Silly Texans

[Mrs. Tuberski]

and lets not forget to bash california where the stars from hollywood live and get away with murder and all other crimes that you as a normal citizen cant get away with. Not to mention the mafia cities and states where no crimes or escapes or crap ever happened.

[Winston]

Now don't go all inferior on us.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
not that it matters here but the store slow is refering to was actually an oshmans and they escapees were int here for weapons and ammo. They got all of thoe that were at the store however there were four more of those folks that were apphrended in denver colorado where the last one ofed himself in a trailer park . the texas 7 were the called and at leat two of them were not from texas. and out of the others they have been travelling aound other states.
I agree with slow this is a texas bash and thats fine bash on. Cause as every one of us who sits here we know that convicts dont escape from other states or cities. Texas is the big bad state that all evil comes from. As I said before I will remember to tell my children they are all evil cause they had the unfortunate benefit of being born in texas

I would say that the problem with prisons is an American problem...

we are just poking fun at Texas

seriously though, if Texans weren't all like "DONT MESS WITH TEXAS" and all about state pride and stuff, then we wouldn't bash them...

honestly, I think state pride is stupid... we are one country...

USA

[Imran Siddiqui]

seriously though, if Texans weren't all like "DONT MESS WITH TEXAS" and all about state pride and stuff, then we wouldn't bash them...

QFT!

[Bill3000]

Texas is America's version of France. (Or is it vice-versa?)

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Mr. Harley
Kuciwalker - I follow your argument. It is a very dangerous argument.

Actually not. There are tons of issues that are more important than the DP. Just because I'm not all crazy about your pet issue doesn't mean OMFG I'm a fascist.

I know you are smart enough to take the DP out of the argument and substitute other crimes. What threshold must possible injustice meet to make it "important enough"?

More important than the much larger ones we have now. (Not do mention I don't see it as injustice, though I don't care if we get rid of it.)

Some societies agree with you, especially in Asia. Both Singapore and the People's Republic of China, to take two variations on that theme, do.

No they don't. They firmly establish that they ought to have the DP. I don't.

[SlowwHand]

Search for inmate goes nationwide


Charles Victor Thompson


07:47 PM CST on Saturday, November 5, 2005

Associated Press

HOUSTON – The search for a Texas death row inmate who brazenly escaped from the Harris County Jail has become a nationwide manhunt, officials said Saturday.

The Harris County Sheriff's Department continued following up on tips and possible sightings of convicted killer Charles Victor Thompson but none have worked out so far, said Lt. John Martin.

The U.S. Marshals Office is now offering a $10,000 reward for Thompson's capture and has designated him a federal fugitive in order to use its resources to find him.

"We've alerted airports, border officials, other law enforcement agencies," Martin said. "This is an extensive search. We are relying on the public to report any information that they have."

Thompson, 35, of the Houston suburb of Tomball, was condemned in 1999 for the shooting deaths a year earlier of his ex-girlfriend, Dennise Hayslip, 39, of Tomball, and her new boyfriend, Darren Keith Cain, 30, of nearby Spring.

He had been brought from death row to Houston after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered he be resentenced. A new jury sentenced Thompson to death Oct. 28. He was in the county jail until he could be transferred back to prison in Livingston, about 75 miles to the northeast.

Thursday afternoon Thompson was taken to a room in the jail for a meeting with his attorney. The visitor, however, was not Thompson's attorney of record, Terrence Gaiser.

Martin said investigators have determined the other person was an attorney. But his name was not released because he is considered a witness.

"We are not necessarily suggesting he was involved with the escape but we will be speaking with everybody who had contact with Thompson," Martin said.

After the attorney left, Thompson was alone in the room and he managed to remove his handcuffs and slip off his bright orange prison jumpsuit.

He left the room wearing a dark blue shirt, khaki pants and white tennis shoes, which authorities believe were the clothes Thompson wore during his sentencing. Martin said Thompson somehow smuggled them back to his cell.

Thompson then left the prisoner's booth in the visiting room. Officials don't know if the booth was locked or not.

Once out of the room, Thompson waved a fake ID badge that wasn't scrutinized and said he worked for the Texas Attorney General's office as he passed at least four jail employees at work stations. Thompson was eventually let into the jail's visitor's lobby and from there he walked out of the building and into the street.

Martin said investigators on Friday found the clothing Thompson wore when he left the building. It was located behind one of the sheriff's department's other downtown jail buildings and some effort had been made to hide it, he said.

"It's pretty clear at this point there was somebody helping him," Martin said.

Also found was the fake ID badge he used, which turned out to be an inmate ID card with his photograph issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Thompson had put a piece of tape over the part of the card that indicates he is an inmate.

Prosecutors accused Thompson of trying to hire hitmen to kill witnesses against him as well as members of Hayslip's family.

Martin said members of Hayslip's family have been given police protection.

The sheriff's department's internal investigation of how Thompson escaped also continues.

Martin said while there is no direct evidence Thompson got help from inside the jail, that has not yet been ruled out.

The sheriff's department is also dealing with the public relations fallout from the escape.

"There is no good way to spin this," Martin said. "The point is there were multiple errors on the part of our personnel. This is 100 percent human error that could have been prevented and it wasn't."

