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It took less than one drink to get Shannon Wilcutt busted for felony DUI[AZ][Busybodys]
Phoenix News ^ | 20 Mar 2008 | Sarah Fenske

Posted on 05/27/2008 7:56:48 AM PDT by BGHater

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To: weegee

I agree. Red Bulls and what not are just as bad. People whi drive for a living LEO’s, truck drivers etc... play a dangerous game.


21 posted on 05/27/2008 8:16:22 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: BGHater

I’m having problems understanding why a bad set of dentures have to be surgically removed. Don’t you take dentures out everynight before you go to bed?


22 posted on 05/27/2008 8:17:30 AM PDT by Bruce Kurtz
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To: BGHater
I had one problem with the second lady in the story:

She'd had only one glass of wine. She'd been the designated driver.
If she was the designated driver, she should not have had even one glass of wine. Even though that is not enough to impair you, a designated driver is supposed to refrain from alcohol altogether.
23 posted on 05/27/2008 8:17:33 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: BGHater
This is a tough one. You don't take pain pills and then try to get somewhere before they kick in. Delays can happen as in her case. When I have dental procedures my husband picks me up.
The guy was concerned and reported it? What else could he do? Why it took so long to clear it up though....
24 posted on 05/27/2008 8:18:45 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: BGHater

“Too tired to cook, Wilcutt took 4-year-old John to Mimi’s Café, a chain restaurant...”

Too tired to cook but she could drive her 4 yr. old to a restaurant and then to some mall? Hmm....bet she’d like a do-over on that one.


25 posted on 05/27/2008 8:18:47 AM PDT by gate2wire
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To: weegee
It’s about revenue. Money for the courts, for the insurance companies, for the police department, for MADD, for lawyers. Everyone gets their cut.

Exactly. If they get a few dangerous drivers off the road, well, that's just a nice side benefit. That's why you never admit anything to a cop, and never, ever, ever show up in court without a lawyer. Judges don't like people who aren't greasing the system. They were lawyers once too. Call me cynical, but I'm also realistic.

26 posted on 05/27/2008 8:20:07 AM PDT by badbass
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To: demsux
Ceballes is the owner of a commercial landscape company called Horticulture West.

I wonder how he would react to some nanny-stater pouring over his employee roster? Think there might be any illegals listed?

27 posted on 05/27/2008 8:20:26 AM PDT by Free State Four
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To: BGHater

Another interesting aspect of this case is that she ran a stop sign in a parking lot. That is cause for someone being deemed impaired? That’s the only evidence of impairment that was given in the story. Sheesh, a busybody supplied police with false information and you guys want her guilty of dui for running a stop sign in a parking lot? What a great bunch of libertarians replying to this article.


28 posted on 05/27/2008 8:20:40 AM PDT by refreshed
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To: Bruce Kurtz
I’m having problems understanding why a bad set of dentures have to be surgically removed.

At age 34 no less. I know very few people who have dentures at 34, let alone have dentures that have gotten to the point of needing to be removed.

29 posted on 05/27/2008 8:21:07 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: weegee; Resolute Conservative
A sleepy driver who hasn’t taken any medication is also impaired.

So is a police officer on amped of caffinated coffee (the type they throw no-doze into).

So is a police officer on adrenaline. Cops and firemen are adrenaline JUNKIES! They get a big rush, just like a coke user! But, they also get guns and big trucks!

Don't get me wrong. I don't want the job. My eldest is a cop Lt in OK. His early days were spent busting into meth labs. He was almost hit by a fired round. He doesn't do that any more.

My view of the police grows worse, every time I see this crap. I believe in keeping drunks/druggies off the road. BUT, I would prefer they spent their time sending drunk illegals back home, and shutting down the mosques armories of the muzzies infiltrators!

30 posted on 05/27/2008 8:21:20 AM PDT by WVKayaker ( "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome..." I. Asimov)
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To: goldstategop
Not every offense needs to be punished with a heavy fine and the threat of imprisonment.

It's not about deterrence. It's about revenue for the state.

31 posted on 05/27/2008 8:22:33 AM PDT by Centurion2000 (Party ahead of principles; eventually you'll be selling out anything to anyone for the right price.)
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To: Travis McGee

I don’t like busy bodies either but in this case what would you have done? Would you have stayed out of it?


32 posted on 05/27/2008 8:22:46 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: ltc8k6

Have you ever been on Vicodin/hyrdrocone?

groggy = tired

It affects different people to different degrees but it sure makes me groggy and I would dream of driving anywhere while under its influence. Never mind adding alcohol to the mix, even a small amount. Nope, 1st case was guilty, no sympathy here.


33 posted on 05/27/2008 8:23:38 AM PDT by Enchante (Barack Chamberlain: My 1930s Appeasement Policy Goes Well With My 1960s Socialist Policies!)
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To: refreshed

Dunno. Not stopping on private property at a stop sign isn’t a crime. Right?


34 posted on 05/27/2008 8:24:06 AM PDT by BGHater ("If any question why we died/ Tell them, because our fathers lied")
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To: BGHater

I always assumed it wasn’t. But maybe I’m wrong.


35 posted on 05/27/2008 8:25:22 AM PDT by refreshed
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To: goldstategop

‘Not every offense needs to be punished with a heavy fine and the threat of imprisonment”

When the state needs revenues heavy fines suffice. Gotta pay for all that prison heath care you know.


36 posted on 05/27/2008 8:25:23 AM PDT by dblshot
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To: Resolute Conservative
She was still impaired whether it was booze or pills.

D- for Reading Comprehension. Other comments: "Resolute Conservative is a good student and gets along well with other students, but I wish he'd spend more time understanding what he read. Signed, Miss Canton, 7th Grade English."

37 posted on 05/27/2008 8:27:05 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Secondhand Aztlan Smoke causes drug addiction obesity in global warming cancer immigrant terrorists.)
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To: ltc8k6
It can. I can't tolerate alcohol or narcotics well. There is a reason why on the bottle it says not to drink alcohol, drive or operate machinery.
38 posted on 05/27/2008 8:27:33 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: BGHater
She didn't realize that Steven Ceballes, the aforementioned businessman, had already made a phone call.

I'm sure Mr. Ceballes was never properly thanked. Thank you Mr. Ceballes, you may have save several innocent lives...

39 posted on 05/27/2008 8:28:04 AM PDT by Onelifetogive (Simple-minded conservative...)
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To: BGHater

How does someone’s blood alcohol get so high on half a mimosa or one glass of wine?


40 posted on 05/27/2008 8:28:13 AM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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