Comments on: The biggest joke in Alabama: Alabama legislators http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/18/the-biggest-joke-in-alabama-alabama-legislators/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:10:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Brian Woodard http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/18/the-biggest-joke-in-alabama-alabama-legislators/#comment-540257 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:53:32 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/18/the-biggest-joke-in-alabama-alabama-legislators/#comment-540257 Just returned from a weekend trip to Chattanooga with a side trip to Ft. Ogelthorpe, GA to, you guessed it, buy good beer. I told the clerk that I could probably be arrested for bootlegging if caught (I spent a little over $100, so presumably $10 of tax $ stayed in GA). I studiously observed the speed limit coming back through TN and through NW Georgia; I believe we counted 10 traffic stops in that short section of highway. It makes me proud that AL is short on the budget to hire more state troopers, at least I can run 70 without TOO much worry. Just returned from a weekend trip to Chattanooga with a side trip to Ft. Ogelthorpe, GA to, you guessed it, buy good beer. I told the clerk that I could probably be arrested for bootlegging if caught (I spent a little over $100, so presumably $10 of tax $ stayed in GA).

I studiously observed the speed limit coming back through TN and through NW Georgia; I believe we counted 10 traffic stops in that short section of highway. It makes me proud that AL is short on the budget to hire more state troopers, at least I can run 70 without TOO much worry.

]]> by: Paulie http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/18/the-biggest-joke-in-alabama-alabama-legislators/#comment-540127 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 21:44:16 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/18/the-biggest-joke-in-alabama-alabama-legislators/#comment-540127 Great work! As a fan of high end beers such as European beers, Imperial Stouts and Barleywines myself, and a long time (and still part-time) resident of Alabama, this has always been a major annoyance to me. I'm glad the LPA is helping do something about this ridiculous edict. What I like to drink when I am in Alabama now is wine made from Muscadine grapes. Excellent stuff, and grown and bottled in Alabama. I'm not sure if it doesn't travel or what, because I haven't seen it in other parts of the country - certainly, at least, not in supermarkets. Great work!

As a fan of high end beers such as European beers, Imperial Stouts and Barleywines myself, and a long time (and still part-time) resident of Alabama, this has always been a major annoyance to me.

I’m glad the LPA is helping do something about this ridiculous edict.

What I like to drink when I am in Alabama now is wine made from Muscadine grapes. Excellent stuff, and grown and bottled in Alabama. I’m not sure if it doesn’t travel or what, because I haven’t seen it in other parts of the country – certainly, at least, not in supermarkets.

]]> by: Stephen Gordon http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/18/the-biggest-joke-in-alabama-alabama-legislators/#comment-539971 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:56:04 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/18/the-biggest-joke-in-alabama-alabama-legislators/#comment-539971 Oops! Typo repaired. Oops! Typo repaired.

]]> by: Stine http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/18/the-biggest-joke-in-alabama-alabama-legislators/#comment-539780 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:08:43 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/03/18/the-biggest-joke-in-alabama-alabama-legislators/#comment-539780 What the hell is this Democrat Party you keep talking about? Are they related to the Republic Party? What the hell is this Democrat Party you keep talking about? Are they related to the Republic Party?

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