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Alabama beer lovers rejoice! The Gourmet Beer Bill has passed the Second House today! The hops are so close to being free! You must do your part and contact Governor Riley RIGHT NOW! Encourage him to sign HB373 into law. Call him, email him, hand deliver a letter… but contact him and do it now! Every voice counts…
Here is the repost of the FreeTheHops.org latest blog entry:
From FreeTheHops.org:
Just before 3:00pm today, the Alabama Senate passed HB373. Success.
Vindication. The blood, sweat, and tears of all of our many supporters
paid off.
BUT. We are at a point where we must have the Governor’s signature for our bill to become law.
We
need to do everything we can to encourage the Governor to either sign
our bill. That’s why we’re asking everyone in the state who values
personal freedom and who thinks the Alabama government should stop
telling us which beers are ok to drink and which ones we can’t handle
to contact Governor Riley immediately. By phone, fax, or email,
whatever works best for you.
We’ve even had one of his former staffers give us some tips on how best to go about this:
The volume of letters and phone calls that he receives on a particular
issue is reported to him every morning, and he takes them seriously. …
A couple quick points:
* They have a pretty sophisticated
constituent database, so multiple calls/mail from the same person won’t
accomplish much. They report to him the number of persons, not the
number of communications.
* Any arguments that sounds like
something the gambling folks would say should be avoided (”People go
over state lines to do it anyway…”). You don’t want to equate yourself
with those guys in his mind.
* Arguments about personal liberty and economic development will probably have more sway.
Pointing out the surrounding states that allow it will also be helpful.
The fact that GA, NC, SC, and WV have passed these bills in the past
couple years is persuasive.
Just keep it short and to the point. Let him know you support the bill and why.
Here’s contact information for the Governor’s office:
Switchboard: (334) 242-7100
Fax: (334) 353-0004
Email form: http://www.governor.alabama.gov/contact/contact_form.aspx
Don’t
hesitate! We haven’t come this far only to suffer a veto now. Make sure
Gov. Riley knows the people of Alabama want him to sign HB373 into law.
Thank you to everyone who has gotten us to this point. Time to seal the deal.
Stephen Colbert, of the Colbert Report, has recently announced his bid for the presidency of the United States. And the great thing about this is that no one knows how far he’ll take this, or if he’s truly in it.
Continue reading Colbert’s Campaign May Be Illegal
In another stunning move, Germany becomes even less popular amongst the tech-savvy populace by cracking down on the copying of anything film or music related… even for personal use.
Continue reading Germany puts the screws to copying…
Here is another great moment in Alabama politics. A Republican Senator decked a Democratic Senator “upside the head” after the Democratic Senator called the other gentleman’s mother a “bitch.”
FOXNews.com – Republican Punches Democrat in Alabama Senate Chamber – Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum
The 69-year-old Bishop said he punched Barron, 65, in the head after the senator called him a “son of a bitch.” “I responded to his comment with my right hand,” Bishop said.
Apparently, the rest of the Senate stood around chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!”.
From the “I’m Taking My Ball and Going Home” department…
DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2007®
After losing a string of embarrassing votes on the House floor because of procedural maneuvering, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has decided to change the current House Rules to completely shut down the floor to the minority.
So instead of working within the rules to collaborate with her opponents to get the job done, Speaker Pelosi has decided to change the rules to suit her needs.
Good job…
Well, did it? We Americas are making a list and checking it twice – trying to find out who’s naughty or nice… at least, in terms of piracy and all. I mean, we’re all about protecting our money and all.
Anyway, I digress. FoxNews, my news source du jour, reports of the US additions to the Copyright Piracy List. I, for one, have never heard of said list before, but it sounds important. Apparently, if you are on this list, you may not get invited to the World Trade Organization Christmas party this year. Continue reading Did your country make the list?
For those of you supporting Free The Hops, you can rejoice in knowing that we are one step closer to setting them free. The
Alabama House Travel and Tourism Committee has passed a bill allowing for the sale of “gourmet” beers in Alabama along to the Alabama House.
The bill would raise alcohol limits from 6% to over double that amount, 14.9%. Also, it would remove the 16oz container restriction currently in place.
Let’s hear it for Alabama getting with the program along with 46 other states of the union.
House panel says yes to higher-alcohol beer
I just read this article regarding US corporations having to now record and archive every IM and email generated by their employees for potential use during discovery periods of litigation. Maybe I misinterpreted what I read. From the article:
U.S. companies will need to keep track of all the e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees thanks to new federal rules that go into effect Friday, legal experts say.
The rules, approved by the Supreme Court in April, require companies and other entities involved in federal litigation to produce “electronically stored information” as part of the discovery process, when evidence is shared by both sides before a trial.
The change makes it more important for companies to know what electronic information they have and where. Under the new rules, an information technology employee who routinely copies over a backup computer tape could be committing the equivalent of “virtual shredding,” said Alvin F. Lindsay, a partner at Hogan & Hartson LLP and expert on technology and litigation.
I can understand why this is important and everything. I know that these situations are generally covered in the terms of use agreements signed by new hires. I just think that many people don’t actually realize what this truly means. Personal emails – archived. Personal IM’s – archived. Granted, you should always limit your personal use of business networks, but just be aware, the wires have ears… and they are not quick to forget.
Read the article here: My Way News
Ok, so I read various sources of news, editorials, and commentaries. Lou Dobbs, of CNN, has a fairly interesting commentary on the War on the Middle Class. It has put me on a quest to learn more about what is going on in Washington and with our political leaders. I encourage you to read his thoughts with an open mind and at least consider what he is saying. It’s not without its bias, but it is interesting.
Once you’ve read it, come back here and post your thoughts.
Here is the link:
It looks like legislation has entered Congress to do away with the beloved penny. It seems someone tried to do this in the past, 2001 to be exact, and failed. Here are a couple of links:
http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=136546http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/18/news/penny/index.htm?cnn=yes
Ok, so Rep Jim Kolbe of Arizona has introduced this bill that will effectively kill the penny. Now, I don’t rightly care about the penny itself… because I don’t like carrying them in my pockets when I do happen to use cash for a purchase. However, what I do mind it the whole idea of “rounding” all purchases, which is the main purpose of this bill, the Currency Overhaul for an Industrious Nation Act. The COIN Act… clever, eh?
So, by definition of this bill, all items with a price ending with 1 or 2 cents will be rounded down to 0. Those ending with 3 or 4 cents will be rounded up to 5 cents. Those ending with 6 or 7 cents will be rounded down to 5 cents. And, finally, those ending with 8 or 9 cents will be rounded up to 0 cents. Let’s list some pros and cons of this…
Continue reading Need a penny? Sorry, I’m fresh out…
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