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167. How many did it take to get there? Did he hurt somebody?
Generally it takes repeat offenses or crippling or killing somebody to get a sentence like that.
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  -Build more prisons madmusic  Nov-09-06 08:28 PM   #0 
  - Schwarzenegger shows Americans aren't paying close enough attention.  Democrats_win   Nov-09-06 08:33 PM   #1 
  - Are they slick or what?  madmusic   Nov-09-06 08:51 PM   #3 
  - The CCPOA  madmusic   Nov-09-06 08:37 PM   #2 
  - Critical Resistance  madmusic   Nov-09-06 09:00 PM   #4 
  - He threatens to take over state system -- demands meeting with Schwarzenegger  madmusic   Nov-09-06 09:13 PM   #5 
  - Tales of threats at state prison hearings  madmusic   Nov-09-06 09:16 PM   #6 
  - 30,000 dues-paying members reward, punish lawmakers  madmusic   Nov-09-06 09:19 PM   #7 
  - The corruption in California's prison system is revealed  madmusic   Nov-09-06 09:25 PM   #8 
  - My brother is currently on a 8 year sentence for a DUI.  EdwardM   Nov-09-06 09:28 PM   #9 
  - That's the MADD nannys...  madmusic   Nov-09-06 09:43 PM   #11 
  - Way Too Many Non-Violent Drug Offenders TOO  Wiley50   Nov-10-06 05:04 PM   #113 
  - It sounds like your brother is exactly where he belongs...  QuestionAll   Nov-09-06 11:36 PM   #25 
  - Did he kill anyone?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:03 AM   #37 
  - No he didn't kill or injure anyone.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 01:28 AM   #42 
     - While I agree drunk driving can be dangerous.  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:34 AM   #44 
        - He's in jail for endangering others....  Solon   Nov-10-06 02:19 PM   #57 
           - Do you have the law on that?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 03:13 PM   #61 
           - I know a guy in in a trailer park here who got 5 years because...  Solon   Nov-10-06 03:24 PM   #63 
              - That guy should not have got 5 years.  madmusic   Nov-10-06 03:45 PM   #69 
                 - The guy lost his home anyways...  Solon   Nov-10-06 04:02 PM   #72 
           - Can we at least agree that 8 years in prison is EXCESSIVE? -nt  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Nov-10-06 03:39 PM   #67 
              - Why, first thing that comes to my mind is that he is a multiple offender...  Solon   Nov-10-06 03:55 PM   #71 
              - Yeah it was his second offense.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 04:08 PM   #74 
                 - Because he did it again?  Solon   Nov-10-06 04:12 PM   #76 
                 - Harsher?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 04:21 PM   #77 
                    - Look, I have absolutely no sympathy for the guy...  Solon   Nov-10-06 04:40 PM   #89 
                    - Who said anything about sympathy?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 04:48 PM   #101 
                       - I don't think I'm wrong...  Solon   Nov-10-06 04:59 PM   #110 
                          - If he got 2 or 3 years  madmusic   Nov-10-06 05:08 PM   #115 
                             - Considering that you used Draconian, that's actually ironic given my screenname...  Solon   Nov-10-06 05:31 PM   #120 
                                - Did you ever consider this:  Jed Dilligan   Nov-10-06 08:35 PM   #146 
                                - I'm a big pusher for public transit, from light rail, to busses, anything like that...  Solon   Nov-10-06 08:43 PM   #149 
                                   - I ain't getting in anything controlled by a computer  Jed Dilligan   Nov-10-06 08:51 PM   #150 
                                   - So your saying there shouldn't be any punishments against bad behavior?  Solon   Nov-10-06 10:41 PM   #164 
                                   - I'm against any further expansion of law enforcement,  Jed Dilligan   Nov-10-06 11:01 PM   #168 
                                   - You seem to confuse Alcoholism(a disease), with Drunk Driving(a dumb decision)...  Solon   Nov-10-06 11:15 PM   #170 
                                   - I don't see transport as a non-basic need.  Jed Dilligan   Nov-11-06 10:16 AM   #177 
                                   - Actually, when I still drank, I thought computer-controlled bumper cars were the answer.  impeachdubya   Nov-11-06 12:17 AM   #174 
