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She was drunk and she was speeding [DuPage County (IL) prosecutor]
Chicago Sun Times ^ | 5/26/07 | Dan Rozek

Posted on 05/26/2007 6:21:14 AM PDT by Krankor

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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
It is a sad day in Homer Glen. I hope the media doesn’t go over the top on this story. There is really only one “bad guy” in this and unfortunately, she cannot defend herself from rumors and innuendo.

There is only one bad guy, and she is dead. Unfortunately there is another victim of her criminal behavior, and at least six other enablers. As for "rumor and innuendo" BAC is a fact, not a rumor. She was drunk, deeply drunk.

No doubt her loved ones miss her. But the rest of us have every right to be angry with her, not just for her last act, but also for the hypocrasy due to her position.

82 posted on 05/26/2007 11:42:10 AM PDT by Jack Black
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To: KarlInOhio; Night Hides Not
I don't know if "Night Hides Not" was making a joke or not, but sure it's an old time workingmans drink. But it's not called the MakerBoiler it's called a "BoilerMaker". Which is pretty descriptive of what it does to your stomach.

They were common in the bars around the large factories in Michigan when I was a lad. Entire shirts of men would come off their shift and walk to the large bar across the way. To deal with this huge rush hour the bars would pour, in advance, many mugs of beer (Stroh's in Detroit) and shots of bar whiskey. These would be lined up on the bar and men would simply pick them up on their way in and take a seat.

The idea of dropping a shot glass in the mug of beer and tipping the whole thing down the hatch sprung from this tradition.

After you have two you will be saying "MakerBoiler" too.

You can order them in bars of that type to this day: you will get a mug of beer and shot of cheap whiskey. Whether you drop the shot glass in the mug after drinking the top is up to you.

Some bars in Oregon will not serve two drinks (a shot and a beer) to anyone.

83 posted on 05/26/2007 11:49:52 AM PDT by Jack Black
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To: enuf
I don't know if it would be a conflict of interest, but it's gonna be tough for DuPage county the next time there's a high profile DUI case- especially after some of the quotes by Birkett:
"I need to be forthright on this; Jane would have it no other way," Birkett said. "You can lead a great life and mistakes can be made."
"This mistake is human failure in its highest form," said Birkett, looking both stunned and solemn in a meeting with reporters outside his office shortly after he received the report. "She paid the ultimate price -- she's dead. That doesn't change the impact of what she has accomplished in the state."
Amazingly, Birkett apparently hasn't said anything about the woman who was hurt in the accident. Like, "I hope she recovers quickly", or something along those lines. It always amazes me when a politician or a news media person gets caught doing something wrong, and right away they claim it's a personnel matter and they can't talk about it.
84 posted on 05/26/2007 12:16:17 PM PDT by Krankor (kROGER)
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To: Jack Black

I was familiar with the boilermaker. The makerboiler was a joke drink from college which switched the beer and the whiskey. I know of no one who tried one (or could survive the mug of whiskey).


85 posted on 05/26/2007 2:56:05 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Parker v. DC: the best court decision of the year.)
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To: MrBambaLaMamba

” Does GM build more precision and quality into systems that may never be used by their customers, such as data recorders...”

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Any defendant is welcome to challenge the prima facia evidence in court if they want, but beating the prima facia evidence would be a huge task. Most of these clowns are drunks who didn’t even know they were in a car accident until the next morning when the nurse tells them where they are.


86 posted on 05/26/2007 4:41:52 PM PDT by HighWheeler (A true liberal today is a combination of socialist, fascist, hypocrite, and anti-American.)
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To: johnny7
.25... holy crap.

I knew a dude who blew .24 and could hardly stand up. The guy was 6'5'' and went a bit over 250lbs.


Size has nothing to do with it. it's all about their tolerance for ETOH. I've seen 90 lb women who were .35 who were barely slurring their words. They were "experienced" drinkers.
87 posted on 05/26/2007 4:46:13 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: Lurker
Any blame to be assessed will be and he'll see that punishments, if any, are swift and severe.

Like -- he's gonna personally pay a visit to Hell to kick this broad in the rear?

