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This is troll-bait, right? Fine, hooked.

1. Capitol is a building, capital is a city. Portland is a city - Koin did it right and you're dumb.
2. Shut up you bigoted Tea Party piece of shit.
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Reminds me of the State of Washington Liquor Control Board with their tax and regulation of Recreational Marijuana. They've levied a $12.00 per gram tax per fucking GRAM! Okay, so now Portlandites will be able to cross the mighty Columbia in minutes on a crumbling bridge, to visit Vantucksterdamn and legally smoke grass, but are YOU going to fucking pay TWICE as much as the Black Market price for the privilege. I'm sure as hell not. Talk about Capitalism; it's more like Fascism.
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Ron fucking Swanson!
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Pilsner Urquell was told that when the Czech Republic was to join the European Union that they would have to change their name, because since they were the inventors of the Pilsner style of beer, that gives them too much of an advantage over their competition. Apparently, it hasn't affected the labels on their export product.
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Sam Adams was a cross dresser, at least!
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O'bama Hussein Bin Laden would no doubt be a black Irish Stout.
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Joe Biden actually did say that O'bama is Irish.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/06/gaffemaster-bid…
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What's with this racist, "Black Irish" slur?
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Black Irish

Black Irish is an ambiguous term sometimes used (mainly outside Ireland) as a reference to a dark-haired phenotype appearing in people of Irish origin.[29] Opinions vary in regard to what is perceived as the usual physical characteristics of the so-called Black Irish: e.g., dark hair, brown eyes and medium skin tone; or dark hair, blue or green eyes and fair skin tone.[30] Unbeknownst to some who have used this term at one time or another, dark hair in people of Irish descent is common, although darker skin complexions appear less frequently.[31] The physical traits associated with the term Black Irish are sometimes thought to have been the result of an Iberian admixture.[32] One popular theory suggests the Black Irish are descendents of survivors of the Spanish Armada, despite research discrediting such claims.[33] In his documentary series Atlantean, Bob Quinn explores an alternative 'Iberian' hypothesis, proposing the existence of an ancient sea-trading route skirting the Atlantic coast from North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula to regions such as Connemara. While preferring the term "The Atlantean Irish", Quinn's reference to certain phenotypical characteristics (within elements of the Irish populace and diaspora) as possible evidence of a previous Hibernian-Iberian (and possibly Berber) admixture mirrors common descriptions of the Black Irish.[34]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_people#Black_Irish
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So then O'bamass' mamma be Black Irish and his daddy was colonial British?
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I don't know about any of you, but I want to know if my beer has tobacco and gunpowder in it. I trust that such information would be listed on the label.
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I think the only requirement is for a beer label to disclose what amount of flavorings by weight have been added, without having to specify what those flavorings actually are.
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I'm still dying to find out just what exactly what's the secret ingredient in Coca Cola? Does the government even know?
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At least the 11th beer should be free. Just pour it down my pants, I'll wring them into a glass when I get back to my room.
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No. It Isn't.

Because "Beer Capitol" is a fake thing.

It's like that coffee mug you have that says World's Greatest Dad.
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But somebody out there actually IS the world's greatest dad, objectively, with science.
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Quantity is a statistical, scientific measurement. More people alive today are genetically descended from Genghis Khan than any other ancestor. What's the point of being a DICKtator if you can't bag the broads? As an Asian, Genghis Khan must have been a tea teetotaler, because beer is loaded with estrogen. Of course, tea is loaded with fluoride. Pick your poison.
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I'm sticking with Coke.
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world's greatest coke
original dad

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/dining/05absi.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

'The division of the Treasury Department that approves alcohol packaging sent back his label seven times, he said. They thought it looked too much like the British pound note. They wondered why it was called Absinthe Verte when their lab analysis said the liquid inside was amber. Mostly, it seemed to him, they didn’t like the monkey.

“I had the image of a spider monkey beating on a skull with femur bones,” Mr. Winters said. But he said that the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau thought the label “implied that there are hallucinogenic, mind-altering or psychotropic qualities” to the product.

“I said, ‘You get all that just from looking at a monkey?’” '
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Next thing you know, the Feds will be banning and burning copies of
2001: A Space Odyssey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML1OZCHixR0&list=PL4613F702F7E54F47

Statutory Authorities and Responsibilities
http://www.ttb.gov/about/stat_auth.shtml

Homeland Security Act

The Homeland Security Act renders functions of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) into two new organizations. This Act creates with the Department of the Treasury a new Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) and moves certain law enforcement functions of ATF to the Department of Justice.

Under the Act, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is responsible for administration and enforcement of:

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 26 USC (IRC):
Chapter 51 (Distilled Spirits, Wine and Beer);
Chapter 52 (Tobacco Products and Cigarette Papers and Tubes); and
Sections 4181-4182 (Firearms and Ammunition Excise Taxes);
Federal Alcohol Administration Act, 27 USC chapter 8 (FAA Act), including the Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act of 1988; and
Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act (Government Warning Labels);
Webb-Kenyon Act, 27 USC section 122.

The Act transfers enforcement of the National Firearms Act, 26 USC Chapter 53, to the Attorney General, who must coordinate this tax enforcement with the Secretary of the Treasury.
Internal Revenue Code

Chapters 51 and 52 provide for excise taxation and authorize operations of alcohol and tobacco producers and related industries. These provisions include:

Classification of alcohol and tobacco products for excise tax purposes;
Permits methods of operation for distilleries, wineries, breweries, industrial alcohol producers and users, and tobacco manufacturers importers and exporters;
Regulation of the operations of distilleries, wineries, brewers, and of various industrial users of distilled spirits, including manufacturers of non-beverage products, tax-free, and denatured alcohols;
Imposition of various occupational taxes;
Regulation of the production, packaging, bottling, labeling and storage requirements related to these commodities;
Issue permits and regulate operations for tobacco importers, tobacco manufacturing premises and export warehouses.

