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johncoby2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:40 PM Original message |
No place but Texas. Gov Perry vetos ban on texting while driving |
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Seedersandleechers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Damn! |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have a God given right to be killed by someone texting while driving! |
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nobodyspecial (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Might as well allow drunk driving as well |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. That was my first thought |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. we sit at stop light and watch car after car, with driver texting and talking on cell. |
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Vanje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. A similar bill went down in Idaho |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Good, I already get enough tickets for the seat belt crap here, don't care to add more for that. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Wow. Quite the libertarian (nt) |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. yippy, so we can all keep eye out for you since you are too busy to be driving. nt |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. then a sane person would buckle up. |
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Elwood P Dowd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 11:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. You also worship trade deals and outsourcing that cost millions of US workers their jobs. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 02:57 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. Uh maybe if you buckled your seat belt |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm sorry... |
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Generic Brad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. And does he hold the same opinion in regards to abortion rights? |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I wish he was the same on abortion rights |
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gejohnston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. If you hit someone while texting, |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults... really? so i can speed, not wear |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. It should always be illegal to drive while 1. Intoxicated and 2. Doing anything overly distracting |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. Unfortunately someone will die partly because of his action. I hope the family members |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
17. SFR... |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sounds like something good to use against him |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. More Darwin awards. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 11:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. yeah, but darwin awards are about being a victim of one's own stupidity |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
21. On a more personal note for me- |
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Duke Newcombe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 11:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. Which is worse, really? |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-18-11 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. I hate him so much |
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Irritable Liberal (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
26. He also supports the anti-sodomy laws in Texas |
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Irritable Liberal (72 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 01:49 AM Response to Original message |
27. 25 people died in a train wreck in Los Angeles because of texting |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 07:51 AM Response to Original message |
29. Don't mess with Textas. |
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trumad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
30. Uh what about seat belt loves Govner |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
31. Idiotic Libertarian thought. |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. That or something like it happens every day. Do you think he cares? No rueing for him, |
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Brooklyns_Finest (747 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-19-11 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
33. Blue tooth text |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-20-11 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
34. We can't even get a texting ban before the Idaho governor |
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