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As some of you may or may not know, on October 1st flavored malt beverages, or “bitch beer” will not be sold in grocery stores any longer, and will probably no longer be available in the state.

“Why?”, you ask. Well, let me tell you.

Some uppity member of the state senate, the representative from Provo (not Chris Buttars, the other retard, Curt Bramble) decided that these so-called “Alco-pops” could fall into the hands of teenage drinkers, and should not be so readily available. He sponsored a bill that not only removes these beverages from the grocery stores, making the State Liquor store the only place you will theoretically be able to purchase them after Oct. 1,  but also requires special labelling and packaging for these products.

Now, I can only imagine what a pain in the ass it must be for the manufacturers of alcoholic beverages to deal with the state of utah. I mean, they’ve pretty much got to brew beer in separate batches to make sure it’s only 3.2, right? Add to this that it has to be labeled as such, which is an additional expense, and now utah wants to effectively ban these beverages altogether? It’s a wonder we can even get Coke and Pepsi with caffeine.

Now the other part of the problem is this: The state liquor stores aren’t really set up to handle products that require refrigeration, so it’s pretty likely they wouldn’t carry them anyway.

But that may not even matter. Many of the manufacturers have already said that they have no interest in going to the expense of developing new packaging and labeling to comply with yet another “nanny-state” Utah law sponsored by a religous zealot that feels we should all coimply with his brand of morals.

Screw you, Curt Bramble.

Why don’t you sponsor a bill requiring some parenting? I mean, if you really must to go meddling in people’s personal lives and removing all semblance of choice or free-will from them presumably for their own protection, where you (or any government) have no business, if you’re worried that these beer pops are going to be consumed by minors, isn’t the problem a little more far-reaching, involving the parenting they may or may not have received?

EDIT:
The complete text of the new law is here. Want to know if your representative voted for it? Check the official vote tally here.