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Oh dear Lord in heaven above – this is my sheriff. No, seriously. In my county. He’s sitting at a desk just two miles away from where I am right now. I can prove it.
My damn sheriff.
Okay, the sheriff just announced that he’s in cahoots to intimidate a citizen who is within their rights protected by political speech. You cannot say F*** on my website, but you can anywhere else. In 1979, the Supreme Court said that you can use the word F*** in political speech. In Cohen vs. California the court said that a jacket saying “F*** the Draft!” was political speech. You’d think the prosecutor would know that. You’d think. And you’d be wrong.
Sheriff Nehls used to publicly call President Barack Obama, “That clown in Washington.” I think that’s obscene but I didn’t threaten to have him arrested. Because I’m not a little damn snowflake.
HERE’S THE REAL DEAL: Sheriff Nehl’s is planning on running for Congress in the Republican primary against Republican Pete Olson. Under weird Texas rules, if Nehls resigns before the filing deadline on December 11th, his position will be on the next November ballot. He’s planning on withdrawing 3 days before the deadline so only his idiot brother will know to file for sheriff. But his idiot brother is an idiot and leaked the plan. There will be a Democrat filing. I got this, y’all.
Thanks to Brian C for the heads up.
What a piece of work, but another person whose motivation to support tRump is beyond my comprehension. He’s a vet! And yet, he wants to suck up to the supporters of the draft dodging coward in the Oval Office. I just don’t understand.
1Shhh! Nobody tell the sheriff that there are these things called “license plates” on the back of pickups, and that if you read the secret code on the “license plate” and take that code to the DMV, who will tell you the name and home address of the owner. This procedure is probably too complicated for the poor dear.
2ACLU be all over that like white on rice.
3When some dimwit can explain why the 10 naughty words are bad…and my mommy don’t like it…does not count as a reason! I’ve ask many what is wrong with the F888 word. They can say they don’t like it but not why!
4“Cahoots” being another word for criminal conspiracy. I hope they do it. Your neighborhood could use a LEO and a prosecutor who are being sued, or maybe prosecuted in a federal jurisdiction. Go guys, do it!!!
5I think that sheriff is a fine, up-standing citizen!
And I’d like to remember him standing in a corn field, scaring away crows.
6Woohoo!
Where the FooK can I get me one of them winder decals?
PS: I sure hope whoever drives that pickup also has the requisite loaded gun rack and a full holster on their person for protection, ’cause they be gonna catch some road rage flak on most Texas highways.
PS: It’s not clear to me whether the “Fook” word has been photoshopped out, or is blanked out on the actual truck window.
OK in either case I guess; the sentiment is well-stated, short and sweet, and widely held.
As far as your dumbass Sheriff, JJ, screw him and the elephant he rode in on.
7And who the hell, just driving along, makes a freakin’ (presumed) 911 call over a window sticker? …Oh…wait…certain so-speshul R-snowflakes, of course.
We can only hope some of them get so worked up over it that by the time they get home they keel over with an MI, CA, stroke, or something. Like an irritating chitfly getting hit with some ‘flying bug’ spray.
Taint protected by the Second Amendment JJ! That’s the only one what matters.
8Sorry to say it but your sheriff is dumber than a sack of hair. Keep us informed about the Dem who runs. He/she just might get a few dollars for the war chest.
9If I ever visit Texas again, I’ll have to get me one f those decals.
10“regarding a modification to it”
Oh, you mean like some kind of a bump stock 1st Amendment lettering, that will fire off 60 Trump messages a minute, instead of just one?
11The guy who drives that truck has more guts than anybody else in Texas and must be the last of the real cowboys. I doubt he cares squat about what Sheriff Nehl thinks. Good on him!
12Rick, you get a ⭐️ for your comment. Well done.
13Do you folks in Texas have laws against driving distracted (being on a cellphone)? I’m willing to bet that’s a cellphone camera.
And, yeah, freedom of political speech is definitely legal, even in Texas.
14Let the rabble rousers in the beauty salon know if we need to do a fund raiser for the owner of the “F**k Tr**k.” And, I’ll bet the ACLU would love to chime in as well.
15Another proud Liberty University graduate.
16Did Sheriff Nehls have the same knee-jerk reaction over all the vile anti-Obama and Hillary bumperstickers/decals, yard and road signs that were rife a few years ago, and still are?
17Yeah, riiigghht…crickets..
