Chicago Bears QB Had A Bad Parenting Day

 The wife:

 Jay Cutler:

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Does MADD Invest In Ignition Interlock Companies?

GRAPEVINE — It’s been 10 years since Texas changed its drunken-driving laws, and Mothers Against Drunk Driving says that’s why Texas leads the nation in DWI deaths.

Really?  Let's look at Texas law.

• A 90 day driver's license suspension for providing a breath or blood sample over .08 even before a DWI case is filed. 
• A 180 day suspension for refusing to provide a sample.
• The cops have the right to take your blood without your consent after completing a fill-in-the-blank search warrant affidavit.
• A person is subject to at least $3,000 in "administrative fees" to Texas after a conviction regardless of what the punishment was in criminal court.
• Also, an ignition interlock device is required if a person receives a probation and had a blood alcohol concentration of at least .15.
• An ignition interlock device is required if a person receives a probation of a DWI-Second. 
• An ignition interlock device can be required immediately after the arrest as a condition of bond. 
• You can receive up to a $2,000 fine for a first offense.
• You can receive up to 180 days in jail for a first offense. 

So our laws aren't tough enough? That's why we lead the nation in DWI deaths? Could it possibly be because we are a big state? 

I'd love to see MADD's financial statements. 

Let's All Sign Up To Be A Teacher

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It's All About Priorities, People

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First It Was Rene Zellweger Who Was Unrecognizable

Now it's Zack Galifianakis.

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Random Tribute To Lynda Carter

Random facts: She's a former Miss World USA (very confusing title) and once found a dead body in the Potomac river.

My Twitter Timeline Can Be Disconcerting

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• You know, I made fun of the False Flag people in connection with the razing of the house of the shooter of Sandy Hook elementary. And I still will. But it is weird that they are tearing down a perfectly good house. I mean, it's worth something, right? Heck, I'd buy it if the price was low. 
• "You walk into any Republican Club and quite frankly, the real challenge it to find someone there under 50, please." - Mark Davis on his radio show last Friday. (And, after going back and listening to his show, he absolutely believes that Chris Kyle killed two car-jackers. Note to Davis: You believe stuff like that and I question everything you say.)
• Can no one tell the truth? Hannity had Chris Kyle's father on his "special" show on Friday night and the father spoke of Kyle shooting the young boy which is featured in the first scene of American Sniper. But Kyle never even said or wrote that he did such a thing. Incredible. 
• One more thought on that Hannity show: Why do we come to the defense of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper and scream "Free Speech" but get outraged when Michael Moore or other celebrities criticize American Sniper? (Hannity, during the show, suggested putting Moore in a room with five Navy Seals. That's promoting violence because of certain speech.)
• Nothing is more of a time waste than an interview with a player in a professional sport.
• Troy Aikman seems angry over the last month. Very angry. I wonder if something is going on.
• I hope I live long enough to see history judge the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. History will not be kind.
• College football recruiting: A kid committed Texas flipped to Auburn over the last few days and then "Snapchatted" a photo of himself holding a wad of cash. Edit: Link fixed.
• Grand Prairie police arrested two people for driving while intoxicated early Sunday after three back-to-back car crashes into unoccupied police cars. 
• New York City is expected to get hit with a record blizzard today and tomorrow. When I heard that last night, I thought that if I were rich I'd hop in a plane and find a hotel as close to Central Park as I could. And then I'd walk and walk this afternoon.  (And when I'm on my deathbed, I'll ask myself, "Why didn't you?")
• The greatest NFL receiver that never was, Josh Gordon, is facing a ban of one year for failing another drug test. And the drug he tested for? Alcohol.   Worst. Player's. Union. Ever. 
• We crowned a New Miss Universe over the weekend. Is that the most presumptuous title ever? (The winner was Miss Colombia Paulina Vega.) Edit: Saw this after I wrote that. 
• There were protestors in the Supreme Court on Thursday objecting to the silly Citizen's United decision which allows the rich to buy elections.  I thought it was cool that there was an "artist's rendering" of the event but was surprised to see there was cell phone footage. (Those security folks needed to lighten up on that first lady.)
• Teacher suspended for supporting "And another."
• From the Update: "FREEDOM TEXAS – Freedom Texas will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the meeting room at Pizza Hut, 501 S. Washburn St., in Decatur. This is a group that educates people about the sovereignty, security and self-sufficiency of Texas and promotes its eventual independence." Let's guess the average age and race of the attendees. 

