The American Spectator

br> — Elaine Kyle /p>

In this article the author says that the legal system will throw everything it has against a drunk driver. Not true! In September of 1998, my parents were hit and killed by an eighty-six year old man who chose to drink and drive. This man had a blood alcohol level of .08 two hours after the accident. At the time, BAC of .10 was the legal limit in Texas. Due to sloppy police work and a lazy D.A., this case never went to trial.

Also the author says that drinking and driving have become politically incorrect; again not true! Every night in restaurants and bars across the country people have too much to drink and happily drive themselves home.

p>I have believed, since I lost my parents, that drinking and driving should be raised from Intoxicated Manslaughter to Murder One. One does not purposely choose a victim, but one knowingly goes to a bar and drinks knowing that all physical and mental capabilities are diminished with each drink. At some point this person chooses to drive. The situation is now analogous to taking a loaded weapon to a crowded mall and randomly shooting. Someone might get shot, they might not, someone might get killed, and they might not. If that kid in Omaha this past Christmas hadn’t shot himself, he would have been charged with several counts of murder and attempted murder. Drunk drivers should be charged the same way. br> — Randall Allison br> Abilene, Texas /p>

Can’t the nannies in lab coats ever mind their own business? Even for five minutes? Just because they can’t talk and drive at the same time doesn’t mean nobody can.

How is talking on a phone more distracting than, oh, changing a CD, or programming a GPS destination, or quashing a fight between two toddlers thrashing around in their nanny-mandated safety seats? Answer: it’s not. All this amounts to is crotchety old whippersnapper-haters finding yet another use of cell phones to complain about.

p>The cell phone is here. It is everywhere. It will be around until it is replaced by the implanted phone. Get used to it. br> — Doug Welty