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To: Justin C who wrote (60298)	7/29/2001 5:46:02 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

OH there WERE picture ops all over the place!!!! I usually never think visually, but spend time mentally writing to myself. (Is that sick? Do other people do this?) This countryside was so different that I was enthralled by it. The sheer emptiness was overwhelming. I think you and I must have the same reaction after living in Houston and Dallas. WHere are all the people???? To drive through a town and not see anyone on the street! When we left, we met another car at the corner, and Dan said, "Uhoh, looks like we're hitting 5:00 traffic." WE have seen very little of Texas in our 21 years here: San Antonio, Austin, Houston, and a weekend in Jefferson when Ammo was still an infant and Dan's sec stayed with the boys so we could get away. We decided yesterday to make an effort to see more of it this year.

To: Justin C who wrote (60298)	8/8/2001 12:42:35 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 71178

OT Lubbock’s Lesson by Jeff Elkins It’s become a commonplace event – a domestic dispute turns ugly and the police are called. Matters escalate and a desperate, armed man barricades himself in his home. The patrol officers back off and establish a perimeter, waiting for the specialists, the men in the black ninja suits. That was the scene in Lubbock, Texas on a sweltering July morning. Richard Robinson, an unemployed mechanic, had been out of work since the state had taken his car and body shop through an act of eminent domain, paying him a year’s salary, $45,000. Robinson and his wife Laura had argued the previous day about his unemployment and the police were called. The patrol officers resolved that dispute with no charges being filed, but the emotions still simmered below the surface. They argued loudly yet again the following day, and the police returned. Robinson refused to leave his house and speak with the patrol officers. Robinson did not respond to negotiators' attempts at contact until 12:30 p.m. When he was contacted, Robinson was "distressed and emotionally volatile," according to police spokesman Bill Morgan. Robinson's moods were described as "agitated and almost manic at times." After several hours of "negotiations," the SWAT team initiated a "break and rake" maneuver in which windows are knocked out and (cont) sierratimes.com