They can always make it a Bio-diesel car so as to keep the green theme going.

First off, this car will have airbags... just not the expensive fancy ones.

Secondly, I think Dr. Awesome must work for one of the big car companies which is afraid of change. But to go directly to name calling and personal attacks is the first sign of a weak hand.

With all the stereo-typing being thrown around here, not one person has really thought it through.

Conservatives have to love the Tesla because its American enterprise at it's finest. A man (much like Henry Ford) had a dream to make a car... and he's doing it.

The Liberals have to love the Tesla as well being that it's Ecco-Friendly.

As a Techie... I love it because it's a new form of technology. Battery cars have been around for quite a while but not one that has the speed and distance of this car.

Lastly, gasoline powered cars is technology that is over 100 years old. I think it's time for the gas powered engine to be shelved at the Smithsonian and let some new ideas come in and take over.

Where would the computer industry be if it weren't for the innovators’ like Hewett and Packard, Wozniak and Jobs, Jay Miner and many, many others.

I'm sure IBM hated seeing all these new companies start up and take the market share away from them. If they had their way, we would still be using Mainframes that take up half a city block.

Hmmm... just like the car and gas companies would love to see us all driving around in their SUV's and paying 90 bucks to fill up the tank at the pump.

It's time for these two industries to change or go the way of the horse and buggy.

[quote]68. Actually, it's not parole violations. It's probation violations. She's not on parole. Only people who are released from prison are on parole.

Posted at 6:42PM on May 8th 2007 by gfp[/quote]

You are absolutely right... my bad.

I stand corrected.

People (including those who wrote the petition) need to increase their reading comprehension. She is not going to jail for DUI, she is going to jail for Parole Violations.

First, she was driving on a suspended license. None of the people mentioned in the petition were convicted of that. Like Paris, all were processed and released on bail pending their hearing. Paris isn't (wasn't) treated any different in her DUI arrest nor in her Parole Violations arrest.

Second, the other Parole Violation was not signing up to attend the mandated Drug/Alcohol program. Again, all the people they cite in the petition were never charged with this Parole Violation.

To say, “my manager didn’t tell me” or “my manager misinformed me” isn’t a legal defense. Especially after signing papers stating she understands the conditions of her parole.

There are more important issues the Governor needs to focus on and whether Paris goes to jail isn’t one of them! There is a thing called the Appellate Court which is the next step in the process of over turning a wrongful conviction / sentence. The pardon process is to be used when all avenues have failed and there is a clear case of injustice.

Like so many “Rich” people they try to use their money and connections to get them off for crimes they commit. Just look at the opening statement in the petition; because Paris is a rich socialite, a celebrity and a rich real estate holder… she should be pardoned.

Excuse me… but that is not the American way! America was founded on the principles that all men are equal. That includes “a rich socialite, a celebrity and a rich real estate holder” who feels that she is above the law and can do whatever she wants.

Whoever wrote that petition should re-read it and make the needed changes; it comes off as a bunch of people who feel that their lives are so “mundane” that they need Paris in it to make them feel fulfilled.