Just Didn’t Want You To Miss This
I just heard about this today so I want to pass it along to other Texans.
Pistol Pete Sessions found his butt in a situation where he needed to delete a tweet.
Three days before the insurgency, Sessions tweeted …
“Had a great meeting today with folks from ‘Stop the Steal’ at our nation’s Capitol. I encouraged them to keep fighting and assured them I look forward to doing MY duty on January 6th,” the Jan. 3 tweet said. Sessions also used the hashtags #StopTheSteal and #legalvotescount.
I wonder if they got a tour.
The afternoon of the riot, Sessions deleted that tweet and replaced it with …
“Today, there was an illegal and unprecedented charge on the U.S. Capitol. It should not have occurred and should not be tolerated,” he tweeted.
Cute, huh?
And the Houston Chronicle blasted Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is still butt licking for a triple pardon from Trump for indicted crimes pending 5 years and crimes yet indicted.
The Jan. 6 morning President Donald Trump urged his supporters to head to the Capitol, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, one of the president’s de facto lawyers, spoke at a rally in support of Trump and added his kindling to the bonfire: “What we have in President Trump is a fighter. And I think that’s why we’re all here,” Paxton said to attendees that morning. “We will not quit fighting. We’re Texans, we’re Americans, and the fight will go on.” Four hours later the Capitol was breached.
Paxton is already screaming about his First Amendment Rights and Freedom! Look, this is not difficult: you have the right to say anything you want to but you also have to suffer the consequences of what you say. If you holler fire in a crowded theater, you’re going to prison. With the right of free speech comes the responsibility of free speech. You’d think the Attorney General would be somewhat aware of that.
One more thing while I am on a roll. The right to free speech does not extend to private property. You do not have the right of free speech in Costco. Or, for that matter, in my front yard where an unfortunate man happened to think he had the right to stand in my yard hollering Barack Obama’s name with the N word attached to it. I informed him that he could either leave my yard or see if he could outrun buckshot aimed at his butt until he did. He can stand in the street and say that, but I’ll be damned if he could stand in my begonias and say it.
Buckshot would have been, so to speak, overkill. The proper load for that sort of thing used to be rock salt.
I sometimes think I should take advantage of my upbringing to form a sort of Society for the Preservation of Traditional Common Knowledge.
1Nancy Pelosi has tapped Retire Gen. Russel Honore to do an immediate thorough review of security at the Capitol. That oughta make you feel a bit better, JJ.
2Harry Eager: Where does one acquire rock salt these days? Haven’t seen it in HEB for a long time. Asking for a friend.
3you have the right to say anything you want to but you also have to suffer the consequences of what you say.
I think this needs to be pointed out, but if you took an oath of office and you are a paid public servant there is a limit to what you can say.
For that matter if even if you are paid by the private sector there is a limit to what you can say.
4Here in Maryland it’s at the front door of all the supermarkets.
5Boy Howdy, does it ever! It deserves its own post, by gawd.
6@Elizabeth Moon #3 I suspect you could use the salt that works in water softeners We have two brands readily available here, this is one
https://www.lowes.com/pd/SureSoft-40-lb-Salt-Solar-Crystals/50354194
Also the kind you sprinkle to de-ice path and drive Tractor Supply calls it rock salt
7https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/product/safe-step-3300-rock-salt-halite-ice-melter-5904306
it’s been years since I’ve seen/heard of 12g w/rock salt, which used to be the favorite load for chasing varmints away in these parts. you probably have to load your own these days.
8Got my rock salt mix out…
92-4 of snow tomorrow.