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Alcoholic energy drink trend raises concerns
Star Telegram ^ | September 5, 2007 | MELISSA VARGAS

Posted on 09/06/2007 7:41:48 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084

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1 posted on 09/06/2007 7:41:52 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084
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To: Eric Blair 2084

OH boy, nothing more fun than hyper drunks.


2 posted on 09/06/2007 7:43:33 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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3 posted on 09/06/2007 7:44:18 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: cripplecreek

Not nearly as much fun as getting into a barfight with a drunk guy on steroids! Forget caffeine.

The question is, is this the Gubmint’s bidness?


4 posted on 09/06/2007 7:45:57 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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The question is, is this the Gubmint’s bidness?

Not really. After all the guy can go get a cup of coffee anyway.
5 posted on 09/06/2007 7:47:55 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084
More than two dozen attorneys general across the nation recently announced that alcohol and energy drinks don't mix

Wow, thanks for your unsolicited opinions! Assholes. Nothing more than nanny staters that want to control everyone.

6 posted on 09/06/2007 7:51:10 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
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Sheeat, just what we need,another “concern”
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7 posted on 09/06/2007 7:53:00 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: cripplecreek

I’ve entertained the idea of trying such a mix but I don’t drink much and I’ve never been drunk in my life so...I like my drinks simple. Some Vodka on the rocks with some lime or lemon. Nothing suits me better than a spiked lemonaid.


8 posted on 09/06/2007 7:53:24 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Sometimes the best way to defeat an opponent is to encourage them to be themselves.)
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"All it does is make a wide-awake drunk," she said,

Andy Griffith's response for Barney was a shower.

9 posted on 09/06/2007 7:53:32 PM PDT by eyedigress
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To: Maelstorm

I was a drunk for too many years and I don’t have a lot of tolerance for drunks these days but then I seldom go into bars. I’ve also found that I’m seldom on the road when most drunks are.

Problem mostly solved and I did it all by myself.


10 posted on 09/06/2007 7:56:10 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: cripplecreek
After all the guy can go get a cup of coffee anyway.

Funny you say that. New Years Eve 2005 we went out to one of those nice sit down dinners with all you can drink at a plush hotel. Everyone is drinking wine, beer, champagne, mixed drinks. The guy at our table is drinking cup after cup after cup of coffee. OK, fine, I thought. He doesn't drink, no problem.

Then I see him an hour later downing shots of Jack like it was water. By 2:30 am at the hotel bar, he was the most obnoxious drunk I have ever seen (and I've seen plenty).

11 posted on 09/06/2007 7:58:03 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Maelstorm

I’ve never tried it myself. I’m a decaf guy who is too wound up as it is.


12 posted on 09/06/2007 8:00:26 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: cripplecreek

Congrats to you in solving your own problem. I’ve been fortunate never to have any drug problem. No one in my immediate family drank regularly and my mother did her part to entrench a disdain for it. I drink socially now and that is enough for me but then again I’ve never been drawn to it so none is also enough for me.


13 posted on 09/06/2007 8:02:27 PM PDT by Maelstorm (Sometimes the best way to defeat an opponent is to encourage them to be themselves.)
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To: Eric Blair 2084

I’ve got a friend who’s one of the worst drunks I’ve ever known. Unfortunately he’s one of those rare individuals who is affected by alcohol differently than most people. It’s like a stimulant to him and he can drink for days without sleep. He gets drunk almost immediately though.

One good thing is that his license is long gone. Several friends and I petitioned the judge when she considered giving it back. He wasn’t happy with it but he realized it probably saved him from prison as well as his or someone else’s life.


14 posted on 09/06/2007 8:02:51 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: eyedigress
Andy Griffith's response for Barney was a shower.

Well that just goes to show you what liberal nanny state progressives will do to a great country. For years people drank coffee to sober up.

Now the grant junkies, state AGs and trial attorneys would sue Andy for making him a soggy drunk.

15 posted on 09/06/2007 8:03:10 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: Maelstorm

In my family we drink heavilly for years then suddenly stop all at once without help. Both of my parents did that and I’m sure they were happy to see me do the same.


16 posted on 09/06/2007 8:04:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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To: cripplecreek

Vodka and Red Bull is yummy!


17 posted on 09/06/2007 8:05:05 PM PDT by rintense (I'm 4 Thompson!)
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To: cripplecreek

You’re a good friend for still calling him a friend. Most people would have bailed on him a long time ago.

By the way, RE your tagline, I disagree:

“Greed is Good!”

—Gordon Gekko


18 posted on 09/06/2007 8:05:42 PM PDT by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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I was going to bypass this, as I am ready to hit the sack for the night, but then I read the following:

More than two dozen attorneys general across the nation recently announced that alcohol and energy drinks don't mix, and asked the federal government to take another look at what is in the drinks and how they are being marketed.

This audacity irks me at many levels........

19 posted on 09/06/2007 8:07:32 PM PDT by Gabz (Don't tell my mom I'm a lobbyist, she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse)
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I'll stick with the tried and true.


20 posted on 09/06/2007 8:09:33 PM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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