                                - Alternatively, it's your screenname that might be ironic. -nt  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Nov-11-06 10:24 AM   #180 
                    - How about this, in the case of crimes that endanger others...  Solon   Nov-10-06 04:55 PM   #108 
                       - Authoritarian Personality  madmusic   Nov-10-06 05:00 PM   #111 
                          - Ha, that's a laugh...  Solon   Nov-10-06 05:14 PM   #116 
                             - Fair enough...  madmusic   Nov-10-06 05:35 PM   #121 
                                - The problem is this, first, you seem to be under the assumption...  Solon   Nov-10-06 06:10 PM   #127 
                                - there SHOULD be a "war against drunk-driving"...  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 06:14 PM   #128 
                                - You'd be hard pressed to find anyone more socially libertarian than me  impeachdubya   Nov-10-06 08:37 PM   #147 
                 - what a dumb-ass...  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:34 PM   #82 
                 - Surely he had other prior convictions, then?  piedmont   Nov-10-06 04:42 PM   #91 
                 - Is your brother in Illinois as well?  impeachdubya   Nov-10-06 08:41 PM   #148 
                    - He pissed off the judge.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 09:13 PM   #151 
                       - having been struck by an uninsured motorist...  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 09:28 PM   #154 
                       - There's something he's not telling you  madmusic   Nov-10-06 09:35 PM   #156 
                       - If there is, then I don't know what it is.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 10:00 PM   #158 
                          - Understood. But the sentence seemed so out of bounds...  madmusic   Nov-10-06 10:07 PM   #159 
                             - Yeah reading that has made me wonder.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 10:11 PM   #161 
                                - Could be. The first person to talk to would be his lawyer.  madmusic   Nov-10-06 10:27 PM   #162 
                                   - You mean his horrible public defender?  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 10:45 PM   #165 
                                      - Or the horrible public defender's supervisor. Someone.  madmusic   Nov-10-06 11:35 PM   #171 
                       - That sounds like extenuating circumstances to me.  impeachdubya   Nov-10-06 10:08 PM   #160 
              - not for a repeat offender...  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:46 PM   # 
                 - And maybe it won't.  madmusic   Nov-10-06 04:53 PM   #106 
                    - That's a dumb argument, and you know it...  Solon   Nov-10-06 05:02 PM   #112 
  - Have you lived a perfect life?  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 01:28 AM   #41 
     - i'll bet he thinks twice about drinking and driving when he gets out.  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 11:20 AM   #48 
     - I think you should get 8 years in prison for speeding.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 02:43 PM   #60 
     - And cell phone use.  madmusic   Nov-10-06 03:17 PM   #62 
     - i agree with that one 100%  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:35 PM   #83 
        - Me too...  Solon   Nov-10-06 04:43 PM   #94 
     - i only "speed" when i'm going along with traffic.  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:32 PM   #80 
        - So you're part of a gang, are ya?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 04:35 PM   #84 
        - "gang"???  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:39 PM   #88 
           - I know, The Expressway Traffic Gang...  madmusic   Nov-10-06 04:56 PM   #109 
           - Did you EVER drive after smoking pot?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 05:49 PM   #123 
              - nope.  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 06:09 PM   #126 
        - That's no excuse  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 04:39 PM   #87 
           - um...you don't go to jail for 8 years for keeping up with traffic...  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:41 PM   #90 
              - Thats not the question  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 04:43 PM   #92 
