Yurp, Yurts & Lethal Injections
As regular readers will well know by now, short of lining up some feckless politician in the cross hairs of the scope, there is little that your humble correspondent enjoys more than heaping derision at the doorstep of Johnny Foreigner. Its not that I have any particular dislike of … say Europe (or Yurp as our American cousins like to call it), in fact it has much to commend it to say the social anthropologist or indeed anyone with a blind & uncontrollable hatred of decent plumbing. Its not the fact that they drive on the wrong side of the road or are want to use a basis of measurement that was dictated by the distance from the King of France’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand – it’s the fact that on a daily basis continental Europe becomes more & more prescriptive.
Now there is in fact no problem with that. Its rather like my attitude to my fellow man in general. I have no problem if you want to change your name to Moonbeam, smear yourself in wode & live in a yurt, just so long as you don’t expect Family FM to subsidise your own lifestyle choices. What you do in the privacy of your own home, behind closed doors is pretty much your own business. Want to nail your scrotum to the kitchen table for kicks & then post the results on YouTube – that’s entirely between you & your internet service provider. The same can be said of countries – if they want to throw goats off the church tower or declare fricasseed maggots a national dish, feel free to crack on … just dont be surprised that if I have to visit your country that I never leave the airport hotel, where at least the club sandwich is edible & there is no risk of ending up with impromptu Billy Goat Gruff headgear.
However when it comes to the European Union, there’s absolutely no point in taking the time to produce something that might remotely resemble a set of audited accounts when valuable time & the taxpayers money can be spent sticking your nose into other peoples business.
Having waged fruitista jihad against the curved bananas & the measure of weight that they are sold, it would seem that the Euronobs are now bent upon trying to meddle in Texas politics – maybe they are using an old map & don’t realise that Spain is no longer the swinging dick in that part of the world.
Texas has carried out its 400th execution since the US Supreme Court reintroduced the death penalty in 1976. Johnny Ray Conner, 32, was put to death by lethal injection for the 1998 fatal shooting of a grocery store clerk. Conner was pronounced dead at 1820 (2320 GMT), eight minutes after the lethal mix of drugs was injected. Earlier this week, the EU urged Texas to end the "cruel and inhumane" practice. Texas's governor said it was a "just and appropriate" punishment.
On Tuesday, the EU expressed "great regret" at the execution commenting that "There is no evidence to suggest that the use of the death penalty serves as a deterrent against violent crime," it said.
Now I am completely with Robert Black (spokesman for Texas Governor Rick Perry) on this one...
Two hundred and thirty years ago, our forefathers fought a war to throw off the yoke of a European monarch and gain the freedom of self-determination. Texans long ago decided the death penalty is a just and appropriate punishment for the most horrible crimes committed against our citizens
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While we respect our friends in Europe... Texans are doing just fine governing Texas.
Now it probably wont surprise any of you to learn that round at FM Towers there is a broad consensus of public opinion that thinks there is a lot we can learn for the Texan attitude to law & order. If there were a few still twitching corpses dangling from a newly rebuilt Tyburn Tree, maybe Rhys Jones might be alive this morning. Where exactly is the deterrent to kiddy fiddlers like Michael Porter if when they get caught they get put on probation for a couple of years? & as for the EU trying to stick its nose in where its not welcome ... maybe they might want to send a human rights monitoring group over to Texas: I feel assured that they would recieve the (cough cough) warmest of welcomes.
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That would depend upon the season, of course. A light dusting of snow on the ground (aka: a blizzard by local standards) can provide the perfect environment within which to slap-all-the-stupid-out-of-someone-in-desperate-need-of-salvation (aka: your typical Euroturd).
And I'm only a Texican by choice; imagine what the natural born article's response might be.
Posted by: Will Brown | August 25, 2007 12:27 PM
Don't encourage the fuckers, Mr FM, they are quick enough to smell a junket without our help. Next thing every failed British pol will be blagging a hol at a dude ranch and we (sorry, you) will be paying.
Short of the entire Kinnock clan falling off a Texas mustang and breaking their collective necks, nothing good can come of it.
Three cheers for Texas!!
Posted by: 45govt | August 25, 2007 2:29 PM
"There is no evidence to suggest that the use of the death penalty serves as a deterrent against violent crime" It sure as hell will deter Johnny Ray Conner.
Posted by: MP | August 25, 2007 7:15 PM
I have no regrets whatsoever
about that perp's death. Of course, Michael Dukakis would
love to give all killers on death row a furlough so they can kill again. Maybe the EU would like the former governor of Massachussetts to tell the EUnabobs that his furloughs cost him not only his presidential bid but *koff koff* a Mormon is now the governor of Massachussetts.
Oh...and Texas is a great place to live, visit and generally just hang out.
As to looking how Texas governs, well, great minds and all that...
Posted by: Cricket | August 26, 2007 4:39 AM
It may not provide as much of a deterrent as some people think, but it does chop the recidivism rate something chronic.
Keep it up, Texas.
Posted by: Oubaas | August 27, 2007 11:27 AM