“If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else?” - RuPaul - - - - - - - - - - - “if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.” - John F. Kennedy - - - - - - - - - - - - “Imagine finding someone you love more than anything in the world, who you would risk your life for but couldn’t marry. And you couldn’t have that special day the way your friends do – you know, wear the ring on your finger and have it mean the same thing as everybody else. Just put yourself in that person’s shoes. It makes me feel sick to my stomach …. When I shared a picture of my tattoo on my Twitter page and said, ‘ALL LOVE is equal,’ a lot of people mocked me – they said, ‘What happened to you? You used to be a Christian girl!’ And I said, ‘Well, if you were a true Christian, you would have your facts straight. Christianity is about love.’ The debate resulted in a lot of threats and hate mail to people who agreed and disagreed with me. At one point I had to say, ‘Dude, everyone lay off.’ Can’t people have friendly debates about sensitive topics without it turning into unnecessary threats?” - Pop star Miley Cyrus on her marriage equality tattoo - - - - - - - - - - -
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Kill Your Friends, Kill Your Family, But Don't Kill Mine

Okay, I'll be honest.  I haven't been a strong supporter of this, because I'm always fumbling with my phone while driving.  I'll say it again, I text while driving, And so do many millions of other people around the world, primarily teens.  After watching this video, I'm seriously re-evaluating how I use my phone while driving, and this includes multi-tasking.

In this UK public service announcement, a girl is texting her friend James, while her other friends are in the car with her. Within seconds, she's not only managed to kill her friends, but she's managed to kill several other people on the highway, including the parents of a baby and a child.

If you don't want to see the video, because you feel what I'm saying is rubbish, then your life, your family's, and your friends' lives are in your hands.  After watching this video this morning, I can promise you now, I will never be texting while driving again.  And if I'm driving with others, I will let another passenger text for me while I drive.  Three weeks ago, a co-worker's son lost his God-daughter to texting and driving.  It was really hard watching my co-worker grieve during this period.  I can't imagine losing someone at the young age of 17, it is beyond anything I could ever comprehend.

DON'T TEXT AND DRIVE!

2 comments:

Ryan said...

:(....

I can't stop crying.



You text and drive.

My dad texts and drives.

I text and drive.


It has to stop but just not there. Cell phone conversations, changing music, eating, reading, talking to others in the car, even drinking..

we all do it....

...and it will never stop. Only we can control ourselves to make driving a more safer activity. Let's do it starting the next moment we get back in the car. Thanks for promising to not text while driving, my love. No Ipad either. I promise to do the same and be a safer driver too. We owe it to our loved ones as well as a stranger's loved one too. Love you bunches. I want you to hear me tell you that many times more, forever and ever. So be safe. Eat healthy. And I'll see you tomorrow my beautiful love.

Ryan said...

Falling asleep at the wheel.

Speeding.

Road rage.


Please stop.

I love you so much. :(...

I'd even say that it's almost a duty of you to post that video of those horrible, sad but real car crashes again. The one with Evanescence playing "My Immortal" in the background. I still can't stop crying. I love you so much and I just want you to be okay. I worry about you all the time falling asleep at the wheel or not paying attention. I can't loose the most important thing in my life. Don't do that to me. Don't take away from me what makes me whole, what makes me so happy to be alive today. I love you so much. Just please be more careful for me, your mom and everybody that keeps you so close to their heart. I promise to do the same. Love you bunches.

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