Comments on: No Excuses for DUI http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/09/22/no-excuses-for-dui/ The WGMD 92.7 FM Delmarva Blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: potnetgal http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/09/22/no-excuses-for-dui/#comment-9082 potnetgal Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:00:30 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/09/22/no-excuses-for-dui/#comment-9082 I am wondering about the state of the country these days regarding drinking and driving. Our young never look to the real heroes of the day....the men and women of the military, the single mom working hard all day, sometimes at two jobs to keep them feed and in a warm home, the dads who work even harder to keep his family together, instead, they look to the glamorous people of Hollywood and I use that term loosely. There is nothing glamorous about having so much money and too much time on your hands, that all you find to do with yourself is to party and party and oh did I mention party at all kinds of ridiculous hours and to have the young hollywood elite, who think they are indesctructable, getting behind the wheel of a car, sometimes with other hollywood spoiled kids and driving like you actually know what the hell you are doing. Everyday I read about another celebrity who has been cited for an DUI, and then I read about the other celebrities with DUI violations who have been fined and ordered to do some sort of community service blowing it off as if "hey, dont they know who I am?" You are not above the law, you put your pants on one leg at a time like all of us, and no matter how hard we struggle as parents to help our children choose the right path and to make a responsible adult of our children, when HOLLYWEIRD is given a slap on the wrist, or told to promise not to do it anymore, would you listen to your parents? I have two beautiful daughters, my 21yo will not get a drivers license because she is afraid that she will meet her death by some fool who thinks that the one brain cell they have left will help them navigate the dark streets of Delaware after a night of heavy drinking and my other daughter is only 12 but unlike me, who, when I was 12 was counting the days until I go get my permit, has no desire to drive either, she says thats her version of the boogeyman, the person who is allowed to continue to drive after drinking even though they may have already been cited numerous times before. I agree with M. Opaliski, money and the right attorney can make any DUI problem not a problem at all, instead just one more thing that money can buy. No one even said you have to be intelligent to be rich, what a sad commentary for the state of the world as a whole, and it is even sadder that this is the legacy we seem destined to leave our children. Just my opinoin I am wondering about the state of the country these days regarding drinking and driving. Our young never look to the real heroes of the day….the men and women of the military, the single mom working hard all day, sometimes at two jobs to keep them feed and in a warm home, the dads who work even harder to keep his family together, instead, they look to the glamorous people of Hollywood and I use that term loosely. There is nothing glamorous about having so much money and too much time on your hands, that all you find to do with yourself is to party and party and oh did I mention party at all kinds of ridiculous hours and to have the young hollywood elite, who think they are indesctructable, getting behind the wheel of a car, sometimes with other hollywood spoiled kids and driving like you actually know what the hell you are doing. Everyday I read about another celebrity who has been cited for an DUI, and then I read about the other celebrities with DUI violations who have been fined and ordered to do some sort of community service blowing it off as if “hey, dont they know who I am?” You are not above the law, you put your pants on one leg at a time like all of us, and no matter how hard we struggle as parents to help our children choose the right path and to make a responsible adult of our children, when HOLLYWEIRD is given a slap on the wrist, or told to promise not to do it anymore, would you listen to your parents?

I have two beautiful daughters, my 21yo will not get a drivers license because she is afraid that she will meet her death by some fool who thinks that the one brain cell they have left will help them navigate the dark streets of Delaware after a night of heavy drinking and my other daughter is only 12 but unlike me, who, when I was 12 was counting the days until I go get my permit, has no desire to drive either, she says thats her version of the boogeyman, the person who is allowed to continue to drive after drinking even though they may have already been cited numerous times before.

I agree with M. Opaliski, money and the right attorney can make any DUI problem not a problem at all, instead just one more thing that money can buy. No one even said you have to be intelligent to be rich, what a sad commentary for the state of the world as a whole, and it is even sadder that this is the legacy we seem destined to leave our children.

Just my opinoin

]]> By: M.Opaliski http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/09/22/no-excuses-for-dui/#comment-8916 M.Opaliski Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:46:49 +0000 http://www.wgmd.com/blog/2007/09/22/no-excuses-for-dui/#comment-8916 Hey Bill - you're right there being no excuse for driving under the influence of alcohol, but I'll extend that to the influence of any substance that alters your mental capacity. And as much as alcohol is a part of our culture so is the realization that aside from heavy fines this crime just isn't dealt with seriously, thus it is too often disregarded. Oh, we talk tough about DUI enforcement, Checkpoint Strikeforce, Zero Tolerance, et al ... but what other illegal activity has written into the laws a first offender program, which equates to leniency (See 21 Del C § 4177(d)(1) and 21 Del. C § 4177B). Sad but true, money and a decent attorney can make your legal DUI problems fade away in a plea bargain because of the AG's desire to pencil in a tally in the Win Column. Hey Bill - you’re right there being no excuse for driving under the influence of alcohol, but I’ll extend that to the influence of any substance that alters your mental capacity.

And as much as alcohol is a part of our culture so is the realization that aside from heavy fines this crime just isn’t dealt with seriously, thus it is too often disregarded. Oh, we talk tough about DUI enforcement, Checkpoint Strikeforce, Zero Tolerance, et al … but what other illegal activity has written into the laws a first offender program, which equates to leniency (See 21 Del C § 4177(d)(1) and 21 Del. C § 4177B).

Sad but true, money and a decent attorney can make your legal DUI problems fade away in a plea bargain because of the AG’s desire to pencil in a tally in the Win Column.

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