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Here is Obama saying that Bush was "unpatriotic" because he added $4 Trillion to the national debt. In comes the patriotic Obama to save the day!! ...... and added $11 Trillion to the debt. Let's see, Bush adds $4 Trillion and Obama adds $11 Trillion. Hmmm.......... If you add almost three times as much in the same time frame, are you three times as unpatriotic? Hillary says no worry, I am here to keep Obama's legacy going.

I am not sure which of his fellow officers that you spoke with but I spoke to several and they all supported him. Maybe we know a different group of officers............. An arbitrator gave Arnold his job back saying that his rights were denied. The city paid him off to leave. A copy of Bartman's ruling states,....... "The grievant is exonerated on all charges. The city of Orange, Texas violated state and federal law when it deprived Capt. Arnold of his 'due process rights.' The indefinite suspension is reversed and the disciplinary reinstatement of Captain Arnold is so ordered. As to remedy, he will be restored to his position and made whole for all benefits and credits in accordance with Texas Local Government Code 143.053(f)."

I have criticized several officers. As far as the officer in Orange I backed him up completely then and now. I don't know what happened but I read every witness statement and said there simply was no case.... and there wasn't.

I read the article. Of course it is an article and not the report itself but some of that stuff is slanting it far to one side and take some things way out of context. One such example is 60 complaints of racial slurs. The time period is over 6 years so 60 complaints in maybe 80 months. Of course every incident is not reported but even in these, it lists no evidence of verification, only the allegation. So 9 times a year, the DOJ has found an allegation of a " the N word" in a department of more than 3,000 officers. They apparently use that as evidence rampant racism. I have seen such a complaint within my own agency. It was many years ago in my career but it was about using that most offensive slur. Three people filed the complaint. The complaint was against a black officer and after being interviewed again since the officer's story was different, they each admitted making up the story to get the officer in trouble. Obviously that doesn't make any Baltimore accusation false but it is easy to accuse when no evidence is required. I have personally seen such accusations that were outright lies. Even fairly recently I was called in to witness such an allegation against an officer made to internal affairs. What the person that was complaining didn't know was that the whole thing was on video. He made 3-4 distinct allegations and every one was false. So the DOJ comes up with 60 accusations in 80 months from 3,000 officers. That comes out to an average of one complaint per month for every 4,000 officers. Even if every complaint was valid, it hardly speaks of sone out of control situation. Reduced to mathematical terms, that is 99.98% of officers each month not being complained on for using the racial slur. I agree that to do so is highly unprofessional and should be dealt with. When their evidence is that more than 99.9% of officers each month are not getting complained on I have to wonder about the extent of his problem as claimed. There are other parts of the article that seem to have a problem with the accusations by the DOJ. They are adding 2 + 2 and trying to come up with 9.625. Their math/logic just isn't working.

Merely suggesting it is not any crime in TX that I know of. In Mississippi? Maybe but I don't know their law. To do so in front of people that then start doing it can probably be charged as Riot.

The Great Divider has not caused but empowered the freaks, loons and morons to come of age. They were always there but not glorified. We can now claim that we are now another sex without the need for an actual change, get a stuffed dog and claim it as a service animal, have days/parades to proclaim a sexual preference, have a presidential election where the two parties selected a felon and a reality show host as candidates, etc.

See, therein lies the problem. At least six of your seven "70's" bands are from the 60's. Because you listened to some of their hits in the 70's........ I guess the Rolling Stones are a band of the millennium since they are still out there. But, at least the Eagles didn't start until the 70's had at least begun, even if briefly. I grew up in the 70's or at least my high school and early adulthood years but the 60's made the vinyl go 'round.

I guess so but that isn't a citation. Driving down a lane is not illegal but going through a red light is. Going through without the proper tag is (again) a civil violation. The fee is not to the driver but the vehicle owner for non-payment. In a way it is like not paying a credit card bill. There are also speed cameras however they are illegal in Texas. I think the red light cameras should be. I think they are unconstitutional but it would need someone with the money to fight it and a lawyer good enough to make the case.

Yes and no. Yes it fits the elements of the crime. In a similar example, when playing high school football if someone tackles you and you even feel pain you have been the victim of assault with injury. The person that tackled you is eligible for up to one year in the county jail if he is at least 17 years old. The same applies when you go to the doctors office and the doctor or nurse gives you a shot. That person has committed assault and can go for up to a year in jail or if it is a child younger than 14 getting the shot, can go up to 10 years in prison. There are sections in the law specifically state that these laws do not apply to certain situations. Those situations are listed in detail.

