That's Gotta Hurt

This is an actual emergency room photo of a fisherman who lost control of his high-speed bass boat in West Virginia. Warden's believe that he was traveling at a speed of approximately 75 mph at the time of the accident. He was unable to negotiate a curve in the narrow waterway. Unfortunately for him, upon striking the shoreline and being ejected from the boat, he landed on an old fence post.

That's right ... front first. You can probably picture what happened next, but the attached picture really says it all.

The good news is that after about 6 months, this man made a full recovery after suffering a shattered hip, broken leg, several broken ribs, internal injuries and soft tissue damage. Doctors credited his recovery to the fact that the post lodged itself so tightly that there was little or no blood loss. Now that's got to hurt.

I'm so jaded this made me laugh...

Will You Help Me Unpack?

Now that I’m home, settled and fed,
all nicely tucked in my nice warm bed.
I’d like to open my baggage, lest I forget,
so much to regret.
Hmm..Yes there it is right there on top
Let’s unpack Loneliness, heartache and loss,
And there by my leash hides fear and shame
As I look on these things I tried so hard to leave-
I still have to unpack my baggage called pain.
I loved them, the others, the ones who left me,
Will you add to my baggage?
Will you help me unpack?
Or will you just look at my things-
And take me right back?
Do you have the time to help me unpack?
To put away my baggage,
To never repack
I pray that you do - I’m so tired you see,
But I do come with baggage-
Will you still want me?

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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department issued a statement today saying Vice President Cheney broke no law by shooting a lawyer instead of a quail over the weekend . A TPWD spokesman noted that, in Texas, lawyers are not considered game creatures, and are thus not subject to seasonal limitations or bag limits. It was further noted that lawyer hunting was encouraged as the state is overrun with the pesky creatures. A local food critic said that, contrary to rumor, lawyers do not taste like chicken, but rather like bovine dung which is a major component of their composition. Below is a complete listing of the regulations.....

Texas 2005- 2006 Season and Bag Limit On Attorneys
1. Any person with a valid Texas hunting license may harvest attorneys.
2. Attorneys may be taken with traps and deadfalls. Currency may not be used as bait.
3. Attorneys may not be killed with a motorized vehicle. If accidentally struck, the hunter should move the carcass to the roadside, and proceed to a car wash.
4. It is unlawful to chase, herd or harvest attorneys from a motor vehicle, watercraft or aircraft. Marked police vehicles may be used as shooting platforms.
5. It is unlawful to shout, " Whiplash, Ambulance, or Free Booze" for the purpose of trapping attorneys.
6. It is unlawful to hunt attorneys within 100 yards of Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, or Infiniti dealerships.
7. It is unlawful for a hunter to disguise himself as a reporter, drug dealer, female law clerk, sheep, accident victim, physician, bookie, or tax accountant for the purpose of hunting attorneys.

Reward offered for information on 5 suspects

Ricardo Irvin, left, Richard Foster Robert Helmstetter, left, Jerome Hampton
Michael Mabon top right

08:38 PM CST on Thursday, February 16, 2006
By Chau Nguyen / 11 News
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Houston police homicide investigators are looking for five suspects charged and wanted in three murders and one home invasion shooting since Dec. 28, 2005.

Crime Stoppers is offering rewards for information.
All five suspects are Louisiana residents relocated to Houston following Hurricane Katrina and are believed to be either in the Houston area or between here and New Orleans.
The first suspect, 23-year-old Jerome Hampton, is charged with murder in the Dec. 28, 2005 killing of Steven Kennedy, 24, at 1303 La Concha. Investigators said both Hampton and Kennedy were members of separate gangs in New Orleans.
It’s also believed suspect Hampton is traveling with two other wanted Louisiana/Houston murder suspects, Ivory Harris and Travis Jordan.
The second and third suspects, 17-year-old Richard Foster and 18-year-old Ricardo J. Irvin, are each charged with capital murder in the death of Gregory Sartain, 19, at 8080 Creekbend on Feb. 6.

A second victim, Bennie Curtis, 25, was also shot and transported to an area hospital in critical condition.
Police said the motive was robbery – the victims’ FEMA money.
The fourth suspect, 20-year-old Robert Helmstetter, is charged with murder in the killing of Freddie Magee, 21, at 3950 Hollister on Feb. 9. McGee, a friend of Helmstetter’s and fellow Hurricane Katrina evacuee, got into an argument with Helmstetter and said Helmstetter and his girlfriend might have stolen some items from him.
The fifth suspect, 22-year-old Michael T. Mabon, is charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon for his suspected role as one of three suspects in a home invasion at 6200 West Tidwell on Jan. 23.
When the homeowner fatally shot one of the suspects, Mabon and another male suspect fled.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of any of these suspects is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at (713) 308-3600, Crime Stoppers of Houston at (713) 222-TIPS or Crime Stoppers of New Orleans at (504) 837-TIPS.

