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After news leaked this week about California First Lady Maria Shriver amounting to nothing more than a hoodlum -- that is to say, she doesn't use a hands-free device on her cell when she drives -- she apologized for her reckless cellphone usage today. According to CBS, "Shriver says she will donate her favorite old cell phone to a program that helps domestic violence shelters." She went on to add, "That's my version of swift action with a higher purpose."
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"Look at all those angry eyes and pointy teeth! Its like Christmas at the Kennedy Compound." - President Ranier Wolfcastle, The Simpsons Movie.
The funny thing about this is that it's the conversation with somebody outside of the car that impedes your driving ability - what your hand does doesn't matter. That's what the Australian studies show.
There are no similar American studies due to the fact that the American cell phone companies didn't cooperate with researchers. They don't want a total ban on in-car cell phone usage.
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wow, a "favorite old phone." it's gonna be like christmas in october for some lucky charity.
"That's my version of swift action with a higher purpose."
So. Cheekbones is gonna give up an old phone she probably used for a month before getting bored. Its mindboggling to think that someone so selfless, so truly civic minded could have broken the law in the first place.
Instead of a cell phone, she should donate the $20 million to make up for the money her husband vetoed which has caused some shelters to shut down and others to cut programs.
That is still only a fraction of what Arnold spent on his own campaigns.