Former Head Of MADD Arrested For,........

[mortdooley]

Irony Alert – Former Head of MADD Arrested For. . . Wait For it. DUI Mike Opelka

I hate when that happens....

Reminds me of a quote from an old Iron Worker "There are three kinds of people I can't stand, An ex-smoker, an ex-drunk and a reformed sinner." All believe they are so very qualified to tell you how to live.

[jnevis]

Also keep in mind that at .3 BAC you're looking at alchohol poisoniing and possibly death.  Anything above .4 is almost a guarantee of death.  If she was at .23 she's probably tolerant of it, since a typical sign of a level that high is loss of motor control and loss of consciousness.

[Dakotaranger]

I think that they should take very speech she has ever given into consideration at her sentencing. Let her sentence herself. I'm not being vindictive here. MADD is one of those groups thart has oulived its uefulness and become a racket, much ike the NAACP. When it started it did good work letting people know DUI was not ok and educating folks and toughening laws. Once that was accomplished though, they didn't go home. They kept pushing for ever more draconian laws and infringing on civil liberties. Why? To give themselves a reason to exist and keep the money flowing. I have no more respect for MADD than I do for Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton. This woman deserves what she gets, in spades. She's dished it out, let her take it.
FQ13 who is a bit peeved at "sobriety check points" and warrantless seizures of blood, as well as the idea of presumptive guilt and calling a right a priviledge. I'll stop before I blow a gasket, but no civil libertarian can hold MADD in very high esteem.

Except those that have actually had an alcky try to kill them.  Since this is a public board I will refrain from saying what I think should be done about drunk driving.  I will admit I am furious that a former head of MADD would be this disgustingly hypocritical and anything she says from here on out should be openly mocked

[jaybet]

Actually, she wasn't "the head" of MADD- some chapter president or something, so it's not as ironic as it could be.
I had a friend that nearly died from alcoholism and we had to have a couple of interventions for him, and I learned that if her blood alc level was near fatal, it wasn't a single incident bender she was on. It takes a LOT of sustained abuse to build up the tolerance to be able to do anything with that level of intoxication. She's chronic.

I aqree with FQ on some of his post too. Drunk driving is bad and there was a purpose for MADD. However, that has turned into thousands of unimpaired people who have had just a drink or two having horrible legal problems, expense, a record, etc. Sobriety checkpoints should be unconstitutional (and I believe truly they are). Sit and watch for bad drivers...God knows they might catch more texters too, but don't stop everyone. It's just not right.

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[r_w]

It takes a LOT of sustained abuse to build up the tolerance to be able to do anything with that level of intoxication. She's chronic.

Yup.  I have dealt with it, BIL is a high-functioning drunk, too.  In-laws are going to great lengths to keep him from killing himself or someone else, but I have lost track of the close calls.  He cannot break the addiction cycle, and knows who (mom) will enable him with a little whining. 

As for MADD the organization, they are in THAT stage of organizational life--where those involved are more worried about their own livelihood than the original issue.  Same place as most unions, NRA, Brady, both political parties, UN, and just about every organization including national charities.

[tombogan03884]

This isn't the first time she's been bagged.
I think she has been ruled a "Habitual Offender" in the past.

[Dakotaranger]

This isn't the first time she's been bagged.
I think she has been ruled a "Habitual Offender" in the past.

And that's why I say she should be openly mocked...since I have alway obstained from adult beverages I can throw the largest stone.  I'm not opposed to that stone having a heavy metal that has a low rockwell number

[tt11758]

I'm as anti-drunk driving as they come.  In October, 1991 a drunk driver (.275 BAC) came very close to killing my wife.  15 years later (to the day, in fact), another drunk driver killed my sister and BIL.

That all being said, I could never bring myself to join MADD.  Do I preach against drinking and driving, HELL yes!!  But MADD struck me much as FQ described it.  An organization that had forgotten what it was created for.

I've adopted what I consider to be a reasonable policy:  Go ahead and drink.  Drink until you can't stand up, I don't give a shit.  Just don't get behind the wheel afterward.  If you're the Designated Drunk, PLEASE let somebody else drive.  After all, the life you save COULD be mine.

[Dakotaranger]

I'm as anti-drunk driving as they come.  In October, 1991 a drunk driver (.275 BAC) came very close to killing my wife.  15 years later (to the day, in fact), another drunk driver killed my sister and BIL.

That all being said, I could never bring myself to join MADD.  Do I preach against drinking and driving, HELL yes!!  But MADD struck me much as FQ described it.  An organization that had forgotten what it was created for.

I've adopted what I consider to be a reasonable policy:  Go ahead and drink.  Drink until you can't stand up, I don't give a shit.  Just don't get behind the wheel afterward.  If you're the Designated Drunk, PLEASE let somebody else drive.  After all, the life you save COULD be mine.

It's a policy I TRY to allow for.  There are times my old ghosts come up and block any logic that I normally would have on the subject.  FQ is probably right about what MADD has become, it does torque me off when the people I generally aggree with do not live up to the standard that I strive for in my life and they swear they do.