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Chuck Norris Becomes Texas Ranger Captain Today
WOAI ^ | 12/2/10 | Jim Forsyth

Posted on 12/02/2010 7:41:54 AM PST by laotzu

Nine years after the end of the classic TV show 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' Chuck Norris today will be named an honorary captain in the Texas Rangers.

Norris played Texas Ranger Cordell Walker in the eight year long show, portraying a two fisted martial arts expert who enforced the law in Dallas and across Texas. Norris' brother Aaron Norris, who was the stunt coordinator on the TV show and also directed some episodes, will also be honored.

"They will be presented with this honor in recognition of the 'Walker, Texas Ranger' television series, and how it reflected well on law enforcement in general and on the DPS in particular," said Texas Department of Public Safety spokeswoman Tela Mange. The Texas Rangers are a unit of the DPS.

The brothers will be presented with certificates by Governor Perry, naming them as honorary captains in the legendary law enforcement organization, which traces its roots back to lawmen who 'ranged' across the frontier posts of what was then the Mexican state of Tejas y Coahuila in the 1820s.

"They join other notables, including John Wayne and President George H.W. Bush as honorary Texas Ranger captains," Mange says.

Unfortunately, the Norris' will not receive the 'cinco peso,' the familiar 'star in the circle' Texas Ranger badge which is by tradition made from a Mexican five peso coin. Mange says they'll have to be satisfied with certificates.


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To: laotzu

Chuck Norris never sleeps... he waits.


61 posted on 12/02/2010 8:34:38 AM PST by Elwood P. Doud (America, you voted for a negro socialist with an Islamic name - so why act surprised?)
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To: laotzu

Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door.


62 posted on 12/02/2010 8:34:58 AM PST by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: Mr. Lucky

In the News/Activism forum, on a thread titled Chuck Norris Becomes Texas Ranger Captain Today, Mr. Lucky wrote:
I’m ready for something real

You do appreciate the irony of posting that statement on an internet chatroom under a pseudonym, right?


ROFLOL

Irony is so . . . ironic!


63 posted on 12/02/2010 8:37:08 AM PST by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: All

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64 posted on 12/02/2010 8:38:58 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: Cyber Liberty

“I don’t think he’ll have to. Giants are in the NL West....”

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The reference was to this PAST World Series.


65 posted on 12/02/2010 8:43:19 AM PST by EyeGuy (RaceMarxist Obama: The Politics of Vengeance)
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To: laotzu

Chuck Norris can light a fire by rubbing two ice-cubes together.


66 posted on 12/02/2010 8:43:52 AM PST by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: laotzu

Chuck Norris made a Happy Meal cry.


67 posted on 12/02/2010 8:44:46 AM PST by plinyelder ("I've noticed that everybody that is for abortion has already been born." -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: EyeGuy

Oh sorry...my team got eliminated early, and I forgot The Rangers were in the WS. Baseball hasn’t been the same since they messed with home-field advantage to get people to watch the All Stars. Don’t get me started on DH rule...LOL.


68 posted on 12/02/2010 8:50:52 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (We conservatives will always lose elections as long as we allow the MSM to choose our candidates.)
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To: Mr. Lucky
You do appreciate the irony of posting that statement on an internet chatroom under a pseudonym, right?

Nice 'delayed laugh' comment...

69 posted on 12/02/2010 8:56:08 AM PST by GOPJ ('Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power." Martin Buber /a Tea-nami's coming..)
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To: t-dude
Who does Norris campaign for?

I guess I could Google it but felt a little lazy.

70 posted on 12/02/2010 9:02:34 AM PST by Bodleian_Girl (Play, ya pay.)
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To: sharkshooting

If ‘24’ had starred Chuck Norris, it would have been called ‘1’.


71 posted on 12/02/2010 9:14:53 AM PST by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
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To: laotzu

Dick Cheney is Chuck Norris’s backup.


72 posted on 12/02/2010 9:25:44 AM PST by flying_bullet (El Conservo tribe member)
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To: jakerobins

I guess theat means they laid off everybody else.


73 posted on 12/02/2010 10:20:21 AM PST by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: Lazamataz; kristinn

Chuck Norris can raise Kristinn’s IQ after Laz got done with him to higher than it was originally.


74 posted on 12/02/2010 10:30:19 AM PST by Erasmus (Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
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To: justlurking

Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his father, and he can crap a “black saturn”

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11180-atom-smasher-may-give-birth-to-black-saturns.html


75 posted on 12/02/2010 10:33:50 AM PST by MikeSteelBe
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To: justlurking

Chuck Norris lost his virginity before his father, and he can crap a “black saturn”

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11180-atom-smasher-may-give-birth-to-black-saturns.html


76 posted on 12/02/2010 10:34:00 AM PST by MikeSteelBe
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To: reagan_fanatic

Scientists have finally figured out why the Universe
is expanding...
It’s trying to get away from Chuck Norris.


77 posted on 12/02/2010 10:39:05 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: laotzu
In the Eyes of a Ranger
The unsuspecting stranger
Had better know the truth of wrong from right

Cause the eyes of the Ranger are upon you
Anything you do he's gonna see
So when you're in Texas look behind you
Cause that's where the Ranger’s gonna be!

78 posted on 12/02/2010 11:20:22 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: All
laotzu, thanks for posting.

great thread. I hadn't heard some of these before.

79 posted on 12/02/2010 1:31:36 PM PST by zeugma (Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam)
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To: laotzu

Chuck Norris CAN eat just one.


80 posted on 12/02/2010 1:32:11 PM PST by Surtur (Are we on Athen's time yet?)
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