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23 Aug 2012, 5:56 am

.... is re-elected! 8O


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As if the negative political ads aren't enough, now a county judge in Lubbock, Texas, predicts possible "civil war" if President Obama is re-elected.

Judge Tom Head was on a local TV news show making his case for a tax increase, when he said hiring extra sheriff's deputies would especially be needed if Obama wins in November.

From Lubbock's Fox 34 News:

"He's going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the United States to the U.N., and what is going to happen when that happens?," Head asked.

"I'm thinking the worst. Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe. And we're not just talking a few riots here and demonstrations, we're talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy.

"Now what's going to happen if we do that, if the public decides to do that? He's going to send in U.N. troops. I don't want 'em in Lubbock County. OK. So I'm going to stand in front of their armored personnel carrier and say 'you're not coming in here'.

"And the sheriff, I've already asked him, I said 'you gonna back me' he said, 'yeah, I'll back you'. Well, I don't want a bunch of rookies back there. I want trained, equipped, seasoned veteran officers to back me."

Sheriff Kelly Rowe told a Lubbock newspaper reporter he has never discussed any of the scenarios with the judge.

On Wednesday, Judge Head explained his remarks in a video interview with the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. He said his original comments were taken out of context. But as the county's emergency management director, he said he has to keep a "worst case scenario" in mind if Obama returns to the White House and Democrats control the Senate.

"I have some opinions what they're doing and what they're trying to do if they stay in power," he said. "And I have to prepare for that."


Damn.... I wish Texas would secede.

Can Americans get anymore ridiculous?


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23 Aug 2012, 6:07 am

Wow. I have no words.



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23 Aug 2012, 9:38 am

If only we had lost at the Alamo.



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23 Aug 2012, 9:59 am

Judge Tom Head is insignificant. His opinions are irrelevant.


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23 Aug 2012, 10:05 am

Oldout wrote:
If only we had lost at the Alamo.

We did. :roll:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo


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23 Aug 2012, 10:30 am

It's mostly just empty rhetoric. Hyperbole. Main point: certain people in Texas are sick of Obama and want him gone.

It's extremely unlikely Texas seceding would actually happen. There is another possible scenario that would prove much more disastrous to the left: Texas splitting up into a total of 4 individual states, each most likely predominantly Republican voters. You'd have a virtually irrevocable shift in the balance of power within Congress. However, I don't see our national situation as quite that desperate yet.



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23 Aug 2012, 11:30 am

John_Browning wrote:
Oldout wrote:
If only we had lost at the Alamo.

We did. :roll:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo


AND HOW! :lol:


It's the loss that keeps on losing... :wink:


I think we should help Texas secede.

http://www.causes.com/causes/271117-non ... -u-s/about

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23 Aug 2012, 11:51 am

There is alot of fear mongering on both sides...that concerns me more than some delusional sheriff. Gee I am glad that I dont live in Texas.

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23 Aug 2012, 12:06 pm

The type of rhetoric would have landed him in front of a committee 70 years ago if he was a leftie. Its extremely funny and ironic that these right wing nutjobs are now advocating most of the things their predecessors used law to suppress (ie the Smith Act that made it a criminal offense to suggest violent overthrow of the government). This act was used against suspected communists on behalf of the capitalist government. Now we have public figures, right wingers, talking about violent overthrow of the government in a way never suggested by the commies who were supposedly such a threat to inspire law meant to suppress them. What a nation you live in


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23 Aug 2012, 12:16 pm

Oh hey, something I can add to my list of reasons I'm moving away from this horrible state.



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23 Aug 2012, 12:35 pm

meems wrote:
Oh hey, something I can add to my list of reasons I'm moving away from this horrible state.


Let me guess, you live in Dallas.

If Texas ever secedes, I hope we leave the Dallas/Ft. Worth area behind.



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23 Aug 2012, 12:59 pm

Fnord wrote:
Judge Tom Head is insignificant. His opinions are irrelevant.


Well, I still think he should be banned from eBay.


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23 Aug 2012, 1:57 pm

Someone needs a psych evaluation. :lol:



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23 Aug 2012, 3:00 pm

GoonSquad wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Judge Tom Head is insignificant. His opinions are irrelevant.


Well, I still think he should be banned from eBay.


lol :)



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23 Aug 2012, 6:35 pm

Oldout wrote:
If only we had lost at the Alamo.


The anglos did loose at the Alamo.

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23 Aug 2012, 11:06 pm

It's heartening that some law enforcement agencies would resist a coup. There probably won't be much of that where I'm at. :(

JWC wrote:
meems wrote:
Oh hey, something I can add to my list of reasons I'm moving away from this horrible state.


Let me guess, you live in Dallas.

If Texas ever secedes, I hope we leave the Dallas/Ft. Worth area behind.

Look at it like this: if Texas secedes, it will be free to pass a law to put a west bank style wall around it and the Mexico border. Regularly airdrop ammo, cigarettes, liquor and raw materials for meth and call it urban redevelopment! :lol:


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