Comments on: More On 2nd Raid Of Pennsylvania Distributor

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:29:47 +0000

Of course it’s the crime of the century! It’s about money for the government! They don’t care about serious crime in the ghettos because there’s no financial benefit. It’s a crime of the way we let our government run today, that the only thing they care about is whether or not they get paid. I thought our government was supposed to serve us, but right now it’s just using us to provide revenue for them.

By: easong

easong — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:20:46 +0000

They went right for the rare, Russian River good stuff. These troopers must have had a hell of a party back at HQ.

By: Tom from Raleigh

Tom from Raleigh — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:39:42 +0000

Here in NC there was some furor over the fact that our Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) organization was purchasing new assault rifles to replace the ones they’d purchased a few years before. The gist was less of a need for the firepower and more about the fact that since they produced revenue through taxing alcohol, siphoning off some to fund the guns could be funded without getting approval outside the agency.

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By: Mario (Brewed For Thought)

Mario (Brewed For Thought) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:18:11 +0000

Maybe they just watched the Untouchables and got all worked up.

You wanna know how to get the beer geeks? They sell a Duvel, you serve a warrant. They sspeak out in the press, you send one of 5 armed troopers. *That’s* the *Philadelphia* way!

By: J

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:59:19 +0000

Well, that’s hyperbole, of course. But in the sense that 4 or 5 armed state troopers for every bar or beer distributor just to check paperwork was what the PLCB employed, yeah I think that rises to the level of storm troopers, or at the very least a grossly unnecessary show of force.

By: Matt Pushinsky

Matt Pushinsky — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:20:03 +0000

If this is publicized enough is it possible for there to be some backlash in PA legislature? This may bring to the public eye just how archaic and antiquated the PA liquor laws are.
Backlash! Backlash! Backlash! Backlash! Backlash!

By: darthvader

darthvader — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:47:25 +0000

like “storm troopers”?

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:06:56 +0000

Scary indeed. And infuriating.. but I am cheered a little by the “V for Vendetta” icon above. Cheers. :)