No beer or wine in Oklahoma grocery stores!

[badger]

This is why Oklahoma well-being continues to rank low ;)

Link! (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=16&articleid=20100216_16_A9_OLHMIY911438)

[StoopTroup]

Loves and QT are against it so it's always going to be full of fail unless you get it to a vote by the people

[OUDoc]

Maybe we need to eliminate these *******s and put everything up to a vote. I'm tired of some pasty-faced choirboy in the legislature telling me what I should and shouldn't want.

[delhalew]

Infuriating. Some of these idiots want half assed prohibition. This provision should have been state wide anyway. Folks, pay attention to who your local reps are and were they stand.

[Boarder]

Brogdon said he thought the measure was discriminatory because it was limited to Oklahoma and Tulsa counties. Regardless, he said, he would have voted against it because he favors the current system.


I'm beginning to be not such a Randy Brogdon fan.

[StoopTroup]

You folks don't understand...these folks know what you need. Your contributing to a minor without even knowing it...lol

[badger]

I'm beginning to be not such a Randy Brogdon fan.

Hell, I'm not voting him in as the next governor.

[StoopTroup]

It's amazing to me that you folks haven't ruined your lives buying lotto tickets

[JohnnyMack]

I wonder what kind of kickbacks the liquor industry lobby gives to these senators who keep ****-blocking these proposals?

[My Opinion Matters]

Nice to see the good ol' boy network is still alive and well here in the second decade of the 21st century.

[JohnnyMack]

http://rlaok.org/

Talk to these folks.

[Boomer.....]

What a joke!

[yermom]

eff those folks ;)

[OhU1]

The retail liquor cartel has a strong lobby in Oklahoma.

I'm amazed we can even get good beer in Oklahoma. For a brewer to sell "high point beer" (a ridiculous term) they have to have OK+ somewhere on their label. Further, the beer cannot be refrigerated which knocks some brewers out who insist on quality control and handling.

Our grocery and convenience stores will continue to have row after row of Buttwiper Light and other products which are exactly alike. Great.

[Fraggle145]

**** Randy Brogdon in the ear.

[StoopTroup]

At least I can buy lotto tickets and gamble on Sunday.

[OklahomaTuba]

Yes, this is beyond stupid.

[StoopTroup]

I just wish/hope I can get free condoms and needles once marijuana is legal.

[OklahomaTuba]

Nice to see the good ol' boy network is still alive and well here in the second decade of the 21st century.

Good thing this sort of thing doesn't happen in other places, such as Washington DC.

Oh, wait...

[delhalew]

For a brewer to sell "high point beer" (a ridiculous term) they have to have OK+ somewhere on their label.

It was this that was the insperation for my first rock band. OK+ LOL.

[Ike]

http://rlaok.org/

Talk to these folks.

Their front page says it all...we don't want to work any extra days, so nobody should be able to compete with us for working on sunday.

[StoopTroup]

It was this that was the insperation for my first rock band. OK+ LOL.


Should have gone with OK+BYOL

[OULenexaman]

still way behind most other states in this "one area" that just doesn't seem to be able to change......it's 2010 for gods sake....

[badger]

It's amazing to me that you folks haven't ruined your lives buying lotto tickets

This will probably be Brad Henry's legacy, more than overcoming budget struggles when he entered office, more than returning to budget struggles when he leaves office - he brought the lottery to Oklahoma.

Perhaps the next governor will bring liquor to grocery stores?

[goingoneight]

Yeah... this Bible Belt is really a good thing, alright.
Thanks a lot, state reps.:rolleyes:

[Pricetag]

Ladies and gentlemen, we have found an issue not polarized along party lines. Celebrate it!

[OUDoc]

Ladies and gentlemen, we have found an issue not polarized along party lines. Celebrate it!

Yet it still won't get done.
Exactly how ****ed up is our legislative system?

[JohnnyMack]

Yet it still won't get done.
Exactly how ****ed up is our legislative system?

Why was the bill only designed to cover two counties?

Why is it the state legislature thinks we the people of Oklahoma can't make a decision on this and allow it to be put to a vote?

[yermom]

$$$

[yermom]

i didn't even know they were voting on this. how public was that?

[Ike]

Yet it still won't get done.
Exactly how ****ed up is our legislative system?

This.

[badger]

i didn't even know they were voting on this. how public was that?

It was only in a panel/committee/??? thingie decides whether or not to bring it to the Senate/House floor for an official vote to decide whether or not to vote.

This was basically an infant bill that wasn't even born yet. You could say that this group just performed an abortion on this poor, defenseless, helpless baby-of-a-bill.

:les:Brogdon supports abortion! Brogdon supports abortion! Brogdon supports abortion![hairGel]

;)

[SunnySooner]

Most places I've lived have wine and real beer in the grocery store, but you still have to go to the liquor store for the hard stuff. Even here in Satan-controlled Florida.

Interestingly, Rhode Island only sold beer in the store, no wine. And I think nothing on Sunday. I forget what all else, but their laws were screwed up as well, which I thought was really weird for a yankee state.

And I like the OK+ thing, it lets me know which beer in the store is the good stuff, and is just a little glimpse of home.:D

[OklahomaTuba]

It could be much worse. Oklahoma is hardly alone is f'up liquor laws.

Just imagine our liquor stores being government owned and operated like they are in some other states.

And don't get me started on BS you have to go thru someplaces overseas.

[yermom]

so instead our government is liquor owned and operated, apparently

[Crucifax Autumn]

I can buy hard liquor at the grocery store. You guys need to revolt already.

