I can just see something like this being implemented on ‘fatty foods’.
RIFIDS for kegs alert!
What? No 3-day waiting period?
IOW's, Shirley Turner's no-good brother-in-law needs a gubmint job.
Meanwhile, budding brain surgeons will soon learn how to transfer product from a registered keg into one of the unregistered ones laying in the basement of the frat house, brew their own, or request their product in bottles and/ or cans. Could be that vinters are smiling?
"Mr Kennedy... By our records here, throughout your college years while in the fraternity 'Tappa Kegga Brew' you purchased (referencing notes) 79 kegs of beer, 132 Beer Bongs, 54 quarts of Jack Daniels, 17 quarts of Grey Goose Vodka, 33 quarts of Chivas, 228 packs of 'rolling papers', and 1 'SloGin Fizz Mix'. You failed to return 7 kegs and 18 beer bongs. And now you're asking for a 'new liver.' I just don't see how we can trust you with it..."
In other words, "we must make it harder to buy beer, because people are dying from drinking liquor."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
First they came for the binge drinkers....
NORTH HALEDON – If some borough officials have their way, beer kegs will have to be tagged before they're tapped. That way, when police raid a party where they suspect underage drinking, they'll know who to charge with making alcohol available to persons younger than 21. But borough officials are far from united on the idea. An ordinance requiring liquor stores that sell beer kegs to keep a registry of purchasers and place a tag bearing the buyer's name on kegs barely survived its introduction on May 16 with a council vote of 3-2. "I just don't believe it's an issue of kegs," said Councilman Bruce Iacobelli, who cast one of the dissenting votes. "A six pack of beer is just as lethal." On Saturday, Michael Kurzynski, a Hillside Drive resident, said he thought the ordinance would be an effective deterrent by simply reducing the quantity of beer available at parties because it would be more difficult to obtain kegs.
"They have to get a ton of cases to make up for that keg," Kurzynski said. There were also concerns about whether the ordinance could present a liability to the borough in the event that a minor was harmed after drinking from an unregistered keg. "Now somebody can make the argument that the town was negligent in enforcing its ordinance," said Councilman Michael DeMarco, who ultimately supported the measure's introduction. Acting Borough Attorney Michael Pasquale and the borough's insurance auditors are reviewing the measure. Mayor Randy George and police Chief Robert Bracco are vigorously pushing for the law, citing a March 17, 2006, party at the home of Charles H. and Cathy Taylor on Hillside Drive. The Taylors' 15-year-old son attracted more than 75 teenagers from Passaic and Bergen counties to the home with a posting on the MySpace.com Web site.
The Taylors pleaded guilty for hosting the party in August 2006. Three employees of Grand Opening Liquors on High Mountain Road were also charged with selling alcoholic beverages to persons younger than 21. If the Borough Council approves the ordinance after a public hearing on June 20, North Haledon would be the first Passaic County community to adopt beer-keg registration. Recently, there has been a wave of communities in South Jersey tapping into the idea of keg registration. Matawan and Belmar in Monmouth County adopted the requirement in April, followed by Freehold on May 22. Grand Opening Liquors is the only store in the borough that sells beer kegs, officials said.
The store is owned by Nicholas Markets, which also operates grocery stores. Raymond J. Maniaci, chairman of the Nicholas Markets liquor division, declined comment. Meanwhile, Kurzynski, the Hillside Drive resident, said he thought tagging kegs would be effective. "People, years ago, used to send an older brother or sister (to get a beer keg) all the time," said Kurzynski, a 43-year-old father of two children, as he piled mulch around some azaleas. "Now that person would be responsible."
no beer, no fireworks, no trans fats, no baking soda, no pseudafed, no robitussin, It may be easier to live in the former USSR, pass the pretzels w/o the trans fats.