VW Beetle Police Car Wins 20 Mph Chase In Elizabethton, Tenn.

[nadinbrzezinski]

ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. -- A Volkswagen beetle owned by the Carter County Sheriff's Department became an improvised pursuit vehicle – at about 20 mph. The beetle won.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/13/vw-beetle-police-chase_n_1272958.html?ref=weird-news

GO BEETLE!!!!! (And yes that is a DUI}

[pintobean]

1. Beetles are so crunchy.

[zappaman]

2. Supper dooper crunchy! n/t

[Webster Green]

6. Crunchy is a good thing right?

I guess I'm a little out of touch on the latest slang.

I drove a friend's newer VW Beetle and couldn't believe how fast it is. I think it's a turbo. It has unbelievable acceleration.

[Brickbat]

3. That story is poorly written and makes no sense whatsoever.

Hm.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Take it with the paper, and the HP

[snooper2]

10. Nah, we are going to bitch about it here, this is a non story..

Story fail, Huffington crap fail---

Oh, and HP is already an established acronym. You can't go around trying to re-use it for other purposes because your fingers don't want to type out Huffington Post. Oh, and the phone police are still looking for you as well

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Well since the message gate keepers are all over

you will get this, insteaad of real news, which I did cover this weekend.

As I said... all that DU wants is that... from me, that is all it gets.

Suffice it to say, yes, we did cover hard news at the Democratic State Convention... but I am NO LONGER INTERESTED in sharing that here. If you want to x-post, knock yourself silly. I won't.

Now back to transcribing Congressman Filner to the Veteran's Caucus... (as soon as my recording gets to it)

But I am done with real news for DU... as in absolutely done.

[zappaman]

14. Me, me, me, me, me.

ME.

[snooper2]

15. I can't follow half sentences---

"As I said... all that DU wants is that... from me, that is all it gets." (Huh?)

"Well since the message gate keepers are all over" (Shouldn't there be a comma after "Well" and what are the gate keepers all over? Rocks? Earth? Santorum? )


Sorry, I was teaching my 2 year old how to float drywall this weekend LOL, no time to play on the intertubes..

So you write for the Huffington Post? Didn't know that, I guess it's better than having a gig at Raw Story LOL...

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Whatever, you knock yourself silly with the red pen

Suffice it say Van Jones was a fun speech.

I mean that... it was a great speech.



And there were actual hard news, but truly NOT fit for DU... and I mean this, as in important HARD news... you can go to the SItuation Room and read all about it.

[snooper2]

20. I don't have a red pen, but you should, you are the journalist

And Van Jones is giving speeches?

At least he'll get those hips a moving and a swinging!!!!!!!!!!!
"Other Woman!" "I'm Not about THAT!"

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. Well I guess you will also make fun of Leader Pelosi

and Senator Feinstein, as well as a few others.

Whatever... you got your fun, and now all you will get, get your red pen ready, are fun items. Nothing serious.... and I know this is driving you guys even more crazy than usual. The thread proves it.

Crunchy, non filling items, but some of them ARE hysterical in a good way. And I like to laugh from time to time.

[zappaman]

36. "and I know this is driving you guys even more crazy than usual."

[snooper2]

42. I don't know what Pelosi or Feinstein have to do with this thread...

But here's another crunchy video for you...Tell me this doesn't get your head bouncin'

&feature=relmfu

[nadinbrzezinski]

43. Alas we are talking of different people

that's ok, someday you might get it. Maybe... or maybe not. I don't care... I love you guys too.

[snooper2]

44. Someday we will all get it, time for some changes

[zappaman]

45. cool!

[pintobean]

21. You have to be curios

to understand.

[snooper2]

23. you still have time to fix that

[pintobean]

26. I don't claim to understand.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002271742

[Brickbat]

16. Punishing DU for calling you out on a confusing, poorly edited story that you wrote by posting

confusing, poorly edited stories that you didn't write is about as meta as it gets.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. And I love you too

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. And speaking of cyberbullies

there... I love you too man.

Enjoy these items...

As to posterous, it is where items of verbotten things here have gone for months now.

[Chorophyll]

24. Why post here at all then?

[snooper2]

28. I spin the magic wheel each morning and it tells me where to go

LOL

[zappaman]

29. We are being punished

And I feel that without the posting of "hard news" here, I have no idea what is going on in the world!!!!

