Liberal jaws dropping 'round the world.

Well, it has been less than a week since Liberals appear to have first realized that Jesus was intolerant of other gods ( ... is more than "reckless behavior" and drunk-driving victims rarely have consented, but when the question ... it's drunk driving...we don't say "Don't drive 'as drunk'?" ...This is an illogical thing that we apply [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 01:35:31
Blog: WisdomIsVindicated...

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Why don't they talk about capital punishment for drunk drivers in Texas?

As my students know, I often wonder why those who support the death penalty on deterrence grounds generally do not consider making drunk driving a ... , the number of years drunk driving deaths in Texas is roughly comparable to the number of murders. As I have suggested in previous posts, typical drunk driving crimes seem likely to be much [more...]

Date: 2007-08-22 12:36:17
Blog: Sentencing Law and Poli...

Press Conference on Enforcement Crackdown on Drunk Driving

Department of Transportation Secretary Mary Peters and National Highway Traffic Safety Admin Adminstrator Nicole Nason announced the launch of the 2007 National Drunk Driving Enforcement Crackdown and advertising blitz ?Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest.? They also detailed the final 2006 statistics on alcohol related fatalities [more...]

Date: 2007-08-21 07:02:09
Blog: C-SPAN...

On Safe Sex: Any Risk Is Unacceptable To Huckabee

This headline at Huffpo caught my attention.  Huckabee Compares Safe Sex to Domestic Violence Mike Huckabee generated that headline by answering a ... in a vehicle travelling on the roadways. But the vast majority of the carnage caused by drunk driving ... about stopping a problem, whether it’s drunk drinking…we don’t say “Don’t drive ‘as drunk’?” … [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 23:17:15
Blog: All Things Democrat...

Drinking and Driving

drunk driving People die in car accidents every day. But there’s something especially disturbing to me about this drunk driving accident. A drunk driver kills herself and three passengers. Four underaged young people, out having a “ ... -and-driving “luck” would run out, I kept my car in SC when I moved to Philadelphia to attend law [more...]

Date: 2007-08-17 12:32:19
Blog: La Shawn Barber’s Corne...

Even NPR cannot resist going to Paris

Showing that no media outlet can resist covering the Paris Hilton story, the NPR program "Tell Me More" today has this extended segment entitled " ... "Drunken Driving Penalties: Too Soft?". Here is it's set up: More than one million drunk driving ... , CEO of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and Maryland State Delegate Jolene Ivy discuss the issue. [more...]

Date: 2007-06-11 15:41:14
Blog: Sentencing Law and Poli...

Just Another Country Moralist

Mike Huckabee is surging towards the front of the pack in Iowa with a message of social conservatism and economic populism ... . “For example, if we were really serious about stopping a problem, whether it’s drunk driving, we don’t say, ‘Okay, don’t drive as drunk,’ do we?” Huckabee offered another example: “We don’t say [more...]

Date: 2007-10-18 01:19:35
Blog: The Right’s Field ...

On Safe Sex: Any Risk Is Unacceptable To Huckabee

This headline at Huffpo caught my attention. Huckabee Compares Safe Sex to Domestic Violence Huckabee generated that headline by answering a ... in a vehicle travelling on the roadways. But the vast majority of the carnage caused by drunk driving ... about stopping a problem, whether it's drunk drinking...we don't say "Don't drive 'as drunk [more...]

Date: 2007-10-17 19:21:11
Blog: The Workday Liberal...

Nissan’s Drunk Driving Prevention System

nissandrunkdriving.jpg Drunk driving—drink driving in the UK, I believe—was responsible for nearly 18,000 traffic deaths in the U.S ... . Nissan Concept Car showcase anti drunk-driving technology Fareastgizmos [more...]

Date: 2007-08-03 13:00:40
Blog: CrunchGear...

CM PRESS # 226

IS IT OKAY TO DRIVE DRUNK IN COSTA MESA IF YOU'RE AN ILLEGAL ALIEN? ... ? And, what about MADD--Mothers Against Drunk Driving? What's their position on illegal aliens driving drunk since the Alcohol Policy Group in Berkeley, Calif., says that "Hispanic drivers [more...]

