[NonLinear]

Long, but has some very interesting points.

Summary:
MADD was a good organization with a good idea when it began.
MADD has mutated into a prohibition lobby.
There are liars, da*n liars, and then there are statistics.

[Vision]

Modern Drunkard Magazine?

[weegee]

Well this past year saw 2,200 people arrested in Texas for drinking in bars and being "intoxicated" by having more than 2 drinks. It was part of a sting operation and with Public Intoxication, the officer does not have to even get a breathalyzer sample.

Prove your innocence or cough up $500.

[weegee]

And a very profitable lobby at that.

[muawiyah]

Note that: "....... enlisting boiler rooms to raise money through aggressive telemarketing. ....."

MADD would seem to have fallen into the clutches of the telemarketing people ~ the guys who call you at dinner and demand your money for charity, or new siding, or maybe even blinds for your windows.

Unfortunately, that's not exactly the case. Rather, in their initial efforts to solidify their organization and use the "best" in modern management techniques, they focused on hiring people with experience in "fund raising". Next thing you know, the fund-raising experts, also known as telemarketing experts, took over the organization.

The new managers had no problem at all doing business with telemarketers like Reese Brothers, Inc. (They're always good for a laugh ~ and at one time Reese Brothers was making use of industrial bonds in Pennsylvania to build its call center operations).

MADD, which had once had the cops in its corner,, suddenly found the cops checking out its pockets, and it didn't look good.

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

While I am quite certain MADD may have totally gone mad themselves, this does not excuse drunk drivers in any way, shape, or form. And the writer of this article is whistling to the wind-most especially since we are entertaining the Magazine of Drunkards.

[GoldCountryRedneck]

Soooo....if drinking and driving is illegal, why are there parking lots outside bars???"

A: Revenue!

Up here in the hills of CA, DUI checkpoints during the week-ends are up all over the place. Late at nite, get pulled over for anything you're liable to get tested. And, if you test at any BAC level, you're a "drunk driver".

That two glasses of wine over a nice dinner can cost $7500 (or more) in fines, court costs, license points, classes, and insurance costs if you get checkpoint-nailed.

It's a county cash cow; supports a whole DUI-related cottage industry.

So I personally don't roam out late anymore as a DUI hit would impact too many other credentials I hold; limits the social life. The paranoia just takes the fun out of it.

Interesting article and confirms, again, many suspicions.

Thanks for the post.

~GCR~

[Responsibility2nd]

What? An anti-MADD screech and no one pinged elkfersupper?

Elk hates MADD. I'm sure he has something to say.

And I have someting to post. A picture:

Remember folks, as the 4th of July nears: He who goes forth on the fourth with a fifth, may not come forth on the fifth.

[Enterprise]

Great article!

[Drew68]

This was a great article. It is unfortunate so few people responded to it.

And I remember Modern Drunkard magazine well! It was a free periodical found in many of Denver's dive bars I used to frequent.