scrimmage went from the Baylor 47 to the Baylor 7 after the penalties were assessed (and half the distance to the goal was calculated). Then OU turned it over on downs.

Afternoon Rural Texas News Of The Day

Just saw a wild piglet running down HWY 287 near Sunset TX. He had a fried chicken box in his mouth. Nobody's safe, y'all!
— RD Copeland (@RD_Copeland) November 8, 2013

The "Daddy" of "Daddy's Baby Girl" Is Dead

What a crazy life.  Story.