Oh Nully was too funny. Wonder if Corny went for it yet. I haven't checked out the grandma thread today.
It's pretty quiet on the thread where the Waco deputy was killed. I'm pretty amazed at some of the comments. I didn't post on the thread, but I think I will. The story itself has very little information. Like: who was the woman was in the process of signing the "consent to search" form? Did she live there? Did she have any right to sign and consent? I see that the person who posted the article is of the opinion that consenting to search does not void the need for a search warrant, or at least that's how I interpret it. It seems like the officers went there HOPING to get consent to search, for whatever reason didn't get the search warrant first. I don't see that as unconstitutional. If the homeowner or renter says no to a search, and they search anyway, then any halfway decent lawyer should be able to get any evidence gathered as a result of the search should get that evidence thrown out. The guy who shot the deputy was wrong, wrong, wrong. I was pretty appalled at the ropes and trees stuff. I suppose my comments will put me in the anarcho-libertarian category by one side, and the statist boot-licker category by the other. Can't win.
Just my uninformed humble opinion.