Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.
The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission’s Carolyn Beck…
“There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they’re intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car,” Beck said. “People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss.”
They also go quail hunting. What are you planning to do tonight?
well, I’ll tell you what i’m NOT doing.
I’m NOT going to texas for a couple of beers.
oh, it’s okay to pound beers in Texas. Not in bars, but out on the ranch with your lawyer….
It has become a tradition to have dinner with the kids at Outback on Friday night. It’s a nice time to catch up with what’s going on with each other.
BUT, tomorrow is what I am really looking forward to. UCLA Bruins get to play at least one more day after that miracle they pulled off last night. Talk about stress…jeesh!
If you’re in a bar, you’re not technically intoxicated in public, are you? Aren’t you inside a private business?
This is actually pretty ominous. It continues the paradigm of arresting / detaining people who have not committed a crime because they are suspected of being likely to commit a crime (or do something stupid, anyway).
So much for innocent until proven guilty.
So… if they can arrest you for potentially doing something stupid… wouldn’t that mean they should have rounded up the Dubya Gang long ago and locked em all up? Ah, we can only dream…
Well yes, but in theory they should have already been rounded up and put in the pen for doing things that are both stupid and illegal.
I’m not a lawyer, but I think a bar is public space. It’s not public property, in the sense of a public park or what-not, but it is public space. Just like, say, lunch counters in Montgomery, Alabama.
This particular application of a law may be mockable, but I don’t think it’s at all ground-breaking in a legal sense.
I’ll bet they are only arresting the really happy ones. You know, the ones that have temporarily forgotten that Bush is president and they are still living in Texas.
Tonight – laundry – the permenant press stuff that requires that I pay attention when the dryer goes off…ppppffffffftttt.
Think we’ll order Thai food tonight (I’m jonesing for Pad Thai), watch KO and Bill Maher then pop in a movie… either Angel Heart or Good Night, and Good Luck one more time. Can’t party too hard tonight cuz I have a 9:00 a.m. appointment to get my taxes done… grrr…
At least our preparer knows us well and is very nice, and gets us lots of deductions, but still… NOT my idea of a fun Saturday morning.
Thai food sounds like a good idea. Have I mentioned yet that I’m hungry this afternoon?
I have to get my taxes together too. Ick. I hate paperwork.
I seem to recall hearing your stomach growling earlier, CG … maybe you could whip up an omelet with some of those new eggs.
Good idea… I have portobello mushrooms and asiago cheese to throw in there too.
Mmmm-mm…. I just got some eggs, could get some mushrooms on the way home…
Maybe some beer too. š
but i feel like its always hit or miss with it
my fave little thai place in philly is charleo thai on 5th just below bainbridge…i always order the calamari stuffed with crab and basil, the fried shrimpy things that are wrapped in rice paper and the mussels in the clay pot.
my second fave thai place is in springfield on baltimore pike…they make this duck dish….its so crispy and tasty and devoid of fat….the veggies and rice suck but the duck is amazing.
tonite is date night….im making fusilli in vodka sauce and tomato basil foccacia and we are heading out to see v for vendetta….i suspect we will be in bed asleep by 10pm….we are both too tired for anything even remotely kinky.
but we have nothing to do tomorrow till 2pm so the morning is going to be very loud.
sounds delish!
I finished my taxes but I had to wait for the last donation letter to arrive to validate my donation. Thia food sounds great but I guess I will “suffer” with grilled lemon spice chicken off the grill, green beans, greens (cooking for two days with neck-bone) and rice for now. Saturday is steak and lobster night at our household and we can consume adult beverages without being watched by the local authorities . . . or can we??? LOL!
Wow, you really know how to suffer Viera! Steak and Lobster night? That’s something that’s never happened in our house… ya make me jealous. š
No grilling here for a while until the cold goes away <sigh>
We decided to buy lobster tails (they are huge!!) since we do not have to feed the kids (everyone is out of the house since the 14 yr old) and steak is still something we can enjoy until our “dentures” need replacing LOL!!
Before moving to Florida, we lived in Maryland and grilling in the snow is fun . . . right LOL! We just love the taste of grilled food (meat and vegs!) and I have been known to grill in 20 degree weather with a coat, gloves and hat (to keep my head warm!)