How about all the traitor rag Confederate stuff you see? Not a peep, eh?
Needless to say if it said ‘F*ck Hillery’, the sheriff would have departmental T-shirts made with this quote.
18sounds like the fella might need a good local lawyer…know of any???
19is “truck pfrump” permitted?
20Hey, JJ. I emailed the sheriff’s office asking him to let me know where the guy driving the truck got the decal. I was real polite and everything. What are the chances I get as polite a reply? Actually, I don’t expect the troglodytes to even reply, but I was just wondering.
21F*****g Aye. No wait, can I say that?
22@Sandridge
You reminded me of the time when you could get a theme for Windows 95 (prolly all the Windows 4.x versions that began with Chicago) for redneck PC users called “Winders 95”. Example: Cancel was “stop dat” and etc etc.
23What the sheriff is trying to do is to get the pickup owner to admit, confess to a crime that isn’t. This establishes mens rea or guilty mind for the disorderly conduct charge. The sheriff is another very small minded asshole!
24From a Houston TV station:
ABC13 first tracked down the driver of the pickup truck. Karen Fonseca said she put the custom made graphic up about 11 months ago. She said her family is expressing their First Amendment rights and voicing their dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump. Fonseca said she’s surprised Sheriff Nehls couldn’t reach her. She’s open to sitting down with him.
She insisted she has no plans on removing the sign.
“It makes people happy. They smile. They stop you,” said Fonseca. “They want to shake your hand.”
Link: http://tinyurl.com/ya5s2yts
25I’ve seen versions of “Truck Fump” but the “And **** you for voting for him” makes a nice addition. Wouldn’t be too necessary around here in a very Blue county.
I have to assume that the sheriff has only seen or heard reports of the truck that do not include license numbers, because otherwise he would have to be too ignorant to put any of those sentences together.
And yeah, I’d like to know if he reacted to any racist garbage displayed about Obama, if he was sheriff then.
26a fine, up-standing citizen
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/be/8b/0d/be8b0db00a4777bcf3cdbbe7632c81f5.jpg
27I promise I saw this on the local CBS teevee 10 o’clock news about this exact story. One of those stupid ‘vote on this story’ polls, “Should This Truck Owner Be Charged With Disorderly Conduct?”. Results: 64% No; 36% Yes. Kinda surprised me because who actually votes in those things? But good to know folks are either seeing it as don’t tread on the 1st amendment or are just agreeing with the statement. Hoping it’s both but will take either one.
http://www.khou.com/votenow
28To Charles R. Phillips: Do not [I repeat, DO NOT] wish that guy on me! K?
And JJ — I can go you one better. Shortly after President Obama was elected to the highest office in the land, an acquaintance called him “The Janitor in the White House.” When I called him on it, he went on and on and on and on about how he’s not prejudiced.
Oh my goodness, weren’t those the days? Remember back when people used to be ashamed of being bigots? How I miss that time.
29The ACLU tweeted the sheriff that can’t prosecute speech just because it contains the word f***. They also told the driver to contact ACLU TX.
Woof!
30I guess I’m in the minority. I voted for Obama and against Trump, but I really don’t want to see the f word on vehicles moving around in public, especially when I have my young daughter in the car. I’m trying to teach her to be a lady, and it’s hard to do with the prevalence of curse words these days. Still, the sheriff is totally out of line, as it is not illegal, just distasteful.
31My daughter has informed me that http://www.f**ksheriffnehls.com now redirects to the ACLU donations page. (I put the asterisks in out of respect for Momma!)
32Cato #12, the “last cowboy” is a woman. I knew that from the moment I saw
33the photo.
A couple of decades ago a man in Marietta, GA was arrested for having a “Shit Happens” bumper sticker on the grounds of a local ordinance against ‘public obscenity’. The appeals went all the way to the Supreme Court, where the appeal was upheld as a matter of First Amendment right to free expression. A few months after the right to display the sticker was upheld, the same man was arrested again by the same police department for the same sticker. The case was quickly dropped, and an apology was quickly issued.
This would likely fall under the same case umbrella. Good luck, Sheriff (not).
34As soon as I read the first line I knew exactly what was going on – an ambitious sheriff who needs that 15 minutes of “fame” so people remember who he is when his name pops up on a ballot! This guy doesn’t have a clue!
35Supposedly there was an outstanding warrant on an unrelated charge and either she or her husband was arrested. Stay tuned…
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