"Wasn't there a law repealed in Texas in 1904, which had permitted one to blow away bankers on sight?"

What? They repealed it?! So they finally get around to repealing a law and its the wrong one. :)

There has not been even one charge or suit brought against any of the scum who created this whole mortgage derivative scam. They knew exactly what they were doing. When you contribute enough to political campaigns, I guess one of the perks of buying off a politician is the get-out-of-jail-free card. The other perk is the trillions of $s in emergency funds the taxpayers have donated to date to the criminals.