They are only exempt when they are in the execution of their duties that definitively have to involve the location where they are breaking the law unless they are en route to a crime scene/dispatch call.

They cannot just park next to a fire hydrant or otherwise illegally just to pop in to grab a slurpee, for instance.

Watched this last night and highly (get it!) recommend. It's perfect for sharing with family and other people who may not be as progressive/enlightened as you.

Yes. Very good job guys. I've been away for a while and really enjoying the new interface. Even though its a bit skeumorphic, the grey linen is much nicer on the eyes.

Debating bobknight is akin to trying to have a serious conversation with a turnip.

Thanks Rand!

Nice of you to tell us you're ignorant of monetary policy right up front.

This statement shows you have no clue as to what exactly this "fiscal cliff" is.

Lame.

No one has ever claimed that doing one thing will fix the financial situation of the US.

What is your point here? If it doesn't fix everything don't do it?

Bringing the top tax brackets to where they were (OH MY GOD ITS THREE PERCENT MORE!) before Bush cratered the economy, will help two entire shitloads. Taxing capital gains and other tricks as normal income will also help two shitloads more.

The math has already been done fifteen gazillion times and shows the same thing over and fucking over again. Mother of fuck, what is wrong with you people?

The music is horrendous, but he's pretty good with the interfaces.

What the hell does "traditional "America" even mean?

It was quite traditional for a very long time that slavery was ok and women couldn't vote. These traditions have rightly been tossed into the dustbin of embarrassment for good reason. "Traditional America" is a place where most people don't want to live.

Random Internet commenter calls Rhodes scholar dumb.

Ugh

>> ^VoodooV:

Oh Rachel, so smart, but so dumb.
did it ever occur to you that the two party system is BAD. Our founders did NOT want Parties,
One party may be less bad than the other, but the system of parties is BAD. How many people, on both sides of the aisle, voted not for Obama or for Romney, they voted for democrat or republican.
Don't you see a fundamental problem with that....with the party being more important than the person...than the country.
The two party system needs to go. ban all parties. vote for the person, not the party

The music!!! It burrnnnzzzzz!!!!

Yeah. Just like how in the last few days Obama has pretended to coordinate with 12 governors, their state legislatures, public and privates industry and utilities, with many disaster management agencies, also the armed services and first responder units spanning the entire country to help bring gear and personelle and medical equipment, sometimes on military Fargo planes, over to the areas of destruction, as well as coordinating with FEMA, and Romney went shopping at Walmart. Yeah, totally the same thing. >> ^Yogi:

Pretending to do things for the people is basically presidential.

Lame. You are entirely wrong about everything (once again).

Let me enlighten you:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
>> ^shinyblurry:

>> ^entr0py:
>> ^shinyblurry:
I'm not excited about a Romney presidency or anything, but I think it's pretty much over. That is, unless the Obama campaign has an October surprise up their sleeves.

I'm not sure which polls have you convinced, but you have to remember that the only thing that matters are electoral votes, and the president still seems to have a lead there. It's tricky to know which polls to give weight to, but betting markets seem like a good aggregation and they still have Obama ahead.
http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=743474
http://www.npr.org/blo
gs/itsallpolitics/2012/10/19/163249835/they-call-the-election-a-horse-race-it-has-real-bettors-too

Well Florida and NC and Virginia are very likely to end up with Romney at this point. Obama has lost ground everywhere and Romney is nearly even with him in Ohio and Wisconsin. He is tied in Iowa. The latest Gallup polls have shown him 5 - 6 points ahead of the president nationally. Even if he lost Ohio he could make it up with Wisconsin and Colorado. Obama needed a reset in the last debate and he didn't get it; the momentum is still Romneys. The presidents campaign is just frankly out of steam. They spent 100 million dollars creating a caricature of Romney which Romney dispelled in an hour and a half in the first debate. Besides "kill Romney" the president hasn't had any ideas to move this forward. Now he is going around talking about "Romnesia" which shows he has nothing left up his sleeve. So, with everything trending Romney I don't see what else the president can do to stop the momentum from swinging this Romneys way. That's why I say that he has had it.

*nochannel