'Legal Weed' is just beer, but Feds want to cap sales

L.A. Times ^ | 5/28/08 | Eric Bailey,

[Rebelbase]

WEED, Calif. — This town is in a tempest over a bottle top.

The federal government is telling the owner of a small brewery here that the pun he's placed on caps of his Weed Ales crosses a line.

The U.S. Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau says those three little words allude to marijuana use.

[Rebelbase]

"On the bottle caps in question, "Try Legal Weed" is surrounded by the slogan "A Friend in Weed Is a Friend Indeed." To Dillmann's supporters, that spells civic boosterism, not drug pushing.

The bottle-top slogan of a brewer with a head for business in Weed, Calif., draws a warning from U.S. drug watchdogs. All he's pushing is a respectable local enterprise, backers say."

[Rebelbase]

Hmmmm....Legal Weed...hmmm...Arghhmm....

[muleskinner]

The Feds are saving us from falling into a life of drug-addled debauchery just by reading a bottle cap.

[E Rocc]

Sounds like another federal agency in dire need of a deadwoodectomy to me.

-Eric

[Liberty Valance]

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

I was just thinking how much I’d like a central authority to protect me and my family from subversive bottle caps. Must be my lucky day.

[dcwusmc]

Agreed... and PING!

[elkfersupper]

This country has gone insane.

There are way too many "law enforcement" officers.

This is an example of the thought police in action.

[FReepaholic]

Land of the free my @ss.

[writer33]

They’re just weeding out the undesirables.

[lesser_satan]

ping

[tired1]

have a Coke, anyone?

[FlJoePa]

That isn’t a “Freak Brothers” cartoon is it?

[El Gato]

The U.S. Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau says those three little words allude to marijuana use.

The rump of the BATF that's left in treasury.

Comforting, (NOT!) to know they have the same jack booted thug mentality as their former brethren in BATFE over in Justice.

My answer would be "show me the law" and "show me the regulation" (only regulations in effect when the named their brew count). If they can't, the court's will not be amused. Can you say "violation of the first amendment", among other parts of the Constitution? I know you can.

[JimC214]

Yes it was.

[VR-21]

This kind of insanity is why we need judges who believe in the Constitution. Alas, they are in pretty short supply.

[El Gato]

There are way too many "law enforcement" officers.

Oh these guys aren't "law enforcement" they are tax collectors. Armed I'm sure, but tax collectors nonetheless.

[El Gato]

those three little words allude to marijuana use

Thought Crime?

[Old Student]

did I really see the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, or am I hallucinating?

;)

[Rebelbase]

Good analogy. I guess speed shops will have to change their names too.

[dragnet2]

The Feds are saving us from falling into a life of drug-addled debauchery just by reading a bottle cap.

Meanwhile, 95 percent of all those driving over 70 years old, are all driving under the influence of pharmaceutical drugs and medications.

[Mariner]

Hey, this is the INSANITY brought about by ALL of the supporters of the so-called War on Drugs.

Each and every one of them bears a SMALL degree of responsibility for this, whether they know it or not.

Instead of supporting the 10th Amendment of the US Constitution, they insist the Federal Goverment has some legitimate role in the enforcement of drug laws in the Interior US. They even support the idea that the Federal laws against pot supercede state laws.

Silly and malicious do-gooders, each and every one. Thjey have created a monster and are toooo stupid to see it.

[razorback-bert]

Depends on the weed.

Good Razorbuds did it for me.

[Liberty Valance]

did I really see the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, or am I hallucinating?




Yes you did and no you are not hallucinating.

[gunnyg]

BogBroMoFo Gubmint NOT good for what Ales ya!!!!!

[roofer13]

Siskiyou County has Local Sheriffs.Local town cops.California Highway Patrol. Federal Forest Cops and DEA cops. You can not spit in this county without hitting a cop. We have 30,000 citizens and 20,000 of them are cops. And they ALL need something to do. End Of Rant.

[traviskicks]

Libertarian ping! To be added or removed freepmail me or post a message here.

[bamahead]

Beer ping!

[bamahead]

Just wow...

Sweetwater 420...beware...you may be next.

http://www.sweetwaterbrew.com/brews.php?section=420

[GOP_Raider]

(Back when men were men, Hemp was used for Victory!)

Beer Ping!

A low to medium ping list aimed at all of us who, well, love our beer…

FReepmail rzeznikj at stout or GOP_Raider to be added or struck from the list…

[timm22]

The bottle-top slogan of a brewer with a head for business in Weed, Calif., draws a warning from U.S. drug watchdogs.

I don't know what's more pathetic-

That our government is concerned with something so petty and silly,

or the high likelihood that several Freepers will applaud this nannyism.

[zeugma]

I don't know what's more pathetic-

That our government is concerned with something so petty and silly,

or the high likelihoodcertainty that several Freepers will applaud this nannyism.

[hunter112]

If I had some Weed Beer, I’d keep it in the reefer!

[dynachrome]

I wonder if they still make and sell “Jeremiah Weed” whiskey?

[GOP_Raider]

I’ll buy a case if the rest of you will. :)

[Eric Blair 2084]

[ViLaLuz]

Instead of worrying about legal weed, how about stamping out illegal aliens?

[GOP_Raider]

Funny you should mention that, because if you believe Wikipedia guess who we have to thank???

[timm22]

I’ll buy a case if the rest of you will. :)

"Mt. Shasta Brewing Co.
Thank you. Your order has been successfully processed."

Excellent idea. This will make a great gift for a relative who just turned 21.

If anyone else would like to contribute to this worthy cause, you can order here.

[elkfersupper]

Siskiyou County has Local Sheriffs.Local town cops.California Highway Patrol. Federal Forest Cops and DEA cops. You can not spit in this county without hitting a cop. We have 30,000 citizens and 20,000 of them are cops. And they ALL need something to do. End Of Rant.

Same in rural counties of NM, and they all have NEW rigs with state-of-the-art equipment, which the assigned citizen-suppression operators drive to the donut shop, grocery store and dry cleaners whether in uniform or not.

These United States are a police state.

[roofer13]

Yes it is.The militarization of the police.Mr. Orwell called it.

[Redcloak]

I was searching for any updates to this story (None that I could find, BTW.) and ran across what has to be the funniest comment on our government's glorious actions. This comes from Eugene Volokh at The Volokh Conspiracy. In response to Federal claims that the beer's name could "mislead consumers about the characteristics of the alcoholic beverage" Volokh writes: "What next, going after Fat Weasel Ale on the grounds that the beer actually doesn't contain any fat weasels?".

[metesky]

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

[monday]

“This country has gone insane.”

Obviously. People are loopy. When children are suspended from school for a drawing of a gun and the people that did it aren't fired immediately like the people who are harassing this man should be, then you know that the generation in charge of this country is certifiably insane. All baby boomer's don't suck, but the majority of them do. They are the same type of people who would gas Jews if they were told it was politically correct. No capacity for independent thought and no moral compass. They are stupid amoral cows who simply moo and go along with the herd.

[elkfersupper]

Amen.