bush neighbor drawns gun on Danish journalist who wandered onto her property

[Smash255]

Ahhh Gotta love  Texas.....

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/02/gun-incident-near-president-bushs-ranch/

[dead0man]

The old lady was a bitch.   She was in the right, but she's still a bitch.

[opebo]

An excellent lesson for Europeans - do not come to the benighted, violent, third world country known as america.

[Franzl]

An excellent lesson for Europeans - do not come to the benighted, violent, third world country known as america.

You know what, your arrogant comments are really really starting to get on my nerves.

[Јas]

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How hard did they try?

[MODU]

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How hard did they try?

HAHAHAHA

Reporter 1 - "Hey, ask for her a comment."
Reporter 2 - "Screw you.  You ask her!  I'm out of here."

[Hash]

Lol Texas

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

An excellent lesson for Europeans - do not come to the benighted, violent, third world country known as america.

You know what, your arrogant comments are really really starting to get on my nerves.

You'll learn to ignore them. 

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

He's lucky his nuts aren't on the ground.......I bet she's a good shot.

[opebo]

An excellent lesson for Europeans - do not come to the benighted, violent, third world country known as america.

You know what, your arrogant comments are really really starting to get on my nerves.

What are you, some kind of nationalist?

[Ban my account ffs!]

Wow, what a b*tch.

No, not a "can I help you?"  or an "Excuse me, but you're on private property."

People like her make this country a crappy place to live sometimes.

I bet she was just waiting for an opportunity to get her gun out and make a scene.

[Sam Spade]

It's Texas in the middle of the country.  What do you expect?  If I know the people in that area of the world, they'll be happy when GWB is not President for this reason, if any.

At my parents' place in German land, Texas, they would do the exact same thing.

[Ban my account ffs!]

The difference a little latitude makes.

If you were to accidentally walk onto someone's property here, a little old lady would likely come out and ask if anything were wrong and offer you a bar and a cup of coffee.

[opebo]

It's Texas in the middle of the country.  What do you expect?  If I know the people in that area of the world, they'll be happy when GWB is not President for this reason, if any.

At my parents' place in German land, Texas, they would do the exact same thing.

Why are they so consumed by fear and hatred?

[Storebought]

Considering that illegal immigrants, many of whom are felons in their native countries, cross through the Texas backcountry, this woman's (over)reaction to some intruder on comes as no great shock.

And lol at snowguy ... again.

[StateBoiler]

The difference a little latitude makes.

If you were to accidentally walk onto someone's property here, a little old lady would likely come out and ask if anything were wrong and offer you a bar and a cup of coffee.

Bulls***.

If a person walked on my property I didn't know, I'd be defensive and asked them what they wanted or if I could help them out.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

If a person walked on my property I didn't know, I'd be defensive and asked them what they wanted or if I could help them out.

Me too, with my 44 Bulldog Special strapped to my side. 

[Sam Spade]

Considering that illegal immigrants, many of whom are felons in their native countries, cross through the Texas backcountry, this woman's (over)reaction to some intruder on comes as no great shock.

And lol at snowguy ... again.

That's one of the primary problems in German land, Texas, which is mostly farming land.

[minionofmidas]

It's Texas in the middle of the country.  What do you expect?  If I know the people in that area of the world, they'll be happy when GWB is not President for this reason, if any.

I would think that the journalists are getting on Bush's neighbors' tits, yes.

I would also agree that this has nothing whatsoever to do with illegal immigration - she's Texan. She can smell a Mexican from ten miles downwind. She's not going to mistake a middle-class Dane for a Mexican - , and everything to do with seeing an opportunity to vent her anger at the frecking journos.
For which she has my sympathy.

[Cubby]

Considering that illegal immigrants, many of whom are felons in their native countries, cross through the Texas backcountry, this woman's (over)reaction to some intruder on comes as no great shock.

Thats a racist lie, and anti-immigrant people can say it till they're blue in the face but it doesn't make it true.

If a person walked on my property I didn't know, I'd be defensive and asked them what they wanted or if I could help them out.

Thats not what happened. She pulled a gun on the woman. Funny how you didn't say anything about a gun in your response. Maybe its b/c you're not as insane as this Texas woman was.

[Storebought]

Considering that illegal immigrants, many of whom are felons in their native countries, cross through the Texas backcountry, this woman's (over)reaction to some intruder on comes as no great shock.

Thats a racist lie, and anti-immigrant people can say it till they're blue in the face but it doesn't make it true.

The ones who traipse across ranches and rural peoples' back yards, in the sparsely-settled parts of the state, are indeed criminals. And Brazos Co itself sees a proportion of them, because it lies well away from any interstate or national highway system.

[Ban my account ffs!]

Considering that illegal immigrants, many of whom are felons in their native countries, cross through the Texas backcountry, this woman's (over)reaction to some intruder on comes as no great shock.

Thats a racist lie, and anti-immigrant people can say it till they're blue in the face but it doesn't make it true.

The ones who traipse across ranches and rural peoples' back yards, in the sparsely-settled parts of the state, are indeed criminals. And Brazos Co itself sees a proportion of them, because it lies well away from any interstate or national highway system.

Including the northern EUropean ones talking on cell phones with little regard to their surroundings.

Something tells me that if the woman couldn't tell the difference between what actually happened and a "criminal" illegal immigrant sneaking across the countryside, she shouldn't be allowed to own a gun in the first place.

Hell, next thing we know, this woman'll be pickin' off the neighbor kids for taking apples from her apple tree.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

If I owned property and a gun and a journo wandered onto my property... yeah... I think I'd wave a gun in said journo's face. Who wouldn't?

[Storebought]

Considering that illegal immigrants, many of whom are felons in their native countries, cross through the Texas backcountry, this woman's (over)reaction to some intruder on comes as no great shock.

Thats a racist lie, and anti-immigrant people can say it till they're blue in the face but it doesn't make it true.

The ones who traipse across ranches and rural peoples' back yards, in the sparsely-settled parts of the state, are indeed criminals. And Brazos Co itself sees a proportion of them, because it lies well away from any interstate or national highway system.

Including the northern EUropean ones talking on cell phones with little regard to their surroundings.

Something tells me that if the woman couldn't tell the difference between what actually happened and a "criminal" illegal immigrant sneaking across the countryside, she shouldn't be allowed to own a gun in the first place.

Hell, next thing we know, this woman'll be pickin' off the neighbor kids for taking apples from her apple tree.

I mention the criminal element amidst the illegal immigration, if it can be described that way, because it is a significant problem in TX, especially along the farms and ranches along the Rio Grande, and away from the better-patrolled major highways. It is not fair, at all, to dismiss it as a 'race problem' involving the delusions of murderous old bigots.

I say all of this in general, and not about this specific woman, who, as lewis points out, was just acting out and making a statement.

[bullmoose88]

If I owned property and a gun and a journo wandered onto my property... yeah... I think I'd wave a gun in said journo's face. Who wouldn't?

You have to watch out for those danes man...they still have that Viking urge to pillage.