Warm Beer For Missouri?
Ideas from rug rats? As far as I am concerned, most legislators tend to treat all of us like rug rats anyhow.
So they might as well get ideas from the real rug rats. In some cases, it might constitute a step up the intellectual ladder.
So much for societal maturity, I suppose.
Just like Dhimmi Carter listening to his daughter Amy about Nucular Arms!
I absolutely can not stand laws that punish innocent people who use common sense, just to try and catch the few stupid idiots that ignore laws. What if I am having a party and need to make a beer run and run to the corner store for some beer. “Sorry folks,,,I didn’t put enough beer in the fridge last night...don’t worry, the beer will be cold in about two hours....how about some ice tea?”
So, if we punish innocent stores for selling cold beer and punish innocent citizens by not allowing them to buy cold beer, that will solve the problem. Heres an idea...actually punish the drunk drivers and leave the innocent people alone.
Besides, most drunks come from bars and partys and were already drunk before getting behind the wheel. As a former cop who has done many DUI arrests...I have never arrested a guy who was sober and “got drunk” after picking up a cold pack at the local store and started drinking. It just doesn’t happen like that. This law would only allow the police to punish more innocent people while the drunk drivers would remain status quo.
Heres an idea...for every new law, a stupid or ineffective law has to be gotten rid of. No more new laws, only replace the existing laws with new ones. Sort of a law quota. That way only the good laws get to stay and stupid ones either don’t happen or are gotten rid of.
Also, how about the asshat that initiates a law that gets passed now has to monitor the law to see if it is doing what it is intended without any detrimental effects. After 2 years, he must then submit studies and independent research that proves this law is punishing bad guys and not harming innocent citizens. This responsibility falls on this idiot and if he does nothing or can’t prove it works at the 2 year mark, then the law is automatically wiped away. If he believes that firmly on the law...let him have the vast responsibility of making sure that what he has done is really a good thing. To many “feel good” laws that get votes are passed that later prove bad and by then, it is impossible to do anything. Politicians don’t get votes or approval by getting rid of stupid laws, and if fact open themselves up for criticism if they try...so it doesn’t happen and everyday, our world gets more and more rules that punish good people and do nothing to stop crime.
Sorry for the rant…
sdkar
Let’s hear from our Brits. They claim that Americans put ice cubes in their beer.
Posted by Oink
01/06/2006 at 09:24 AM
Makes no difference to me if they sell warm beer or cold beer. Can’t stand the stuff anyway. However, this is another case of a state legislature proving that a 2 day session would be enough to take care of any real business, and leave the rest of the year to let citizens live their lives without fear of their government taking over.
Sea Story alert:
Our occasional beer ration in VNam (Asahi*
) was issued in the PM—at the ambient temperature of ~110 degrees.
We buried it in the sand and had it chilled for breakfast.
*the ‘Milwaukee’s Beast’ of Japan
Posted by Oink
01/06/2006 at 03:25 PM
What’s wrong with warm beer? Well at least it should be at a cellar temperature 50f or 10C for the Eurowankers. All joking aside this does seem a bit loopy. if someone is going to drink and drive I can’t see warm (relatively speaking of course) beer will deter them.
On a serious note traditional British beers were made using top fermenting yeast (Bitter, Mild, Stouts and Ales.) They ferment in relatively warm temperatures and the beers are served at a cellar temperature in the low to mid 50’s. Hardly warm, but positively tropical to Americans brought up on frosted glasses. Most of the American beers were from German brewers who used a bottom fermenting Carlsbergensis strain of yeast which works better at lower temperatures. The word Lager is I believe derived from the German word for “store”
I am pleased to note that recently lots of smaller brewers in the US are producing Ales and stouts together with some fine lagers. One factor that is often overlooked is due to the American taste for sub zero beer the brewers have to use more hops, and hops of high bitterness ratings such as Cascade. This is because the taste buds are impaired by the low temperatures. However If you drink a beer made this way at “room temperature” it will be pretty unpalatebale as the bitterness is overpowering. Personally I recommend a pint of Shepherd Neame Spitfire (brewed by Britains oldest brewer)The delicate flavour of Fuggles and the supreme English Goldings hops is hard to beat.Here endeth the lesson....
Sounds like Sen. Bill Alter is hoping to get noticed, what other possible reason for such stupidity?
Posted by piccalo
01/06/2006 at 07:16 PM
Good info, LBJ. My German Mother-in-Law, who didn’t speak English until she was seven, always drank her beer warm. “Liquid bread” she called it. American popular beers are horsepiss, not even in the same league as British & German.
But why is it that coffee, tea, and red wine are MORE bitter when chilled?
Posted by Oink
01/06/2006 at 07:16 PM
To return to the original topic, Skip, I am increasingly convinced that Nathaniel Taggart had the best possible cure for legislators in general.
01/06/2006 at 06:26 PM
