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Brent P March 28th 06 03:49 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsAr...0_US-BARS1.xml

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents
into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.

The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where
agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public
intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.

<...>

The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go
do something dangerous like drive a car.

<...>

She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.



gpsman March 28th 06 04:08 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 
Brent P wrote:
> http://today.reuters.com/news/newsAr...0_US-BARS1.xml
>
> SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents
> into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas
> Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.
>
> The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where
> agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public
> intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.
>
> <...>
>
> The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go
> do something dangerous like drive a car.
>
> <...>
>
> She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.


You're only 6 days behind lb-VH...
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- gpsman


William S. Hubbard March 28th 06 06:57 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 
Control freak crapola. Many people locked up from hotel bars had rooms
there..


William S. Hubbard March 28th 06 06:57 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 
Control freak crapola. Many people locked up from hotel bars had rooms
there..


necromancer March 28th 06 08:32 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 
> William S. Hubbard:
> Control freak crapola. Many people locked up from hotel bars had rooms
> there..


Exactly. They are using the ruse of "traffic safety," to further their
real goal of getting us to be totally submissive to the whims of the
state. That slippery slope just got *a lot* steeper.


necromancer March 28th 06 08:35 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 
> Brent P:
> The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go
> do something dangerous like drive a car.


Someone tell this commission spokeswoman that she is a liar and full of
****. To say that they are detaining them before they leave the bar and
drive is like saying that they are going into an adult bookstore and
arresting the customers there because they might go out and rape someone
later.

Brent P March 28th 06 08:57 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 
In article et>, necromancer wrote:
>> William S. Hubbard:
>> Control freak crapola. Many people locked up from hotel bars had rooms
>> there..

>
> Exactly. They are using the ruse of "traffic safety," to further their
> real goal of getting us to be totally submissive to the whims of the
> state. That slippery slope just got *a lot* steeper.


That's what happens when government is the grantor of privilege.



Brent P March 28th 06 08:59 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 
In article et>, necromancer wrote:
>> Brent P:
>> The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go
>> do something dangerous like drive a car.

>
> Someone tell this commission spokeswoman that she is a liar and full of
> ****. To say that they are detaining them before they leave the bar and
> drive is like saying that they are going into an adult bookstore and
> arresting the customers there because they might go out and rape someone
> later.


I'm the one who's paranoid, remember.... these things don't really
happen. *snort*



necromancer March 28th 06 09:13 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 
> Brent P:
> I'm the one who's paranoid, remember...


You're not the only one who sees the direction that we are heading... ;)


William S. Hubbard March 28th 06 09:53 PM

another state stops drunk driving by going into the bars.
 
It really got started with motorcycle helmet laws, and its been
downhill ever since. It is the rise of the fascistic "Nanny State."



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