http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/drunk/ en-us Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:48:09 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2281626/posts If it weren’t for the National Enquirer’s outstanding work on the John Edwards “Baby Mama” story, this new story would easy to laugh off. But nobody’s laughing. Especially Barack Obama. ... I Hate The Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2281626/posts#comment Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:48:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280487/posts Former Republican Rep. Jim Ramstad said Friday that he has attended brainstorming sessions about a possible run for Minnesota governor, although he's not ready to jump into the wide-open race. Ramstad, a prolific fundraiser with a moderate reputation, won't give a timetable for making a decision and indicated an announcement either way wouldn't come soon. "It's way too early. People need a rest. People need a breather," he said in comments to reporters after addressing a League of Minnesota Cities conference in St. Paul. StarTribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2280487/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:23:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2278617/posts Can someone … anyone … explain how it is possible for a woman who is breast-feeding while intoxicated to be arrested while a pregnant woman who drinks goes free? I am fed up with society’s hypocrisy when it comes to children, babies, or fetuses. There is no logical argument for there being a difference between a 7, 8, 9 month pregnant woman drinking, and a woman breast-feeding while drunk. This constant struggle to simply try and figure out what is/is not a baby and what is/is not abuse and neglect will have to come to a head sooner or later. Needs of the Many http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2278617/posts#comment Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:19:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268897/posts BILOXI — A VH1 reality show contestant was arrested in Biloxi over the weekend while at the Beau Rivage for its monthly Fan Jam. “Tough Love” contestant Taylor Royce, aka Kelly Jean Stasilli of Scottsdale, Ariz., was booked Saturday on charges of resisting arrest and disturbing the peace at the casino resort. Assistant Police Chief Rodney McGilvary said police were called around 4:30 a.m. after a man complained he had loaned her his cell phone and she wouldn’t give it back. “She acted like a fool and was intoxicated and resisting arrest,” McGilvary said. Police didn’t charge her with... Sun Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268897/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:34:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260069/posts Antonio Adams (left) and Walter Pruitt, who rescued two young girls from a partially submerged vehicle Tuesday. Eye-witnesses say a 12-year-old was driving the vehicle when it plunged into a canal on Bartlett Street in Laurel. Thirty-seven-year-old Jermaine Broach of Laurel was arrested and charged with public drunkenness, hit and run, no insurance and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in relation to Tuesday’s automobile accident involving two minors. Broach was a passenger in a vehicle that was driven by Shante Nicole Wilson, 12, before it plunged over an embankment and flipped into a canal with swift flowing... Leader Call http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260069/posts#comment Thu, 28 May 2009 20:16:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253923/posts Ted Kennedy Couldn't Confess to Mary Jo's Family: Book By XANA O'NEILL Updated 10:46 AM EDT, Tue, May 19, 2009 Ted Kennedy couldn't bring himself to confess to the family of the woman he killed in a car accident how she died. A new biography "Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died" reveals the longtime senator has been tormented by guilt for more than four decades and visited the parents of Mary Jo Kopechne twice after her death but could never speak of how she died, the New York Daily News reported. "Ted had us come to his house in... nbcphiladelphia.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253923/posts#comment Tue, 19 May 2009 15:01:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248476/posts A 16-year-old driver was killed in Frisco early Sunday morning when a driver headed the wrong way on the Dallas North Tollway crashed into her vehicle, state police said. A 24-year-old Dallas woman, Mariza Martinez, was headed south on the northbound lanes when she crashed into Kara’s vehicle. Martinez was transferred to Medical Center of Plano. Haschel said the extent of her injuries was unknown. The crash was reported at 12:28 a.m., he said. DallasMorningNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2248476/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 14:14:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244442/posts Ted Kennedy’s wife, Vicki, and his nephew, former congressman Joe Kennedy, are getting set for a bruising battle over who will succeed the ailing senator, according to a new book excerpted in the new issue of Vanity Fair magazine. “Vicki is seen by all as an interloper and she is deeply resented by Ted’s children and many of the newphews,” Edward Klein writes in his new book, “Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died,” due in stores next month. “Joe, who sees himself as the only serious heir apparent, particularly loathes her control over his uncle and hence the family.... Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2244442/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 13:09:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2235177/posts This guy is a moron. Pretty funny though. Step one: Load up beer, 2-3 ice chests full. Pictures on site Funny & Interesting E-mail Forwards http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2235177/posts#comment Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:27:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2230793/posts The following video is real. The animals are eating the fermented fruit of the Marula tree. The Marula (Sclerocarya birrea) is a medium-sized dioecious tree, indigenous to the miombo woodlands of Southern Africa and the Sudano-Sahelian range of West Africa. The tree is a single stemmed tree with a wide spreading crown. It is characterised by a grey mottled bark. The tree grows up to 18m tall mostly in low altitudes and open woodlands. The fruits are used in the liqueur Amarula. The distribution of this species throughout Africa has followed the Bantu in their migrations, as it has been... Now That's Nifty http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2230793/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:01:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2214477/posts A substitute teacher who was allegedly drinking on the job at a St. Paul elementary school last month has been charged with a misdemeanor. Karl F. Gehrke, 43, was teaching a fourth-grade class at Roosevelt Elementary West Side School of Excellence on March 10 when students reported to the principal that he was drunk and "drinking something out of a clear bottle with a gray top." "I'm glad that there is an appropriate law that addresses the situation," said St. Paul City Attorney John Choi. "The behavior, I think, was offensive and outrageous to the community." According to the complaint,... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2214477/posts#comment Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:54:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210622/posts A pink baby elephant has been caught on camera in Botswana. A wildlife cameraman took pictures of the calf when he spotted it among a herd of about 80 elephants in the Okavango Delta. Experts believe it is probably an albino, which is an extremely rare phenomenon in African elephants. They are unsure of its chances of long-term survival - the blazing African sunlight may cause blindness and skin problems for the calf. Mike Holding, who spotted the baby while filming for a BBC wildlife programme, said: "We only saw it for a couple of minutes as the herd crossed... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2210622/posts#comment Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:47:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203335/posts The naughty cachet of "Girls Gone Wild" has lost its luster says new study: College men actually don t want their women to be drunk, topless, disorderly. Just like mother told you, ladies.... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2203335/posts#comment Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:58:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195969/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2195969/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:26:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187781/posts (Sheffield Lake) - A Sheffield Lake man was awakened over the weekend by a drunk man who had climbed in bed with him. Police then found 29-year-old Buck Walls in the front yard, highly intoxicated, when they arrived. The 50-year-old victim, who lives alone, told police he tried to get Walls to leave – but instead he ran in the bathroom, used it and wouldn’t come out right away. Walls finally did come out and ran outside. Walls is charged with burglary and trespassing after he apparently got into the house through an unlocked side door. Campo says he’s heard... WTAM.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2187781/posts#comment Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:59:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170292/posts The federal government’s abdication of border control has yet again become plain. Yet again, another drunken illegal immigrant is on trial for killing an American citizen. And yet again, we learn that he had been deported repeatedly. This case of vehicular homicide involves one Eulalio Haro, a 36-year-old illegal resident of Woodstock, Ill. Haro, authorities allege, was stinking drunk when he killed 71-year-old motorcyclist Dean Knospe. Authorities believe Haro’s blood alcohol registered at least 0.27 at the time of his arrest. Unhappily, nothing is unusual about this case. As newspapers across the country have reported, Hispanics being arrested for DUI... DNRonline.