{"id":6215,"date":"2011-06-18T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6215"},"modified":"2011-06-18T08:00:13","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T08:00:13","slug":"how-to-spot-an-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=6215","title":{"rendered":"How to Spot an Idiot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Distracted driving is big news in America at the moment. Laws are being passed in almost every state to make the use of mobile phones and especially sending text messages illegal whilst driving.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, some state or other is unfortunate to have a complete dickhead on local government, and the laws are prevented from coming into force for some unbelievably crass reason.<\/p>\n<p>See if you can spot the latest&#160;dickhead in this sentence:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">AUSTIN \u2014 Gov. Rick Perry vetoed legislation Friday that would have banned texting while driving because he views it as \u201ca government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Incredible, isn&#8217;t it? This imbecile believes that texting while driving is OK, because <a title=\"Rick Perry Veto\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/article\/Perry-vetoes-bill-to-ban-texting-while-driving-1429579.php\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800000\">stopping it is government micromanagement<\/a>. He stopped short of describing texting whilst driving as every American&#8217;s constitutional right, although that&#8217;s obviously what he was getting at.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distracted driving is big news in America at the moment. Laws are being passed in almost every state to make the use of mobile phones and especially sending text messages illegal whilst driving. 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