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While they may seem at first glance to be a group of dedicated people with a worthy goal, a little more research reveals some pretty scary objectives.
If you check them out, it's obvious they are trying to attain full prohibition against all forms of the consumption of alcoholic beverages by American citizens.. They lobby strongly and effectively, mostly with stories of personal tragedy- stories that wrench the guts of any sensible human being with a heart. BUT, do these members state the fact that we already have laws to deal with drunk drivers and the mayhem they sometimes cause? Of course not. Had these laws been enforced in the first place, most of their children would probably be alive today. Why? Many of the drunk drivers that have killed are repeat offenders, with long criminal driving histories!
In many states as long as the perpetrator pays his dues (in the form of cash payments to the court system), he is free to return to the streets of America, free to repeat his crime in the future, often several times over. That in itself is the real crime, in my opinion!
Just a year ago we were asked to vote on the 0.08 limit as a threshold
for drunk driving. Of course the facts were horrendiously distorted,
and several states were bullied into passing this law, which means
you'd better not leave your house and drive to the local store for a couple
hours after that can of beer or glass of table wine with dinner!
Meanwhile, the records still show that most victims of drunk drivers
are killed by people who are two to three times the former limit
of 0.1! Why did this happen? Gut-wrenching stories and
distorted facts, of course, just like so many other "for-our-own-good"
laws that are rapidly stealing our rights as American Citizens away from
us.
As proof of the seriousness of this sort of disregard for our constitutional
rights, the federal government now demands that all 50 states pass the
0.8 law, or forgive billions in highway funding!
Sure sounds like a strange way to allow us to control our own destiny,
doesn't it!
Hey, I'm ALL for sensible drinking, and never leave the house when I've been drinking more than what's reasonable for a person to consume before getting behind the wheel. But, I sure as hell don't think I should not drink at all, just in case there might be a pedestrian or other driver out there in the world I live in!
If I do commit a crime, I expect to pay the price.That doesn't mean toss a few bucks in the pot and do it again, it means pay the price and learn a lesson, or not be allowed to drive again! Read the papers. Find the articles. LOOK AT THE HISTORY of those drunk drivers. I'm willing to bet they were not first-time offenders! Maybe, but not likely. The real criminal in this case is the all-too-lenient judge who was too busy thinking about his next golf game to pay attention to the long list of preceeding crimes that S.O.B. had commited earlier, but paid a few bucks for and walked out, free once again.
Let's get real, people.
All we really need is a system that uses the laws we've already
got, of which there are far too many already.
Making even tougher laws then ignoring them just as much will never
do a thing other than make us all criminals in the not-so-open eyes of
the law that's running the show already.
An interesting article that was forwarded to me, original author unknown
MADD earns 1998 Highway Robbery Award.
Every year the National Motorist Association (NMA) presents the
above mentioned award to the organization, agency, business or individual
that has done the most to harass, tax, intimidate, deceive or otherwise
abuse American motorists.
The NMA agrees with MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) that chronic drunk drivers are a menace and should not be driving on the nation’s roads and highways. But the association contends that motorists coming home from dinner with friends or returning from a ball game or community festival do not fit a realistic definition of ‘drunk drivers’, just because they may have consumed alcoholic beverages. Yet, this is the population that MADD is targeting with unrealistic BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) standards, incredibly harsh penalties, intrusive enforcement procedures and denial of due process protections.
The NMA says, “MADD campaigns include emotionalized distortions designed to knowingly deceive the public, government officials and the media with claims that drunk drivers are responsible for 40 % - and sometimes it’s 50 % - of all highway fatalities.” Government documents actually define these fatalities as ‘alcohol related’, meaning that some trace of alcohol was found in one or more crash victims but the cause of the crash can NOT necessarily be attributed to the alcohol. “Anyone familiar with traffic crash data knows that persons with low BAC levels, such as .08 percent, are not over represented in traffic accidents. Yet, MADD persists in promoting the contrary deception and pushing legislation to penalize social drinkers,” says Mr. Baxter, NMA President.
The NMA was established in 1982 to represent the interests and rights
of North American motorists. It is solely supported through the contributions
of individuals, families and small business. Find out more about the NMA
by calling 800-882-2785.
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