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2170292/posts#comment Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:41:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2158654/posts Actor Sam Shepard arrested in Ill. NORMAL, ILL. -- Police in Illinois say actor and playwright Sam Shepard has been arrested on preliminary charges of speeding and drunken driving. Police Lt. Mark Kotte says officers stopped Shepard early Saturday in the central Illinois town of Normal. Kotte says the 65-year-old Shepard was driving 16 mph over the 30 mph speed limit. Kotte says a breath test indicated Shepard's blood-alcohol level was double the legal limit. ABC7 Chicago http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2158654/posts#comment Sun, 4 Jan 2009 21:45:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2154238/posts The French call it "la gueule de bois," or wooden mouth. For Germans, it's "Kater," or a tomcat. Japanese know it as "futsukayoi," or "two-days drunk." But whatever the language and wherever it takes place, a hangover is the same: headache, nausea, shaking, blurred vision, biliousness, dry mouth... the list of evils is long. In Roman times, Pliny the Elder swore by raw owls' eggs. In Elizabethan England, a pair of eels suffocated in wine was touted as the trick. Green frogs were an acceptable substitute for those who were out of eels. In the 19th century, hungover chimney sweeps... AFP via physorg.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2154238/posts#comment Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:52:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152074/posts Beer goggles last longer for women For men, "beer goggles" wear off as quickly as the alcohol. But in women, the effect lasts much longer, a new study has revealed. The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2152074/posts#comment Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:09:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138462/posts The co-chairman of the state legislature's judiciary committee wants a full review of allegations that a judge charged with drunken driving last month angrily hurled epithets at police officers during her arrest, called a black state police sergeant n***** and told officers she was a state judge. The Hartford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2138462/posts#comment Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:12:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2138310/posts While the Iowa Hawkeyes were scoring at will on the field Saturday night, two fans from the Hawkeye State also were scoring elsewhere in the Metrodome. Police say that a man and woman were "having relations" in one of the bathroom stalls as a crowd cheered them on. The man, 26 and from Linden, Iowa, and the woman 38 and from Carroll, Iowa, were cited for misdemeanor indecent conduct. He was released to his girlfriend and she to her husband, police said. A security guard came upon the scene in the handicapped stall, police said. Police were summoned, and they... Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2138310/posts#comment Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:55:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133138/posts An intoxicated man in a wheelchair was arrested after he stabbed two people who tried to intervene as he argued with a Berkeley liquor-store clerk who refused to sell him alcohol, police said. Ricky Jacobs, 55, of Richmond was booked at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after the Thursday night stabbing about 11:45 p.m. at a liquor store on the 1200 block of University Avenue in Berkeley, said police Sgt. Mary Kusmiss. SF Gate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133138/posts#comment Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:37:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126846/posts Police alleged a 70-year-old man attacked others in Kingston bar after learning election outcome. KINGSTON (PA)– Upset over Barack Obama’s victory in Tuesday’s presidential election, a 70-year-old man took out his anger at people inside a Cherry Street bar, police said. Police allege Alexander J. McKenna, of South Landon Avenue, Kingston, bit the nose of a man and swung his cane, striking two people inside Pizzle’s Bar early Wednesday morning. McKenna was charged with three counts of simple assault and harassment, and one count each of disorderly conduct and public drunkenness. He was released on $2,500 unsecured bail. Attempts to... Times Leader (Wilkes Barre, PA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2126846/posts#comment Thu, 6 Nov 2008 12:03:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126309/posts The New England Patriots are none too fond of cheerleaders who draw penises, swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs on drunk people. 18-year-old Caitlin Davis got the boot from the football team's cheerleading squad, the Boston Herald is reporting, after several inappropriate and downright offensive pictures featuring Davis cheifing* a drunk person were found on her Facebook page. Doesn't anyone set those things to private anymore!? FYI -- Davis recently dressed up as an angel for the team's Halloween celebration. *cheif -- to write, mark, shave, sud or otherwise vandalize an individual who is comatose due to over consumption of alcohol. TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2126309/posts#comment Wed, 5 Nov 2008 21:02:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118957/posts If you drink and drive this weekend, Austin police say they will find proof through your breath or your blood. You can't refuse because this coming weekend will be a "no refusal weekend" in Austin. City leaders gathered outside Austin City Hall Wednesday to let people know that court-ordered blood-alcohol tests will be administered to people suspected of driving while intoxicated. Refusing a court ordered blood alcohol test could mean more criminal citations on top of a guilty DWI. A mobile blood-alcohol testing center -- BAT mobile -- will be available all weekend to administer blood tests for those suspected... KVUE Austin http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2118957/posts#comment Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:37:56 GMT