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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:13 AM Original message |
Mother Jones: Texas' bizarre, racist, homophobic liquor laws |
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ProdigalJunkMail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
1. nothing about the LAW is racist or homophobic |
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spiritual_gunfighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is disgusting |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. In a bar??? When people get out of control at a bar, that is what bouncers are for. |
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lovelyrita (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. I'm a CT native and worked in a bar in college. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has a long history of goon squads. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:27 AM Response to Original message |
5. Mother Jones uses the term "PADDY wagon???" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Funny, huh? I guess the kids working there now don't know |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 09:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Hell, I'm of half Irish descent |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 09:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Well, my heritage is Scottish/Irish, so I'm very sensitive |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Hey MineralMan.. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Well, it's a well-known fact that gingers are a separate species. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Shakespeare, Henry VIII, QEI, Washington, Jefferson, PatHenry, Churchill, Tracy, Hepburn, me....nt |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. See... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 01:27 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It was noted in Britain that ALL those voted as greatest Brits of the Millenium |
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whathehell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. There you go! |
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negativenihil (772 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. thank you |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 07:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Well, Alyson Hannigan is the perfect example of what I'm saying. |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. whatever |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. And gingers have no souls |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Men get derided for being redheaded more than women do. That's why |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. That's my team also. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
16. It's only offensive if you know the word's origins. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 12:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Kind of like being 'gyped' or 'Welshing on a bet', folks don't stop and think. nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. Hardly. Your examples are pejoratives; "Paddy wagon" is based on a respected job profile. |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. It's okay to use bigoted terms, I guess |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 08:02 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. So what? I'm half-Irish, and I cannot muster up any dudgeon over this. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
7. Wait. Those people were drinking alcohol?! In a BAR?! |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
9. funny-you don't hear about a whole lot of arrests outside Cowboys.. |
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mn9driver (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Local cops in Texas have done this for years. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. My BIL and sister are always after me to move to Texas with them. |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
17. Even Pennsylvania's alcohol laws aren't this bad |
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sonias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
18. Those TABC agents in the Fort Worth raid were fired |
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