I guess speak-easies might be making a comeback after all! It just reflects this overall attitude of “needing Big Brother to protect you from yourself” that is getting out of hand. The Texas state motto is Friendship and I don’t think I will look for this kind of “friendship” any time soon!
The thought of speakeasies just reminded me… anyone see that piece on The Daily Show about “bathtub cheese?” Funny, but rather revolting when you think about it…
will let you buy guns at walmart but you cant buy a dildo over 6 inches long and you cant drink in a hotel bar and go to your room afterwards to sleep it off?
wants you to buy gun, would love for you to meet Rosey and her five sisters and desires you to find the nearest ABC store prior to experiencing all the “friendship” that they claim to offer . . LOL!!!
I’m planning to ply Mr. Nature with Cabin Girl’s shrimp and feta cheese dish over angel hair pasta…
…and then break the news that I bought a leather sofa. It’s “my” money but I still feel guilty about it.
Good for you, SN! I’ve wanted an Italian leather recliner for quite some time, and I finally sprang for the one at World Market that I’d be lusting after for months… fortunately their online site gave me a coupon for 40% off, so it was a big purchase, but less big than the original $999 price! I love it … the dogs don’t (a definite plus there), and my only gripe is that I slide around on it when I’m lounging in my flannel martini pants! LOL
You’re going to die when I tell you where I got this and how much it was!
Big Lots! And it’s a name brand but they cut the tag off and blacked out the name on the literature that goes with it.
It’s beautiful soft leather, and the arms are the right height for taking a nap without a pillow, and it’s not all puffy looking and cheap. And I checked that the bottom cushions don’t slide out from under you when you sit down…they’ve got velcro on the back.
Anyway, it was $399.00 which is about 1K less than I’ve seen very similar ones.
I am envious! But hit Big Lots on a good day and you can really clean up! Haven’t been there for several months, but love rummaging around in there. You can also often find funky kinds of food products at cheap prices there… retail therapy without excessive guilt!
I was really suspicious but I looked that sofa over like a fiend. I also laid down on it and almost took a nap. I picked it up to see how heavy it was. I smelled it to make sure it was leather. They must have thought I was nuts.
some people get drunk in their own homes, then slap around their spouse/SO a few dozen times. Think the good ol’ boys will start knocking on a few neighborhood doors?
Heading out to dinner tonight — spouse wants fish and I don’t want to have to cook it. š
As for taxes, we’ll probably be filing our first ever extension — we’ve got to wait for a corrected 1099 after some IRA distributions from my mom’s estate got fucked up. (Gave up on my no cussing for Lent a couple of Sundays back…) Warning to all: if you have parents who pass and leave their remaining IRAs to you, make sure you convert them to “stretch IRAs” through a trustee-to-trustee transfer, NOT by them cutting a check then depositing in a “new” IRA…in other words, make sure your financial guru knows what the hell he/she is doing…
end rant…
This CNN question is beyond obnoxious…
Currently 57% of the vote says yes…
http://www.cnn.com/
The difference between a liberal and a conservative appears to be :
Liberals believe that a working person in the U.S. is deserving of a house over their head and enough food for their table. Conservatives believe the same, but that these people should first be turned into criminals so that the government can pick up the tab.
This is simply crazy! I voted No and can not understand why anyone would consider illegal aliens felons. ” . . . One nation, under God . . . .” just took on a new meaning!
Amen, Sally! Obnoxious doesn’t begin to cover that one! Maybe racist or xenophobic or just plain ignunt as Shirley Q. Liquor would say… “That’s just ignunt!”
Just voted, Sally… still 57% wingnuts vs. 43% rationalists… grrr.
http://sfgate.com/columnists/morford/
incredible must read article!!!
Tonight – going out to a rally in Portland. It’ll be raining and my husband is a wuss!
The link to Mark Morford`s artcle is definitely a must read. He puts the 3rd. war birthday in a light one cannot help but think about now.
Thanks, Damnit was good.
Tony
Yep, the ordeal of the master bedroom floor is not over yet. Frankly, it took me a long time to strip and scrape the floor because I could only stand to do it about one day per week. The toxic fumes and the physical stress were too much for this old woman. But, that’s done now and I rented another kind of floor sander to finish the job; the first one wasn’t heavy duty enough to deal with the “cupping” and “curling” of the old floor boards. Well, most of the job — it won’t reach corners or do the edges very well. So we’ll have to break out our hand orbital sanders for that. Anyway, I live in hope of laying down some polyurethane on Sunday.
