Posted on 11/16/2010 5:29:21 PM PST by Slyscribe
The FDA is expected to declare caffeine additives in alcoholic drinks as unsafe this week, according to Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.
This will effectively ban such products. But it’s unclear how effective the ban will be. The alcoholic energy drink craze developed from nightclub patrons mixing Red Bull and vodka to stay up partying long into the night.
Bartenders will continue to serve up such cocktails, and it’s not exactly rocket science for people at home.
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Brew some strong coffee. Pour 2 ounces of whiskey in a cup. Add coffee and sugar to taste. There you go.
Coffee and Baileys ... Irish Coffee ... Coffee Keoke ?
If they had these when I was younger, hell yes I would have. But now - YEEESHHH!
This is not the flippin’ government’s business!
And who has the right, as master of the house,
To have the final word at home?
Chuck Schumer, Chuck Schumer! Prohibition.
Chuck Schumer, Chuck Schumer! Prohibition. Prohibition!
Ever feel like its 1930 and the Great Depression is upon us then they BAN BEER and several million of the enemy immigrate here...ouch, my aching head! Can’t we just say we did and not actually do it again?
Just more legislative idiocy.
good old upchuck U, has nothing better to do, why new yorkers keep reelecting him I’ll never know
...my first thought as well; can I no longer make my coffee with annisette after dinner?
And Chuck Schumer's top priority is caffienated alcohol drinks.
A bigger pantload, you cannot find.
Are they outlawing Rum & Cola? I predict much turmoil, rioting and chaos...
The real problem is that the NYS Liquor Authority is unable or unwilling to keep this out of the hands of minors. In addition, as usual, liberals are exploiting an emotional issue. The caffeine alcohol drink is at the center of a group of gang bangers’ brutal sexual assault of a fellow teen aged gang banger and his 30 something gay lover.
Where and why do they come up with these insane ideas?
Where an I get a nutty Irishman if I feel the need for one? Maybe the SEIU ???
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