Date: 2007-10-28 02:23:21
Blog: CM PRESS...

Anti-teen drinking jihad gets ridiculous

So Tennessee has just enacted a law that requires vendors of off-premises packaged beer to card EVERYBODY that buys. This includes 90-year olds ... the drinking age, they also jacked up the penalties for driving drunk. As recently as the late 1970s ... - drunk driving than others. Why? I vigorously opposed the 21-year old drinking age [more...]

Date: 2007-06-24 00:57:29
Blog: KnoxViews | News and vi...

Jin soon to be killed off on Lost?

Jin-Soo Kwon, Daniel Dae Kim from Lost, ABC The only reason I ask is because anyone who has ever been arrested for drunk driving and was an actor ... was arrested for driving drunk by Honolulu police early this morning. The last three Lost actors to get into trouble with the law, Michelle Rodriguez, Cynthia Watros and Adewale Akinnouye-Agbaje (Eko [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 22:06:17
Blog: A Mike Life...

Julia Roberts Honored With Cinematheque Award

More ... ‘Lost’ Actress Michelle Rodriguez Sentenced to Jail Friday, October 12, 2007 ... . This arrest came six months after she pleaded no contest in Los Angeles to a hit and run, drunk driving ... participating in programs run by Mothers against Drunk Driving. In this latest… [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 15:38:00
Blog: Celebrities - Celebrity...

Paris Hilton’s corpse is a PSA

Paris Hilton Paris Hilton’s naked corpse with removable innards will serve as a PSA to warn prom-goers about the dangers of drunk driving ... unglamorous’ display which includes support material from anti-drunk driving organizations counters ... with my bottle of Jack and ready to hit the streets of Hollywood. The pictures below may be NSFW [more...]

Date: 2007-04-27 19:06:37
Blog: The Blemish - Better th...

More Reaction To The Arrest Of Rep. Rob Briley

Bear Creek Ledger: Once Briley finally stopped for law enforcement officers, ... to overhaul the state’s drunk driving laws in the next legislative session. Yep, that’s who I’d want to be writing laws on drunk driving, a drunk driver. Oh and Briley is also a member of the House [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 13:11:09
Blog: Volunteer Voters...

Deport the Criminals First: More on Sara Cole, Whose Legs Were Crushed by An Illegal Alien Drunk Driver with a Criminal History

Via See Dubya comes a lengthy article regarding a case I first told you about here, in which an illegal alien drunk driver crushed a woman’s legs: ... count of driving drunk. Rodriguez, who authorities say has been living in the United States illegally ... . 9, the 27-year-old was arrested in Los Gatos, on suspicion of driving drunk, again - but this [more...]

Date: 2007-10-02 07:12:03
Blog: Patterico’s Pontificat...

Dead, Naked Paris Hilton Sculpture Turns Some Heads

Paris Hilton has been immortalized in a less-than-flattering way, but it’s all for a good cause ... as a message that drunk driving is bad. Dead Paris will have removable innards just to drive the point home. Hilton, who was arrested for drunk driving last year, is a legendary party girl who's credited [more...]

Date: 2007-05-03 16:05:33
Blog: TV with MeeVee...

Another week, another incredible story from Sheboygan

Another judge from Sheboygan leaves us stupefied. A man was driving drunk, when a sheriffs deputy pulled up behind him, ... into a ditch before he killed someone. Once arrested, it was found that this was his 9th drunk driving arrest. David W. Bingham, the 9 time drunk driver was charged with this and fleeing or eluding [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 17:05:08
Blog: Badger Blogger ...

Cops: Man Drove Drunk Wrong Way Down Street With Toddler in Car - Steven J. King

Okay, it wasn't THAT Steven King, but this guy could very well be our first Quadruple Dumbass: drunk, driving, ... County Court. Labels: child in car, drunk driving ... there. Here's more from the Record Online: A Downsville man was indicted yesterday on charges [more...]

Date: 2007-10-26 11:01:37
Blog: The Dumbass Daily...