                 - because he needs to learn a lesson.  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:44 PM   #95 
                    - Yeah you can go fuck yourself.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 04:45 PM   #96 
                    - and cellblock B can go fuck your brother...  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:47 PM   #100 
                       - Rape is an appropriate punishment for a driving offense, QuestionAll?  asthmaticeog   Nov-11-06 10:37 AM   #181 
                       - Really showing his true colors  Jed Dilligan   Nov-12-06 12:32 PM   #190 
                    - And no I think I dont think it is alright for him to drive drunk  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 04:46 PM   #97 
                    - the kind of Democrat who abhors repeat offenders...  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:49 PM   #102 
                    - Thats not the question.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 04:50 PM   #103 
                       - that's the opinion i have of low-life drunkard drivers.  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:52 PM   #105 
                          - Do you think Edward Kennedy needs to go to prison?  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 04:55 PM   #107 
                          - I don't condone rape in prison, in fact, I believe it should be punished, mercilessly...  Solon   Nov-10-06 05:23 PM   #117 
                          - Yes thanks.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 06:58 PM   #131 
                             - I don't really disagree with Questionall, at least in general, just that he seems to lack tact...  Solon   Nov-10-06 07:20 PM   #136 
                             - Yes, My brother is a severe alcoholic  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 07:29 PM   #138 
                             - Why didn't they just take away his license?  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Nov-11-06 10:20 AM   #179 
                             - Then they would drive without a license  Feron   Nov-11-06 11:19 PM   #185 
                             - I agree for jail for repeat DUIs IF it involves driving without a license. -nt  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Nov-12-06 08:37 AM   #187 
                             - Advocating felony assault is "lacking tact"?  Jed Dilligan   Nov-12-06 12:34 PM   #191 
                             - Mm, would prison guards troll here?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 08:33 PM   #145 
                                - I've met a couple of open ones  Jed Dilligan   Nov-12-06 12:35 PM   #192 
                                - Well, I've been bashing the hell out of their leadership...  madmusic   Nov-12-06 03:14 PM   #194 
                          - was he caught and convicted of drunk driving?  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 06:06 PM   #125 
                             - No he wasn't convicted.  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 07:09 PM   #134 
                                - had he been convicted of drunk driving for a 2nd time-  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 09:20 PM   #152 
                          - by the by - do you think all cars should have a breath analyzer in them  The Straight Story   Nov-10-06 05:04 PM   #114 
                             - for those already convicted of a dui- DEFINITELY  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 06:03 PM   #124 
                             - unfortunately that doesn't work  Feron   Nov-11-06 11:22 PM   #186 
                    - The kind that jacks off to Nancy Grace pictures?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 08:31 PM   #144 
                    - And no I think I dont think it is alright for him to drive drunk  EdwardM   Nov-10-06 04:46 PM   #98 
     - That reasoning can be used to justify the following:  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Nov-10-06 03:38 PM   #65 
     - what a stupid post!  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:43 PM   #93 
        - Listen to him, CommiePinkoDirtbag. He's apparently an expert on stupid posts.  asthmaticeog   Nov-11-06 10:40 AM   #182 
     - They should throw your ass in jail  Jed Dilligan   Nov-10-06 03:42 PM   #68 
