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A brilliant abuse of government power in Texas.  They’re going into bars and arresting people for being drunk.

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 Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission‘s Carolyn Beck.

Is this another case of the Christian Taliban taking over this country?  Since this is home base for George W. Bush and crew I would have to say that conservative family values must be at work here.

Let’s also take a look at what’s wrong with this picture.  Bars are private, not public.  Public implies that government funds are used in the operations of an entity.  The argument that the bars are open to the public also doesn’t fly.  All private businesses are there to make money, thus they are open only to paying customers.  Try going to a college town and loitering at a Waffle House or McDonald’s at 2am without buying anything.  The rent-a-cop on duty will have you thrown out because the seating is for paying customers not the general public.  If you don’t leave your car will be towed and you’ll be in jail.  This would indicate that you are on private property if a manager or a security guard can throw you out.  I really hope that everyone who was arrested decides to sue for false arrest.  At the very least they should be able to get out of the charges on a technicality.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission’s contact info can be found here if anyone feels the need to tell them how stupid they look.