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Public intoxication stings catch 2,200 in Texas bars
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| 3/23/06
| Anne Marie Kilday
Posted on 03/23/2006 8:18:08 AM PST by takenoprisoner
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To: takenoprisoner
Obviously, this is more important than finding terrorists and illegals!
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:35:42 AM PST
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: takenoprisoner
"The arrests included people who were drunk in bars, who sold alcohol to a drunk person,"
Isn't that the purpose of a bar in the first place? What a waste of time. I know some of the social conservatives on here love the idea of a governement that tells folks what to do but I hate big nanny state government.
To: takenoprisoner
Either bring back prohibition or leave the drunks in bars alone. These fascistic nanny-state tactics are ridiculous.
And the fact that there are freepers defending this crackdown on freedom is pathetic.
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:37:04 AM PST
by
Junior_G
To: takenoprisoner
Bump for later response...
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:37:29 AM PST
by
weegee
("Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but Democrats believe every day is April 15.")
To: Muleteam1
Thank you for applauding facism based on emotional responses.
Conservative thought processes? I think not.
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:37:32 AM PST
by
American_Centurion
(No, I don't trust the government to automatically do the right thing.)
To: takenoprisoner
The sidebar Nazi pulled your thread off the sidebar.
Guess it wasn't newsworthy enough?
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:37:32 AM PST
by
XR7
To: takenoprisoner
More material for Ron White ("Tater Salad") on the Blue Collar Comedy tour.
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:37:42 AM PST
by
T-Bird45
To: Pessimist
A cop is staking out a bar waiting for someone to come out and drive home. Around 11:45 a biker staggers out and heads towards his Harley. The cop thinks, as soon as he pulls out on the street I'll pull him over. The biker stops reaches for his keys and drops them on the ground so he starts crawling around looking for them. The cop thinks this guy is plastered. A couple of other bikers come out and help the first guy up and light a cigarette for him. The guy smokes the cigarette as as a few more of his buddies come out and leave. Then he trys to start his bike but falls over. The cop thinks I could bust him now but a DWI is bigger bust. I'll get him as soon as he gets on the road. A couple of other bikers come out and get the drunk back up on his bike and help him get it started. They leave him sitting on the bike idling the big V twin. The lights in the bar go out and the biker rolls slowly out on to the road. The cop pulls him over immediately and gives him a field sobriety test which he passes with no problems. The cop says blow into this breathalyser and is surprised to see it registers 0.0. I don't get it says the cop, I've been watching you stumble around for half an hour and now you're sober? The biker looks at the cop and says, "I'm the designated decoy."
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:37:55 AM PST
by
dblshot
To: takenoprisoner
Probably because you used the word, "gestapo," eh?
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:38:23 AM PST
by
XR7
To: me-here
"...Beck said." Well, OK then, as long as who-the-hell-is- Beck said so!
My definition of fun is probably alot different than most folks. I like to take Mr. X's credit card to the mall and watch the numbers melt off. Your definition of fun may be different, and that's fine by me.
Becksaid is not protecting anyone, Becksaid is stomping on the Constitutional Right to Assemble. The technical reason, public drunkenness, is a misdemeanor, but it still will appear as a criminal record in any background check. I wonder if any of these 2,200 people have been denied a job or a house because of this PC BS?
To: Texas Mom
" Are you going to sleep in the bar or drive home? "
I can think of lots of options...taxi, designated driver, etc. Going into bars to arrest people for being "drunk" to "prevent" drunk driving is just plain stupid. Especially since some of the people arrested in this sting were businesspeople drinking in the bars of HOTELS where they were registered guests. These people obviously were not intent on driving; they were already 'home' for goodness' sake.
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:39:04 AM PST
by
Altamira
(Get the UN out of the US, and the US out of the UN!)
To: takenoprisoner
What is even more stupid is that the bars were in hotels and it was hotel guests that were charged. These people were going nowhere near a vehicle!
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:39:28 AM PST
by
doc30
(Democrats are to morals what and Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
To: Justanobody
He was hit by a drunk driver yesterday And that is the fault of a bar?
He could have been drinking at home, or in the car w/ no bar involved.
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:39:39 AM PST
by
Michael.SF.
(Well, Kerry did win the exit polls.)
To: SmoothTalker
I think it is illegal in most states to sell alcohol to someone who is drunk.
To: Puppage
A cop sits in the parking lot of a bar on a bitterly cold snowy night. The door opens and a man, obviously dead drunk stumbles out. Falls flat on his face and can't seem to regain his feet. He crawls in the direction of a car, making slow progress. The cop rubs his freezing hands together, knowing he's just about to make the collar that will send him to a warm cup of coffee and the obligatory reports for the rest of the shift. This guy is clearly a menace on the road. The bar door opens again and more people stumble out, but nowhere near as bad as the poor soul still crawling to his car, so the cop ignores them. More people leave as the bar closes. Finally the lot is empty and the drunk has reached his car. Painfully hauling himself to his feet using the bumper and finally the hood, he reaches into his pocket for his keys. The cop pounces! He handcuffs the suspect and produces the machine for him to breathe into so as to establish level of contamination. The little light glows a steady green. The cop is flustered when his prisoner speaks in a clear and articulate voice: I'm the designated DECOY.
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:40:34 AM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: doc30
What is even more stupid is that the bars were in hotels and it was hotel guests that were charged. These people were going nowhere near a vehicle!But they were drunk in public.
IT'S THE LAW.
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:40:49 AM PST
by
XR7
To: takenoprisoner
I thought Texas law enforcement claimed they lacked the man-power and resources to seek out Illegal Aliens after they crossed the border, but somehow, has now come up with what is needed to infringe on the individual liberties of our own people. Oh the shame of it all.
To: Texas Mom
Are you going to sleep in the bar or drive home? Get them in the bar before they head home.They busted people in a hotel bar that were staying in the hotel, so it's about more than stopping drunk drivers. And the Texas statute for public intoxication says the person has to be a danger to themselves or someone else. If someone is at a bar and is part of a group with a designated driver, or is going to take a cab home, and is not trying to start a fight or is falling down drunk, these arrests exceed the state's statutory authority.
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:41:18 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(I'm fat, I sleep most of the winter and I saw my shadow yesterday. Does that make me a groundhog?)
To: Manfred the Wonder Dawg
I'm not from Texas but I think if they want to do something about the DUI problem they should be getting the ones that are driving. How is it that sitting in a bar watching people drink so they can arrest them when they had too much going to catch the people that are out on the road driving?
I guess to some places that works, around here most of the people that are driving when they drink don't come from the bar they come from working in the fields or with they livestock after work they all sit around and drink to "unwind", then they head home.
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:41:38 AM PST
by
me-here
To: steel_resolve
How do the police know for a fact that they are drunk? Are they coercing people to take a breathalizer? Are people who are not driving threatened with loss of liscense if they don't submit to a breathalizer?
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posted on
03/23/2006 8:41:51 AM PST
by
massgopguy
(massgopguy)
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