-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Jenna Bush's problem is not the boozing; It's drunk-with-power federal mandates WASHINGTON, DC -- Jenna Bush's problem is not with underaged drinking laws -- it's with federal mandates. And Ronald Reagan. If the federal government had not forced states to raise the legal drinking age to 21, the First Daughter might be in trouble with her parents but not with the law, the Libertarian Party pointed out today. "Federal mandates have turned Uncle Sam into a shaved-head, 300- pound, tattooed bouncer, checking the ID of college students," said George Getz, the party's press secretary. "And federal mandates have turned what should be an embarrassing family matter -- a college-age daughter with a fondness for margaritas -- into a legal matter." Jenna (along with twin sister Barbara) is under investigation for allegedly using false identification to try to purchase alcohol in a restaurant in Austin, Texas. Jenna, 19, is a student at the University of Texas. It's not her first booze-soaked brush with the law: Two weeks ago, Jenna was sentenced to alcohol-awareness class by a judge for underage drinking. But Jenna is not in trouble because the state of Texas thinks that 19- year-old adults should not drink. Or even because her parents frown on their daughter guzzling Hurricanes, Mudslides, or Absolut Disasters (although they most certainly do). She is in trouble because in 1984, the federal government (under "small-government conservative" President Ronald Reagan) passed the Uniform Drinking Age Act. The bill used federal highway money to bribe states into raising the drinking age from 18 to 21. By 1988, every state had complied. It's that bill that turned what would have been a perfectly legal activity by a 19-year-old adult into a crime...and landed Jenna on the front page of newspapers across the USA as the poster child of College Girls Gone Wild. Now, said Getz, the Libertarian Party has some advice for President Bush: "Have a talk with your daughter. Explain to her the potential dangers of drinking too many margaritas. Explain that she must accept the consequences for her actions. If you love your daughter, that's your job as a parent. "Then, work to repeal the kind of federal mandate that turned your daughter into a criminal. Allow parents -- or state and local governments -- to decide when someone is old enough to drink. If you love the Constitution, that's your job as the president." ------- End of forwarded message ------- -- Best Wishes Government should be concerned with anti-social conduct, not with utterances. - Justice William Orville Douglas <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
