My kind of Sheriff...almost

Sheriff Chuck Wright, of Spartansburg, SC, while talking about a career criminal caught trying to rape a local woman, admitted that the justice system isn't working and told women in general to arm themselves.

Sheriff Chuck Wright opened his news conference by saying, "Our form of justice is not making it."

He said, "Carry a concealed weapon. That'll fix it."

Wright said,"Liberals call me and tell me the chain-gang form of justice isn't working. Well, let me inform you, your form of justice isn't working either."

Wright said, "It's too bad someone with a concealed weapons permit didn't walk by. That would fix it." He said people are tired of doing the right thing and criminals getting away with their actions.

He said several times, "I want you to get a concealed weapons permit."

At one point, Wright held up a fanny pack and said, "They make this right here where you can conceal a small pistol in them. They got one called The Judge that shoots a .45 or a .410 shell. You ain't got to be accurate; you just have to get close."

He encouraged women to walk in groups, and he ended by saying again, "I want you to get a concealed weapons permit. Don't get Mace. Get a firearm."

OK, he had me right up until he mentioned the [Taurus] Judge. Personally, my opinion is that women should not buy one of those. Men either, especially if you're a novice shooter. It's a big, clunky pistol with excessive recoil that you likely won't want to practice with so it won't do you much good at all if and when you need it. My thought is that you should get something a bit more controllable and enjoyable to shoot. That way, you'll stay practiced with it and be able to perform as required when the goblins appear. S&W J-frames, Kahr Arms, small Glocks...the options are numerous. Just get something reliable and comfortable, then take a class or two and practice, practice, practice.

"People too Stupid to be Allowed to Vote" award winner: Gail Westerfield

With the election of unemployed moron Alvin Greene to the US Senate race in the State of South Carolina with 60% of the vote despite his not even campaigning, many people are asking how that could possibly have happened. The answer is sadly simple: Idiots like Gail Westerfield.

“I voted for him because his name sounded like the singer and I’d never heard of Vic Rawl,” Gail Westerfield of Beaufort, South Carolina said. “I didn’t have name recognition– so I went with the person who had the most…famous name. It’s so bad.”

“I had just never heard of either of these guys and it never occurred to me that anything like this could happen or my vote and that this other person I was with who shall go nameless that our votes would contribute to South Carolina being the butt of a joke again. I mean, I feel terrible about it. I mean, we’re rivaling Florida now for the ridiculousness. I don’t feel good about being a part of that,” she said.

No, Gail, there's not really much of a valid comparison between a bunch of people who couldn't figure out a butterfly ballot (Democrat voters in Florida in 2000) but at least tried to cast a somewhat-informed vote with bona-fide retards like you who never bothered to learn fact one about either candidate but still felt the need to go to a polling place and cast a vote because one of them sounded similar to an R&B singer.

Seriously, I'd say "Gee, you're dumb" but I'm betting that you've been hearing that a lot your whole life, haven't you? People as stupid as you should not be allowed to vote or reproduce, Gail.

And on a macro scale, it's ignorant, uninformed voters like Gail Westerfield that foul up elections all over our country these days. With people like Gail Westerfield voting in larger numbers every election, I sincerely doubt that our Constitutionally-limited Republic will be able to survive the onslaught of careless/clueless democracy for much longer.

Heck, just look what we got for President in 2008. Anyone want to guess who Gail Westerfield voted for?

Anyone?
Bueller?
Anyone?

No more swimming in southern lakes for me

Nope. Not gonna do it. Not after Bill Hedden of Summerville, SC went for a dip in Lake Moultrie and an 11-foot, 550 lb alligator tore his arm off two weeks ago. According to this story, the retired U.S. Navy master chief had checked both the shoreline and water for signs of gators before going swimming, his son said. He had been coming to the area for 25 years and felt the risk was minimal. But Bill Hedden was only in the water for about five minutes before being attacked. The gator snatched him and literally ripped his arm right off him. Hedden escaped and made it to the beach in the recreation area (where, presumably, others were swimming) and he was aided by some nurses who happened to be there enjoying the day. But for them he'd probably have died.

The arm was later recovered from the gator after it was killed, but it could not be reattached.



And to think when I was young, I was worried about sharks. (OK, that was right after seeing "Jaws!" in the theater.)

Reports say that Bill Hedden is recovering and both Lagniappe and I wish him the best.