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Posted on 09/18/2007 9:39:52 AM PDT by Philistone
I'm sorry that your child was killed by a drunk driver, but that doesn't give you the right to pull my car over at random and search me or it.
I'm sorry that your father died of lung cancer at the age of 60, but that doesn't give you the right to tell me I can't smoke in my own house or car.
I'm sorry that your best friend died of a heart-attack after eating nothing but Big Macs all his life, but that doesn't give you the right to tell me that I can't eat fats if I want to.
I'm sorry that you were raised to be squeamish at the sight of blood, but that does not give you the right to force me to eat only vegetables or wear only plant fibers.
I'm sorry that you can't afford health insurance, but that does not give you the right to force me to provide it for you.
I'm sorry that over 150 years ago people with the same color skin as me enslaved people with the same color skin as you, but that doesn't give you the right take the hard-earned efforts of my labor for yourself.
I'm sorry that your homeland is corrupt and your culture has no work ethic, but that doesn't give you the right to come here illegally and burden our schools and emergency rooms with your presence.
I'm sorry that your parents chose to come here illegally, but that doesn't give you the right to force me to fund your college education.
I'm sorry that you find it fashionable to ride your bike to work, but that doesn't give you the right to take away my car.
I'm sorry that your lack of intelligence and attention through high school and college left you fit only for a job as a public school teacher, but that doesn't give you the right to inflict your anger and ideology on my child.
I'm sorry that you are mentally and physically unfit to serve in our nation's Armed Forces, but that does not give you the right to disparage those who are fit and do serve.
I'm sorry that your parents and teachers continually told you that you are unique and special, but you are not.
I'm sorry that the jocks stuffed you in your locker in high school, but that doesn't give you the right to equate my President with Hitler.
I'm sorry that you failed Trigonometry, but that doesn't give you the right to equate Sociology with Engineering
I'm sorry that you are not as attractive as other women, but that does not give you the right to impose your feminist idiocracy on me, my company or my family.
I'm sorry that your nervous system is so exquisitely sensitive that you can be hurt by minute variations in air pressure caused by sound waves, but that doesn't give you the right to determine what I can and can not say.
I'm sorry that your enormous ego coupled with a complete lack of self-esteem, lack of any sense of self-worth and ignorance about how the real world works has led you to becoming a Liberal, but... Well, no buts. I'm not really sorry.
Remember: Anyone who tells you "it's for the children" believes that YOU are a child.
It is true (statist) and there will be DUI checkpoints everywhere Friday night because the American people have turned into a bunch of sheep and the governmental entities need more revenue.
Most states’ law requires a driver’s license, valid vehicle license and registration, and proof of insurance.
Checking for valid documentation is not the same as checking for impairment.
I don’t like checkpoint stops but also cannot see anything Constitutionally that prohibits them.
It is true (statist) and there will be DUI checkpoints everywhere Friday night because the American people have turned into a bunch of sheep and the governmental entities need more revenue.
I think it has more to do with driving drunk no longer being a laughing matter, and the fact that the number of dead each year is measured in the thousands, with the injured measured in six digits.
But no matter, there will be checkpoints, as you noted.
Some states also have laws requiring handguns to be stored unloaded in a locked box if children are present in the household.
Doesn’t give cops the right to enter your house at will to determine whether or not you are complying.
You don’t void the presumption of innocence or the 4th Amendment just because you turn the key in your ignition.
DUI Hysteria Frustrates the People
Do you have any idea what "alcohol-related" means?
I do, and so do many other people on this forum.
You really need to stop spreading this lie.
If you read what I posted, you would see the definition, and the explanation as it relates to the numbers contained therein.
Sorry, thousands die each year as a direct result of DUI in this country.
Yep, you can split a hair here if you wish, but the article I cited from proves my point conclusively.
‘You really need to stop spreading this lie.’
you aren’t worth a lie to me.
Don’t post that insult towards me, thanks in advance.
4A prohibits unreasonable searches, not all searches.
And yes, that could be subjecive.
In other words, 76% of drivers involved in fatal accidents had NO alcohol and 80% (4 out of 5) had lower than the .08% BAC which is the current level for a per se DUI.
Sure justifies tossing presumption of innocence and the 4th Amendment out the window.
The 16,885 alcohol-related fatalities in 2005 (39% of total traffic fatalities for the year)
If you look closely at the juxtaposition of these two paragraphs, it is clear that a whopping 15% of "alcohol related" fatalities involve someone who was NOT a driver. But these are the statistics people point to when they say "there oughta be a law!"
Okay.
When you moving? And to where?
Just wonderin’...
Okay.
“...tell the government what it is permitted to do.”
Ruh-roh, I think someone forgot about that!
Just as Liberals act like the Constitution is Maslowe’s Hierarchy of Needs...
No, I just know what happens when you try to play that long time honored game ‘cite the Constitution to a trooper!’
(chuckle)
Enjoy your evening, I appreciated your insights on this.
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