this don't sound any more or less nuts than similar arrest warrants issued for a buncha texas state congresspeople who fled the state to a avoid a vote on gerryman...um i mean redistricting that pretty much ensured texas would be redder than everyone other than the late hl hunt (in his opinion).
if i was earle and i really wanted to make delay look bad (worse? hmmmm maybe this is carrying coals to the eskimoes?), i'd hire duane 'dawg' chapman to hunt him down and bring him in.
(if nothin else it would warm my heart to see the dawg gettin all weepy--as he has been more n more wont to do following a takedown--til he talked himself into bonding delay out immediately after his surrender.)
"there's fear and darkness all around you
the crim-i-nals are on the run
no use in hiding in the dark
i'll hunt you down 'cause i'm the dawg
i'm the dawg
the big bad dawg
the bounty hunter"