Arrested for Drinking in a Bar

This seems extreme:

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent a message to bar patrons last week.

TABC agents and Irving police swept through 36 Irving bars and arrested about 30 people on charges of public intoxication. Agency representatives say the move came as a proactive measure to curtail drunken driving.

North Texans interviewed by NBC 5, however, worried that the sweep went too far. At one location, for example, agents and police arrested patrons of a hotel bar. Some of the suspects said they were registered at the hotel and had no intention of driving. Arresting authorities said the patrons were a danger to themselves and others.

Yeah, the sweep went too far! Talk about understatement! Why would you have a law like that on the books, how is it constitutional? Since when is it against the law to drink in a legal establishment? This reminds me of the movie Minority Report where people were arrested because they thought about killing someone. We are slowly, and incrementally loosing our freedoms. I have a related post here.

People, you need to kick legislators out of office when they make laws like this, it will send a message to the next bunch not to try it or they will face the same fate. BTW, we should do that to legislators who raise our taxes as well.

(Link via The Right Wing News)