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Me too! Chuck

Maybe, they're just trying to be polite to you. Chuck

I'm sure you have. I'm glad I didn't hold a candle, at the time. Chuck

The worst hotel I ever stayed in, was in a West Texas town. I arrived late at night and every other hotel and motel was full-up. I was in town for a rodeo and finally, found a hotel with the 'vacancy' sign still lit. I checked-in and went to the room. It was late fall and fairly chilly. The first thing I noticed was the bathroom window was wide open and the night wind had the curtains blowing due West! I closed the window and shortly after, smelled natural gas. I ignored it and went to bed. The sheets were like cheese cloth and the one blanket was for a twin bed and this one was a full-sized bed. I couldn't handle the smell of gas any more so, I went down to the desk and told the night clerk about my concerns in regard to the gas. He informed me that, that was why the bathroom window was open. I told him I wasn't staying there and was leaving. After a bit of haggling, he gave me a full refund. I went to my pick-up, un-rolled my bedroll and slept in the bed of my truck. Probably what I should've done in the first place! Chuck

I'm anxious to see how the old guy (Modano) they acquired does also. GO WINGS! It seems weird, rooting for Modano now, after so many years of his being with Dallas. I think, he'll be a good addition to the Wings. He definately brings a lot of experience to help the new young guys. Chuck Modano looked pretty good, last night! Scored a goal in just a little over 5-min. into the game. Howard gets his 4th. career shut-out. Yee-haaaaaa... Wings at Chicago, tonight! edit to add: Modano definately, looks better in a Red Wings sweater! Chuck

I think it's the same for big city newspapers as well as small towns. I believe, they do it to get the right 'slant' to the story and sell newspapers. Chuck

I'm anxious to see how the old guy (Modano) they acquired does also. GO WINGS! It seems weird, rooting for Modano now, after so many years of his being with Dallas. I think, he'll be a good addition to the Wings. He definately brings a lot of experience to help the new young guys. Chuck

Me too! Looking forward to see how the Red Wings do, this year. I'm hoping, their goal-tending is better this year. I'm anxious also, to see how the new young guys they acquired do. I love this time of year! Chuck

Let's Go Pens!!!! Pittsburgh: On the ice or on the grass we'll kick your ass! Not last night! Pens aren't off to a very good start. GO WINGS! Chuck

we all know he'd pay crap-all attention to it last year. outside of election year, he's more concerned about his hair. Yup! Also, after Arizona passed their controversial law, Perry said Texas would never have such a law. Now, he's pushing for one like it. From what I can see, he'll go to the highest bidder. Chuck

The governor of Texas is 'pushing' the Mexican govt. to become 'active' in the investigation and to help find the body. This could also play right into the governor's hands. This is an election year and he's running again. I wonder, how much attention he would pay to this incident if it were not an election year. Chuck

I found the statute in regard to dealing with trespassers in Texas. Basically, it states that the property owner must have his property posted and in the event of a trespasser(s), the property owner can verbally tell them to leave and should get good descriptions and report it to police. Actually, it says to 'avoid' confrontation but nothing about holding them at gun-point. Chuck So, in other words, you parroted the RWC talking points on this matter. Talking points that have little to no basis in fact. The talking points sure sounded real good, right up until you fact checked them. Then you come to the realization that you have been lied to, and have repeated those lies in error. You might just be able to break free from the RWC mindset and start thinking for yourself. BRAVO!!! The lesson for ALL RWCs is that fact-checking is really important, when it comes to the information presented to you by your preferred sources. Faux News is STILL litigating to establish the right to force newsreaders to broadcast information that the newsreaders KNOW to be factually incorrect. This is quite a departure from the journalistic ethics to which respectable organizations adhere to. I haven't the slightest clue as to what the hell you said! Whatever RWC is... I don't have any 'preferred' sources. I was referring to the Texas Statute on 'trespassers' and how a land owner can deal with them. Where you came-up with what you did is beyond me. Ya' need to put-down the wacky-weed! Chuck

