# Meet Tom Head, Lubbock County Judge
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [August 23, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328 "2012-08-23T01:02:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/61 "2012-08-23T15:32:54Z")
> [@Chimera](#):
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> As long as it’s not drawn out then a “p”.
> “Look Chimmmmm…p” 😉
Perhaps “Chim-chim” would be better?
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### Author:  [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/62 "2012-08-23T16:02:39Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> I am sadly more familiar with Lubbock, Texas than anyone in their right mind would like to be. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the good citizens of Lubbock back this judge 100%.
The entire state of Texas is a shithole aside from Austin and Houston.
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### Author:  [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/63 "2012-08-23T16:26:07Z")
I came across an interesting article a while back. It turns out that some of those rumors about the UN and/or Russia invading were in fact based on something.
Although. . .
It’s not what you would expect.
> **[A Conspiracy Melts Down Into Washers and Dryers (Published 2010)](https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/us/27gulfport.html?_r=2)**
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> The presence of hundreds of former Soviet-bloc vehicles in Gulfport, Miss., gave rise, in the mind of conspiracy theorists, to a plot to overthrow the government.
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### Author:  [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/64 "2012-08-23T16:41:52Z")
That photo heading the article looks like something straight out of a \*Fallout \*game.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/65 "2012-08-23T16:53:47Z")
> [@grude](#):
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> The entire state of Texas is a shithole aside from Austin and Houston.
Nevertheless, I think it’s about time we did a santorum-job on “Lubbock.” Let’s see, perhaps “lubbock” could be the new word for “Cleveland steamer” or “rusty trumpet.”
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### Author:  [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/66 "2012-08-23T17:07:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Nevertheless, I think it’s about time we did a santorum-job on “Lubbock.” Let’s see, perhaps “lubbock” could be the new word for “Cleveland steamer” or “rusty trumpet.”
No, I think the sexual and scatological meanings should be reserved for smearing sources of bigotry on sex and sexuality issues specifically. (Boy, I’m glad the “s” key on my keyboard didn’t give out during that sentence.)
I propose “lubbock” as a verb meaning the slack-jawed unconscious drooling that sometimes happens when one falls into a doze in a public place. “I briefly nodded off during the meeting and might have gotten away with it, except turns out I was lubbocking all over my tie.”
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/67 "2012-08-23T17:44:47Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> And according to the linked article he’s in charge of the emergency management.
That’s usually more along the lines of clearing up downed trees on county roads after tornados, although I suppose repelling invasions by One World Gub’mints would qualify if one takes an expansive reading.
> [@TokyoBayer](#):
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> If the parties were reversed, you wouldn’t tell me that a zillion of the Republicans wouldn’t be screaming treason.
What, you mean the general “you” or me personally? 'Cause _I_ sure wouldn’t tell you any such thing. 😃
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/68 "2012-08-23T18:08:14Z")
> [@pravnik](#):
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> That’s usually more along the lines of clearing up downed trees on county roads after tornados, although I suppose repelling invasions by One World Gub’mints would qualify if one takes an expansive reading.
Don’t say that, he’ll ask for a bigger tax increase. What if he has to repel foreign invaders and clear up downed trees _at the same time_? His current staff clearly wouldn’t be adequate for the job.
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### Author:  [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/69 "2012-08-23T18:16:29Z")
Here’s what I dont get:
Let’s say that Obama _DID_ want to turn sovereignty over to the U.N.
How, exactly, could he accomplish this? And would the U.N. want it?
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/70 "2012-08-23T18:16:34Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> Don’t say that, he’ll ask for a bigger tax increase. What if he has to repel foreign invaders and clear up downed trees _at the same time_? His current staff clearly wouldn’t be adequate for the job.
No worries, this is west Texas. There’re only about five trees in the whole county.
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### Author:  [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/71 "2012-08-23T18:18:44Z")
> [@](#):
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> 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.
Well, that’s the end of his political career. The Republican Party of Texas has no use for this kind of un-American crazy talk.
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/72 "2012-08-23T18:19:14Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#):
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> Here’s what I dont get:
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> Let’s say that Obama _DID_ want to turn sovereignty over to the U.N.
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> How, exactly, could he accomplish this? And would the U.N. want it?
Yo, see Post 48. Question’s still open, though.
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### Author:  [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/73 "2012-08-23T18:50:37Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> Perhaps “Chim-chim” would be better?
Are you saying **Chimera** is Mary Poppins?
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/74 "2012-08-23T19:07:57Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> Nevertheless, I think it’s about time we did a santorum-job on “Lubbock.” Let’s see, perhaps “lubbock” could be the new word for “Cleveland steamer” or “rusty trumpet.”
Of course, we cannot confer such an honor upon the esteemed judge himself, because “head” is already **taken,** as it were.
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### Author:  [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/75 "2012-08-23T19:21:59Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#):
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> Are you saying **Chimera** is Mary Poppins?
I hadn’t thought of that. I was thinking of the monkey from _Speed Racer_.
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/76 "2012-08-23T19:51:15Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#):
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> I hadn’t thought of that. I was thinking of the monkey from _Speed Racer_.
I could be the monkey from Speed Racer who is practically perfect in every way.
But that seems unlikely.
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### Author:  [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/77 "2012-08-23T19:54:54Z")
> [@grude](#):
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> The entire state of Texas is a shithole aside from Austin and Houston.
Why did you include Houston?
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### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/78 "2012-08-23T20:34:42Z")
I knew there was a reason they are doing a remake of RED DAWN.
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### Author:  [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/79 "2012-08-23T21:09:25Z")
West Texas is better, because it contains fewer Texans.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-tom-head-lubbock-county-judge/632328/80 "2012-08-23T21:38:52Z")
Here I sit
Buns a-flexin’
Giving birth
To another Texan.
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