Then, there’s the living room which is two and a half times bigger than the bedroom. But, I’ll think about that another day…
I sure hope you’ve been wearing a good mask. That dust has got to be toxic.
with the first sander. It made a huge mess; I had to dust down the walls! The one I got today has a collection bag for the dust and my hand sander has one, too, so that should ease the problem. But, we’ll be wearing face masks just in case.
Thank you for caring.
I have asthma. I almost need a mask to be around someone who’s wearing perfume!
For those pesky inside corners, try a paint scraper. Pull [only] with the grain only. Definitely use a mask & a sander with a collection bag.
Thin down the first coat of your finish so it penetrates better & fine sand between subsequent coats. Use 4xxx steel wool before your last coat making sure to clean the area very well with a tack cloth between each coat. My “dos pesos”.
I’ve already scraped out the corners just as you suggested. They look really clean but I was thinking I have to sand them anyway, no?
O dear, I was hoping to return the sander by tomorrow morning. To use it after each coat of poly I’d have to keep it much longer. Do I have to rent a rotary floor buffer to do the steel wool part?
Me thinks my floor ordeal may not be over by Sunday…
Sorry to get back so late. Your floors are probably done. Between coats I would just use a wall sander like you would use on drywall. Just sand with the grain using a finer & finer grit between coats. It`s just to knock down any inclusions of dust or specks. A nice once over & a good tack-rag pass before you recoat is fine. The same goes for the steel wool. Hope this helps, or that your floors already look gorgeous. Here`s a pic of a fish I rescued to assuage any stress over my tardy reply. It`s really a very nice & non aggressive eel.
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/8876/whitemouthflatdscn46078xs.jpg
Tonight’s plans? No public intoxication, thankfully — just a few Diet Sprites & every tv in the house tuned to Fox News, with all the lights turned on (including the extra lamps!), while I play with my shotgun.
It’s big-time fun!
I heard a story about a guy I used to know shooting his TV during a western, then they carried it outside and really finished it off… or so I heard.
[OK kids, don’t do this at home due to flying glass from implosion!!]
Ya feeling better?
How’d I end up here, I thought I was just in the cafe… some sort of parallel universe?
tee-hee…sometimes it’s hard to tell where you are, isn’t it? š
I’m gittin’ like I told FM the other day, “Don’t know whether I’m comin’ or goin’ “
Reminds me of that old Firesign Theater album… “How Can you Be in Two Places at Once, When You’re Not Anywhere at All?” Ah, the 70’s…
like I said last night, Holy Chihuahua! Ya sure pulled an album out of the archives on that one.
My brother had that one, I think we wore it out. Now I don’t remember that particular tune, but was that the album that had the lyrics to one whole song going, “nanananinininananununnaw…” thoughout the whole tune? It got pretty hilarious after a while, especially under peculiar “cosmic” conditions.
Thanks for asking, NDD. I’m fair-to-middlin’. Can’t seem to sit at the desk for too long yet without illness compounded.
Not to worry, though — I’m not actually possessed by the wandering spirit of Ol’ Scattershot. Perish the thought!
The government today announced that it is changing its emblem from an Eagle to a CONDOM because it more accurately reflects the government’s political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of pricks, and gives you a sense of security while you’re actually being screwed.
Oh yes! You got this so correct! I see no lube to at least make the action more comfortable!! What am I say, comfort . . . I must be crazy!!! LOL!
Great Comment, Janet!!
No KY Jelly for us!
I stole this from my hockey buddy who I think stole it from someone else.
after reading this article, I want to make a trip to getmo so I can have my stomach pumped for free..well, maybe not..but at least it is the truth..hope you all enjoy her beautiful mind..her buttress, her bitchiness, her consetfullness, her royal pain the the butt…
god how can I do this without making myself sick
oh and by the way, where do we go from here?
I’m expecting the next national D convention to be very interesting… to say the least!
…and does this just want to make you want to pee in your pants with anger? jeez louise! What next, our birthright?!