C’mon Now
Posted by TFG on April 15th, 2008
Midland Co. Sheriff got him a APC:
so he can take down West Texas badasses like this:
Simplistic, sure, but it still makes me want to vomit a little bit. We’re better than that.
Wait one — we were better than that. Well, at least nobody died, like the last time a church got took down in Texas. Probably thanks to the Texas Rangers being involved, and no thanks to Major General Sheriff APC of Midland By-God County.
And I can’t help but giggle at the idea of the Midland Sheriff signing the PO for a fooking Armored Personnel Carrier. Who green-lighted that boondoggledy pile of horseshit? I’m a Thin Blue Line kind of a guy, but that’s just pure stupid.
BACK-UPDATE: Hello, Q&O readers. Must be a slow day on the interwebs, but I’m never not thankful for traffic. So, long as you’re here — last meal, brisket or ribs? Bourbon or scotch with your iced tea? Potato salad or cole slaw?
April 15th, 2008 at 10:35 pm
that’s your Homeland Security dollars at work, keepin terrorism at bay
April 16th, 2008 at 6:23 am
Hey, you never know when one of them will come in handy in a sting operation.
April 16th, 2008 at 6:39 am
Probably thanks to the Texas Rangers being involved, and no thanks to Major General Sheriff APC of Midland By-God County.
Got it in one. I’m corresponding with someone involved in that entire hullaballoo and she says that not only is there a ton of information that hasn’t been reported yet (that she can’t talk about due to a gag order), but the sheer size of the place (over 1700 acres) and the amount of things they had there makes it a miracle that everything went as smoothly as it did.
I can fill ya in more if you want, but you’d have to e-mail me about it.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:15 am
One of our local county Sheriffs just got an APC for the many situations that require one here in the Midlands of South Carolina. Must be a midland thing.
April 16th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Don’t forget that two days before, the sheriff of Waco told the BATFU that if they raided the place that it would be a bloodbath, but they could let him walk up to the front door with the warrant and Koresh would walk out with him.
April 17th, 2008 at 5:57 am
It wouldn’t be so bad if he just parked in front of the courthouse, but just wait. They’ll have to find something to use it for in order to justify having it. Before you know it they’ll be invading someone’s house to bust a couple of losers smoking pot or something. Or worse, they’ll blow up someone’s house they think has drugs, but they won’t find any.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:41 am
I don’t trust any gummint employees or new laws. Next thing you know, that APC will be used to kill you for not wearing your seatbelt or to roll over your house because you didn’t give your kid the Ritalin his pubic-schoolmarm prescribed, in her infinite pubic-university-educated wisdom.
Oh well.
The R Man
April 18th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
If those are the only choices I have, then: ribs (vinegary not sweet sauce), scotch (decent single malt — bourbon tastes like aftershave smells), and cole slaw (the only way to go with vinegary ribs).
I suspect that not having Gen Wesley Clark advising the Rangers might have helped. The Rangers really don’t need any “Perfumed Princes” I think.
April 18th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Oh, gosh — you missed them all, sir…we’re going to have to have my annual discourse on BBQ eating, I see.
April 20th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Whole scotch fillet rubbed in salt, sprinkled with pepper - slow cooked indirect heat under the hood. Potato salad. Beer.