Quote of the morning.

Courtesy of Elizabeth Warren: 

"If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.”

Excellent, excellent observation.

By the way Warren is hands down my daughter's favorite politician, and she wants her to run with Hillary so bad she can hardly stand it.

Texas sovereign citizen claims his attempt to ambush the police and firefighters was really just a "get out the vote" campaign. Oookay.

Courtesy of Raw Story:  

A 60-year-old Texas man accused of setting up an ambush against police and firefighters said he set up the attack as both a protest against police shootings and a way to encourage people to vote. 

“This is a get out the vote campaign,” Douglas Leguin told KXAS-TV on Thursday. “You have to do something big to get attention in this country.” 

Leguin spoke to the station from Dallas County Jail, where the self-identified “sovereign citizen” is being held on $350,000 bail. He is charged with seven counts of aggravated assault against a public servant for allegedly setting fire to a dumpster near a North Dallas home, then allegedly shooting at firefighters with an AK-47 during a brief standoff. 

“I know what I did was crazy, but I’m going to pay for that,” Leguin told KXAS. “I just got to do something to wake up America, man. I got to do something to get people out there voting. We got the perfect tool to change the government. We can completely overhaul the government. But everybody has to vote.”

You typically we just send out flyers.

You know like the ones that Joe Miller sent out.

But you know perhaps this Leguin guy has a point.

After all thanks to his actions, and the actions of others just like him, I personally am planning to make damn sure that I cast MY vote for any candidate who is NOT associated with this kind of lunatic fringe, or supports their right to carry guns, or thinks that they are anything but domestic terrorists waiting to lay siege to the White House.

Self identified "sovereign citizen" lures police officers and firefighters to burning trash bin so he can ambush them. Probably just pissed that Sarah Palin is now charging him $9.95 a month to hear her rants.

Courtesy of Raw Story: 

Police arrested a self-described “sovereign citizen” accused of shooting at police and firefighters after setting fire to a trash bin in Dallas. 

Emergency crews responded to the dumpster fire about 3 p.m. Monday, when the man opened fire on officers. 

Police said the gunman, who was the subject of a missing persons report filed that afternoon, threatened a babysitter who retreated into a nearby home with an 8-year-old girl. 

No one was wounded by the gunfire, which struck a fire engine in the area. 

Police said the man, whose name has not been released, called 911 to say he was part of the anti-government sovereign citizen movement. 

Investigators said the man apparently set the Dumpster fire and called in the missing persons report as part of a planned ambush on officers. 

The man, who was armed with an AK-47 and wearing a towel or bandana around his head, set off a smoke bomb and shot off propane tanks during a brief SWAT standoff. 

He surrendered to police and will be charged with seven counts of aggravated assault on a public servant.

Gee no wonder the sovereign citizen movement is perceived as the top terrorist threat in the country.

And trust me, this is just the beginning.

Fire at AIG campus in Houston, Texas strands worker. Most heart pounding video you will see today.

I watched this earlier today and I have to admit I was leaning forward in my chair and stressing out like crazy.

That is just about as close to death as you can get and walk away unharmed.

There is more about the fire here.