tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7802824510597641530..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Justified and unjustified killings, south-bound spillover, the old mumpsimus, and other storiesGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-395280937428772782012-07-02T17:23:37.769-05:002012-07-02T17:23:37.769-05:00NUECES COUNTY PROBATION OFFICERS WILL BE KNOCKING ...NUECES COUNTY PROBATION OFFICERS WILL BE KNOCKING ON DOORS...<br /><br />Well let's see now. What do a lot of people do on the 4th of July? Back yard barbecues with family and friends comes to mind. Most probably there are ice chests filled with beer at these gatherings.<br /><br />Now the way I understand it, if you are on probation for a DWI, drinking even if you are not driving can be a violation of your parole. I'm sure it is just a coincidence that probation officers have picked this coming Tuesday and Wednesday to make home visits and do breath tests. Remember, the police chief said, "If we need to put them in jail for a technical violation to keep an eye on them, we will."<br /><br />Now don't misunderstand my point here. DWI is a terrible crime that is perpitrated with horrific results on the public evryday. It is just that sending probation offices to homes to crash backyard barbecues and lock up people because they are cooking hamburgers with a beer in their hand seems a little over the top and 1984 to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-17837866894232847682012-07-02T17:18:19.089-05:002012-07-02T17:18:19.089-05:00Anne Roberts said...
An interesting collection of ...Anne Roberts said...<br />An interesting collection of stories. I think it is important to be able to protect ourselves whenever neccessary. And if it includes shooting a stranger in your home, so be it. By the way, mumpsimus does not roll out the tongue smoothly, but a very useful word indeed.<br /><br />7/02/2012 04:57:00 PM<br /> <br />Anne, I'm not picking on you but I find it strange that people put blind trust in the "state" to protect us until it comes to guns and in that situation we have a right to shoot whomever we damn well please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82438657326465206222012-07-02T16:57:00.606-05:002012-07-02T16:57:00.606-05:00An interesting collection of stories. I think it i...An interesting collection of stories. I think it is important to be able to protect ourselves whenever neccessary. And if it includes shooting a stranger in your home, so be it. By the way, mumpsimus does not roll out the tongue smoothly, but a very useful word indeed.Anne Robertshttp://lalawyersjournal.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-1759660449106126842012-07-02T14:45:18.399-05:002012-07-02T14:45:18.399-05:00Really?
Nueces County probation officers will be ...Really?<br /><br />Nueces County probation officers will be knocking this week on doors of people on probation for drunken driving convictions. The DWI offender check brings together the Nueces County Community Supervision and Corrections Department and Corpus Christi police. The initiative is an effort to monitor offenders to ensure they don't imbibe and drive during the historically busy holiday.<br /><br />The initiative is not about locking people up but protecting visitors and residents alike during the popular holiday.<br /><br />Anyone else besides me get nervous when Texas talks about "protecting" it's citizens? <br /><br />1 in 25 in jail, prison, on parole or probation. More felonies than any other state. 70,000 on the sex offender registry.<br /><br />Before long, it is very possible that ALL of us will fit in some criminal category. Whose protecting us from the idiots in the legislature or the Governor from Paint Creek?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44255436450986495152012-07-02T12:46:32.323-05:002012-07-02T12:46:32.323-05:00Texas Ledgislature 30.4% lawyers; that speaks volu...Texas Ledgislature 30.4% lawyers; that speaks volumes. No wonder...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21208419685978775862012-07-02T12:34:07.834-05:002012-07-02T12:34:07.834-05:00well 10:31 i agree with him. That message would b...well 10:31 i agree with him. That message would be!<br /><br />"No matter what costume your wearing you break into someone's home unannoucned YOU DIE!"<br /><br />I LIKE IT!rodsmithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86797002800601887332012-07-02T11:02:14.920-05:002012-07-02T11:02:14.920-05:00I'll tell you what 10:31. If any trigger-happ...I'll tell you what 10:31. If any trigger-happy law enforcement comes kicking in my door with their finger on the trigger pointed at me, and the question becomes his life or mine, I wouldn't hesitate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-80622440625101046742012-07-02T10:56:27.447-05:002012-07-02T10:56:27.447-05:00A cough syrup addict, with a prior conviction of i...A cough syrup addict, with a prior conviction of illegal possession of the stuff, pulled over while under the influence and driving 87 mph? Yeah, it was time to get this moron off the road before he killed somebody, and not after.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21218967461763910782012-07-02T10:48:57.758-05:002012-07-02T10:48:57.758-05:00Anon 1031
Comment so off subject it is not worth ...Anon 1031<br /><br />Comment so off subject it is not worth a reply.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236666405095867671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-74946522571328103352012-07-02T10:31:06.621-05:002012-07-02T10:31:06.621-05:00Edward Greff writes: "You have figure if some...Edward Greff writes: "You have figure if someone is willing to break in to your home knowing you are there, they are prepared to deal with you. So, let's send them the message"<br /><br />Are you saying the grandfather in Arlington should have shot the ATF agent to "send a message"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64357413161299304492012-07-02T09:41:53.042-05:002012-07-02T09:41:53.042-05:00As Clint would say, "There is nothing wrong w...As Clint would say, "There is nothing wrong with shooting as long as the right people get shot." Why is it if someone decides to commit a robbery or a burglary, (armed or not), do we need to send them the message that it can be done safely? As to home invasions well, that's really different. You have figure if someone is willing to break in to your home knowing you are there, they are prepared to deal with you. So, let's send them the message that they have no worries either. We'll have a law for them that will stipulate if they break in the front door the home owner must flee out the back door. Everybody wants crime to go down. Disarming our citizens and or taking away their right to defend themselves won't help.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09995846776920060926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-8150818880055837662012-07-02T08:35:53.899-05:002012-07-02T08:35:53.899-05:00Evidently that "purple drank" ain't ...Evidently that "purple drank" ain't as kosher in Anderson County as it is in Harris County! Good job Anderson Co. D.A.'s office!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com