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On the article Is Virginia's Law on Texting While Driving Strong Enough?
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On the article Is Virginia's Law on Texting While Driving Strong Enough?
Amy
4:51 pm on Monday, April 15, 2013
As long as you're not the one who sits reading a text and doesn't notice the light's green until it's about to turn red again, that's a sensible thing to do. My point, however, was that the law is unenforceable because all the person being pulled over has to do is say he/she/it was doing one of the allowable things, like manually dialing a phone call or setting the GPS on the phone. Unless the police are allowed to actually check the device and confirm that no texts were sent or read at the time in question, the law simply encourages people to lie to the police and live to text another day.
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On the article Is Virginia's Law on Texting While Driving Strong Enough?
Amy
8:27 pm on Sunday, April 14, 2013
Reply"No, I wasn't texting, Officer. I was just doing something else that took my eyes and mind off my driving."
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On the article Hit 'em Where it Hurts? How About Congress Doesn't Get Paid Until Sequestration Ends?
Amy
12:54 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Now there's an idea. After all, their own staffers are federal employees, aren't they? And almost all of them say the federal workforce is too large.
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On the article Hit 'em Where it Hurts? How About Congress Doesn't Get Paid Until Sequestration Ends?
Amy
12:47 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
ReplyTo be fair, I think this should apply to the lot of them, including the President and Vice President. After all, they've done their share of posturing instead of leading over the past several years. The fact is that both sides have spent far too much time listening to their political consultants and handlers and talking to the media, and not enough time actually listening to their constituents and talking to one another. They should lock them all in, like they do the College of Cardinals, until they stop acting like a bunch of two-year-olds and come up with some kind of a rational budget.
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On the blog post Why Would People Oppose Firearm Safety?
Amy
12:34 pm on Friday, March 1, 2013
ReplyI just don't understand why people are so aghast at the idea of requiring that someone take a gun safety course and be willing to certify that they have done so in order to own a gun. After all, we are required to take driver's education and pass a test and get a license in order to operate a motor vehicle, and that (unlike a gun) is NOT designed to kill things when properly used.
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On the article Electoral College Change Could Weaken Northern Virginia's Influence
Amy
7:26 pm on Sunday, January 27, 2013
ReplyFunny how when the "winner-take-all" approach benefited Republicans, they were dead set against any kind of proportional allotment of delegates. Now that Northern Virginia voters are finally exercising their clout (and Hampton Roads and other urban centers are leaning more Democratic), they're suddenly all for it. I wouldn't have qualms about it if the political districts themselves weren't drawn to protect incumbents or particular parties.
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On the article 'Gun Show Loophole' Bill Dies in Committee
Amy
12:55 pm on Friday, February 1, 2013
Sure, DGeorge, the Newtown shooter stole his guns from his mother (who should never have taught him to shoot in the first place, knowing about his mental illness), but the Virginia Tech shooter and others got their guns through gun shows and private sales, where their mental illness was not a factor because no background checks were done.
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On the article SPEAK OUT: Should Teachers Be Armed?
Amy
1:04 pm on Thursday, December 20, 2012
ReplyMy roommate's brother (who's in the Army) shared an idea that's circulating on Facebook. We have a great many veterans who leave the military and can't get jobs. Instead of letting them end up homeless, why not hire them to protect our schools? They are already trained in firearms use; this would allow them to continue to use that training after they leave the military.
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On the blog post A Differing Point of View: Black Thursday?
Amy
1:08 pm on Thursday, November 22, 2012
ReplyI'm not particularly religious myself, but I still think of Thanksgiving as a day to stop and think about everything I have -- the things that matter, like my family, my friends, my cats, a roof over my head, a job I enjoy -- that are so often overlooked these days under the pressures of deadlines, bills, and all the negativity we are surrounded by every day. Food, parades, and football play their part as well, but Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday that does not belong to any one religion (or any religion at all -- you don't have to be thankful to a deity for what you have; you can be thankful to your parents for the opportunities they worked to give you, to your friends for sharing your joys and supporting you in your sorrows, your boss for recognizing all your hard work; the list goes on). Some of those "new guests" may have even more to be thankful for; many of those who come here do so because staying where they were could cost them their lives, or at least the freedom to say and believe what they choose to.
I agree with Mr. Kenny. Is it too much to ask for America to take even one whole day to look around and appreciate all we have instead of camping out at the mall to be the first to get the "latest thing" the media tells us we want.
Amy
9:56 pm on Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Barbara, I agree with you. Cadillac is advertising a new touchscreen interface that looks in the commercial like it's the only way to control the radio, the heater/AC/Defrosters, etc. That is truly scary. I like my little car with its knobs & buttons. If I want to adjust anything, I don't have to take my eyes off the road. Everything is within reach, and I can turn up the heat (or more importantly the defoggers in a sudden rainstorm) by touch. With a touchscreen, there is no tactile feedback, so you have to look at it to do anything.