15 DWIs @ 1 checkpoint in 1 night!!

who can say there alphabet backwards stone cold sober much less walk a straight line?

 

I can, thats not the first ones they usually make you do.

 

A curmudgeon to the end... a rebel... a mystery wrapped in an enigma is our Clif...

 

I once stopped drinking for a very long time just as a personal disciplinary exercise.... one night up in the western part of the state I was informed of an Operation Eagle not far from where I was playing and I spilled a double shot of jack daniels all over my shirt and headed for it. I fumbled for my registration and the Trooper went through the entire routine and breathalized me ( ihadn't had a drink in several years) I then told him I had a drink spilled on me and that's why I stunk like alcohol. He was in a regular little snit, asked me why I didn't tell him that and I replied that he didn't ask.

Good times, and a 100% true ungarnished story.

 

I hear ya......the current mindset is if you do not drink then you should not worry about it. I very rarely drink, but the rights that are traded a way by having these checkpoints are not worth it. It is amazing what people believe these days. You would think with the advent of more diverse communication mediums people would support more liberties. I defer to a wiser man.

 

Finally, someone gets it.

 

and it had to be the scumbag traitorous liberal.

This must be bittersweet for you.

 

-My Friend, I know a great deal more on this subject and procedures than you do I can assure you of that.

 

So what you're saying is you're a cop defending your right to harrass innocent citizens?

 

A COP?! lol, nope, not quite.

 

criminal justice major or prosecutor?

 

Yet another comical thread with little to no substance.

Funny though :lol: :lol:

 

Wonder how many were hispanic?

 

comedy is the only way to go when there's no point in anything else...

 

JoCOminitrucker wrote:

Did ya'll read that? My buddies ...at the the ACLU! That's too funny. My buddies at the ACLU are too busy defending gays against "hate" speech and keeping the government from eavesdropping on Mohamed's phone calls to Yemen. To say that they have lost perspective would be an understatement.

GarnerGirl wrote:

There's something we can agree on. Forget the legal limit. Alcohol and driving are a bad combination. If you're going out drinking, bring a designated driver. If drunk driving is the justification for roadblocks, fine ...I'll relax my liberties a little. But what happens next? The LEOs use it as a general round-up of the public ...it becomes a fishing expedition ...and what we get is what we've got. A loss of public trust and a setback for the original intent ...to stop drunk driving. So now we need to go back to square one and find other ways that don't involve trusting the government with our liberties.

And don't give me a high-and-mighty lecture about forgetting my inspection sticker while millions of illegal immigrants are living among us. Who's the slacker here?

 

I've got no problem with roadblocks. I, for one, am glad they caught 'em. I spend a lot of time on the road with my job going to different sites in Virginia, NC, and SC. Getting some of these people off the road makes the road safer for me and my family. I'm one of those that always wears my seat belt, rarely drives more than 5 or 10 over the posted limit, uses my turn signals, and if I have more than 1 beer, my wife gets the keys without question. I can live with the minor inconvience of a roadblock to stay safe. The only thing this roadblocks are doing to infringe on my liberties is making me get to my destination a little later, BFD! If you want to scream at someone, scream at those that are putting our lives in danger on the road by acting irresponsible by drinking and driving, not at those that trying to enforce the laws.

Mike

 

Thank God Im not the only one that thinks this way!!!!

 

I agree , I follow the rules so the road blocks do not effect me other than making me a few min. late. I'd take being late over being dead anyday.

 

AMEN !!!!

 

Hope they catch a gazillion more .....

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