     - what you say doesn't mean shit.  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 04:37 PM   #86 
        - When someone dies because you're in a hurry,  Jed Dilligan   Nov-10-06 07:22 PM   #137 
           - i've never killed anyone because i'm in a hurry-  QuestionAll   Nov-10-06 09:22 PM   #153 
              - Most drunk drivers never killed anyone because they were  Jed Dilligan   Nov-10-06 11:06 PM   #169 
                 - "speeding" and keeping up with traffic are two completely different things...  QuestionAll   Nov-11-06 09:31 AM   #176 
                    - Not true at all.  Jed Dilligan   Nov-11-06 10:20 AM   #178 
                       - i never accused you of driving drunk-  QuestionAll   Nov-12-06 11:17 AM   #188 
                          - I don't understand swaggering moralists  Jed Dilligan   Nov-12-06 12:28 PM   #189 
                             - well, i've never promoted "zero-tolerance" anything...  QuestionAll   Nov-12-06 03:06 PM   #193 
                                - Well, you promoted 8 years...  madmusic   Nov-12-06 03:18 PM   #195 
                                   - you're obviously mistaken...  QuestionAll   Nov-12-06 06:25 PM   #196 
                                      - And that's zero tolerance... look it up.  madmusic   Nov-12-06 08:13 PM   #197 
                                         - what of what i've said is: "zero tolerance"?  QuestionAll   Nov-12-06 09:23 PM   #198 
                                            - What does sympathy have to do with it?  madmusic   Nov-12-06 09:40 PM   #199 
                                            - so...you can't answer the question...i'll try again-  QuestionAll   Nov-13-06 10:21 AM   #200 
     - My husband and I were almost killed by a drunk driver  bleedingheart   Nov-10-06 04:07 PM   #73 
        - That could be...  madmusic   Nov-10-06 04:12 PM   #75 
           - I think she deserved a year in prison  bleedingheart   Nov-10-06 04:47 PM   #99 
              - I think that even the sentence you suggested is too light.  Solon   Nov-10-06 05:37 PM   #122 
     - No offense, but responsible drinkers are RESPONSIBLE...  Solon   Nov-10-06 02:23 PM   #58 
     - A police state party!  madmusic   Nov-10-06 03:29 PM   #64 
        - I did mention that we had to fight him right?  Solon   Nov-10-06 03:39 PM   #66 
     - Best wishes to your brother  Ferret Mike   Nov-10-06 05:29 PM   #118 
     - Personally, I haven't had a ticket in almost 5 years, for any moving violation...  Solon   Nov-10-06 10:52 PM   #166 
  - "A" DUI?  Balbus   Nov-10-06 04:37 PM   #85 
  - lol! what # was this one? alternatively: how dark is his skin?  BlooInBloo   Nov-10-06 04:51 PM   #104 
  - What state was he convicted in?  tammywammy   Nov-10-06 06:24 PM   #129 
  - Is there more to the story?  dapper   Nov-10-06 08:06 PM   #143 
  - How many did it take to get there? Did he hurt somebody?  LeftyMom   Nov-10-06 10:56 PM   #167 
  - adds $1 billion a year in new costs to already out-of-control prison budgets  madmusic   Nov-09-06 09:38 PM   #10 
  - Why I Quit the Prison System  madmusic   Nov-09-06 09:50 PM   #12 
  - Strong Arm of the Law  madmusic   Nov-09-06 10:11 PM   #13 
  - Is anyone reading these? LOL.  madmusic   Nov-09-06 10:11 PM   #14 
  - I am ...n/t  dougkeenan   Nov-09-06 10:40 PM   #16 
  - Cool, of course talking to myself isn't all that bad anyway.  madmusic   Nov-09-06 10:43 PM   #17 
  - I am, too.  gulfcoastliberal   Nov-09-06 11:53 PM   #29 
  - I'm pro union as well.  madmusic   Nov-10-06 12:04 AM   #31 
  - Very interesting.  IMModerate   Nov-10-06 01:34 AM   #45 
  - Schwarzenegger And Angelides Have Abandoned Reform And Learned To Love The Powerful Prison  madmusic   Nov-09-06 10:23 PM   #15 
  - The Politics of Super-Incarceration  madmusic   Nov-09-06 10:45 PM   #18 
  - Schwarzenegger's crime-time bid  madmusic   Nov-09-06 10:51 PM   #19 
  - the same victim activists who had been ripping Schwarzenegger  madmusic   Nov-09-06 11:02 PM   #20 
  - A Modern Modest Proposal  madmusic   Nov-09-06 11:12 PM   #21 
  - A prison boom fueled by parolees  madmusic   Nov-09-06 11:26 PM   #22 
  - prison guards kill inmates at a rate 1135 times above the national average  madmusic   Nov-09-06 11:29 PM   #23 
  - repeal the three-strikes law, and legalize pot...  QuestionAll   Nov-09-06 11:32 PM   #24 
  - Something tells me you owe the state a few years in prison.  madmusic   Nov-09-06 11:37 PM   #27 
