I'm proud to be a Texan!

When Mr. Essie May heard that a Harris County grand jury had refused to indict Joe Horn, he said, "I'm proud to be a Texan!" Mr. Horn is the gentleman who saw two burglars leaving his neighbor's house through a window. Mr. Horn yelled for them to stop, and when one of them started to charge him, he shot them, killing them both.

Unfortunately for Mr. Horn, this doesn't end the case. The fiance of one of the men, Stephanie Storey, says she's "pondering" her legal options. Of course she'll sue! "I'm very surprised that these two lives had no value, that someone can take the law into their own hands and shoot them down like animals," she says.

What Ms. Storey is evidently not taking into consideration is that these two "valuable" lives were in someone else's home in the dead of night taking out property that did not belong to them. When they decided to "take the law into their own hands" and rob an honest citizen, they assumed the risk of getting what was coming to them. And they weren't shot down like animals -- they were shot down like the thieving burglars they were!

Ms. Storey is not the only one incensed over this case. Quannel X (don't you just hate the posturing of these black guys who think they're going to get famous because they change their name to Somethingstupid X?) says he's calling on District Attorney Kenneth Magidson to release details about the racial makeup of the grand jury and present the case to a new grand jury. A spokesman for Mr. Magidson's office says the requests will not be honored. I'm so proud to be a Texan!