IRC sections 4181 and 4182 provide for excise taxes for firearms and ammunition.
Federal Alcohol Administration Act

The FAA Act provides for regulation of those engaged in the alcohol beverage industry, and for protection of consumers.

To ensure the integrity of the industry, the FAA Act includes provisions to:
Require a permit for those who engage in the business as a producer, importer, or wholesaler of alcohol beverages;
Issue, suspend, and revoke permits;
Ensure the integrity of the industry by preventing persons who are not likely to operate in accordance with the law from entering the trade;
Protect the revenue and consumers by ensuring the integrity of the industry members;
To protect consumers, FAA Act provisions:
Ensure that labeling and advertising of alcohol beverages provide adequate information to the consumer concerning the identity and quality of the product;
Require that alcohol beverages bottlers and importers must have an approved certificate of label approval (COLA) or an exemption certificate before the product may be sold in the United States;
Prevent misleading labeling or advertising that may result in potential for consumer deception regarding the product.
The FAA Act includes provisions to preclude unfair trade practice. These provisions:
Regulate the marketing promotional practices concerning the sale of alcohol beverages; and
Regulate practices such as exclusive outlets, tied house arrangements, commercial bribery, and consignment sales.

The Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act

The Alcohol Beverage Labeling Act mandates that a government warning statement appear on all alcohol beverages for sale or distribution in the United States.
The Webb-Kenyon Act

The Webb-Kenyon Act prohibits the shipment of alcohol beverages into a State in violation of the receiving State's laws. This statute provides additional authority to enhance enforcement of FAA Act requirements.
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TL;DR , when I get very unintelligent, I usually go to my small fridge, and I grab a Coors Light, and boy do I enjoy the rest of my evening in a calm delight.
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What happened to the links by Dina and Jack to stories about how the shutdown is being used by the Park Service to imprison tourists at Yellowstone Park and ordering a restaurant owner to close his business because he pays rent to the Park?

Seems the restaurant owner opened his shop back up in defiance of the shutdown, just like brewers ought to exercise their Right to Free Speech and print what ever the fuck they want on their own labels.

As long as the label doesn't disclose any genetically modified corn, they ought to be okay.
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Oh, here it is:


'Gestapo tactics' trap Americans at Yellowstone
'They looked like Hulk Hogans, armed. They told us you can't go outside'
Published: 2 days ago
http://www.wnd.com/2013/10/gestapo-tactics…

The 2013 Battle of Yorktown -- restaurant owner defies feds
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/10/08/…
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another garbage IA from ^^ this ^^ "comment-on-my-own-rant" repeat offender
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You can say that again. How about this?
Ed Snowden just won the Sam Adams Award.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/10…
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"I'd like to see a new brew mixed with hops, malt, gunpowder and Prince Albert"

I do not want to drink a beer that taste like a dick piercing. At some point, someone would need to draw a line on what new ingredients actually make the cut.

"Get your dick out of my beer"
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I just love the irony of the anti-government Tea Bagger movement which claims for itself the titles of "patriot" and "defender of the constitution" while actively seeking to undermine (if not overthrow) the very government the Founding Fathers CREATED and EMPOWERED (to tax, regulate interstate commerce and promote the general welfare... all powers the "new right" openly oppose).

They are, in reality, ANTI-Constitutionalists, and in the Founding Fathers' day, would have likely been hanged for treason.

Bigger picture, they are an astro-turf movement funded by and unwittingly furthering the multinational corporate agenda of undermining our government's power to tax and regulate THEM (they could give a shit about US), enforce labor, environmental and consumer protection laws, and (simultaneously) divert as many public dollars to the private sector as possible via privatization, legislative pork/contracts, tax cuts, bail-outs, de-regulation, union busting, raiding of pensions, etc.

Fuck the Tea Baggers and the Republicans who pander to them. Wake up, IA, and realize that you have been duped into working against your own and the republic's best interests on behalf of masters who could give a shit about your freedoms, rights, religious convictions, or future.
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The Democrats and the Republicans are two heads of the same zinc penny. The Founders were neither Communists nor Fascists. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against a 5% tax on tea. The first thing that George Washington did when he became President was to levy a tax on whiskey. Pennsylvania refused to pay, so President Washington taxed all the other newly created states, took the money to form an army, then invaded and conquered Pennsylvania. The major fatal flaw in the Constitution is the clause that says that the Bankers shall be repaid. It was a retroactive tax to pay off the loans that financed the Revolution. King George was bankrupted by taking out loans for that same war. It was the same Bank which financed both sides. Today that same bank is the largest single share holder of the Federal Reserve, as well as the European Central bank, both of which are private not public institutions; The Bank of Rothschild.
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What's so bad about tea bagging?
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This whole thing is fucking retarded.

Everybody knows Old Milwaukee is the beer capitol of the world.
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You guys are nuts
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Hell yeah. And when a bunch of people go blind from drinking unregulated, uninspected hooch, we can just sue. Or whistle, for all the good it will do.
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In China, some bootlegger snake oil salesman, made up a shitload of counterfeit Maotai, a high proof, high priced, Sake. He just took some leaves, twigs, and spare, random berries, put it in recycled bottles and sold the poison as name brand booze. People died. The Chinese Government had him kiss the ground, shot him in the back of the head, then sent the bill for the bullet to his family.
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Would fluoridated water from the newly created district be used for brewing beer? How would that be any different from what that Chinese bootlegger did?
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WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN

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