H.B. 5034 To support State based alcohol regulation

[Ironman]

Anyone else watching this bullshit! I just wrote my congressman. God save me from my government trying to save me.

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h5034/show
http://fermentation.typepad.com/fermentation/2010/04/open-letter-to-the-american-wine-trade-who-among-you.html
http://www.examiner.com/x-21001-Philadelphia-Budget-Wine-Examiner~y2010m4d17-Stop-HR-5034-Keep-Competition-and-the-Free-Market-Alive

[BDawg]

Hope and change, baby. Hope and change.

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

I emailed my Congresscritter, for all the good it will do. I'm sure he takes contributions from the wholesaler lobby.

[TheDarkSide]

What do you expect from a congressman from Hackachusetts!!!

I see one of the NH reps ( not my district ) is a co-sponsor too. He's running for an open Senate seat this fall so hopefully he'll just disappear. I expect the one from my district will join in too since they con't seemed to think for themselves.

[Field]

What do you expect from a congressman from Hackachusetts!!!

and he's retiring, not running for reelection in November .. read doesn't give a shit what the voters think (not that any of them ever really do)

nice big fat check in his pocket, and a future job lobbying for these fucks I bet

[gbob]

"Of course the game is rigged. Don't let that stop you--if you don't play, you can't win."
- Robert Heinlein

Look, when it comes to hooch, the whole system is rigged against us. Those who are supposed to speak for us have a nice gig. They get exclusive rights to distribute the booze, they don't have to worry about competition, and the state makes sure that that whatever it skims, the distributors get a piece of the action. It's as perfect a storm as you can get.

If you think you can make a change by talking to your congressman, then you're living in a world of unicorns, rainbows and free sodomy.

[TheDarkSide]

... then you're living in a world of unicorns, rainbows and free sodomy.

You say that like it's a bad thing, Gbob

[Hammy2424]

Even better, sponsoring Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (yes, that Jesse Jackson), of IL owns major liquor rights throughout Chicago...Conflict of Interest? Nahhhh.