I always enjoy getting mail from TDA visitors and regulars alike. Some are just simple thanks or words of encouragement, several have been mean-spirited diatribes, and then there are those that I really like with links to relevant content.
First out of the bag is a missive from Marti of MADD who sent me a link to this story from Fort Bliss, Texas where the base commander has raised the legal drinking age to 21. “Citing too many drunken-driving crashes and arrests and too many fights, the new commanding general has raised the drinking age on base from 18 to 21, bringing 17,000-soldier Fort Bliss into line with what has been the law in the rest of Texas since 1986.” Marti and I met up after I wrote this post on recent discussions to lower the drinking age, especially considering our fighting men.
As usual my good friend Anna Z is on the ball sending me a follow-up on the story about those arrested for DUI in New York that had their mug shots put on display for all to see in the local newspapers. Seems that one of the drunken drivers, 17 year-old Gianna Vigliotti, had a rather unique excuse for blowing a 0.15 on the BAC meter (0.08 is legal limit)... she was making out with a drunk boyfriend. She apparently had a more difficult time explaining her inability walk a straight line, beer in the car, and the empty in her purse.
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