Umm, wow. Seriously? Really?

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Hey hey--those kind of idiots can be found everywhere.

True, but I read these headlines and my first instinct is "Please be Mississippi or Florida, please be Mississippi or Florida..." and 2/3s of the time, I'm relieved. But it's that 1/3 of the time...

You try and try and convince people that this state's a pretty good place to live, all in all, but then you get some balloonhead like this guy and then all the stereotypes come back.

Originally Posted by Tribesman

If you want to play devils advocate then deal with what the judge said and argue his position not some mythical sideline, unless of course you want to make an arguement that the vatican is going to erupt into civil war at some time in the possible future because well...civil wars do happen so it must be a possibility which means this judge isn't quite so fruity and the swiss guard had better get themselves aligned.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[flatsixes]

"Please be Mississippi or Florida, please be Mississippi or Florida..."
That what they say in Alabama during hurricane season.

You Texans correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't a "County Judge" in Texas more akin to a county administrator than a jurist? What I mean is, this fellow's position is more like that of a county supervisor/justice of the peace, right? He doesn't wear a black robe and sit in judgement of others, right? He doesn't interpret the law or mete out justice, right? Please tell me I'm right.
Please.

[mookiemookie]

The Texas Constitution vests broad judicial and administrative powers in the position of county judge, who presides over a five-member commissioners court, which has budgetary and administrative authority over county government operations.

The county judge handles such widely varying matters as hearings for beer and wine license applications, hearing on admittance to state hospitals for the mentally ill and mentally retarded, juvenile work permits and temporary guardianships for special purposes. The judge is also responsible for calling elections, posting election notices and for receiving and canvassing the election returns. The county judge may perform marriages.

A county judge in Texas may have judicial responsibility for certain criminal, civil and probate matters - responsibility for these functions vary from county to county. In those counties in which the judge has judicial responsibilities, the judge has appellate jurisdiction over matters arising from the justice courts. The county judge is also head of civil defense and disaster relief, county welfare and in counties under 225,000 population, the judge prepares the county budget along with the county auditor or county clerk.

http://www.county.org/counties/desc_office/judge.asp

[flatsixes]

Oy. Well, at least he can admit himself into a psychiatric hospital.

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Oh yeah, you and Tribesman got it right - we should all just sit around typing agreement with one another.

Makes for wonderful, intellectually stimulating conversation.