Rick Perry's Advisor Pulls Out Knife

[my2sense]

SAN ANTONIO — A longtime adviser to Gov. Rick Perry, upset over his abrupt firing at a Texas university, admitted Thursday he told staff he would surrender his office keys only if "anyone is man enough to take them" – all while brandishing a pocketknife in what police called a "nonthreatening" way.

Jay Kimbrough didn't deny the confrontation detailed in a Texas A&M University police report, which includes the 64-year-old telling a school attorney to "bring it on." He was escorted off campus and quoted an Army war hero – "I shall return!" – before riding off on his motorcycle.

But the ex-Marine, who has built something of a swashbuckling persona while filling various roles for Perry, said the incident was a matter of A&M officials not being familiar with his personality.

"There was no threat," Kimbrough said. "This is Texas. Some people have guns when they jog. Some people have pocketknives. It was a joke."

Packing guns while jogging was a nod to his longtime friend and boss – Perry, the Republican presidential contender who famously said he shot a coyote dead while jogging last year.

More: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/22/jay-t-kimbrough-texas-am-_n_976586.html

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[Stuart G]

1. It was no joke, this fellow needs some jail time. nt

[ananda]

6. As does that newly miselected justice in Wisconsin...

... who committed aggravated assault against another female justice.

[n2doc]

2. If a person of color had said that they would have tazered and beat him n/t

[butterfly77]

10. Correct..

[ixion]

3. brandishing a knife in and of itself is threatening

period.

[SpiralHawk]

4. Testosterone Poisoning (R)

Poor soul-sickened Republion hate-and-fear engorged wankers deserve a private room at the State Hospital for Whackjob A-Holes.

[liberal N proud]

5. If he was not part of the club, he would be in jail right now

And considering it is in Texas, he could be on death row by now.

But since he has connections, he can commit the most heinous crime and walk.

It all about who you know.

[my2sense]

16. Exactly n/t

[newfie11]

7. What the hell is happening to the people of this country???

Has everyone gone insane?

[butterfly77]

11. Yes,and most of them

are in the judical system,prison system,congress and senate nutty bastards...

The ignorant and uninformed don't know shit and will vote their asses in again then have buyers remorse as some do now as the teabaggers run all over the place thinking they have a mandate.

[Eddie Haskell]

8. Had he been black he would have been dead.

Still, firing someone on their birthday is pure meanness.

[ashling]

9. quoted an Army war hero

He did not quote a war hero, he quoted Douglas MacArthur. Two different things.

[RaleighNCDUer]

17. LOL

And quite right.

[Tom Ripley]

12. Yosemite Sam strikes again

[rurallib]

13. "Kimbrough said Sharp never spoke to him before he was fired"

I think I can guess why.

[adhd_what_huh]

14. Did he advise Perry on the finer points of being a total jack ass!

[UTUSN]

15. K&R #14 for, Yaas, the Texas tuff-tawk in action again!1 n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

18. I'm having 'puter problems

and HuffPo plays hob with my browser, but I'm wondering if the article states why this specimen was fired in the first place.

[Ilsa]

20. John Sharp is the new chancellor. They are clearing dead weight out of

TAMU administration due to budget cuts.

Perry is due a lot of flack for trying to get his way in pushing certain people for the chancellorship.his interference was not appreciated.

[Heywood J]

19. "said the incident was a matter of A&M officials not being familiar with his personality"

Right. Should we give others who brandish knives the same courtesy? "But when I asked for his wallet, he just didn't know my personality!"

How does one brandish a knife in a non-threatening way? Doesn't the word "brandishing" imply a threat?

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brandishing

Definition of BRANDISH
transitive verb
1
: to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly
2
: to exhibit in an ostentatious or aggressive manner

[rustydog]

21. Where I work, If you display a knife when you are fired

and say: If anyone is man enough to take them , is a threat with a deadly weapon. Police would have been called after paging a code silver and he would have been disarmed and arrested.

[Hoosier Daddy]

22. It wasn't a gun???

:wow:

[Fire Walk With Me]

23. The LAPD and sherrifs would have killed him where he stood.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Ah the memories

Somebody tell me we have not reached that level of corruption...it helps to be well connected.