Howdy Texas DUers, I have a question...

[Left_Winger]

I was discussing Bush with a friend of mine this morning and he told me something Bush did while he was the governor of Texas which I found rather difficult to believe. But, then again, one never knows, so I decided to ask those of you who would have a better knowledge of past events in your area.

Did Bush ban the Encyclopedia Britannica in Texas because it contained a recipe for brewing beer?

I know this sounds ludicrous, but I just had to ask.

Thanks for your time and input.

LWer

[Pam-Moby]

1. Well here is a post and it lists half way down that this is true.

http://www.somethingcool.ca/backissues/080204/unreal71.htm
also here is another link saying the same thing.
http://www.camex.org/exhibitor/travel.asp
What a trip.

[Left_Winger]

2. Thanks

I guess he was correct. And, I thought we had some genuine wackos here in SC.

[Pam-Moby]

11. Your welcome :)

[RobertSeattle]

7. Oh that Frustrating Internet!

Lots of web pages regarding this, but no one points back to an authoritative sight regarding it. I'm sure it is some arcane law about making it illegal to post instructions for making alcohol that they just never got around to repealing.

[Left_Winger]

8. Good point about arcane laws

In my state back pockets are illegal: dates back to prohibition and hip flasks; and, one must take a gun to church which dates back to colonial times. However, here is one I like: in all cities horses have the right of way on any public street or roadway.

From the information I am receiving, it must be an arcane law, not one passed by Bush.

I just had to ask some real Texans. Thanks for your time and input.

:hi:

[RobertSeattle]

10. Washington used to have a law that required garbage bags in cars

Which, if a good idea, but dumb to legislate. A few years ago they finally got rid of it. I've always wondered if anyone ever got caught and fined over it.

[Gman]

3. I know nothing about this

and I've lived in TX all my life. It's getting pretty bad here, but not that bad... yet.

[Left_Winger]

4. Check out the link I was just sent, post #1

[Sparkman]

6. So you can find the Britannica in the library? thanks

[Sparkman]

5. SIMPLE answer...Texans-Please call several LIBRARY's, call & ask 4 us!

Please don't post the library phone numbers here, it will disrupt the overworked librarians...who are the keepers of books & knowledge that can bring us out of this DARK AGE! just a thought

[Igel]

9. The Houston Public Library has it on CD-ROM.

I suspect it's the game of "telephone", played on the internet:

In 1996 http://www.summits-online.com/EmailArchive/1999-05-05.txt
"The entire Encyclopedia Brittanica could be banned in Texas because it contains the recipe to make beer." (attributed to _The Everything Beer Book_, by Carlo DeVito

Incautious citations produce drift.

[Stil]

12. Don't think so

did some searches at the Texas legislature site and the closest I could come up with was in the "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CODE" which just mentions recipe and beer in the same chapter.

[Liberal In Texas]

13. No. If this happened while * was gov., it never made the news. And a

story that strange would have made the news. I was working in a news department during all of Bush's term as gov and something that goofy would have not gone unnoticed.

[Suttree]

14. I think he did it

because he was afraid it was better than his own recipe.