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I'm starting to think that the area around Austin, Texas, isn't as full of sissies, queers, and pinkos as I had always thought! If anything, it seems to be turning into a veritable hotbed of Tea Party Patriotism™. I'm sure you all recall the one-man taxpayers' revolt of Joe Stack, who crashed his plane into the IRS office building in February.
Earlier this month, Carolyn Barnes of a town a short distance outside of the capital told one B. Hussein Obama's census goons how we do it in the Lonestar State! Unfortunately, this did not turn out to be the equivalent of the first shot fired at Lexington in Texas' upcoming war for independence. But the message to the Obamunist Gestapo is clear:
Earlier this month, Carolyn Barnes of a town a short distance outside of the capital told one B. Hussein Obama's census goons how we do it in the Lonestar State! Unfortunately, this did not turn out to be the equivalent of the first shot fired at Lexington in Texas' upcoming war for independence. But the message to the Obamunist Gestapo is clear:
You want us to sign us up for your death panels?
You want to haul us off to your FEMA concentration camps?
You want to take our God-given freedom?
You want to take our Bibles?
You want to take our guns?
You want to haul us off to your FEMA concentration camps?
You want to take our God-given freedom?
You want to take our Bibles?
You want to take our guns?
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Williamson County sheriff's officials have charged an attorney with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, saying she fired five shots when a U.S. Census Bureau worker visited her home Saturday , court records show.
Carolyn M. Barnes , 53 , could face up to 20 years if convicted of the second-degree felony. She was being held in the Williamson County Jail on Wednesday afternoon with bail set at $50,000 .
Williamson County sheriff's office Sgt. John Foster said the census employee, Kathleen Gittel , went to Barnes' home on Indian Trail, just north of Leander, about 5:40 p.m. to collect information.
After Gittel identified herself as a census worker, Foster said, Barnes came outside with a handgun and told Gittel to get off the property.
Gittel "was apparently not getting off of her property fast enough, and Ms. Barnes decided to shoot five rounds in her direction," Foster said. He said Gittel was not injured.
Records show Barnes has not hired an attorney. The voice mailboxes at her home and law office were full Wednesday. Efforts to reach Gittel were unsuccessful.
Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley said that because Gittel is a federal employee, the charge against Barnes could be increased to aggravated assault on a public servant, which is a first-degree felony punishable by up to life in prison. But "that will be a decision federal investigators and federal prosecutors will have to research and decide," Bradley said.
According to Barnes' website, she has practiced law, specializing in medical malpractice and other civil cases, since 1984 . The State Bar of Texas website lists no disciplinary history for Barnes.
In January, Barnes was arrested in Austin after police accused her of striking a deputy at the Travis County Courthouse.
She was charged with assaulting a public servant, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years behind bars. The case is pending.
According to an arrest affidavit, when Barnes entered the courthouse at 1000 Guadalupe St. on Jan. 8 and went through a security screening, deputies found a small multitool, which included a knife. They asked her to return the tool to her car, but she refused, the affidavit said. She struck the officer after she took out her cell phone and the deputy asked her to take the call outside, according to the affidavit.
Barnes then threatened to end the deputy's career, the affidavit said.
After she was released from jail on a personal bond , Barnes denied assaulting the officer and said that he attacked her from behind while she was leaving the building. She said that the tool did not have a knife and that she'd done nothing wrong.
In 2000 , Barnes, frustrated by difficulties in resolving a traffic ticket, wrote a letter to the Cedar Park Municipal Court clerk saying she would "fight to the death" with anyone who tried to arrest her.
"This is why people bomb governmental offices, kill cops, and kill judges because of all the lies and abuses!" she said in the letter.
About a year later, while running for the Liberty Hill school board, she defended the letter, saying it was not meant as a death threat and she probably should have calmed down a bit before mailing it.
"I've been practicing law since 1984, and I haven't shot anybody yet, not even come close," Barnes said at the time.
Jenna Arnold , a spokeswoman with the U.S. Census Bureau's regional office in Dallas, said she hadn't heard of the incident involving Gittel until a reporter told her about it Wednesday afternoon.
"We haven't heard of any instances where people have actually been shot at," Arnold said.
Since the beginning of this month, Arnold said, census workers have been going door to door trying to collect information from residents who didn't mail in their census form. She said Gittel is working for the bureau as a temporary employee.
Carolyn M. Barnes , 53 , could face up to 20 years if convicted of the second-degree felony. She was being held in the Williamson County Jail on Wednesday afternoon with bail set at $50,000 .
Williamson County sheriff's office Sgt. John Foster said the census employee, Kathleen Gittel , went to Barnes' home on Indian Trail, just north of Leander, about 5:40 p.m. to collect information.
After Gittel identified herself as a census worker, Foster said, Barnes came outside with a handgun and told Gittel to get off the property.
Gittel "was apparently not getting off of her property fast enough, and Ms. Barnes decided to shoot five rounds in her direction," Foster said. He said Gittel was not injured.
Records show Barnes has not hired an attorney. The voice mailboxes at her home and law office were full Wednesday. Efforts to reach Gittel were unsuccessful.
Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley said that because Gittel is a federal employee, the charge against Barnes could be increased to aggravated assault on a public servant, which is a first-degree felony punishable by up to life in prison. But "that will be a decision federal investigators and federal prosecutors will have to research and decide," Bradley said.
According to Barnes' website, she has practiced law, specializing in medical malpractice and other civil cases, since 1984 . The State Bar of Texas website lists no disciplinary history for Barnes.
In January, Barnes was arrested in Austin after police accused her of striking a deputy at the Travis County Courthouse.
She was charged with assaulting a public servant, a third-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years behind bars. The case is pending.
According to an arrest affidavit, when Barnes entered the courthouse at 1000 Guadalupe St. on Jan. 8 and went through a security screening, deputies found a small multitool, which included a knife. They asked her to return the tool to her car, but she refused, the affidavit said. She struck the officer after she took out her cell phone and the deputy asked her to take the call outside, according to the affidavit.
Barnes then threatened to end the deputy's career, the affidavit said.
After she was released from jail on a personal bond , Barnes denied assaulting the officer and said that he attacked her from behind while she was leaving the building. She said that the tool did not have a knife and that she'd done nothing wrong.
In 2000 , Barnes, frustrated by difficulties in resolving a traffic ticket, wrote a letter to the Cedar Park Municipal Court clerk saying she would "fight to the death" with anyone who tried to arrest her.
"This is why people bomb governmental offices, kill cops, and kill judges because of all the lies and abuses!" she said in the letter.
About a year later, while running for the Liberty Hill school board, she defended the letter, saying it was not meant as a death threat and she probably should have calmed down a bit before mailing it.
"I've been practicing law since 1984, and I haven't shot anybody yet, not even come close," Barnes said at the time.
Jenna Arnold , a spokeswoman with the U.S. Census Bureau's regional office in Dallas, said she hadn't heard of the incident involving Gittel until a reporter told her about it Wednesday afternoon.
"We haven't heard of any instances where people have actually been shot at," Arnold said.
Since the beginning of this month, Arnold said, census workers have been going door to door trying to collect information from residents who didn't mail in their census form. She said Gittel is working for the bureau as a temporary employee.
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