Texting driver assaults freight train

Texting driver assaults freight train There's not much worse than drinking and driving; however, drinking, driving, ... alive, but was charged with drunk and wreckless driving. An officer on the scene said Gillespie did ... , "There are all kinds of ways to get distracted these days…we don't recommend any of them while you're driving [more...]

Date: 2007-10-18 20:36:26
Blog: BLORGE.com ...

A note on driving drunk

I have a personal issue with anyone who drives drunk ... for DUI/DWI each year, it makes me think that whatever punishment we’re slapping these people with isn’t working. For example, let’s say a person named Brandon Marshall is arrested for DUI in the state [more...]

Date: 2007-10-23 17:39:31
Blog: BroncoTalk - Denver Br...

Booze Cruise is the best way to teach teens the ills of drunk driving

Drunk_Driver.jpg After a very long time I am feeling so passionate about a topic. At some point in our lives we all have been affected by a drunk-driving case. To drive home the point that booze and cars don't mix, a video game has been developed by a Canadian company. The game [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 10:01:17
Blog: Newlaunches.com...

Good News (If You Want It)

Drunk driving deaths declined last year, both overall and in 28 of the 50 states (plus D.C. and Puerto Rico). So guess what the headline says? Incidentally, if you adjust for only those accidents where a clearly drunk driver caused ... . So figure the real number of drunk driving deaths to be around 3,000. TrackBack (0) | [more...]

Date: 2007-08-20 23:20:48
Blog: TheAgitator.com...

It’s ‘Time’ for Paris

I don’t know about our readers but come Friday, I am ready to forget politics for a few days and yes, ... the wheel twice while her driver’s license was suspended for a drunk-driving conviction. Asked whether she had understood the terms of the drunk-driving plea that she agreed to Jan. 22, Hilton, 26, said: “ [more...]

Date: 2007-05-05 07:22:59
Blog: The Democratic Daily ...

Boy calls 911 on his drunk driving mom

I read a story a few years back where a guy called 911 from his cell phone to report that a bunch of people are swerving and driving like maniacs on ... Lynn Spears was arrested on charges including suspicion of drunk driving, two counts of reckless ... the highway and when the cops caught up with him it was the caller himself who was drunk. Today's [more...]

Date: 2007-10-23 14:12:00
Blog: The Brian Alvey Weblog...

Gary Collins and Kiefer Sutherland: DUI Arrests

It’s a new day in Hollywood. Before, celebrities were notorious for breaking the law and having their hot shot-top of the line lawyers get them off ... Sutherland will serve 48 days in jail for drunk driving and will begin serving his sentence on Dec. 21 ... Collins was previously charged with drunk driving back in 2002. However, he was found not guilty [more...]

Date: 2007-10-26 01:51:22
Blog: Romow Entertainment New...

I DON’T GET NO RESPECT, EITHER

I DON’T GET NO RESPECT, EITHER » by Michael Linn Jones in: Satire, Humor PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS HUMER HUMIR HOOMUR HUMOR ... you not to drive after surgery. I think driving drunk AND blind is pretty difficult to say the least ... that she was driving made me a little nervous. Her opinion, though, is that that’s what those little asphalt [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 12:45:41
Blog: The Gun Toting Liberal™...

Death By Illegal Alien?

Update (4/6): The Los Angeles Times reports that killer Velazquez-Nava “pleaded guilty in 2005 in Los Angeles to a prostitution-related charge and ... with a record of driving while drunk killed two teenage girls last Friday. (Hat tip: Mind in the Qatar ... local” issues like drunk-driving or loitering illegal aliens. Either local cops aren’t calling ICE [more...]

Date: 2007-04-05 00:14:13
Blog: La Shawn Barber’s Corne...

Texting driver assaults freight train

Texting driver assaults freight train There's not much worse than drinking and driving; however, drinking, driving, ... escaped alive, but was charged with drunk and careless driving. An officer on the scene said ... these days…we don't recommend any of them while you're driving." EDITOR'S NOTE: This article [more...]

Date: 2007-10-18 19:47:38
Blog: TECH.BLORGE.com ...