[snooper2]

30. Go here for news, it's more accurate anyway :)

[zappaman]

31. yes, but is it "crunchy"? nt

[snooper2]

32. Check it out, yes, "crunchy", with the added benefit

of not leaving shit between your teeth

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. I know that the gate keepers want that

sorry if I am not going to give them that. ON a serious note, this place has a serious problem with cyber bullies. I have tried to warn the owners about that. One of these days somebody will do something dramatic... perhaps then they will get it. Me... whatever.

But as far as I am concerned, some of these non stories are humorous and break the serious mood...

But yes, we had some REAL HARD CORE NEWS, some of them are pretty national... some of them are pretty local... but they were NEWS nonetheless. But due to a FEW not even in the california state forum, where a couple of them belong... that is how far they have gone.

[zappaman]

38. I don't know what you are saying

but I wonder how much longer we have left anyway?
SPIDERMAN is soon to be released and we know it is a sign of civilization's imminent collapse.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1579976

[Chorophyll]

56. Um... okay. nt

[zappaman]

11. I sent off a complaint to Hewlett-Packard.

Awaiting their response...

[Enrique]

58. yeah its weird

here is the original story, which actually says what happened. To the sites that picked up the story, I ask, if it is an interesting story, why not tell the story?

http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?id=98164

[nadinbrzezinski]

59. Ah I see that I was more than correct on function from markings

it is a funny story.

[MADem]

4. Too cute to crunch? nt

[LadyHawkAZ]

7. And the most interesting headline of the day award goes to...

[Aerows]

8. Damn she was on

half a litre of vodka and prescription pain pills. I'm surprised she was actually capable of being conscious, much less aware enough to stop to keep from ramming the Beetle.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. That she was, but I am not completely shocked

[Aerows]

48. Well, to be fair

It is kind of a trend that people that knackered on booze and pain pills end up doing ridiculous things. A 20 mph chase only to be halted by a Beetle LOL.

OMG - I didn't even realize she was naked. That was a hell of a night, obviously!

[pintobean]

27. "ramming the Beetle"

should be the phrase of the day.

[Aerows]

47. LOL

She's lucky she didn't ram a lot more with as many things as she was flying on.

EDIT: Now that I notice she was naked, that seems even more interesting in light of that fact LMAO. Rough night for her!

[Enrique]

60. but at least she used the metric system

most drunks would just say 2/3 of a bottle

[Broderick]

13. Dressed appropriately for the occasion it appears

[Mopar151]

17. Hardly wierd these days

The 1.8 turbo flat goes! And even if the Carter County Sherrif took the thrifty diesel route, they zip right along, compared to the Beetles of yore.
Like our family Bug, Herman - a 1960 36 horse which would go 65 mph WFO

[taterguy]

37. What the fuck is Carter County Sheriff's Dept doing with a VW Beetle?

Cop cars should have 4 doors so there's a place for any suspects they pick up.

What possible use could they have for a VW Beetle?

Please clarify.

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. Email the dept, but what is says on the side is your answer

but you can email the department.

[taterguy]

40. Why would I waste time emailing the department?

Especially when you appear to have an answer that you're not willing to share.

[nadinbrzezinski]

41. No, according to some on DU I know shit

but look at the car, carefully. And then email the department, they are the ones with the answer, not me.

[taterguy]

53. I don't have time to do a picture puzzle

Welcome to my Osterberg list.

[nadinbrzezinski]

54. GOOD

[zappaman]

55. Osterberg!

Love the reference!
Saw The Stooges last year and they were amazing!
Thanks!

[taterguy]

61. You're welcome

[muriel_volestrangler]

46. Either that, or they should have a pillion seat

just like those cop bikes use for the suspects they pick up. If the cops want to fit up a suspect, they make them get on, but don't give them a helmet, and then they give them a ticket.

[Aerows]

49. Apparently

To pull over drunk, pilled-up naked women. I mean why else would they have one, right? LOL.

[whistler162]

57. They needed to pack kriminals into a vehicle....

So VW was the only choice....

[Terra Alta]

50. Beetles are such cute cars.

I'm fascinated by them. Go Beetle!

[Recovered Repug]

51. The officer was lucky.

His car could have been squashed like a bug.

[nadinbrzezinski]

52. I am not supposed to know shit, but modern day Beetles

are far better about that than the original ones.



But he was still lucky.