Comments on: A Swig and A Miss http://www.delawareliberal.net/2010/01/02/a-swig-and-a-miss/ Ground zero for all things political in Delaware Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:08:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: El Somnambulo http://www.delawareliberal.net/2010/01/02/a-swig-and-a-miss/#comment-167130 El Somnambulo Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:05:35 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=33056#comment-167130 IMHO, MADD had a purpose, and they influenced public policy for the better. Many of their members had experienced the anguish caused by drunk driving. I think reducing the blood alcohol limit to .08 has kept drunk people off the roads and has kept would-be drunk people at home. Not John Atkins, but others. But, to a large degree their purpose has become law, and kudos to those who made it happen. And, it goes w/o saying, that when your principal legislative cause is lowering the legal limit to .08 and one of your officers publicly states that it was no big deal that a bullying politician blew a .14, then perhaps it is time for the organization to fold. Before they risk undoing what they did. IMHO, MADD had a purpose, and they influenced public policy for the better. Many of their members had experienced the anguish caused by drunk driving. I think reducing the blood alcohol limit to .08 has kept drunk people off the roads and has kept would-be drunk people at home. Not John Atkins, but others.

But, to a large degree their purpose has become law, and kudos to those who made it happen. And, it goes w/o saying, that when your principal legislative cause is lowering the legal limit to .08 and one of your officers publicly states that it was no big deal that a bullying politician blew a .14, then perhaps it is time for the organization to fold. Before they risk undoing what they did.

]]> By: Brooke http://www.delawareliberal.net/2010/01/02/a-swig-and-a-miss/#comment-167112 Brooke Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:50:21 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=33056#comment-167112 Oh, dear. We might not be able to buy liquor. A true emergency. @@ If that was the problem with MADD, it would be a pretty minor one. :D How about a tariff on alcohol produced out of state? Promote Delaware business! Oh, dear. We might not be able to buy liquor. A true emergency. @@ If that was the problem with MADD, it would be a pretty minor one. :D
How about a tariff on alcohol produced out of state? Promote Delaware business!

]]> By: nemski http://www.delawareliberal.net/2010/01/02/a-swig-and-a-miss/#comment-167107 nemski Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:33:13 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=33056#comment-167107 Prohibitionist closet? Prohibitionist closet?

]]> By: wikwox http://www.delawareliberal.net/2010/01/02/a-swig-and-a-miss/#comment-167106 wikwox Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:31:22 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=33056#comment-167106 Regardless of Atkins the truth is that MADD is a group without a purpose. That is unless they care to come out of the Prohibitionist closet. As for hypocrisy, well, it is Delaware after all. Regardless of Atkins the truth is that MADD is a group without a purpose. That is unless they care to come out of the Prohibitionist closet. As for hypocrisy, well, it is Delaware after all.

]]> By: El Somnambulo http://www.delawareliberal.net/2010/01/02/a-swig-and-a-miss/#comment-167104 El Somnambulo Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:45:54 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=33056#comment-167104 Yeah, the sheer hypocrisy of MADD's defense of Atkins is/was breath(alizer)taking--especially since nobody, and I mean NObody, fought harder to reduce Delaware's legal limit from .10 to .08 than MADD. Or, as former Sen. Herman M. Holloway, Sr. used to call them, 'the MADD Mothers'. Guess the General Assembly should've done what it usually does--exempt itself from the laws everyone else must live by. I'm sure John Atkins would be on board with that one. Yeah, the sheer hypocrisy of MADD’s defense of Atkins is/was breath(alizer)taking–especially since nobody, and I mean NObody, fought harder to reduce Delaware’s legal limit from .10 to .08 than MADD. Or, as former Sen. Herman M. Holloway, Sr. used to call them, ‘the MADD Mothers’.

Guess the General Assembly should’ve done what it usually does–exempt itself from the laws everyone else must live by. I’m sure John Atkins would be on board with that one.

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