Nissan concept car bristling with Big-Brother technology

As we’ve seen before, Nissan Japan is actively developing and employing technologies to increase the safety of their vehicles, with a particular emphasis on combating drunk driving and minimizing the impact of accidents ... . Should a drunk driver somehow get things moving, there’s also a driving behavior monitor that issues [more...]

Date: 2007-08-03 08:06:24
Blog: Digital World Tokyo...

"HollyBeej" -Tuesday October 16, 2007

Live From Hollywood... News From Inside The Hollywood Machine When production takes its mid-winter break on the Fox series 24 beginning December 21st, ... his probation stemming from a 2004 drunk driving charge. The judge also specifically said Sutherland ... Keifer Sutherland will spend his off-time in jail. The actor pleaded no contest to drunk driving [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 15:05:12
Blog: talent NETWORK NEWS...

Permanent Link to Survival Instinct

Survival Instinct Posted by Natalie on October 22nd, 2007 So, there was a mother driving drunk, and her son called 911. While he was in the CAR with his mother, who was driving drunk. VANCOUVER, Wash. — An 8-year-old boy called 911 about his mother’s driving Saturday night, leading Clark County deputies to arrest [more...]

Date: 2007-10-23 06:18:08
Blog: Murder She Writes...

WHILE TOPPING UP CASH, I SHALL BLOG! my dad told me something which I personally find spooky, dunno about you guys ... . his gf was driving cos he was too drunk to drive. so then they drove past the clementi/ulu pandan ... not in use. there were a couple of accidents which happened exactly at where they saw the accident [more...]

Date: 2007-10-15 09:49:22
Blog: { Set them free....

Driving While Drunk

You would think that in a country where the consumption of liquor is illegal, drunk driving won’t be a problem to deal with, but Molouk Ba-Isa got some news for you. She, like many who live near King Fahd Causeway, aka the Johnny Walker Bridge, is complaining that they have to deal with impaired drivers every weekend [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 22:15:10
Blog: Saudi Jeans...

I was just peeing

This story is just bizarre. Fans of gospel music likely know the name Tommy Tester well ... on charges of indecent exposure and public drunkenness. Police say the preacher was driving drunk ... was packed. I read this and thought, what the hell? Tester was driving drunk, stopped to pee [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 17:54:11
Blog: Deep Thoughts...

The Problem With Holding Third Parties Liable

Should hosts at a party be held liable if they serve alcohol to guests who go on to crash their cars under the influence? ... many costs on hosts and bar owners for the amount of drunk driving it would stop. A more sensible ... Richard Posner on his blog. The type of person who is unwise enough to drive a car while drunk isn’ [more...]

Date: 2007-10-24 14:03:00
Blog: The Informed Reader - W...

Globe Spotlights Galluccio's Drunk Driving Convictions

The Globe's Matt Viser focused on Cambridge City Councilor Anthony Galluccio's drunk driving arrest record in his survey today of Tuesday's Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex special Senate election. This is the second significant Globe article on the race, but the first to mention Galluccio's 23-year pattern of drinking and driving, punctuated [more...]

Date: 2007-09-08 22:24:22
Blog: Blue Mass. Group : Rea...

Chief Drunk-Arrested-Caught On Tape

Texas Police have released video of a man who slugged an arresting officer. The video shows a man who was pulled over on suspension of driving drunk. Check out the interesting footage from this CBS news station in Texas. The guy is a real ... and assault on a police officer. drunk drunken driver driving dui dwi alcohol intoxicated under [more...]

Date: 2007-06-01 22:09:16
Blog: Susan Murphy-Milano......

More on Rick Berman

It takes a special kind of shamelessness to attack the designated driver, but these are the special times we live in ... to do it, they went to Rick Berman. Berman also launched an attack at Mothers on Drunk Driving, calling ... who are really drunk but keep getting on the road." Bar and restaurant owners helped kill the first [more...]

Date: 2007-09-22 00:25:14
Blog: Michigan Liberal: Mich...

