Being a former Okie, I know for a fact that everyone in Texas is in fact, an asshole, devil worshiping, unAmerican, gun loving (in a much more literal sense than you think), dog loving (again, more literal) freak of nature.
Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner
Boomer Sooner
(repeat, as Okies can only remember two words to a song)
At last year’s Red River Shootout, I overheard two OU students talking…
Older Student: “Hey, after the win we all go over to [establishment] to celebrate.”
Younger Student: “What happens if we lose?”
Older Student: “Beats me. I’ve only been here four years.”
And as a former Orangeman I can tell you that we’re still waiting for our Big XII basketball conference trophy from 2003. Remember the year we owned you and Texas and OK State and Kansas for good measure?
How and when did this turn into a college pissing contest (not that I’m complaining)?
The guy’s name is Larry Northern. Here’s the mugshot.
Here is Mr. Northern as president of the L.T. Dillon Shooting Facility gun club.
Here is a news article where Mr. Northern boasts of voting for the local Republican candidate for sheriff in 2000.
And here is an anecdotal description of Mr. Northern from a fellow local, who describes him as a “hardcore Republican and ‘righteous’ Christian.”
More “compassionate conservatism” and “Christian values,” I suppose…
I guess Larry isn’t willing to put his money where his mouth is. Fundrace.org and OpenSecrets don’t list Larry as donating to any political cause.
Then again, they don’t list me either, so I question their reliability.
But you don’t sentence them for squat: 180 days in jail (suspended), 6 months community service and $180 in fines.
http://www.courtclerk.org/aps/ttl/lns/smcpb026.asp?/03/CRB/9555
Uh-uh! Born in Connecticut! Grew up in Texas. Did I mention Mainers even arrested him for DUI? Yee-hah! So, don’t, uh, stain Maine!
“Criminal Mischief Over $1,500 and under $20,000”
They must have included labor.
Ordinarily I would object to this sort of characterization, but this time, you’ve pretty much got me pegged. 
I will not skim threads, I will not skim threads, I will not skim threads, I will not skim threads, I will not skim threads…
Did any of the protesters who put up the crosses in the first place, bother themselves with first asking the families of the dead soldiers for their permission?
Holy fuck, man. We get it. We ALL fucking get it. You’ve got a hard on for bashing conservatives. Seriously, we understand and recognize your hatred of all things conservative. But seriously, do you need to do this shit in EVERY FUCKING THREAD?
Did those folks over in Washington ask permission of all the family members of those boys on the wall?
I thought the people that put up crosses were family members.
It’s not like there were 1800 crosses.
1800 Crosses would make a nifty monicker for a group of talented musicians.
According to the blog, there were 800 crosses. I think that it is highly unlikely that 800 family members traveled to Texas to put up a cross. It’s also rather insensitive to the dead soldiers who were not Christians.
Just Texas? Sorry; But broad generalizations and ridicule are allowed when referring to any southern white male. Or did I miss the memo limiting this to Texans only?
First link is a picture and another version of the story. Second link is not valid; the entire domain appears empty even. Third link has this quotation from Northern, “Baylor parent and Woodway resident Larry Northern said he decided to support Lynch because he was ‘honest, straight-shooting and moral.’ Northern said Lynch’s favorite saying was, ‘Don’t do crime because you’re going to do the time.’” I dunno how that can be called a “boast.” Fourth link is a blog post, and even is we had some means of judging the veracity of the author, the author only says he’s “seen Larry Northern 100 times.” What the blog doesn’t say is that its author actually knows Northern.
Great cites you’ve got there, rjung. Not a single one of which supports your claim.
This makes just two examples on that road of attempting to squelch dissent by terror. Reminds me of the reconstructionist-era “gun clubs” that practiced outside black polling locations…
By singing (living…) Strange Fruit?