  - the state’s powerful prison guards union, showed Schwarzenegger with an 11-point lead.  madmusic   Nov-09-06 11:36 PM   #26 
  - Defending Justice is an Activist Resource Kit that helps progressive activists understand and resist  madmusic   Nov-09-06 11:46 PM   #28 
  - Why We Focus on the Right, the State, and the System  madmusic   Nov-09-06 11:54 PM   #30 
  - Which side are you on, boys?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 12:16 AM   #32 
  - The Social Construction of Drug Scares  madmusic   Nov-10-06 12:19 AM   #33 
  - THE STATE OF MIND OF CALIFORNIA VOTERS IN 1993 AND 1994  madmusic   Nov-10-06 12:38 AM   #34 
  - What a racquet-pleaing to keep the bucks flowing to the prison corporations...Arnold will agree....  GreenTea   Nov-10-06 12:48 AM   #35 
  - Fear sells. Just ask Karl Rove  madmusic   Nov-10-06 12:57 AM   #36 
  - Prison Guard Union Too Powerful  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:09 AM   #38 
  - Why is that one of the ONLY union recognized among republicans?  LaPera   Nov-10-06 01:25 AM   #40 
     - You mean, why do they think it is a "good" union rather than liberal?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:40 AM   #47 
  - What some freepers say...  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:22 AM   #39 
  - What other freepers say...  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:31 AM   #43 
  - Criminal Neglect  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:36 AM   #46 
  - Prison guards union launches TV attack on Schwarzenegger reforms  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:29 PM   #49 
  - Lawsuits drive prison operations in California  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:34 PM   #50 
  - Prison watchdog wants Schwarzenegger aides to testify under oath  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:37 PM   #51 
  - Legalize illicit drugs  SwingVoter2006   Nov-10-06 01:41 PM   #52 
  - Agree, or at least make them a civil, public health issue...  madmusic   Nov-10-06 02:41 PM   #59 
  - The pandering pair - When all else fails, build more prisons  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:42 PM   #53 
  - Governor has a mixed record on prison reform  madmusic   Nov-10-06 01:58 PM   #54 
  - Crooks With Self-Esteem  madmusic   Nov-10-06 02:05 PM   #55 
  - 'Prison Yard Bully' Poses Election Year Puzzle For Schwarzenegger  madmusic   Nov-10-06 02:15 PM   #56 
  - What a waste  sweetheart   Nov-10-06 03:46 PM   #70 
  - Should one union be on control of elections?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 04:28 PM   #79 
     - California prisons are about torture  sweetheart   Nov-10-06 07:01 PM   #132 
        - They are like the mortician who owns the bar at the top of the mountain.  madmusic   Nov-10-06 07:31 PM   #140 
  - Arnold Likely to Maintain Power: But can he win?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 04:25 PM   #78 
  - Schwarzenegger administration seems to have abandoned attempts at prison reform  madmusic   Nov-10-06 04:34 PM   #81 
  - Release non-violent offenders  Ferret Mike   Nov-10-06 05:30 PM   #119 
  - sorry, self-delete  spoony   Nov-10-06 06:34 PM   #130 
  - Report slams governor on prisons  madmusic   Nov-10-06 07:05 PM   #133 
  - Ex-guard to be state's lead negotiator with prison guards association  madmusic   Nov-10-06 07:11 PM   #135 
  - If you read these, do you think the union controls CA politics?  madmusic   Nov-10-06 07:29 PM   #139 
  - A crazy ruling on a crazy deal  madmusic   Nov-10-06 07:37 PM   #141 
  - Bermúdez case underscores deeper malaise in Capitol politics  madmusic   Nov-10-06 07:41 PM   #142 
  - Release all marijuana offenders  martymar64   Nov-10-06 09:34 PM   #155 
  - But, then, there'd be Jambands everywhere!  impeachdubya   Nov-10-06 10:31 PM   #163 
     - Those are some mean looking mug shots!  madmusic   Nov-10-06 11:40 PM   #172 
        - I agree. Even 1% of California's prison population is a large number.  impeachdubya   Nov-11-06 12:16 AM   #173 
  - Here's a solution!  bluedigger   Nov-10-06 09:49 PM   #157 
  - We need a better prison system, not more prisons  Ayesha   Nov-11-06 01:51 AM   #175 
  - The CCPOA might call you a moonbat liberal. Not "tough on crime."  madmusic   Nov-11-06 12:02 PM   #184 
  - "beverly hills thats where i wanta be"  sweetheart   Nov-11-06 10:42 AM   #183 
 

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