You were talking about a different law. Texas law only allows photograph evidence of a moving citation at a red light only. Those or a civil violation and not a criminal violation, therefore not requiring an eye witness of the account.

And since I mentioned citizen arrests and breaches of the peace...... Anyone has the authority to take a person into custody for a felony or against the public peace which is witnessed or in his "presence". Under this section (CCP 14.01) I believe they mean presence as in, you are on the scene but may not have actually seen it. Let's say that you hear a gunshot and turn to see a person fall and a man with a gun in his hand. You did not actually see the shot but it was within your "presence". Being two blocks away and having someone report it to you and you then run to the scene is not in your presence. A breach of the peace is something that immediately risks the peace or tranquility of the area. The US Supreme Court (in Chaplinsky v. N. H.) uses the term "fighting words". I can describe it as something that is causing or about to start a fight by actions. Parking does not seem to fit that use. Jumping out and yelling at a person taking a picture of your car and calling him some various words of profanity or making a threat is a breach of the peace.

Here is the actual law on allowing citizen citations for privileged parking violations in the Texas Transportation Code. Sec. 681.0101. ENFORCEMENT BY CERTAIN APPOINTED PERSONS. (a) A political subdivision may appoint a person to have authority to file a charge against a person who commits an offense under this chapter. (b) A person appointed under this section must: (1) be a United States citizen of good moral character who has not been convicted of a felony; (2) take and subscribe to an oath of office that the political subdivision prescribes; and (3) successfully complete a training program of at least four hours in length developed by the political subdivision. (c) A person appointed under this section: (1) is not a peace officer; (2) has no authority other than the authority applicable to a citizen to enforce a law other than this chapter; and (3) may not carry a weapon while performing duties under this section. (d) A person appointed under this section is not entitled to compensation for performing duties under this section or to indemnification from the political subdivision or the state for injury or property damage the person sustains or liability the person incurs in performing duties under this section. (e) The political subdivision and the state are not liable for any damage arising from an act or omission of a person appointed under Subsection (a) in performing duties under this section.

Anyone has the authority to arrest someone committing a felony or a breach of the peace. That is, taking them into custody. I think a parking citation neither is a felony or a breach of the peace. While the law allows citizen arrests, it doe not allow citizen detention to investigate a possible violation of the law. That would likely be the crime of Unlawful Restraint. So no, you cannot detain a person and wait for a police investigation. Citizens are allowed to issue parking citation in TX for handicap (privileged) parking only. To do so the government (city or county) has to authorize the person to do so, the person has to be a US citizen with no felony convictions, he cannot carry a weapon (even with a license) and he has to go to at least a 4 hour clash taught by the government which is usually the poilce department. In Port Arthur and I believe Beaumont and Jefferson County they have programs for people to issue handicap violations. Each has its own rules and in PA I believe that they do not contact the person in violation or even hang a citation on the vehicle. They take a digital photo of the violation and submit it to our Street Crimes Unit who issues a citation and sends it to the registered owner. That it to keep any confrontation chances down to a minimum. PA restricts it to members of the citizen action or patrol groups. Beaumont and Jefferson County might have them simply put the citation on the vehicle but I do not know. I do not know if they have restrictions on who may do it. I helped develop and teach the classes in PA however it has been quite a while since I have taught so I am not sure if they might have changed the rules.

I have eaten goat, squid and octopus.

Starvation is a strong motivator.

I always figured that if something was an acquired taste, there are usually no reason to acquire it.

I am hopefully going to southwest Missouri in the morning for a few days in kind of a working vacation.

If squirrels, various birds, gator , wild pig and deer are strange.... I guess I have eaten something strange. Those seem like everyday fare in southeast TX but obviously not everyone has eaten it. Seems far from "strange" however. "Maybe" in that category that I have eaten is pig ear salad and jellyfish salad..... and maybe strange for most people (including me), haggis.

That won't buff out...........

His one shining achievement............

.......... to keep that string going.

I haven't been to a movie in years. This might be the time...........

He can throw some fireballs but getting off the prompter isn't his problem.

I don't think Rush or anyone else has an issue with teleprompters. They are just a modern convenience instead of notes. Abraham Lincoln didn't give the Gettysburg Address from memory. The problem is with people that cannot give any answer without it being fed to him/her. Trump can talk for a long time without video prompting. You can really tell when Obama goes of the script and he stumbles, stammers and generally flubs his answers. He is a great speech giver when he can read it. He can hardly put a sentence together when he isn't. I am not a Trump fan but speaking isn't his problem.

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