Gun-toting Alabama Rethuglican teabagger Dale "Sneaky Pete" Peterson, who ran unsuccessfully for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner in 2010, is mainly remembered for his belligerent campaign ad that year that featured him brandishing a rifle and talking tough about "thugs" and his political opponents. The ad went viral as exhibit A to show the extremism of the Rethug/Stupid Party.
What's not as widely known about Sneaky Pete is that he tends to practice the "five-fingered discount" when shopping. In October 2012, he was arrested for shoplifting paper towels (!) and beer from a Walmart, but that apparently didn't teach him a lesson. Police arrested Peterson yesterday for eating a can of cashews and then placing the empty can back on the shelf at a Sam's Club. Sneaky Pete paid the $1,000 bond and was released. Just a reminder that not all nuts are in a can.
BONUS: Texas wingnut Rep. Louie "Screwy Louie" Gohmert is no fan of the Gummint. He's always railing against gun regulations, environmental laws, and taxes on his plutocrat patrons. Screwy Louie struck another blow against tyranny earlier this month when he refused to pay a parking ticket for illegally parking near the Lincoln Memorial in D.C., pulling the old "don't you know who I am?" routine to the Park Police. Since his parking violation wasn't related to Congressional business (just a family dinner), he's on the hook to pay.
