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To: Trupolitik
I'm no fan of illegal immigrants but the fact that the SOB was a drunk driver and killed 2 people has little to do with his illegal immigrant status or ethnicity.

Perhaps you should consider BANNING ALCOHOL.

15 posted on 04/06/2007 3:14:15 PM PDT by Rome2000 (Peace is not an option)
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To: Rome2000

It has a lot to do with it. If he had not been here, the accident wouldn’t have happened.


17 posted on 04/06/2007 3:16:30 PM PDT by CindyDawg (Thank you, Lord.)
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To: Rome2000

Traditionally, drinking to excess is valued in Mexican and Latin culture, where it is seen an expression of machismo. Moreover, MADD reports that Hispanics believe it takes 6-8 drinks to affect driving, while Americans think it takes 2-4 drinks.

In 2001, according to MADD, 44.1 percent of California’s drunk driving arrests in 2001 were of Hispanics, although Hispanics made up only 31.3 percent of the state’s population.

The general incidence of drunk driving has worsened in California—parallel with the skyrocketing Latino population. Accidents involving drunk drivers increased overall nearly 5 percent in the state in 2000, with an uptick in Los Angeles County of 7.6 percent in that year. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for Hispanics ages 1-44.

Experts on the front lines agree that extreme drunkenness is not uncommon in DUI arrests of Latinos. Austin police officer Robert Smith, who has worked the late-night drunk patrol for over three years, noted higher rates of blood alcohol: “One thing I have noticed is that the Hispanics I arrest for DWI, 90 percent of the time, are more drunk than the white and black people I arrest.”

Assistant Dean at the University of Texas School of Public Health in Dallas Raul Caetano put it this way, “The profile of a drunk driver in California is a young Hispanic male, and I bet you have a similar situation all over the Southwest.” He referred to a national survey, saying, “The traditional pattern of drinking in Mexico is one of infrequent drinking of high amounts.” [A troubling trend: Hispanics and DWI Latinos account for nearly half of 2002 Austin arrests By Claire Osborn and Andy Alford Austin American-Statesman Sunday, July 20, 2003]

Statistics from Austin support the observations of these men: Of 3,007 drunken driving arrests in 2002, 43 percent involved Hispanic men, even though they comprised only about 11 percent of the city’s driving population. And the story is similar elsewhere: North Carolina drunk driving arrests of Hispanics in 2000 amounted to 12.3 percent of the total 87,781 DUI arrests, while Latinos were 4.7 percent of the population according to the Census.

http://www.vdare.com/walker/dui.htm


20 posted on 04/06/2007 3:18:30 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY ((((Truth shall set you free))))
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To: Rome2000
I'm no fan of illegal immigrants but the fact that the SOB was a drunk driver and killed 2 people has little to do with his illegal immigrant status or ethnicity.

It has everything to do with it. He should not have EVER been here. Our border should be defended, and those who refuse to do it are complicit.

21 posted on 04/06/2007 3:19:35 PM PDT by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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To: Rome2000
Well we don’t have to ban alcohol , lets just ban driving under the influence, driving without a license , driving an insured vehicle. Oh wait we have already done that . Ban alcohol is a response to the obvious ? Thin..
23 posted on 04/06/2007 3:20:52 PM PDT by fantom
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To: Rome2000
Perhaps you should consider BANNING ALCOHOL.

We could, but they'll just drag it over the border from MEXICO to us, just like they do 90% of the drugs. Or they'll build a still in your national parks and forests, like the Mexican drug cartels are growing pot all over them now.

26 posted on 04/06/2007 3:22:41 PM PDT by AuntB (" It takes more than walking across the border to be an American." Duncan Hunter)
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To: Rome2000

Yes, it does have something to do with it. If he had been deported when he should have been, it wouldn’t have happened.


30 posted on 04/06/2007 3:25:58 PM PDT by MizSterious (Anonymous sources often means "the voices in my head told me.")
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To: Rome2000

It has plenty to do with the driver being an illegal alien. It’s considered macho to drive drunk in a good portion of Mexican culture.


43 posted on 04/06/2007 4:02:16 PM PDT by Pelham (California, Mexico's HMO)
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