I found the statute in regard to dealing with trespassers in Texas. Basically, it states that the property owner must have his property posted and in the event of a trespasser(s), the property owner can verbally tell them to leave and should get good descriptions and report it to police. Actually, it says to 'avoid' confrontation but nothing about holding them at gun-point. Chuck

Just heard this morning, U.S. authorities have contacted Mexican authorities in regard to this matter. Mexican authorities say they have not found a body or jet-ski. In other words, they don't believe it happened and are in essence, saying the wife 'made it up'. U.S. authorities are accusing Mexican authorities of not even looking. Chuck

Citizen's arrest? I would assume, it would be better to get a good description, direction of travel and any other useful information, give all that to the proper authorities and let them handle it. I know of a lot of folks along the border who are really fed-up with illegals trashing their property and breaking in to out-buildings or their homes, stealing vehicles or anything else that isn't nailed down and so-on and so-on. My question is... how much of that do they have to put-up with? To a lot of folks, calling Border Patrol doesn't 'fix' what the illegals 'broke'. It gets to be a hard pill to swallow. Chuck

Thanks Chuck. I used that in Google and went through the first 6-7 pages of hits. Most relate to constitutional rights of illegal aliens, such as education for children or access to health care. The only ones I saw that pertain to private property were the cases we've already discussed, where the issue is not detaining the illegals but rather administering a little impromptu "frontier justice". Frankly, I did not find a single thing that suggests that property owners can't try to keep out trespassers, or detain trespassers until law enforcement or the Border Patrol can come and pick them up. I also can't find any law or court judgment that suggests in any way that illegals have any rights that US citizens do not. If any such laws or judgments do exist, I'd really appreciate a specific link. Thanks, Don[/reply It appears, should a land owner catch some illegals on his property, he'd better be real careful as to how he approaches and handles the situation. There is still, the possibility the land owner could find himself in a real bind. Chuck

I wonder why that pussy from Texas didn't do anything about this as it grew worse and worse in the last 10 years Leave it to an America hating liberal to blame George Bush. STFU nah... it's that people think that the TX gov has any power. The gov position in TX is a figurehead position. Honestly I bet Rick Perry's hair has more governmental power in TX than he does. Political influence? yeah, that's different. He can certainly overspend just like the majority party and the President does. And this is just on a remodel of the Governers Mansion. Nothing like some luxury to help the politicians feel comfortable while they sign our money away. I heard on the news yesterday, where Perry and the other guy running for Texas Governor are getting their campaign money. Most of Perrys is coming from huge businesses who Perry has pushed bills for through the State House over the years. Perry can be bought, he's just not cheap! Chuck

Check my reply to GeorgiaDon toward the bottom of page 5 of this thread. Chuck

I googled 'laws pertaining to protection of private property from illegal aliens in Texas'. I did see the cases you referred to and in a couple of them, the land owner should've been sued. Chuck

I googled: 'laws pertaining to protecting private property from illegal aliens in Texas.' There's a whole bunch of cases that came-up. Chuck

I suspect the application of the law is different. As I mentioned to Billvon, it seems that way. In my search, I found several cases where illegals sued land-owners because the land-owner held them for authorities. One illegal recieved $77,000.00 in 'damages'. Noone took into account that the illegal had a very long rap-sheet! Sounds to me like too many 'liberal' judges! Chuck

That seems to be the case! In my search, all I could find was cases where illegals who had confrontations with land owners, suedthe land owners for 'damages' and WON! Some of the illegals had fairly long rap sheets, also. From that, I would assume the laws ARE different for illegals. Chuck

I've been informed that the Border Patrol or Sheriff be called. I do know, one rancher here in Texas held some illegals at gunpoint and in turn was charged with false imprisonment. You raise a good question. I'm going to do some searching of the laws in regards to this. Chuck

To the best of my knowledge, that's correct. Chuck

I should've been more clear... I was referring to non-law enforcement people... civilians. Chuck