Comments on: Lunch Links

By: Bama’s Nannies at Punditry by the Pint

Bama’s Nannies at Punditry by the Pint — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:45:45 +0000

[...] Via The Agitator. [...]

By: Dave Krueger

Dave Krueger — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:22:35 +0000

They don’t call it Alabamastan for nothing.

By: Danno49

Danno49 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:31:06 +0000

Alex -

“Thank God for Mississippi. We’re ahead of them,” said Vizzini.

- That should be AL’s state motto.

Vizzini also said:

“Inconceivable!”

As a citizen of the gret stet of AL, I feel our motto should be:

Alabama – Of Course We Suck, Now Shut Up And Eat Your BBQ

By: colson

colson — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:14:00 +0000

ironic – politicians resign for having extra-marital affairs but you can’t even get an officer to resign after accidentally letting his bullets escape his gun and into two teens. i’m not sure which ‘oops’ is bigger.

By: Danno49

Danno49 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:54:00 +0000

To quote Brian Regan:

“I give up on this species.”

By: Mrs. C

Mrs. C — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:59:29 +0000

Sounds all too familiar. http://www.justiceforsal.com

By: Matt Moore

Matt Moore — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:50:46 +0000

Scooby – My point was that it won’t take long for some legislator to notice that hospitals ban balloons and decide, just to be sure, that they should just ban them everywhere.

By: Scooby

Scooby — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:34:29 +0000

Latex balloons being banned in hospitals is a property owner deciding what can and cannot be brought onto its property (IIRC, most people who are allergic to latex are health care workers, since they have the most contact with latex gloves and therefore the most chance to become sensitized to latex).

Banning metallic balloons, OTOH, is just more gov’t overreaching.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:16:08 +0000

“Thank God for Mississippi. We’re ahead of them,” said Vizzini.

- That should be AL’s state motto.

By: Matt Moore

Matt Moore — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:07:08 +0000

Latex balloons are already banned in hospitals because of allergies, so it’s not going to be long until balloons are completely illegal.

By: Eric Berlin

Eric Berlin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:29:09 +0000

A commenter on my blog, regarding the metallic balloons, had an interesting point: Many hospitals don’t allow latex balloons because of possible allergies. (And the choking hazard!)

Probably we should ban balloons altogether.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:28:01 +0000

The basic gun safety I was taught 20 years ago was you don’t put your finger on the trigger until you have a target you are ready to shoot, so you don’t unintentionally shoot someone/thing. Maybe it’s different nowadays.

By: roy

roy — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:00:34 +0000

The article doesn’t support the interpretation that the office “accidentally” had his gun drawn or his finger on the trigger. If he did that much intentionally, the claim that he he accidentally pulled the trigger doesn’t stretch credibility.

By: Kwix

Kwix — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:57:16 +0000

““I would support visiting old, historic churches, but as far as visiting wineries…””
Jesus. Water. Wine.

By: Leshrac

Leshrac — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:48:58 +0000

Illegal and dangerous use of a balloon? I wonder what the criminal penalties might be.

By: robc

robc — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:39:13 +0000

It is impossible for it to be an accidental shooting as you described. Putting your finger on the trigger is always followed by pulling the trigger. The accidental discharge would have had to occur otherwise, in which case the police department needs to spring for safer weapons.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:30:20 +0000

Negligence? I suspect two counts of attempted murder would be in order for any of us “less equal” citizens, as well as some pile-on charges.

“To Serve and Protect” seems to still be accurate… they serve and protect themselves and their cohorts quite well.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:28:11 +0000

“Barry Broad, a lobbyist for The Balloon Council….” There is a lobby group for helium balloons? I guess they must if a state government is threatening to ban one of their products. Might have to ban rubber balloons too since birds can eat them. Birthdays will never be the same :(

By: Highway

Highway — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:26:55 +0000

Yeah, if there were illegal drugs, then someone SHOULD be shot!

Wonder if they were recovered out of the back of the police cruiser like at Kathryn Johnston’s house…

Oh, and I love the mylar balloons ban. So they could be filled with something that’s lighter than air, but doesn’t float any higher than 30 feet? Are they kidding? I’d ask whether legislators were really that stupid, but I know the answer already.

By: scottp

scottp — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:52:07 +0000

Llewellyn said illegal drugs were recovered at the scene Well, there you go. The shooting was justified. No such thing as a bad shooting, when it comes to illegal drugs.