Secret Service investigating Texas man...for 'lynching' a chair in his front yard

[midnight rambler]

I know this guy, he's a Vietnam Vet, Force Recon Marine (which means he spent a lot of time behind enemy lines). Got two Purple Hearts in the 'nam. As good a guy as you could hope to meet. As you can see he's a salty dog and takes no crap. Gotta remember the county he lives in is a bastion of lefty liberal 0bummer lovers.

http://www.weareaustin.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_4292.shtml?wap=0&

[iOWNme]

He claimed he hung the chair in the tree because he was mowing his lawn and needed to put the chair somewhere.....LOL

Why didnt he just have the balls to say what he wanted......?

[LuckyStrike]

Where I live there is a chair in someones front yard with a sign spray painted and says "empty chair". I know it has to do with obama but I really don't understand specifically what the guy is trying to get across.


It blows my mind to think that resources are even being used to look into the guy in the OP. USSA.

[sirgonzo420]

He claimed he hung the chair in the tree because he was mowing his lawn and needed to put the chair somewhere.....LOL

Why didnt he just have the balls to say what he wanted......?

Because his "cover" remark is funnier, more entertaining, and snarky towards "authorities".

If it was spray-painted "empty chair", then his referernce to Clint Eastwood's spech at the RNC is obvious enough.

His explanation is sarcastic.

It's like if a cop were to catch the guy smoking a joint, and so the cop says: "Hey, what are you doing?" and the joint-smoker replies: "I'm making smoke signals!"

[iOWNme]

Because his "cover" remark is funnier, more entertaining, and snarky towards "authorities".

If it was spray-painted "empty chair", then his referernce to Clint Eastwood's spech at the RNC is obvious enough.

His explanation is sarcastic.

It's like if a cop were to catch the guy smoking a joint, and so the cop says: "Hey, what are you doing?" and the joint-smoker replies: "I'm making smoke signals!"


Except that smoking pot is 'illegal' and hanging a chair from a rope in your front yard isnt. Yet.

[mick silver]

dam i have a swing hanging from a big cedar tree . hope they leave me alone . dam what a world we all live in

[sirgonzo420]

Except that smoking pot is 'illegal' and hanging a chair from a rope in your front yard isnt. Yet.

No, but "threatening the President" is illegal.

And when the people in charge of interpreting such "threats" are psychopaths and tyrants, legality loses it's meaning somewhat...

[mamboni]

Maybe we need a new tradition, a new people's holiday, like Halloween. We'll call it HangChair Day. One this day, every family hangs an empty chair from a tree limb or similar, to remind us of what happens when we elect a total empty suit and unqualified poser to the highest office in the land.

Happy HangChair Day!!!!!

[JohnQPublic]

Except that smoking pot is 'illegal' ...

Actually it is not. Possessing pot is illegal.

[Celtic Rogue]

This country is lost! We need to go back to Common Law by where there is no crime if there is no victim! I am sooooo tired of everyone forgetting that we have a right to express ourselves as we wish as long as we injure no one.

If a chair hanging from a tree bothers you... then get over it... its a chair not a person. Its just the same as the kid getting expelled for bringing a 1 inch plastic action figure toy gun to school. Its a toy not a weapon of ANY kind. If they cannot determine that then they should not be teaching our children.

Political correctness has destroyed this country's notion of freedoms. Democracy is not a mob rules... rather it should be a safe guard of EVERYONE'S rights.... no mater how distasteful. Any right removed from one is the same as a right taken away from us all!

[Libertytree]

Breaking....Eastwood to be charged with inciting a lynching! ;D

[madfranks]

He should have just said it was a crude swing for his kids to play on.

[Libertytree]

It's obvious...It's art baby, art.

[midnight rambler]

Spoke with Bud, and Bud said he'd had that chair hanging like that for weeks. It wasn't until recently when some whiny lefty came by and saw it when there was a stink. A city cop came by to visit him a couple of days ago, was very friendly with him (actually amused) and was under the impression that Bud was the one who called the PD. Bud also said that no g-men have been by to see him, although he said they can talk to him through the window - and that if anyone tries to get inside his house it's going to get fugly, he's going to stand for his rights come what may.

[Neuro]

dam i have a swing hanging from a big cedar tree . hope they leave me alone . dam what a world we all live in
If you can prove that it was hung prior to the Clint Eastwood speech you may get out of it. But if you heard the Eastwood speach and didn't take it down, you may still be liable to hate speech, unless you can prove that it was used as a swing by innocent children, whose innocence you should prove.

[Celtic Rogue]

Furck hate speech! show me a law where hating is really a crime? Maybe a thought crime... and f that too!

[Serpo]

Hanging a sofa will get you five years in the slammer....................

[Mouse]

the tire rotted, and we couldn't find another one, so we put up a chair. Kids don't seem to mind. Get the fuck off my property unless you have a warrant. Have a nice day.

[BrewTech]

Political correctness has destroyed this country's notion of freedoms. Democracy is not a mob rules...

While I agree with the other points in your post, I must point out the flaw here.

Democracy is indeed mob rule.

Ideally, 51% makes the rules for 49%.