I'm sure all of us (to some extent) remember being in kindergarten or (at least) early grade school and being asked what we "wanted to be" when we grew up with the context of the question being based on which profession we'd want to choose.
I remember weird things and that is amongst them but among the answers I remember a lot of responses being along the lines of police officer (we must have had a class visit), president of the United States, or firefighter (I wanted to be a firefighter at that age). Again the things you remember.
That being said- I need to start with a bit of "housekeeping". This is not intended to be anti-XXX but rather just one person's story on getting caught in the proverbial "web" of present government actions in place. I'll leave it to you, the reader, to come to your own conclusions rather than to suggest how you "should" think.
So here's the long story short- a number of years ago I was pulled over for 'seemingly' swerving after leaving a bar. Here's where opinions/stories collide but I'll tell you I (as someone who had lived through a number of years in the military where the BAC limit was actually .05 rather than .08 everywhere else (I seem to remember it used to be .10 not that long ago) have always maintained a certain element of 'concern' with how I conducted myself with bar behavior & driving. Yes- I know that statement is likely construed as seeing myself in the best light but- hopefully some other Vets will chime in here- that was kind of "a thing" and nobody wanted to be 'that guy' because that was... well frankly the low hanging fruit for officers to make their mark as being "hard" on drinking and driving. My opinions aside- I'd also have to admit that the (in my mind's eye) "over reaction" toward the 'DUI' problem was somewhat effective/at least it had a preponderance to leave a lasting impression on people (remember when they used to place bloodied cars/motorcycles in front of the gate entryways)?
-LD
I remember weird things and that is amongst them but among the answers I remember a lot of responses being along the lines of police officer (we must have had a class visit), president of the United States, or firefighter (I wanted to be a firefighter at that age). Again the things you remember.
That being said- I need to start with a bit of "housekeeping". This is not intended to be anti-XXX but rather just one person's story on getting caught in the proverbial "web" of present government actions in place. I'll leave it to you, the reader, to come to your own conclusions rather than to suggest how you "should" think.
So here's the long story short- a number of years ago I was pulled over for 'seemingly' swerving after leaving a bar. Here's where opinions/stories collide but I'll tell you I (as someone who had lived through a number of years in the military where the BAC limit was actually .05 rather than .08 everywhere else (I seem to remember it used to be .10 not that long ago) have always maintained a certain element of 'concern' with how I conducted myself with bar behavior & driving. Yes- I know that statement is likely construed as seeing myself in the best light but- hopefully some other Vets will chime in here- that was kind of "a thing" and nobody wanted to be 'that guy' because that was... well frankly the low hanging fruit for officers to make their mark as being "hard" on drinking and driving. My opinions aside- I'd also have to admit that the (in my mind's eye) "over reaction" toward the 'DUI' problem was somewhat effective/at least it had a preponderance to leave a lasting impression on people (remember when they used to place bloodied cars/motorcycles in front of the gate entryways)?
-LD