88 posted on 05/26/2007 4:47:45 PM PDT by drlevy88
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To: Leftism is Mentally Deranged

Not so sure. The Bible tells about dying twice.


89 posted on 05/26/2007 4:54:15 PM PDT by drlevy88
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To: johnny7

This is one time size doesn’t matter. It’s tolerance.


90 posted on 05/26/2007 5:01:27 PM PDT by Sue Perkick (And I hope that what I’ve done here today doesn’t force you to have a negative opinion of me….)
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To: Krankor

do as i say not as i do alert.


91 posted on 05/26/2007 5:38:02 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Thank you St. Jude.)
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To: HighWheeler
Could be a problem in my car, currently reporting a tach of 0 while I’m driving down the street. Some sort of computer problem I’m not willing to shell out thousands of $ to fix.

Cars data systems are not very good. How the he11 can one get a conviction using data from a system so often known to be unreliable? At least on airplanes, these systems are redundant for any critical data - the designers knowing how fallible these system are.

92 posted on 05/26/2007 5:58:16 PM PDT by GregoryFul (how'd that get there?)
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To: the invisib1e hand

The truly amazing thing about this story is it makes absolutely no sense. From all accounts, this woman was a top prosecuting attorney- one of the best. She was a very hard worker who was on her way to becoming a judge.She also appears to be a fantastic person with a great sense of humor who everyone at the office loved. Her boss says there was no indication of any drinking problem. Yet, for some inexplicable reason, this highly motivated, intelligent woman downed enough drinks to put her three times over the legal limit- and not one of nine people from the prosecutor’s office noticed she was the least bit impaired. It makes no sense at all. It defies comprehension.
There’s a piece of the puzzle missing. There’s something we don’t know. There’s something they’re hiding.


93 posted on 05/26/2007 6:06:45 PM PDT by Krankor (kROGER)
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To: Krankor

So she was trashed in the middle of a work day?

Feel for the family.


94 posted on 05/26/2007 6:07:50 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (If your representative will not vote for Term Limits, vote for the candidate who will.)
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To: Krankor
On the phone? She was plastered. Any word as to who she was calling? You'd think that her drinking partners would have called her a cab, or her spouse.

I'd much rather get a call to pick up my soused spouse than a call from the cops saying she was dead.

95 posted on 05/26/2007 6:17:06 PM PDT by csvset
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To: csvset

One of the calls was allegedly from the man she started off lunch with and spent over three hours with- Mr. Kendall. He was also the one who dropped her off at her car after lunch. He is also the one who resigned. He allegedly called her to remind her about a future court date. What’s really suspicious- the sheriff produces a 33 page report on the incident. I would assume the restaurant had a computerized bill showing the food and drinks ordered. Kendall paid for the bill with his credit card so they should be able to match the bill with the credit card pretty easily. I wonder why that wasn’t included in the report. I think this thing is gonna blow up big league.


96 posted on 05/26/2007 6:30:00 PM PDT by Krankor (kROGER)
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To: Night Hides Not
12 shots of Jagermeister, washed down by several litres of Holsten Pils.

Now that’s what I call a drinking party. When I was first stationed in Germany, I couldn’t hold my liquor, by the time I left, I was a first class drinker. My dad took me out the first weekend I was home and brought. His mistake!! I was sucking down beers like water. My dad not only had a huge bar tab but told me I was an alcoholic. I told him, laughing, the American beer is like drinking water. It’s so weak, it’s not even funny. Couple of years later I am back to drinking weak beer and a low tolerance again. I LOVED Germany.

97 posted on 05/26/2007 7:10:19 PM PDT by antiunion person (It must be all President Bush's fault.)
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To: Krankor

Even though our society has built two Americas (one of the lowly and one of the political) the laws of nature do not yet recognize the delineation. The law of the harvest is still in effect - you always reap what you sew.


98 posted on 05/26/2007 7:16:50 PM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We have the government we allow and deserve.)
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To: KarlInOhio

Thanks! Good to know.


99 posted on 05/26/2007 7:23:33 PM PDT by Jack Black
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To: HighWheeler

Big brother’s watching!


100 posted on 05/26/2007 7:24:01 PM PDT by miliantnutcase
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