Some folks have requested an audio recording of yesterday’s House debate on our bill. Which we have, of course.
Be prepared to be angered and offended by the self-righteous ignorance, such as Richard Laird’s assertion that the quality of a church should be judged by whether or not its members would shame a legislator over a pro-alcohol vote.
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That is incredible. It’s crazy how the conservative christians control everything in this state. I guess there really is no seperation of church and state. Can we please please elect new people in office. Holmes really did amaze me. He was even more outragous than last year. What a racist!
What a freaking joke, this first guy. “Our kids may be textin’ while driving…they’re textin’ a friend to get em some of that ‘premium beer’.”
Riiight. Sounds like we’re asking to repeal prohibition or something.
What an interesting and mind numbing process.
Wow Alvin:
“We need to concentrate on the important stuff like the economy, layoffs, and what not…so let me stand up here and senselessly flap my gums for roughly 10 minutes, then I’ll top it off with some unrelated scripture.”
Really? Alvin Holmes actually pulled the race card?
Seriously?
This infuriates me on so many levels! I used to wonder why all of our elected officials sound like idiots most of the time, and now I see it’s because they are idiots! It’s obvious now why we can’t get any intelligent people in congress. If I had to listen to crap like this every day I would probably kill myself. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying this just because their views are different from mine, it’s the delivery of their views that bother me. It seems as if most of the opposition listened to the speaker announce what the bill was about and as soon as they heard the word beer, immediately decided in their head that our intentions were to get high ABV beer sold in Alabama so that teenagers would have more of a variety to get drunk off of. This makes my head hurt!
One thing I wonder…
The profundity that the likes of Laird and Bridges drool, are they just posturing for their constituency or do they themselves actually hold these beliefs and objections? If they are just posturing, I mean, it seems like they are just fulfilling their debt to those that elected them. Even if doing so makes you shallow and inept at thought. If they really cling to the ignorant beliefs they spout, then all my anger and rage seems more rational and useful.
Any opinion from those more experienced with politics?
I suspect that it’s a mix of both, Luther. They believe it, but they make a big “Oh lawd, the world is comin’ to an end when Alabama has some of that premium beer, milked straight from Lucifer’s fiery utter!” speech so they can have some nice audio clips when election comes up.
I’m certain Laird and Bridges believe their ignorance. But House debates usually aren’t recorded; we record them for our own purposes. So they’re not generating clips for their campaigns. I think it’s a catharsis for them to get up and yell about the Devil’s brew.
“Lucifer’s fiery utter”, you have to let me use that! Awesome.
So frustrating. Just remember that are some Christians who support FTH. Drinking with Luther and Calvin…great book on teetotalism.
No doubt, Matt. Luther and Calvin kicked ass.
It’s the self-righteous and insistent ones that disregard history to whom my laughter is directed. I’m sure Luther (my blogger namesake, none the less) and Calvin would kick back, down a fat pint, and drop some theology with FTH should they be around, today.