Police making progress against New Orleans gang crime

(2/18/06 - HOUSTON) - Houston police say they are making inroads in dealing with a rash of violent crimes attributed mostly to New Orleans gang members who evacuated to Houston along with other hurricane victims.
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They asked this week for help in finding five Katrina evacuees believed responsible for three murders and two thefts. Last month they announced the arrests of eight others for the deaths of 11 fellow refugees.
While the city had "a huge explosion of murders" in November and December, Houston Police Sgt. Brian Harris said Friday the homicide rate has stabilized and is only slightly up from this time last year.
He credited a growing confidence that hurricane evacuees have in Houston police and increased cooperation among law enforcement agencies in cities with large numbers of Katrina evacuees for the improvement.
But Harris said local refugees are still wary of helping police.
"Their (justice) system was broken long before Katrina," said Harris, of the homicide division. "If people did come forward, they would see that the people arrested would be released. There was also a lot of intimidation from criminals. It was a culture of silence."
Capt. Juan Quinton, a spokesman for New Orleans police, said problems with witnesses coming forward and other hindrances to criminal investigations aren't unique to his city.
"There was a time when this department was questioned. There is no question about our integrity," Quinton said. "We have worked hard to remove any elements that caused us any problems."
Houston evacuees seeing that individuals arrested for violent crimes will do serious jail time has caused "the lines of communication to start opening up," Harris said.
Dorothy Stukes, a New Orleans resident living in Houston, said that many evacuees are afraid to come forward because they are afraid of reprisals from criminals and they lack confidence in law enforcement. But she said that has to change.
"As long as we are here, we have to learn to work with authorities to keep crime down," Stukes said.
However, Stukes said she feels local authorities and officials have unfairly portrayed all Katrina refugees in Houston as criminals whenever they've announced the arrests of gang members.
"It seems to me that we are getting picked on just because we are from Louisiana," she said.
Frank Michel, a spokesman for Houston Mayor Bill White, said while the spike in murders the city experienced late last year was related in part to Katrina evacuees, it was also due to Houston gangs.
"The vast majority of (evacuees) who came here are law-abiding citizens," he said.
Police representatives from Dallas and Atlanta, cities that also have large numbers of Katrina evacuees, said Friday that while their agencies have dealt with crimes committed by refugees, they pale compared to Houston.
Harris said the FBI in New Orleans has created a Web site for law enforcement that lets authorities share information about what is going on in their particular cities with regard to crimes being committed by Katrina refugees. He said the Web site had been helpful in tracking trends.
Peter Scharf, executive director of the Center for Society, Law and Justice at the University of New Orleans, said he is hoping to get federal funding for a study that in part would look at why many of Louisiana-based gangs migrated to Houston instead of other cities.
Some possible answers include a thriving drug trade between Houston and Jacksonville, Fla., and similarities between neighborhoods in Houston and New Orleans, he said.
Scharf said he thinks crime rates in Houston will continue to drop as the gang members realize that Texas agencies are stricter in making arrests and getting convictions.
"They will realize there is a chance of doing serious time in Texas and that they'd better go back to New Orleans," he said.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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Albino Fawn

Albino Fawn~ from folks who live on Bolivar Peninsula, Texas
A very eventful day around here... A once in many lifetimes experience! Mark saw this lil' feller run out in front of a car, thought it was a lost baby goat. Stopped to get it, and WOW. A real Albino Whitetail Deer. Just hours old, but doing fine. No Mama deer around. Another car nearly hit it in front of Mark.. Well, he is THE neatest thing any of us ever saw. And such a 'freak of nature', that only 1 in more than a million are even born. He took his bottle of food, followed us around the house, doing great. So, we called the Zoo & Fossil Rim, who were both interested, but going to send him to a Rehab farm, at a vet that we have never gotten along with... So, one of Dad's best friends is our Game Warden. Kinda reluctantly, but, I called him and told him the deal. He came right over, of course... and assured me that he wouldn't take it to that vet, that he was going to 'go to higher levels' than that with him.. So, he is gone now. We got a lot of pix, and something we will never see again probably, so it was very cool. Maybe he will make it in captivity somewhere and be appreciated. So rare... Sure wanted to keep him though but, not the thing to do. And not LEGAL either; But, here are a couple of pix to show ya. He was snow white, pink eyes, ears, nose and hooves. Kids called him POWDER. He was SO small. That is my shoe lying beside him... WOW..how cool is that??

3 Queens

Three beauty queens are on an aeroplane when it is going to crash, so the first beauty queen starts to put on all of her diamonds and she says, "When they find my body they wil find me first as I will sparkle with diamonds."
The second beauty queen on hearing this puts on her best dress and makeup and says, "When they find my body they will find me first, as they will see me by my fine clothes and my beauty."
The third beauty queen who is black simply takes off her knickers, lifts up her dress and puts her vagina up to one of the windows. When the other two look at her in disgust she simply says, "They always look for the black box first!"

Houston crime linked to New Orleans gangs

HOUSTON, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Houston police have charged 11 Hurricane Katrina evacuees with crimes, and say they are seeing an escalation of violence in the city.
Eight of the men have been apprehended while three are believed to be at large in Houston, the Houston Chronicle reports. The charges, announced Friday by investigators in the city's gang murder squad, involve homicides, robberies and kidnappings that began in November.
Police say some of the crimes are gang-related and connected to turf battles that moved from New Orleans to Houston. Many of those accused of Houston violence had a criminal record from Louisiana.

Three Louisianan escapees caught

Police arrested three men Tuesday night who fled to Houston from Louisiana.
The inmates first escaped Hurricane Katrina when they were moved to a jail in northeast Louisiana, and then they escaped jail. Authorities said the men did not put up a fight.
They had been on the run since Monday. The Harris County Sheriff’s Department received a tip that Reginald Bradley, Joshua O’Neal and Ryan Powe were at the Carlingford Apartments in the 6400 block of Gessner. The men did not put up a fight – when they saw the authorities, they went right back into custody. They were a part of a group of seven escapees who were temporarily relocated to the Morehouse Parish jail after Hurricane Katrina. Authorities said one inmate is still missing after the most recent arrests.


Note: I don't know about the rest of Houston and Texas but I'm sick of the evacuees!