MrsHobieJoe wrote: 
Ah! Our NTSB would ban even the use of hands free, unless the device is built into the car.

I agree about the distractions, but there are so many things that distract. Car radio, passengers' conversations, GPS, pretty girl in the car ahead.

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 
That's just another of those giant DUHS that seem so obvious to me that I am still amazed at the stupidity of those who do such things.  Seriously: wtf.

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 
I can actually drive without touching the steering wheel with my hands. I drive with my knee. So I can eat burritos and such. But I won't talk on the phone while I drive. 

 OlderThanDirt wrote: 



Hands free are permitted.

Our safety body discourages hands free though on the basis you are distracted. The police will sometimes stop you for eating iwhilst driving the car here too! It's not strictly illegal but they say that you can't drive properly whilst eating.

 MrsHobieJoe wrote: 
Really? Not even with hands-free devices? This proposal would except phones built into the car.

 OlderThanDirt wrote: 



Many countries already have this ban though, including nokia's home country of Finland.

(and the uk)

NTSB Recommends Cell Phone Ban for All Drivers

My own homegrown theory:

     Watch for long lines of foreign cell phone company lobbyists outside your congressman's office.

All 7,632 cable channels have conspired together to run commercials at the same time.  Attila the Hun was never so cruel.

 Proclivities wrote: 



Such a bizarre guy David Icke.

He used to be a BBC sports presenter then just totally lost the plot.

The Reptoids


It's chief proponent is a being named David Icke

...I saw a woman in Brazil go through a transformation. She developed a snout and a zigzag spine and she changed from human to reptile, over a period of a couple of minutes. I've seen that reptilian transformation several times since. It's a fact. David Icke is Right.

 hippiechick wrote:I assume she did.
 
Darn it all...

 cc_rider wrote: 
I assume she did.

And she is running against Mean Joe Walsh (not of James Gang tradition) who is being given a boatload of $$$$$$ by John Boehner to run in a largely Democratic district (mine). This is the guy who is being sued by his wife for a huge amount of dough for child support.

 hippiechick wrote:
 
Had to google her, although the name did sound familiar. Seems like she knows a thing or two, three even, and maybe the Clash song was selected for a reason...

 cc_rider wrote: 
Things are bad you know.

I got a chuckle when I heard Tammy Duckworth's campaign ad, with a Clash song playing in the background.

 hippiechick wrote:
 
That's pretty much my conclusion, yeah.

edit: over at that other place, I posted the chorus of 'The Guns of Brixton' in response to a post. Not a few people agreed. That does not bode well...

 cc_rider wrote: 
Well, if you put it that way...



(We're f'ed)

 hippiechick wrote:
 
I think Kurt is trying to make a point about how wacky some CT's are.

Although, to be fair, the world has gone so crazy, I'm not sure what could surprise me anymore. Our Constitution has been utterly gutted. Our Congress is worse than worthless, our President is practically MIA, and the Supreme Court is rubber-stamping the wholesale giveaway of our country to corporate interests.

What? Me? Bitter?

 kurtster wrote: 
Let's spread unfounded rumors, shall we?

Here's a new one.

Posed by a anonymous retired USAF officer.

The captured drone in Iran was intended.

It gives Iran a delivery vehicle for nuclear weapon that could start the really big war that everyone is waiting for in the Middle East.

Days after Iran got the drone, they once again threatened to close the Straights of Hormuz.

Ha, my new favourite.