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...is how that part is not in the summary - but there is a link to a 1990s-style website's article by a retired surgeon who dabbles in politics by advising Democrats not to vote in the Democratic primaries - cause "it makes no sense".

I see your logic. The proper thing to do then is replace this system with an issue of brooms to the police for clean up after events since tips from concerned citizens never solve terrorist cases or prevent terrorist attacks.

Got it.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/3070242/
http://www.news-journal.com/news/police/panola-county-sheriff-arrested-charged-in-corruption-investigation/article_211e132a-57d9-5607-a1b5-c66ca3368304.html
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/local/chesterfield-co-sheriff-face-corruption-charges-fr/nWzyH/

and the best one:
http://www.copblock.org/15718/story-of-how-a-corrupt-sherrif-got-taken-down-by-a-20-year-old/

And this is just a tiny sample. Can you imagine these goons with automated access to well processed information?

FWIW, the judge that made East Texas famous for it's patent rocket docket has retired (about 6 months ago). So not only is it not the patent-friendly court it used to be, but that particular judge no longer serves as well.

Heh.

That someone modded you funny for this shows that people are rather ignorant of what goes on in this country.

I say lets bake the fuckers. Lets set up tents in the hot Arizona sun, lets put up tents, lets make the inmates wear pink uniforms, and lets feed them hotdogs made with green dye. Lets stick black gang members with white supremasists in the same tent.

When I see people propose stuff like this, I'm just so glad that we have DNA testing that works every time and we have District Attorneys in charge that are always quick to make sure justice is served.

At least our country still has a few good citizens that still care and want to keep our justice system honest.

When you suggest torturing inmates remember that in a year it could be you standing there in those tents. It may be "good enough for our troops in Iraq", but every single person there made the choice to join the army.

Can you say the same for our justice system?

How can some legislation regulate what happens in the privacy of some computer within somone's home?

Politicians have always tried outlawing all sorts of things that people do in the privacy of their own homes and harm no one else. They regulate what plants you can grow or consume, what kind of toilet you can own, and even what you can use in your bedroom.

Occasionally the courts bitch-slap the politicians and strike down the most egregious of these laws, but that cannot happen until AFTER some innocent person's life has already been turned upside down.

You should not be able to shop for many 'illicit' items in Texas, on Sunday or otherwise. It is illegal for anyone to sell obscene materials or devices, such as your pleasant "ass vibrator" example, in the entire state of Texas.

From the provided link:

...State law appears a little less forgiving: It's illegal to "wholesale promote" obscene materials or devices. Texas statute says an obscene device is a simulated sexual organ or an item designed or marketed as useful primarily for the stimulation of human genital organs. The law allows investigators to assume that anyone with six or more of the items is intending to promote them...

So, even your beloved D/FW (Dallas/Fort Worth Metro area for the unknowing readers) is a "bullshit backwater part of Texas" by your standards.

I know I shouldn't mess with Texas, but it's still alright to mess with Texans right? ;)