Beer Registration

[JohnRich 4]

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Troopers raid popular bars for unlicensed beers

More than a dozen armed State Police officers conducted simultaneous raids last week on three popular Philadelphia bars known for their wide beer selections. The cops confiscated hundreds of bottles of expensive ales and lagers, now in State Police custody at an undisclosed location.

The alleged offense: Although the bar owners had bought the beer legally from licensed Pennsylvania distributors and had paid all the necessary taxes, the police claimed that nobody had registered the precise names of the beers with the state Liquor Control Board - a process that requires the brewers or their importers to pay a $75 registration fee for each product they want to sell in Pennsylvania...

In fact, according to Maida, more than half the beer removed by the State Police was properly registered - but the cops couldn't find it on their lists because of "clerical errors" or "blatant ineptitude" between the police and the Liquor Control Board, with whom the officers were conferring by telephone...

Full Story: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/20100308_Troopers_raid_popular_bars_for_unlicensed_beers__Dozens_of_gallons_seized_after__citizen_complaint_.html

For all of you who think that gun registration is such a great idea, let's take a look at this story and how well beer registration is working.

[Belgian_Draft 0]

PA has some really messed up liquer/beer laws. This doesn't come as a surprise even as fucked up of a situation as it is.
If all those kegs go skunky i hope they charge the cops with alcohol abuse.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.

[wayneflorida 0]

I voted no because the right to beer has to be in the
bill of rights somewhere, I just don't remember which
one.

[BillyVance 34]

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Troopers raid popular bars for unlicensed beers

Philadelphia??? They have a shitload of other things they need to focus on, rather than some expensive beers that were not on their list...

Fucking morons.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[Amazon 7]

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The cops confiscated hundreds of bottles of expensive ales and lagers, now in State Police custody at an undisclosed location.

They can be found at the next local state police BBQ since only the containers with the names on them are needed for evidence.

[JohnRich 4]

I can't figure out why they raided the bars, instead of the distributors. The story says it's the distributor's job to get the beers properly registered, therefore the bar hasn't done anything wrong to deserve confiscation - they bought the beer legally. If the cops raided the distributor, they'd be targeting the actual "guilty" party, and they would also get to confiscate a whole lot more beer.

All that bureaucratic confusion over the variety of names of beers, reminds me of California saying that some guns weren't legal, because they were the wrong color.

These are the kinds of screw-ups that will happen when you let the government register things. And when it comes to guns, you're gambling with 10-years in prison that they won't screw up. Do you trust them?

[hwt 0]

The police will have a good time at their annual party.
This proves that we need bigger government.

[JohnRich 4]

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I voted no because the right to beer has to be in the bill of rights somewhere, I just don't remember which one.

Surely, beer would be covered by "the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence.

[turtlespeed 212]

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I voted no because the right to beer has to be in the bill of rights somewhere, I just don't remember which one.

Surely, beer would be covered by "the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence.

We need to arm them beers!

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[Andy9o8 0]

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'citizen complaint'

That's the key passage that explains it. One or more competing bar owners, with friends in government, were losing business to the popular bars with mega-selections. So, they came up with this way of fucking-over the competition. Not unlike someone from one DZ filing an anonymous "citizen's complaint" with the FAA against a competing DZ for "violations" of...whatever.

[Belgian_Draft 0]

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Do you trust them?

I wouldn't trust them to guard a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.

[kallend 1,679]

Since you now compare guns with beer, maybe you'd like big penalties for driving while carrying, having an unsecured gun in the passenger compartment, selling guns to those under 21, allowing those under 21 to use guns, liability for stores that sell guns to those who go out and commit crimes with them, etc., etc.

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[champu 1]

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Do you trust them?

I wouldn't trust them to guard a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

aww c'mon, why not?

[brenthutch 388]

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Since you now compare guns with beer, maybe you'd like big penalties for driving while carrying, having an unsecured gun in the passenger compartment, selling guns to those under 21, allowing those under 21 to use guns, liability for stores that sell guns to those who go out and commit crimes with them, etc., etc.

You must be tenured.

[pirana 0]

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Since you now compare guns with beer, maybe you'd like big penalties for driving while carrying, having an unsecured gun in the passenger compartment, selling guns to those under 21, allowing those under 21 to use guns, liability for stores that sell guns to those who go out and commit crimes with them, etc., etc.

You must be tenured.

That was pretty darn funny.

" . . . the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

[brenthutch 388]

Yes it is funny. But when you really think about it, it is not funny, It is sad.