[Mr. Harley]

Kuciwalker - are you trying to be annoying? If you remember from the past, I am not oppposed to the DP per se, but to the reasonable doubt, financial issues, and the advesarial system in the US when applied to the DP. The DP is not my pet issue, the US Judicial system could more rightly be considered one. So it the military, American domestic policy, American foreign policy, out-of-print SF&F, SMAC/X, toddler play groups, etc. I have so many pets - damn, I don't have time to feed them all.

Note you don't per se refute the argument, you just repeat your statement that it's of relatively low importance. Societies don't work that way. The issues that are trivialized in a society, and those that are considered important, are a very critical part of what makes them up. Think of a tapestry, and realize that many different issues make that up. The treatment of human life, freedom, and how the judicial system work are all a major part of the picture woven by that. I could post pages on that - as could some of the other people here.

I know you've disagreed with me in the past, and the PM you sent (on a previous thread) was quite nice BTW. But I can cite, exhaustively and boringly, case after case where it the minor things that, taken as a whole, really determine what a society is. It's ALL important - that's why parties have platforms, at least in theory.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Sava Are you really serious about the dont mess with texas thing. lol: This is what all the texas bashing is about? For those that dont know the dont mess with texas was a litter control ad. All it means is dont throw your trash out on texas hiways.
Folks have the right to be proud of where they are from, to go overboard is another thing.
your right sava we are all one country and should act like it instead of opting to blow up other states

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Mr. Harley
Kuciwalker - are you trying to be annoying? If you remember from the past, I am not oppposed to the DP per se, but to the reasonable doubt, financial issues, and the advesarial system in the US when applied to the DP. The DP is not my pet issue, the US Judicial system could more rightly be considered one. So it the military, American domestic policy, American foreign policy, out-of-print SF&F, SMAC/X, toddler play groups, etc. I have so many pets - damn, I don't have time to feed them all.

Note you don't per se refute the argument, you just repeat your statement that it's of relatively low importance. Societies don't work that way. The issues that are trivialized in a society, and those that are considered important, are a very critical part of what makes them up. Think of a tapestry, and realize that many different issues make that up. The treatment of human life, freedom, and how the judicial system work are all a major part of the picture woven by that. I could post pages on that - as could some of the other people here.

I know you've disagreed with me in the past, and the PM you sent (on a previous thread) was quite nice BTW. But I can cite, exhaustively and boringly, case after case where it the minor things that, taken as a whole, really determine what a society is. It's ALL important - that's why parties have platforms, at least in theory.

The thing is, as a voter, you have to choose a candidate based on all the issues. I won't vote against someone based on his stance on the death penalty (unless it's like "death penalty for drug users" or similar), because the tapestry of other issues is more important. Similarly, I'll vote for someone with good economic policy over someone who is pro-gay marriage (as long as they don't propose a Constitutional amendment to ban it; codifying bigotry in the Constitution is a no-no). Were I actually a politician, I would be willing to concede this issue to get through something I consider more important. I don't see how this logic can be challenged, really.

[Kuciwalker]

btw, the reason I responded with "pet issue" is I'm still not used to seeing Mr Harley, and so responded as if you were some poster I'd never seen before (therefore assuming that you were particularly focused on that issue).

[RGBVideo]

Warning

Originally posted by Mr. Harley
blah blah blah

You're wasting your time.

[Winston]

Back to the slammer, Thompson. We've got a padded couch waiting for ya'

Caught.

Condemned killer Charles Victor Thompson's three-day run to freedom ended on a bicycle Sunday night in front of a liquor store in Shreveport, La., police said.

The Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force got a tip Sunday that led Shreveport police and the U.S. Marshals Service to the 200 block of 70th Street, where officers saw a man they thought to be Thompson on a bicycle talking on a pay phone in front of the liquor store about 8:02 p.m. When asked to identify himself, the man replied, "You know who I am."

Asked again, he responded, "My name is Charles Thompson."

Thompson, 35, appeared to be intoxicated, and police said they did not know who he was talking to on the phone. He was arrested and booked into the Caddo Parish Jail, where he will be held until he can be returned to Texas, said Lt. John Martin of the Harris County Sheriff's Office. A court hearing is expected to occur today in Shreveport.

Houston Chronicle article

[Japher]

Yeah, what a moron.

If you are on the lie, don't get drunk and roam the streets


Just for future reference

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Mrs. Tuberski
Sava Are you really serious about the dont mess with texas thing. lol: This is what all the texas bashing is about? For those that dont know the dont mess with texas was a litter control ad. All it means is dont throw your trash out on texas hiways.
Folks have the right to be proud of where they are from, to go overboard is another thing.
your right sava we are all one country and should act like it instead of opting to blow up other states

I probably should have said something way early on, as a type of warning, but I was somewhat derelict in my duty.

Six years I'm coming here, and jacking with people's heads.
Most know when I'm only play acting, but I do it well, and can fool even them sometimes.
Sometimes I am serious and they mostly know those times, too.
Sava is one I especially mess with a lot (mess.hmm, that fits.)
So I haven't helped matters.

Texas vs. The World!