Comments on: Don’t Mess with Texas Morals Police: Tavern Patrons Arrested for Intoxication

By: Overlawyered

Overlawyered — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:33:58 +0000

Texas taverns, cont’d

According to State Sen. John Whitmire (D-Houston), the new program to arrest intoxicated Texans in bars whether or not they show any inclination to drive (see Mar. 23) is justified because it nips in the…

By: Nathan S. Lord

Nathan S. Lord — Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:08:07 +0000

How long will we wait before the Texas plaintiffs’ tort bar sues the bar of allowing the plaintiff to get drunk and be arrested–humiliated–by the police?

By: Tony H.

Tony H. — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 12:09:56 +0000

First it was the fight against Drunk Driving. Then, it turned into the war against Drinking and Driving (Note the difference here.)

Now it’s a flat out war against drinking.. With the possibility you might drive period.

It’s getting absurd now, and in general this kind of foolishness needs to stop. Some say it’s organizations like MADD that went from fulfilling the founders intent, to going so over base, the founder leaves because now, Drunk Driving is properly illiegal and now the organization is going way over into Prohibition like view points that many of us can’t stand. (That Puritan thinking coming to life again?)

It’s insane, but it’s catching on.

By: wavemaker

wavemaker — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 07:08:24 +0000

Word is they’re also arresting people for making seditious statements about Tom Delay.

By: John Fembup

John Fembup — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:33:12 +0000

At least one cannot be arrested for being stupid in public. Not yet. I think.

By: BlogOfStupidity.com

BlogOfStupidity.com — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:35:58 +0000

Arrested for being drunk in a bar

Ron White (’they call me tater salad‘) did a joke about this. He was arrested outside of a bar for being drunk in public after being thrown out of the bar. His argument was that he was drunk in private and thrown in public.
Now, San A…