Posted on 02/03/2009 8:38:31 AM PST by frankenMonkey
A proposal to scan the driver licenses of bar patrons and keep it on file in a state law enforcement database is a good start, says Senate President Michael Waddoups, but he wants to see the program go further. Waddoups, R-Taylorsville, says he wants to see the database idea start with private clubs, but extend to restaurants that serve diners beer and liquor.
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“Waddoups, R-Taylorsville”
With Republicans like this clown, why do we need Democrats?
Wow, that’s a disgusting waste of tax money to intrude into people’s lives.
Full disclosure, I took a recent test and discovered I am all the way conservative, but about 3/4 of the way down to “non-authoritarian.”
Not quite a libertarian, but closer to libertarian than, say, nannystaters like this guy or Huckabee.
Proof positive stupid and intrusive are not a wholly owned commodities of Democrats ...
Spent 4 years out there on a corporate transfer. Alcohol regulations were awfully funny then. It appears they haven’t advanced much, if any, over the following decades.
Some people should be reminded of that often.
Why do they want this info? What do they plan to do with it?
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From the article:
“He would store the information in a central database that law enforcement could access for accident investigations or in the event of a traffic stop.”
“In a restaurant, if they’re serving alcohol, the person ordering the alcohol should show the ID,” said Waddoups, who was receiving a demonstration of the license scanners after the Legislature’s budget meeting Friday. “At some point, the restaurant would feed [the information] into the central database.”
“That way, he said, if the restaurant patron left the restaurant and went to a bar, the bartender could know the customer may have already been drinking and might need to be watched more closely.”
A database of persons who go to a bar... A Republican suggesting this...
THEY’RE DRIVING ME TO DRINK.
Way to kill two businesses with one stupid law. Restaurant owners and bar owners should be all over this.
This asshat needs to be turned out of office. With friends like him we don't need enemies.
Actually, there may well be another factor at work besides moral conservatism.
Good Grief. What happened to individual responsibility. This may “sound good” to some and apparently to this Legislator, BUT, once there’s the Data Base and some drinker uses a false ID or else brings his own alcohol that he adds to his drink when no one is watching, and then is “allowed” to leave the restaurant/bar and drive home and then causes a vehicular death of some innocent person, WHO will get SUED by the family of the innocent person?
The Legislator who thought up this “bright” idea? The Bar/Restaurant?
Nanny State . . . when do I get up? What do I eat for breakfast? When can I have my first beer? How many cocktails can I have with lunch and still drive back to the office? Is an afternoon drink before driving home okay? May I have a nightcap before I go to bed?
COME ON PEOPLE. D@mn it. Each person should be responsible for his own actions. We’re getting mixed signals from everyone in authority. “It’s not your fault, you had a bad upbringing.” “It’s not your fault, your parents didn’t validate you.” “You have the right to remain silent. . . .”
Once a person is 7 years old, if not before, that person KNOWS what will get him in trouble and what won’t. If he decides to live by “what won’t” he’ll have a successful life. If he doesn’t, he is responsible for the consequences. Not his parents, not his teachers, not the waitress or the bartender or the owner of the restaurant.
D@mn, I am SO tired of “Big Brother” and “Nanny State.” Tired, I tell you.
Bar codes on shot glasses, combined with scanning the Drivers license of the purchaser.
Why not just put a spending limit on each bar parton if the intent is to make the roads “safe”.
I don’t want my drinking pleasures to go to any database other than my own brain! LOL
These people are just BEGGING to get their teeth knoecked out!
PATHETIC BUNCH OF SCUMBAG TRAITORS!
There are some pretty funny comments from people who aren’t too happy with this “Republican.”
“THEY’RE DRIVING ME TO DRINK.”
Just don’t drink and drive!
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