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MADD- Telling Utahns what to drink Utah MADD is trying to ban flavored malt alcohol from Utah supermarkets. MADD claims this new law will help stop underage drinking. Technically they could be right. Any law that makes purchasing alcohol more difficult could be argued to cut down on underage drinking.

Does MADD have any studies that show banning malt liquor will reduce drunk driving deaths or underage drinking? No. But never let logic get in the way of a quasi religious crusade against alcohol. MADD has morphed from victim advocacy into the PETA of Prohibitionism.

A Real DWI Solution
DUI blog is one of my favorites. Lawrence Taylor authored my go to DWI book. This post is the best solution to winning the war on drunk driving I have ever read. Here is Taylor's breakdown of the problem.

1. The system, clearly, does not work: despite unfair laws, constitutional violations and increasingly harsh penalties, the problem remains…and people continue to die on the highways. 2. Playing games with statistics, as MADD and the government are so fond of doing, only obscures the problem. 3. The problem is not black-and-white, but involves shades of gray. It is convenient to punish anyone with a .08% blood-alcohol concentration, but neither fair nor productive. It is easy to lump all offenders into the same category of “drunk drivers” and simply adjust jail time by a reading on a machine, but neither fair nor productive. 4. You cannot simply identify what the problem is (“drunk drivers are dangerous”), but who the problem is. The problem is not people who drive with .08% BAC or higher, but people who represent a real danger to others on the highway. Who are they?

He also offers a great solution. Read the rest for yourself. It is time to replace MADD, they are out of ideas. Mr. Taylor offers a new vision that should be explored.

Bush, Baseball, and Steroids- Who Cares
No one is surprised that MLB players use steroids. There is a lot of discussion about the effect of the Mitchell Report on MLB's popularity. My question is- Why is steroid use a federal crime?

Let me look to our President for guidance. George W said"When they violate their bodies, they are sending a terrible signal to our nation's youth." That's it? Should we arrest fat people to teach kids to work out?

Here is a message for our nation's youth- You are all going to be adults someday. You will have to make tough decisions. Hopefully, you will never be incarcerated to "send a signal" to anyone.