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.
Hiya.... I went back to bed. Yoda woke me up too early because he was hungry, but it is Saturday and I figured out I didn't have to stay awake.
The deputy that was shot was from a different county, not Waco (county seat of McLennan County) -- it's an hour's drive from Waco at least.
Flower Show
Two old men were sitting on a park bench outside the local town hall where a flower show was in progress.
One leaned over the other and said, "Cripes! Life is boring. We never have any fun these days. For $5.00, I'd take my clothes off and streak through the flower show!"
"You're on!" said the other old fellow, holding up five dollars.
As fast as he could, the first old man fumbled his way out of his clothes and completely naked, streaked through the front door of the town hall.
His friend heard a huge commotion inside the hall, followed by loud applause. The streaker burst out through the door surrounded by a cheering crowd.
"Wow, what happened?" asked his friend.
"It was great!" he said, "I won first prize for best dried arrangement!"
I wouldn't be too concerned about titles assigned to you by th Corny one. He's not wrapped real tight.