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    Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter

    Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving

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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    10/20/09

    In reply to Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter
    Man, being a resident of a Huxleyan hierarchical state seems way better than tooling around in one of them totalitarian jobbies. #iran
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    Image of Perhaps Not Perhaps Not
    10/20/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: Less physically taxing, certainly. #iran
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    10/20/09

    In reply to Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter
    My distributor handles the book he co-edited with Malu Halasa, Transit Tehran. You guys might remember seeing Mr. Bahari as one of Jason Jones' interview subjects in a cafe in Tehran before the election. We are so glad to see him released and able to get out of the country. #iran
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    Image of zombies.like.lattés.too zombies.like.lattés.too
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    taking into account those who sit at home drinking alone and crying in front of their computers (3%) and those who drink in 12 x 19' dorm rooms (5%), that leaves 60%.What about the people who stay home to drink? There IS a recession on, y'all....or are boyfriend and I the only ones who binge drink at home specifically so we don't have to drive home - or so we can smoke some doobage while we enjoy our beers?
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    Cynical Media Bitch promoted this comment Edited by zombies.like.lattés.too at 09/01/09 2:09 PM zombies.like.lattés.too was starred zombies.like.lattés.too was unstarred
    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    but what song are they listening to while they drunk drive? and does it matter?
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    Image of meechybee meechybee
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    I always felt a little safer living in the city as drunk walking or cabbing is always better than driving. Then I see all the B&T assholes jump their cars.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    I know a 25 year old who wrapped his car around a tree while being drunk and texting. The fool walked away and now brags about it. Next time it will be a family with little kids that he wipes out.

    No brains. No regard for the lives of those who never did anything to deserve being mowed down by a drunk in a car.

    just ask Martin Heigden what jail feels like after a binge results in the death of two people. we need more drunks being tried for murder.
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    Image of The One The One
    09/01/09

    @BxgrlJeri: I wish I could heart you a million times for this post!

    Why is it almost(?) always the innocent victims who wind up with the most physical damage and not the drunk drivers?
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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    09/01/09

    @The One: because their bodies are so loosey goosey from the alcohol (and reaction time so slow) that they don't get hurt as bad by the crashes.
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    Image of StonedAndDethroned StonedAndDethroned
    09/01/09

    @The One: Studies show drunk drivers are less likely to become injured in crashes because they are (wait for it....) drunk! Something about their bodies being loose after all the sweet, sweet alcohol, and the intense impacts don't cause as much damage.
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    Image of The One The One
    09/01/09

    @homoviper: Very unfair!
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    09/01/09

    @StonedAndDethroned: Actually, I know that, but as someone who has been in cars hit by drunk drivers on more than one occasion, I happen to resent that I was injured far worse than the drunks were.
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    Image of partypants partypants
    09/01/09

    @BxgrlJeri: Blah blah blah oh the drunks should take responsibility for their actions. WTF about the so called victims? If a family of four is driving around at 2 am when the bars close then they know the risk. Wait until a decent hour to pack your toddler in the backseat or shut the hell up about your crippling disfigurement/death.
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    09/01/09

    @partypants: If this wasn't sarcasm... then you are a sad, sad soul. People can not always have complete control over when they're on the road, and all drunk driving accidents do not happen at 2:15 AM.

    But maybe you're kidding! If so, ha! Got me.
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    Image of SybilDisobedience SybilDisobedience
    09/01/09

    @partypants: Wait, what? You don't acknowledge that there might be a legitimate reason for a family to be out that late (emergency, long road trip, etc)? Or is my sarcasm meter broken?
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/01/09

    @partypants: I think you busted the sarcasm meter indeed with this one, but, what about when it's closer to 2:00 p.m. than 2:00 a.m.?

    Seriously, I try to avoid driving between midnight and 6:00 a.m. for the reasons you've stated.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    09/01/09

    @partypants: I believe thatt katie Flynn was coming home from a wedding where she was a flower girl. yeah, her family sucks for being out and having her in the back of a limo. I think it was about 10 pm.

    Do you know how fast you have to be going to hit a limo dead on and kill someone in the backseat?
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    Image of partypants partypants
    09/02/09

    @NoelleBlue: Obviously I fail at sarcasm if there was a question about it :/
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    Image of RheaPollstry RheaPollstry
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    I never drive home after binge drinking. I usually wake up in a stranger's bed.
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    Having recently been to a bonfire in the hillbilly part of New York State with drunken 20-somethings bragging about their DUIs and all the times they drove off the road, or into trees, or into fields...I believe Hamilton's guestimate is a bit on the low side. Those kids were wearing drunk driving as a badge of honor. It was sad and frightening.
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    Image of gabrielsong gabrielsong
    09/01/09

    @misslinda: The Hillbilly part of NYS? Isn't that everything north and west of NYC? You weren't in Dogtown, by any chance (Rte 8 by Gore Mtn)?
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    Image of misslinda misslinda
    09/01/09

    @gabrielsong: western new york, it's all farms just on the other side of lake ontario. They like their pick-up trucks, motorcycles, and booze, and church on sundays. They don't like their books and learnin' much.
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    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    If I've had too much, I'll just sleep in my car until I'm sober enough to drive. At the same time as getting a drunk driver off the road, it gets one more tired driver off the road.
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    Image of Midwesterner in NYC Midwesterner in NYC
    09/01/09

    @ceilingFANBOY: Just make sure not to do that in the driver's seat. You can still be charged.
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    Image of homoviper homoviper
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    When I still had my car I drove drunk more than I care to mention. No more car though! The roads of NYC are a little safer with me off them.
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    Image of Unsolicited Advice Unsolicited Advice
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    How We Live Now: drunk, in the fast lane, as statistical anomalies.
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    Image of BxgrlJeri BxgrlJeri
    09/01/09

    @Unsolicited Advice: drunk in the fast lane while texting and eating a Big Mac
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/01/09

    @BxgrlJeri: ...and trying to sober up on McCafe's.
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    Image of muppet_baby muppet_baby
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    How about drunkenly convincing my cab driver to "take the FDR drive, dammit, please," even though I'm not even going in that direction?
    He's not drunk, but I feel like I'm contributing something reckless in that situation. Besides obnoxious ignorance of Manhattan's highway system.
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    Image of dado dado
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    You could also point out that drinking to excess can lead to excessive drinking.
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    Image of FrozenHaddock FrozenHaddock
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    Does getting my MTA pal to let me drive the 2 train after a few beers count?
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    Image of CaptainFantastic CaptainFantastic
    09/01/09

    @FrozenHaddock: Trains don't count. You can drive trains blind drunk because you don't have to steer due to the tracks. Genius really.
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    Image of FrozenHaddock FrozenHaddock
    09/01/09

    @CaptainFantastic: Yeah but what if you don't break at the station on time--or too soon? Then all the stations would be like South Ferry--"you must be in one of the last four, er, two, uhm... one-and-a-half cars to exit the train"--*snicker*
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    Image of Cicada Cicada
    09/01/09

    In reply to Nine Out of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
    You forgot to take out the people like me who get drunk alone and sobbing in front of their computer. I'd say that shaves off another 3%.
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