Posted on 05/08/2005 5:48:09 AM PDT by rw4site
You should be so useless. :-)
I've followed his writing on subjects Texan since the seventies. He has a genuine sense and skill for capturing and portraying his subject's life and character. He can in 700 words explain some of the most incredibly complex and convoluted issues we have in Texas, recasting them in simple, comprehensible images of real life and real politics. He is absolutely the best thing to hit the printed page since Damon Runyon.
I just wish his politics were bit more to the right. Ok, a lot more to the right.
Then Keagle [the prosecutor] asked what I would like to see happen.
"Does he have any priors?" I asked.
"I'm not supposed to tell you," he said. "But you're not going to run to the news."
Calzada, 26, had a felony drug conviction and a car theft, both a year and a half ago.
"Pretty much the same old same old that we see down here," Keagle said.
You are reading a story from someone that is going to win a darwin award in the next thirty days mark my words.Every cracked out pcp addict in the state that needs fenceable items for more drugs will find this guys house and pay him a visit.now that they know he is a p***y that wont do anything to protect himself or his family (wich is pretty much the first and only job of any real man) maby if one of his future druggie visiters kicks him in the ass hard enough a pair of testicles will move out of thier hiding place deep inside his vagina and take hold.But I doubt this tofu eating granola snorting coombaya singing nerd would do anything other then say thank you sir may I please have another.
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Mister Big Heart here should have the courage of his convictions.
He should post that statement on a sign in his front yard.
Trying to spread HIV is attempted murder.
1) The "man" made me do it.
2) Guns were the cause
3) Rascism
4) Conservatives caused it
5) The church is at fault
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by your post. Apparently, the young man has not been involved in any violent crime. Are you saying he should be shot dead simply because there are other offenders out there who are violent?
If this article is an example of Casey's comprehensible images of real life, both you and he have your head up your fourth point of contact.
This is him NOT being a bleeding heart?!?!?
I'm shocked no one has pointed out that this guy Casey is a MINDREADER!!
Casey:As I turned at the landing I saw him at the bottom of the stairs.
How did he know the guys intentions? Oh, because he told him.
As I started down the stairs toward him, Calzada said loudly, "Don't hurt me! I need help!"
I continued to tell him to get out, but he frantically tried to push by me to get upstairs.
"Yes, officer I told him I had a gun and to get the "F" out. He continued up the stairs towards me, I had no idea what he intentions were, that's when I fired."
Having said that, I have been in a position twice where I would have been legally justified in shooting a person trying to break into my house. Frankly I am glad I didn't either time.
That doesn't mean I wouldn't if the situation called for it. Both of mine involved liquor or drugs. One was I think simply at the wrong house and drunk. I simply let him go. The other was high on drugs and was trying to steal. I held him for a deputy.
I later talked to the deputy and the guy was on drugs and had got his car stuck in the ditch nearby and somehow ran his battery down. The deputy thought he was probably trying to steal a battery. I think they just let him go after a few days.
And the homeowner had this knowledge when the perp. was standing at the bottom of the stairs in a drug induced craze?
Wael, I suppose you've not advanced too far beyond seeing Spot run, then. :-)
I imagine among those who read without moving their lips, Casey and I do rather well.
Much thanks for sharing the insight.
hehe.... you said penal... : )
The poster (who I assume read the story) advocated killing the young man even though he knew he was unarmed and hadn't been charged with violent crimes in the past. I simply questioned this.
In Texas, a homeowner, or any resident of an abode has the right to kill any criminal intruder. The intruder does not have to be violent. Their mere presence in your home, uninvited, is grounds to kill. Why should anyone have to ask a criminal intruder what their intentions are?
Moldova allows you to own firearms for what?
"The night our house was invaded By RICK CASEY"
Your house was invaded by Rick Casey???
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