03.22.2006 20:45

'What a country!' Drunk in a bar? Get arrested in Texas


In Texas, comments write themselves: Texas arresting people in bars for being drunk.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - 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. ...

"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," [Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission's Carolyn] Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."