Kid Is Destined To Be A Hit With The Ladies

Let's Tell This Bear Of A Week What We Think Of It And Head Into The Weekend

I suggest that guy go watch the documentary Grizzly Man.

Now I Have My Answer

Last month, I dogged the judge in the Kaufman JP capital murder case for grandstanding:

And someone speculated why . . .

But now we have our answer from the "Local Politics" section of the Morning News:

Story. I guess Tip O'Neill was correct: "All politics is local."

University of Miami Fan Pushes NC State Player

Loved that glare when the player turned around.  If that kid didn't say, "Uh . . . sorry, sir. Just trying to help. Won't happen again, sir", he's flirting with disaster.

Palin/Nugent 2016

I would be horrified and extremely entertained.

I Thought We Had Gold For A Moment From Fox 4!

Alas, it was Decatur, Georgia.

"Dozens Of Dogs Possibly Stolen From Wise County"

Link to Channel 5 story.

Edit: A commenter pointed out that this made the Drudge Report . . .

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• "Trial of Eddie Routh, killer of Chris Kyle, will be darkest chapter of American Sniper". True that. Routh is a victim of that that war, too. A war which took so many young lives will haunt, if not destroy, many of its survivors for year and years to come.
• Conservative talk show host Mark Davis actually believes Chris Kyle killed two truck jackers at a convenience store in Texas? 
• The King of Saudi Arabia died yesterday. Every time I hear "Saudi Arabia" I think of the fact that 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 were from there. And I also think of a book I've always intended to read: House of Bush, House of Saud. 
• Odd NFL fact I had forgotten about: Tampa Bay began in the AFC and then moved to the NFC. Seattle started in the NFC, moved to the AFC, and then back to the NFC.
• Deflategate is whipping me to no end. And note to media: If you think double entendres about balls are funny when discussing the controversy, I suspect you go home and watch Larry the Cable Guy on a DVD player.
• Fox 4's Becky Oliver had a segment last night on "extreme billing" by Texas General Hospital in Grand Prairie. She focused in on a lady who had gastric sleeve surgery and received a bill for $622,887.  Anyone else confused by this? She had an elective surgery and there was not an agreed upon price upfront? This isn't like she was rushed to the emergency room after an auto accident with severe injuries.
• You guys can gripe all you want to about Obamacare, but the system we have lived with for decades is jacked up. Getting rid of it might be like being on a journey with Lewis and Clark, but it needs to be made. And I don't care how Obamacare morphs over the years to come so long as the old status quo is gone.
• In the Jacksboro murder case where the guy was representing himself, he was found guilty and received 85 years in prison. Based upon what I've read, that seems excessive. 
• Come on, can't we have at least one ice day?
• Yesterday was the seventh anniversary of Heath Ledger's death.  Is it just me, or does the passage of time seem to be ramped up to overdrive?
• Kyler Murray is a very highly rated high school QB who is committed to the Aggies. (He's also the son of former Aggie great Kevin Murray.) But he did three weird things this week: (1) Took a surprise unofficial recruiting visit to UT, (2) Tweeted a picture of a Longhorn jersey with his number on it, and (3) Attended a function wearing a burnt orange tie.  If he ends up with the Aggies, I'd be worried he's a nutcase. 
• Very nerdy legal observation: Yesterday the Fort Worth Court of Appeals issued an "en banc" opinion which means all seven judges decided the case instead of the typical three. That's beyond rare so I expected something big. But the opinion issued concerned itself with the pretty routine issue of whether there was sufficient evidence of intoxication in a DWI case. It was incredibly short and there was not a dissent. And they designated the opinion as "Do not publish" which it means it doesn't go in the formal printed law books (but can still be cited.) So why did they go to all that trouble to have all seven judges hear the case? 
• Stolen from BagOfNothing: I completely missed the filming this week during a NBA game of Will Ferrell hit a cheerleader with a (probably fake) basketball as part of an upcoming film. Here's the video. Here's an incredible photo of it. And here is the gal who played the part of the cheerleader. Hey, now. 

Girl vs. Glass Door: Who Ya Got?

That was kind of like Rocky and Apollo Creed hitting each other simultaneously and both going down.

Winner: Girl. She's able to get up.

Flashback: He's Still On The Run

From America's Most Wanted

I hadn't thought about this guy in years, but he is still on the run. He worked as a crime scene investigator or processor in Wise County in the 1990s but was fired in a resume scandal. Later he became wanted for murder. And they've been looking for him for years.

Edit: I wonder if this comment is true . . .