Archive for August 7th, 2008

Man arrested in Fla. for threatening Obama’s life

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Here’s what authorities found in Raymond Hunter Geisel’s car and hotel room in Miami: a loaded 9mm handgun, knives, dozens of rounds of ammunition including armor-piercing types, body armor, military-style fatigues and a machete.

According to the Associated Press, a Secret Service affidavit charges that Geisel made the threat during a training class for bail bondsmen in Miami in late July. According to someone else in the 48-member class, Geisel allegedly referred to Obama with a racial epithet and continued, “If he gets elected, I’ll assassinate him myself.”

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Free show tonight at 5:30, city hall

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

It should be a doozy. The City Circus Council is meeting. Expect new developments in the big dirt moving project. The fiasco continues.

Rain! (maybe)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

Yes, it’s supposed to rain tonight — heavily, according to the National Weather Service. And more rain tomorrow. Sounds good to me.

Scratch that. Now they’re saying we have a “chance for rain.” Ha! It rained hard in Camden and Smackover this afternoon. But not here.