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Theory” as we have a few shows lined up. Sept 20 @ Smoking Aces, which falls on a
Sunday and Sat – Halloween Day , Oct. 31, 2009 – @ Sophies Bar in Mcallen. As for any
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Hang Rope
In May 02, 1913 Abraham Ortiz became the first and last person executed by hanging inside the old Hidalgo County Jail House located in Edinburg, TX. (The location is now “The Museum of South Texas; this place is an abundance of information of Old South Texas Heritage.)
In Febuary 1912 near the city of Hidalgo,TX, Ortiz and another man “Domingo Gonzalez” assaulted a Mexican couple. During the attack, the husband Martin Martinez was beaten to death by the men. Martinez’s wife was then held captive as the men had their way with her. The woman eventually managed to escape and notified local law men. Ortiz was immediately arrested but Gonzalez fled into Mexico.
Ortiz was then taken and held at the Old Hidalgo County Jail. Tried at the Old Hidalgo County CourtHouse, a grand jury found Ortiz guilty and sentenced him to death. Later an appeal by Ortiz’s part failed and in March 1913 a date of May 02, 1913 was set for the execution. Death sentence was to be executed by way of hanging. The County Jail had just been fitted with a new hanging chamber. The chamber was a trap door that would be released open by pulling a lever located nearby. Back in those days, the Rio Grande Valley was scare of Live Oak and Cottonwood trees, which were the choice trees for hangings. Although Palm trees and Mesquite Trees were readily available even in those days, I don’t believe they would hold to be a good choice to rope and kill a person. Thus, this was the reasoning behind building a local hanging chamber. As sheriff of Hidalgo County, it would be A.Y. Baker duty to pull the lever to release the trap door. Zapatisa hung by Mexican Federales south of Hidalgo TX. In May 02, 1913, Abraham Ortiz took his last walk. Ortiz was shackled and led into the Hanging Chamber. Appointed witnesses stood around the railing of the trap door.
Many people came by horseback and buggy to watch the hanging. The Jail’s double front doors were left open for spectators to see. Ortiz was then placed to stand on top of the trapped door. A hood was placed over his head and the rope’s noose was placed around his neck. Sheriff A.Y. Baker then said, “The State of Texas has found you, Abraham J. Ortiz, guilty of murder and rape and has sentenced you to death. Do you have any last words?”. Ortiz replied “Quien, YO?”. (ok, j/k! I just made that part up.) The sheriff then instructed a last minute volunteer, to pull the lever. Polo Jackson of Hidalgo, TX pulled the lever. The trap door opened and Ortiz was left suspended via rope with his feet dangling in mid air. Thus this became the first and last execution in the Old Hidalgo County Jail. Soon thereafter, death sentences were only to carried out in designated locations in Texas. Eventually Huntsville became the only place for Death Row Prisoners to be executed. Texas officially stopped hanging people in 1923. More information on Texas executions from 1910 to 1919 @ Wiki pedia South Texas hangings. It should be noted that Domingo Gonzalez was eventually found by US Authorities however, Gonzalez died in prison before any death sentence could be carried out.
Lone Star Beer (Pale Lager) – brewed by Miller Brewing Company, Ft. Worth, TX, under contract by owner Pabst Brewery, Woodridge, IL.
Sky (vocalist of Devious End / The Quad Theory) – Ah yes Cuban b,
The Lone Star Beer for the Lone Star State. We’ve all been down this dusty road to where you just can’t scrounge up enough buck to buy Shiner Bock. The poor man’s shiner, Lone Star, is there for even the brokest of mother fuckers. At 2 for $3.00 (@ your local Stripes), this resession proof brew will have you flat on your ass enjoying the hot sun. Now are those hallucinations due to the heat, or the beer, you be the judge.
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Build for Rebuilding
Ya – I took a good dump and felt light on my feet for a second. Well, this is just to inform, you all that I haven’t given up on wordpress, just been away for a while. I will post something new very soon!!!!
Time for some more Chaos? Talks have started between Death Scum Records and Lunatic Productions concerning the release of Volume II compilation cd. As with the first cd, this cd will be multi-genres as well. The difference with the second volume is that it will include bands from all over the State of Texas and Northern Mexico. This news is exclusive to the Lunatic WordPress site as details are still being worked out. Hasting Record shop will be distributing the cd Texas wide to all their stores. Look for more details soon. If you are in a band and would like more info on how to be on the cd – email – lunaticpro@hotmail.com .
Funny how as we grow up and learn the different lessons in life, we kinda look back on how our moms and pops handle the same situation. Take for instance, the economic situation the country is facing right now. When money is tight and beer funds are at an all time low; one much evaluate and adapt. The other day I bought myself a 12 pack of Schaefer Light at the local Holiday Wine and Liquor for a skimpy $6.00 bucks. I figured, that if during the nights jam, we’d run out of beer, I’d have a back up. Sure enough, like always – we ran out. I offered “El Guapo”, Ted a beer and asked him if he had tried it.
