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Mineta Calls Spears 'Irresponsible'
AP ^ | 2/13/6 | JOANN LOVIGLIO

Posted on 02/13/2006 3:39:49 PM PST by SmithL

PHILADELPHIA, (AP) --

Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta chided pop star Britney Spears as "irresponsible" for driving with her baby on her lap as he announced a new initiative Monday to improve child car-seat safety.

"Recent photos of Britney Spears driving with her infant son on her lap are troubling. And while Ms. Spears has acknowledged her mistake, her actions still send the wrong message to millions of her fans," Mineta said at an event at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia to mark the start of Child Passenger Safety Week.

Photos published earlier this month showed Spears driving her sport-utility vehicle in Malibu, Calif., with her 4-month-old son perched on her lap. The pop star acknowledged that she made a mistake but said she acted instinctively when frightened by paparazzi.

"No matter who you are, there's absolutely no excuse for this display — not instinct, not fear, not even reckless paparazzi," Mineta said. "It's irresponsible to compromise the safety of a child for the sake of the moment."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carseats; normmineta; transportation; yourtaxdollarsatwork
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To: RegulatorCountry

LOL..Seems like they think she will get the ball rolling down there....


21 posted on 02/13/2006 3:48:10 PM PST by laney (*never ride your horse faster than your guardian angel can fly*)
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To: Hildy

That famous airhead put her baby at serious risk. I think it's newsworthy and she should have been fined up the ying-yang, to set an example.


22 posted on 02/13/2006 3:48:41 PM PST by veronica
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To: SmithL
This from the arse that still won't arm our pilots 4+ yrs. after 9/11.
23 posted on 02/13/2006 3:49:38 PM PST by conservativecorner
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To: SmithL

Excuse me, but this DemoRAT Clinton hold-over is worried about Brittany Spears????

I guess he has transportation security all taken care of now and he has plenty of spare time on his hands.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned.


24 posted on 02/13/2006 3:50:12 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: SmithL

Which goes back to my comment about why anyone should care about Spears.


25 posted on 02/13/2006 3:50:22 PM PST by Casloy
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To: SmithL

Mineta is an IDIOT!


26 posted on 02/13/2006 3:50:28 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience. T)
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To: siunevada

"...he used sit me on his lap..."

Maybe dirty ole Norman is thinking of Brittany sitting HIS lap!


27 posted on 02/13/2006 3:52:01 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: laney

"Well she is the Master's of Ceremony tomorrow for Fat Tuesday in NO"

That should really tell you something about the condition the NO Mardi Gras is in.


28 posted on 02/13/2006 3:55:41 PM PST by L98Fiero
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To: SmithL
Why does this ass still have a job?

The democrats don't like him.

The Republicans don't like him.

Liberals and Conservatives can't stand him.

Everyone else doesn't care.

Shouldn't he have been fired a long time ago?

29 posted on 02/13/2006 3:57:17 PM PST by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: SmithL
"I'm so glad that our Secretary of Transportation is always on the job."

You're right. I think this is called doing nothing by doing something. This skank is well past her 15 minutes of fame.

30 posted on 02/13/2006 3:59:32 PM PST by RushLake (The Democratic party--Mary Jo Kopechne is unavailable for comment.)
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To: SmithL

Thank you Nanny Mineta.


31 posted on 02/13/2006 4:01:04 PM PST by DManA
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To: Casloy
Which goes back to my comment about why anyone should care about Spears.

I couldn't care less about Brittany Spears either. However, I think some are missing the point. It's not ABOUT Spears, it's about endangering an innocent baby. Perhaps for the first time in Spear's life, her celebrity status will be used for a GOOD cause; the education of any ignorant parents about child safety.

32 posted on 02/13/2006 4:03:20 PM PST by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: SmithL

Pot . . . . Kettle . . . . . . black


Norman Mineta, the man who won't allow young middle eastern men to be profiled by the TSA.

When Norman Mineta provides proof that he understands safety/security for Americans, we can talk. Until then, he should duck back underneath his roc . . . . er, desk.


33 posted on 02/13/2006 4:03:51 PM PST by DustyMoment (FloriDUH - proud inventors of pregnant/hanging chads and judicide!!)
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To: SmithL
Mineta Calls Spears 'Irresponsible'

How does he feel about machetes?

34 posted on 02/13/2006 4:05:12 PM PST by GSWarrior
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To: laney

http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=114&sid=692116


35 posted on 02/13/2006 4:05:22 PM PST by LA Woman3
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To: SmithL

Wow, that Mineta is really bearing down. He can sure club them wimmen hard when he wants to...


36 posted on 02/13/2006 4:06:48 PM PST by Republicus2001
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To: siunevada
I wonder what he would think of my old man. When I was little, he used sit me on his lap and let me steer while he worked the pedals.

I know what you mean. My mom drove a '57 Buick with bench style seats in front, and I remember that I used to stand on the seat next to her with my arm around her shoulders as she drove around town.

37 posted on 02/13/2006 4:11:12 PM PST by IndyTiger
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To: SmithL
Maneta has a lot of explaining to do himself. Why do you stall the contract negations and try to take away everything granted in the last contract? Why have you taken away the basic employees rights to appeal and due process? Why don't you treat your own employees as good as you do Spears?
38 posted on 02/13/2006 4:12:10 PM PST by mountainlyons (Hard core conservative)
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To: SmithL

Who's irresposible? You are Mr. Mineta & another one of Bubbas boys that GW left to screw up the country. But what else would you expect from this "Two-Party Cartel".


39 posted on 02/13/2006 4:23:03 PM PST by newfrpr04
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To: SmithL

The note said, "Ms. Spears, you're wearing your dresses way too high
and It's reported you've been drinking and a-runnin' 'round with men and going wild
And we don't believe you ought to be bringing up your little girl this way"
It was signed by the secretary, Federal Department of Transportation


40 posted on 02/13/2006 4:25:10 PM PST by DManA
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