[Okla-homey]

Yeah... this Bible Belt is really a good thing, alright.
Thanks a lot, state reps.:rolleyes:

It has nothing to do with the Bible and everything to do with the fact the retail liquor lobby in this state gives millions to state legislator's campaigns each campaign season and they naturally want to hang-on to their monopoly on real beer and wine.

I think you orta be able to buy Jack Daniels at the grocery store, like you can west of the Rockies, but that's just me.

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Yeah, but in Vegas, you can buy a blow job in a grocery store

[Crucifax Autumn]

LOL...Technically that's illegal in Clark County.

[Leroy Lizard]

Yeah, where did this myth start that prostitution was legal in Las Vegas?

[AlbqSooner]

Do the Oklahoma Statutes still define 3.2 beer as a "Non-Intoxicating Alcoholic Beverage"?

[olevetonahill]

Much like whats happening on the National Level we need to start A State "Tea Party"

Thro all of em out and get NEW folks in .

**** this committee carp. Let a Sen. Or Rep. Introduce a Bill, Then have the entire bunch vote on weather or not to Really dig and study it.

[olevetonahill]

Do the Oklahoma Statutes still define 3.2 beer as a "Non-Intoxicating Alcoholic Beverage"?

I believe so. But just get caught driving after you've had a few.:mad:

[Crucifax Autumn]

Yeah, where did this myth start that prostitution was legal in Las Vegas?

2 things. The first is that it's legal everywhere else and they run bus and limo services straight to the legal brothers. The second is the fact that escort services pretty much scream "prostitute" here on panel trucks, local magazines and newspapers, etc. and the cops pretty much only bust hookers if they see 'em blowing a guy right in the middle of the road.

[JLEW1818]

I've never had to pay for sex......

yet

[Crucifax Autumn]

You pay...Just not directly.

[Breadburner]

You pay...Just not directly.

DING....DING....DING..DING......:D

[Crucifax Autumn]

Heh...Yeah, the hookers are more honest!

[Leroy Lizard]

Pay or rent?

[Leroy Lizard]

What's that old saying? If it floats, flies, or ****s, it's better to rent than buy.

[nighttrain12]

Sean and Eddie Sutton are furious at this news!

[nighttrain12]

still way behind most other states in this "one area" that just doesn't seem to be able to change......it's 2010 for gods sake....

Not just this one area, you also can't buy hard core 'pron' in video stores here. Though we have some 'sinners' (wink, wink) living among us (Jesse Jane, Ashlynn Brooke, etc.). :D

[rainiersooner]

the cops pretty much only bust hookers if they see 'em blowing a guy right in the middle of the road.

Man did I learn that the hard way.

[rainiersooner]

Just kidding.

[Crucifax Autumn]

lmao

[Okla-homey]

Heh...Yeah, the hookers are more honest!

cheaper too. And if you decide you don't like your hooker anymore, she doesn't get to have half your stuff.

[captain_surly]

You pay...Just not directly.

You don't pay hookers for sex, you pay them to leave after you're done.

[TUSooner]

It has nothing to do with the Bible and everything to do with the fact the retail liquor lobby in this state gives millions to state legislator's campaigns each campaign season and they naturally want to hang-on to their monopoly on real beer and wine.

I think you orta be able to buy Jack Daniels at the grocery store, like you can west of the Rockies, but that's just me.

It's a bizarre coalition between the Bible thumpers and those who currently control the wine & liquor market (kinda like the bootleggers controlled it during Prohibition).

It really is stupid and makes Oklahoma look stupid (not that my current home state gives me any room to talk about stupid :O )

[StoopTroup]

You don't pay hookers for sex, you pay them to leave after you're done.

Crux has been running a halfway house for hookers I think.

[Boarder]

You know, Texas isn't exactly in genius territory with all of the dry/wet county stuff.

[OhU1]

You know, Texas isn't exactly in genius territory with all of the dry/wet county stuff.

Yeah, I was in the Dallas area in the mid 80's and dropped by a store to get some brew after a Rangers game. It was after 10 or 11 PM I guess. The cooler with the beer was chained shut! No beer after 11PM or something like that.

Another time I tried to buy beer at a grocery store on a Sunday morning while on vacation in Corpus Christi. No dice. No beer sold before 1 PM (in case the beer would tempt me not to go to chuch I suppose). Lots so other counties are completely dry - 30's prohibition style.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Same chains happened to me in Kansas.

[nighttrain12]

Simple, just buy this stuff at the liquor store and you won't have to worry about buying at the grocery store. Or do some of you figure that you are more likely to get ID'd at a liquor store?

[GKeeper316]

I wonder what kind of kickbacks the liquor industry lobby gives to these senators who keep ****-blocking these proposals?

thats where all the opposition comes from.

liquor stores would lose a significant portion of thier income if this was to pass.

forget about the fact that even more revenue would be generated for the state if grocers were allowed to sell wine and beer. forget about the fact that more businesses would open up in oklahoma if it was made law...

oklahoma politicians dont care about public policy. they care about lining their own pockets.

[yermom]

well, if they worry about having a job, maybe things might change

[Ike]

Oh, and this just in: Apparently a bill recently made it through committee to finally make homebrewing beer legal (the status of homebrewing beer has been somewhat ambiguous...law clearly states that home wine making, and cider brewing shall be kept legal, but does not mention beer, making it by what I have been told, technically illegal, but unenforced).

The downside to this one is that for homebrewing to be legal now, the homebrewer would have to obtain a license.

http://ww.examiner.com/x-16115-Tulsa-Home-Brewing-Examiner~y2010m2d16-Current-homebrew-legislation-in-Oklahoma-will-require-license

[Crucifax Autumn]

That's retarded.