Paris Hilton Goes to Rwanda

Yet Another Celeb Seeks Africa Cred Paris Hilton is off to Rwanda next month to show the world that even drunk-driving billionaire heiresses can ... reckless driving case. "There are a lot of bad people in L.A. Before, my life was about having fun ... ." Hilton, accompanied by a children's charity called Playing for Good, will visit schools and [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 02:53:00
Blog: Africabeat...

Rough Night Out, Eh?

And in local news, a 50-year-old civil servant at Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Hall was arrested in Changwon on charges of fleeing the scene after he hit two parked cars while driving drunk. The best part, though, is that after he was caught ... -old American English teacher who tried to stop him from drunk driving and turned [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 04:15:09
Blog: The Marmot’s Hole » or:...

Maia Szalavitz: AP v. USAT: "PR-infested" Drugs Coverage Fails Readers

It's not often that two news organizations provide perfect contrasts in how to cover - and how not to cover - drug-related surveys ... and drunk driving are far more likely to have negative health consequences than teen marijuana use. There has never been a reported marijuana overdose death, for example, but drunk driving killed nearly [more...]

Date: 2007-08-16 20:29:08
Blog: Bill Maher - Politics o...

Drunk Driving Deaths Spark Hot Debate

Drunk Driving Deaths Spark Hot Debate The story of two Virginia Beach teenage girls, who were killed when their car, stopped at a traffic light was rear-ended by a drunk driver [more...]

Date: 2007-04-10 00:10:23
Blog: Alcoholism - The Alcoho...

More On The Fight Against The Abuser Fees

The Examiner reports on  the growing legal and political challenges to Virginia’s abuser fees: ... financial penalties imposed on motorists violating the state’s driving laws. Public opposition also ... to review the fees in January. Until then, if you don’t drive drunk, engage in reckless driving [more...]

Date: 2007-07-18 02:00:48
Blog: Below The Beltway ...

it's the morning of my life

This is one sort of weird article about the drunk driving figure skater we can make jokes about ... not be half the article about them coming back from drunk driving moped suspension. On his moped. I'm ... Hughes isn't mentioned in every single article about Emily, but that's her sister. And I think [more...]

Date: 2007-10-24 18:37:07
Blog: keep your expectations ...

No drinking problem for Graham, he hasn't touched a drop since arrest

The Columbia Missourian reports Sen. Chuck Graham, D-Columbia, insists he does not have a drinking problem ... pressure from Republicans to resign following his drunk driving arrest last weekend, said he doesn’ ... . The Columbia Tribune asked if Graham had ever been involved in drunk driving before, and his answer is a bit [more...]

Date: 2007-10-27 13:49:46
Blog: The Turner Report...

Busta Rhymes Facing Four Separate Trials

Busta Rhymes Facing Four Separate Trials (1 Comment) Posted on July 11th, 2007 by Spicy Pants ... of attacking two men, driving drunk and driving with a suspended license, has rejected a plea deal ... time in less than a year — on a drunken driving charge. At that time, he had been scheduled [more...]

Date: 2007-07-11 08:03:59
Blog: Celebrity Smack! Celebr...

Briley Update

tnflag.jpg State Rep. Rob Briley, the Nashville Democrat arrested over the weekend in Wilson County for drunken driving and vandalism after, allegedly, driving drunk, leaving the scene of an accident, leading police on a high-speed chase ... drunken-driving laws next year." Regardless of the outcome in court of the charges against [more...]

Date: 2007-09-11 06:37:01
Blog: BillHobbs.com - "News O...

Unicef India - Award winning advertisements

Take a look at these public service advertisements/messages originating in India and which got a special mention by UNICEF INDIA. Advertisement/Message targeted towards safe driving, road safety, against drunk driving ... against Corruption (message in circle reads as "I promise NOT to pay the sum or Rupees 500 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-25 22:37:32
Blog: Michigan India Communit...

Third-Party Liability? Becker

I agree with Posner that third party liability is desirable in some cases, but that class is narrow ... from driving at that hour while drunk. Less apparent is whether parents should be responsible for their son's actions if he gets into an accident while drunk at 8pm while driving a friend's car without his own [more...]

Date: 2007-10-16 23:45:57
Blog: The Becker-Posner Blog...

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