Government feels the necessity of telling me what kind of television, light bulbs, toilets, health care, etc. to have. And no doubt as we move along it will expand its intrusiveness into our lives. How far off are electric cars, whether we want them or not?
But this latest story is both gut-wrenching/heart-breaking and angering.
In one of the suburbs last week, a 12-year old girl was killed in an automobile crash. A drunk driver plowed into her family's van at a high rate of speed and she died.
But, it wasn't just "a drunk driver." This guy, due to drinking and driving, had his license suspended or revoked (?) in 1991--remember that, 1991! Since, he's had about a dozen more DUIs or whatever they are called--a dozen! Why wasn't this guy locked up with the key tossed, tossed forever? I think I did hear he was jailed for a short sentence, but was released early.
OK, I know gov't can't watch everybody and can't watch anybody all of the time. (But it sometimes seems the IRS, NSA, FBI, etc. try, doesn't it?) And no, I don't want more/bigger gov't so that we can watch more people more often.
But instead of telling me what kind of fertilizer I can or can't put on my lawn, why don't we just lock up these murderers? It--a dozen times!!!!!!--should have been apparent this guy should be kept away from cars, that is, put away for the rest of his life.
I know what the bleeding-hearts will say. I wonder if they say the same thing about this poor little girl and her family. Maybe that's not fair of me, but the bleeding-hearts often bring this upon themselves.
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I don't understand how you can have your license suspended that many times. Three DUI's and you have a felony. That usually gets you locked up.
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