Ya – I have. Thats my dad’s beer! replied Ted. With that being said, I started to think the reason why we all try different beers. (Well I know the reason why with me and the fellows -(our hearts were crushed with the selling of Budweiser). But speaking in a general sense – we all have that Beer Quest. That inner desire to find that perfect balance of taste and drinkability. Sort of like the quest for fire in the old cave man days. Except fire don’t cost you nothing unless its your house thats on fire! So in our pursuit of finding that perfect beer and is also easy on the wallet – we will be adding a host of new beers to our Good Beer / Bad Beer section very soon…..
RAUL REVISITED
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Now before I began this post, Im gonna mention somehing that people often misconceive when I mention the subject of legalizing MJ.
First and foremost: I don’t do pot; I don’t care for it; I don’t need it; I don’t need a drug to start my day; I don’t need a drug to clear my mind; I don’t need a drug when I’m stressed out; and I never considered MJ as a recreational drug for me. I got beer for that!!!!!!! And let me say that I don’t use beer like alot of MJ users use MJ.
If the whole issue of legalizing MJ from a MJ users standpoint would be legit – why would someone make MJ legal in every form. Why not legalize just the pill form? Because people want to smoke it, thats why and thats drug abuse….
Now that I got that off my chest….
Here is another point of view….
If we legalized MJ, do you think there would be the violence associated with this drug war? Do you think people would have to hide. Hell no – people would legally take people to court; people would send the reciever a bill or flat out go charge them in person with no fear of that person calling the cops.
Second, if we legalize it, why not tax the shit out of it! They do it with gas; with alcohol and with luxury cars and more closely associated to the issue = tobacco!
Imagine the revenue that it would generate! Fuck – people are gonna pay for it regardless. There is this new pothead generation that would rather smoke pot and hangout than drink and hangout! I don’t understand anymore than you do, but its true…
I could give a rats ass about MJ – cause the truth is – there are more functional alcoholics that they are functional MJ users. Wait – maybe thats not true (we have lawyers, judges, state department dipolmats, presidents and doctors that abuse both at the same level) – its about the same – but what Im trying to get to here is that MJ is abused just as much as alcohol but only the latter (alcohol) is legal…..
Now do you really think if the pharmacdical companies allowed a pain reliever like MJ to be grown in the back yard – would they stay in business? Fuck no—–its all about politics and this so called drug war is self feeding and self generating. We don’t want to stop it because it generates too much money on both ends…
America is one of the biggest consumers of drugs and the third world countries economy thrives on supplying this demand.! Think about it. And thats an opinion coming for the right side of the law …
About – this guy TOM AMMIANO – he is a new senator in California that attempting to pass a bill. Heres the info taken from the San Francisco Chronicle:
California would become the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use under a bill introduced Monday by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco.
Ammiano, a Democrat in his third month as a state lawmaker, said taxes and other fees associated with regulation could put more than a billion dollars a year into state coffers at a time when revenues continue to decline.
He said he thinks the federal government could soften its stance on marijuana under the Obama administration.
“We could in fact have the political will to do something, and certainly in the meantime this is a public policy call and I think it’s worth the discussion,” Ammiano said. “I think the outcome would be very healthy for California and California’s economy.”
A spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Agency in Washington, D.C., declined to comment on the proposal. A White House spokesman referred to a statement on a question-and-answer section of an Obama transition team blog that says the president “is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana.”
While Californians have shown some tolerance for marijuana, such as use for medical conditions with voters’ passage of Proposition 215 in 1996, the proposal will face tough opposition in Sacramento.
A lobbyist for key police associations in the state called it “a bad idea whose time has not come.”
“The last thing our society needs is yet more legal intoxicants,” said John Lovell, who represents the California Peace Officers’ Association, California Police Chiefs Association and California Narcotic Officers’ Association. “We’ve got enough social problems now when people aren’t in charge of all five of their senses.”
But Ammiano’s proposal has the support of San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey, who said the idea “should be the subject of legislative and public debate.”
It also has the backing of Betty Yee, who chairs the state Board of Equalization, which collects taxes in California. An analysis by the agency concluded the state would collect $1.3 billion a year in tax revenue and a $50-an-ounce levy on retail sales if marijuana were legal.
The analysis also concluded that legalizing marijuana would drop its street value by 50 percent and increase consumption of the substance by 40 percent.
A spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, which advocates for reform in marijuana laws and is backing Ammiano’s proposal, said any expected increase in consumption is a “false notion.”
“They are making an intuitive assumption that a lot of people make that really does not have that much evidence behind it,” said Bruce Mirken, the group’s spokesman, who predicted it could take up to two years before the idea wins legislative approval.
“Don’t tell me that doing something like (this) proposal is going to introduce another drug into society. That’s a load of bull.”
E-mail Wyatt Buchanan at wbuchanan@sfchronicle.com
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