Wednesday, August 17, 2005
ahh, people
Texas, home of jackassery:
On Sunday, as about 60 in Sheehan's group held a religious service, neighbor Larry Mattlage fired his shotgun twice into the air. Sheriff's deputies and Secret Service agents rushed to his house but did not arrest him.
"I ain't threatening nobody, and I ain't pointing a gun at nobody," Mattlage said. "This is Texas."
Mattlage said he was initially sympathetic toward the demonstrators, but that they have blocked roads in the area and caused traffic problems.
He said he fired his gun in preparation for the dove-hunting season, but when asked if he had another motive, he said, "Figure it out for yourself."
Yes, THIS IS TEXAS, where we only care about rights if they involve guns. And maybe beer.
The whole thing, the Cindy Sheehan thing, is just making me insane. I seriously cannot listen to conservative talk radio anymore. Not that I really could before, but now, just listening to it, I can feel my blood pressure going up. Even The Daily Show doesn't help, it just makes me want to throw a big old liberal bleeding heart fit. When making it funny doesn't even help, you know it's bad.
I wish I lived close enough to go stand with them.
On Sunday, as about 60 in Sheehan's group held a religious service, neighbor Larry Mattlage fired his shotgun twice into the air. Sheriff's deputies and Secret Service agents rushed to his house but did not arrest him.
"I ain't threatening nobody, and I ain't pointing a gun at nobody," Mattlage said. "This is Texas."
Mattlage said he was initially sympathetic toward the demonstrators, but that they have blocked roads in the area and caused traffic problems.
He said he fired his gun in preparation for the dove-hunting season, but when asked if he had another motive, he said, "Figure it out for yourself."
Yes, THIS IS TEXAS, where we only care about rights if they involve guns. And maybe beer.
The whole thing, the Cindy Sheehan thing, is just making me insane. I seriously cannot listen to conservative talk radio anymore. Not that I really could before, but now, just listening to it, I can feel my blood pressure going up. Even The Daily Show doesn't help, it just makes me want to throw a big old liberal bleeding heart fit. When making it funny doesn't even help, you know it's bad.
I wish I lived close enough to go stand with them.
