Sorry, Guys, I was at a debate watch party that lasted waaaaay too late with all the celebrating.
If you saw the debate, what did you think?
If you didn’t, highlights are here. If anybody has a better link, please offer it in the comments.
I thought Wendy was wonderful.
Mark Walker, who’s running for North Carolina’s deep-red 6th Congressional district, has decided that we should go to war against Mexico.
Walker: But, I will tell you If you have foreigners who are sneaking in with drug cartels to me that is a national threat and if we got to go laser or blitz somebody with a couple of fighter jets for a little while to make our point, I don’t have a problem with that either. So yea, whatever you need to do.”
Moderator: “I hope you wouldn’t have any qualms about starting up a little war with Mexico.”
Walker: “Well, we did it before, if we need to do it again, I don’t have a qualm about it.”
Has this guy ever heard of the Alamo?
He’s from North Carolina! North Damn Carolina. Like he knows what’s happening on the border while he’s sitting up there with a bowl of grits and crappy barbeque.
So do we bomb Juarez? Storm the beaches at Cancun?
Thanks to Kary for the heads up.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has gone all hotsy gratification on us, proving once again that Republicans are all about extremes.
The state’s highest criminal court on Wednesday tossed out a state law banning “improper photography” — photos or videos taken in a public place without consent and with the purpose of sexual gratification — as a violation of free-speech rights.
In an 8-1 ruling, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals said photos, much like paintings and films, are “inherently expressive” and therefore protected by the First Amendment.
The case involved a dude who was taking pictures of children’s private part at a water park. That’s now legal.
Here’s my question. If some guy has permission to take pictures up my skirt and if I see him doing it, is it legal for me to kick his butt across the room?
Yes, five courageous men were willing to sacrifice Stanley for the Second Amendment.
Thank to Fenway Fran for the heads up.
Cliven Bundy. Remember that guy? Hates the government? But owes the government over a million dollars in unpaid grazing fees and related fines?
Yeah, that guy.
So some woman and her boyfriend were driving on a road near the Bundy ranch and couldn’t stop fast enough to avoid several of Bundy’s cows in the road. Kabam! Two injured people and one dead cow.
She’s suing Bundy for $20,000 in medical expenses because he didn’t keep his cows fenced in.
Bundy’s answer?
Bundy admitted the cow was his, but he said the state is responsible for maintaining the fence that keeps his livestock off the interstate.
“It’s a state problem, it’s not our problem,” Bundy said. “We really feel bad when it happens. We sure don’t want it to happen, but we’re not liable.”
Okay, so let me see if I have this right. You want to keep your cows on government property free of charge because you hate the government. But the government is responsible to keep your fence in good repair while you don’t pay your fees to them?
The crowning tea party thinking?
Bundy said he was within his rights to make a claim against Beck for the loss of his livestock.
“The person whose car hit that cow is liable to me,” Bundy said.
Sometimes it’s just so damn crazy that you don’t know whether to take a nap or dance nakkid on the back porch.
Thanks to Deb B for the heads up.
Mitch McDonnell, after spending thirty years in the Senate, is running as the change agent.
If you want change, vote for the 30 year veteran? Has everybody gone crazy?
“If you want change, if you’re unhappy with the direction of this country, the candidate of change is the guy you’re looking at,” McConnell told an audience at a Chamber of Commerce lunch here.
72-year-old McConnell — the top Senate Republican — is running against a 35-year-old Democrat who has never had an elected job in D.C.
Oh wait. It was at the Chamber of Commerce, where everybody is already crazy.
