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Backlash?

By Lawrence Taylor

Is the tide finally turning?  For years I’ve expected to see a backlash from the citizens of this country as politicians and judges continue to bow to MADD’s hysterical crusade against drinking (and, secondarily, drunk driving) and whittle away at the Bill of Rights and basic concepts of justice and fairness.  Recently, however, there seems to be an increasing number of isolated voices of reason arising from the wilderness.  In yesterday’s media…. A Better Way to Go After Drunk Drivers KOMO-TV News, Seattle.  Jan. 7  –   So now the governor wants to get tough on drunk driving…The governor’s idea is to set up sobriety checkpoints so that police can arbitrarily stop anyone out driving on a particular stretch of road at a particular time...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on January 08, 2008 (boomark / email).