Texas cracks down on drinking in bars

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.Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkenness, Beck said.

The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.“We feel that the only way we’re going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this,” she said.“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.”She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.

So, in summary, if you're going to be going down to the local tavern to throw back a few, DON'T! They'll be expecting that! Just grab a fifth of your favorite, hop in your Buick and play a live session of Carmageddon. Or maybe drag a cooler and a boombox out to your backyard and annoy the neighbors with drunken karaoke. Better yet, stop drinking and snorting coke, and run for public office. Nobody will ever notice the effects of your "good times" on your judgement and decision-making skills.