Texas Gov. + Ruger LCP = Dead Coyote

[signal4l]

If my gov here in Illinois shot a coyote protestors would march in Springfield. He would probably wet his pants and spend the next 10 years in couseling at my expense. I wish I was from Texas..good shot

[karmapolice]

Shame on him for not carrying with one in the chamber.

That's what I thought too.

Regardless, props to him for carrying, and for taking out the 'wily' coyote.

I am going to give y'all a lesson on Texanese, what is meant by charged is that he charged the coyote not his weapon.

[graffex]

Good story, thanks for sharing. I really wish I lived in TX

[jaxman7]

I am just impressed a governor of a state carries even while running! Texas, if the SHTF I am moving there!

[Artos]

Thank you Artos - it's nice to know I'm not the only cynic in this forum. Big fish, big bucks, hot babes, whatever - no pic = BS. Someone with his money carrying a Ruger? Seems convenient it's a US made handgun. And just how old is this innocent little "puppy" he took jogging with him? Doesn't seem very conducive to a good run. We happen to have an election coming up and a story like this only helps him seal another term. Whatever, maybe it's true, maybe it's not. He's just another slick, sorry politician. Toll road Perry....

(Don't get me wrong as I'm no Democrat. I'm just smart enough to know they're all crooks looking to stay in power.)

...if it did or didn't happen, I'm glad to see our gov. poke'n a stick in the anti's eyes (be it animal rights or gun haters) It's all good and I'm tickled with the story.Seems to me if a yote was brazen enough to attack a pup with a human that close, it very well could have had rabies or some other sort of cooties??

Anyway, he certainly is not my favorite politician and I do wish medina could have rallied but she never had a chance with the big dogs. Still, he's much better than what some of the other states have to deal with.

[bobbo]

Depends - it's a big state. The more rural areas are mostly conservative, but you wouldn't believe how liberal Austin is. When gay marrage was on the ballot, Travis County (Austin) was the only county in the state where a majority voted for it. Every other county rejected it.

Yeah, but Texans have the good sense to keep all their hippies in corralled in one place where they can keep an eye on them.

[ForTehNguyen]

Yeah, but Texans have the good sense to keep all their hippies in corralled in one place where they can keep an eye on them.

Texas Constructs U.S. Border Wall To Keep Out Unwanted Americans - The Onion

Texas Constructs U.S. Border Wall To Keep Out Unwanted Americans

May 19, 2009 | ISSUE 45•21

WICHITA FALLS, TX—Calling it an essential step toward securing the Texas border and protecting his people's way of life, Gov. Rick Perry announced Tuesday the completion of a 1,953-mile wall designed to keep out millions of unwanted Americans.

According to Perry, the 75-foot-high barricade running along the northern boundary is the culmination of more than 160 years of escalating tensions between Texas and the United States.



Though a protective barrier has been under consideration for decades, the Texas Legislature voted unanimously to begin construction on the project immediately following the 2008 presidential election.

"As governor, it is my responsibility to do whatever's necessary to maintain the territorial integrity of Texas," Perry told reporters during a press conference held inside a sniper tower overlooking Oklahoma. "If you are a Texas citizen, you shouldn't have to worry about some American coming in here, using your goods and services, and taking away your job."

"Let the record show I have nothing personal against Americans," Perry added. "I just think they should stay in America, where they belong."

The wall is comprised of six security layers: a razor-wire fence equipped with motion sensors, surveillance cameras, and guard towers; a 70-foot-wide trench with expert marksmen stationed along its perimeter; a roadway patrolled by armed vehicles equipped with synchronized electromagnetic wave gradiometers to detect Americans attempting to tunnel their way into Texas; and a second, third, and fourth fence.

The final section of the barricade, a reinforced concrete enclosure containing the city of Austin, will be finished by August 2009.

"These Americans are destroying the moral and social fabric of our state," said Rep. Chris Turner, who added that he worries when he looks around Texas and sees people from places like Pennsylvania, Iowa, and Vermont. "The man who used to repair my truck was replaced by some mechanic who moved in here from Kansas. Lately I can't go to the store or the bank without running into all kinds of these foreigners. This wall is the only hope we have of keeping Texas safe."

"The truth is, Americans are just different from us," Turner added. "We don't even speak the same language."

According to Texas Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Tom Alford, Americans will only be permitted to cross the border if they have immediate family living in Texas, in which case they can apply for a 90-minute monitored visitation to be held inside a checkpoint detention facility.

However, Alford stressed that any American attempting to transport barbecue sauce, beef jerky, belt buckles, or longhorn cattle back to the United States will face the death penalty.

Thus far, a majority of Texas citizens support the border wall, with nearly 8 million signing up to join a coalition of Minutemen that will guard the fence.

"These good-for-nothing Americans want to come in here and wait in the same lines as me, watch the same movies, and eat at the same restaurants," El Paso resident and border patrol volunteer Larry Carlile told reporters. "Who do they think they are? I'd never dare waltz into America and act like I owned the place. That country's a godforsaken hellhole, anyway."

"Round 'em up and get 'em out," Carlile added. "Go back to Seattle or whatever you call it."

Since the wall's completion, there has been no official comment from Washington. However, sources close to President Obama said that upon being informed of Gov. Perry's announcement the commander in chief muttered, "Thank God."

[JHC]

I have seen where some really smart political minds think that 2012 could set up perfectly for a presidential run for Gov Perry.

Today anyway, I'd be all over that.

My understanding is that Texas is thriving in comparo to the rest of the country on a number of fronts. TX enacted tort reform a few years ago and has been gaining new MDs by the thousands (moving to the state) and apparently many are servicing poor areas (I recall the billboards around Harlingen entreating folks not to file frivolous lawsuits many years ago).

Texas just rocks all the way around.

[austinN4]

The final section of the barricade, a reinforced concrete enclosure containing the city of Austin, will be finished by August 2009.

Actually, Austin per say is not the problem. The problem is the droves of Californians who are moving here.