I guess they read the thread yesterday and realized they went after the wrong guys.

This whole thing is still extremely stupid.

NewportBarGuy:
You can mess with many things, but you best not mess with a man's beer.

Quick, somebody post the huge manatee!

Oblig.

Shouldn't this sort of thing be handled with a letter and the administration of a fine of some sort rather than night raids with armed officers?

That's some nice police work there Lou. I wonder if they stole the knock off jeans as well.

Me thinks they just are having a party and want some free beer for the festivities.

asmodeus224: Shouldn't this sort of thing be handled with a letter and the administration of a fine of some sort rather than night raids with armed officers?

Woah, man. These are PA State Police. How else are they supposed to justify their existence and budget?

PLCB and PSP at their finest.

I, for one, am glad that they have solved the violent crime problem in Philadelphia so that those resources may be used to fight the awful plight of people having a decent beer!

asmodeus224: Shouldn't this sort of thing be handled with a letter and the administration of a fine of some sort rather than night raids with armed officers?

Yeah, you'd think some form of inspector with a beer list would go in, look over the cases and write down the boozes in violation and hand the owner a fine / court summons. Why do we need a SWAT Team to raid a beer distributor.

Good old Pennsyltucky. Welcome to Quaker country!

asmodeus224: Shouldn't this sort of thing be handled with a letter and the administration of a fine of some sort rather than night raids with armed officers?


Quiet with that reasoned response, citizen, they were selling beer that was properly licensed, paperwork handled... But it was Belgian!

/Loves me some Belgians
//But loves me some IPA more

asmodeus224: Shouldn't this sort of thing be handled with a letter and the administration of a fine of some sort rather than night raids with armed officers?

Wacha wanna do tonight?
I don't know, watcha you wanna do?
Beer raid?
I'll get the assault rifles.

Police State. I blame morans who think that continuously giving more unchecked power and authority to cops will make them safer.... If only there was a quote by a famous Pennsylvanian addressing such people....

I read that as "raid of three bears"




_{/life is so much more fun out of the corner of my eye}

"The state doesn't understand that Duvel actually is registered and has been sold here for years and years. It's almost unbelievable."

Ha! It's not even remotely unbelievable. If only there were some sort of right allowing citizens to arm themselves in order to regulate the militia... (That' the way I like to interpret it.)

I like beer.

asmodeus224: Shouldn't this sort of thing be handled with a letter and the administration of a fine of some sort rather than night raids with armed officers?

No sh*t! You'd think they were raiding Al Capone's hideout or something during the '20s prohibition.

they're taking our Paulaner and Russian River? Heading to my distributor now, and stopping at Lowe's on the way home to pick up a pitch fork for the uprising.

hershmire: Woah, man. These are PA State Police. How else are they supposed to justify their existence and budget?

to manage the sixth largest and possibly second most violent city in the country?

Cheron: asmodeus224: Shouldn't this sort of thing be handled with a letter and the administration of a fine of some sort rather than night raids with armed officers?

Wacha wanna do tonight?
I don't know, watcha you wanna do?
Beer raid?
I'll get the assault rifles.

That's some mighty fine 'win' right there.

Don't prosecutors usually direct the police to make a raid based on a hinky piece of legislation, then WAIT until the judge rules on the legitimacy of that legislation before scheduling more raids?

/Unless they're not trying to do what's right, or even what's legal, but are just trying to cause as much damage as they can...

asmodeus224: Shouldn't this sort of thing be handled with a letter and the administration of a fine of some sort rather than night raids with armed officers?

There could have been gangsters with tommy guns in there.

J.Garcia'sRightMiddleFinger: Police State. I blame morans who think that continuously giving more unchecked power and authority to cops will make them safer.... If only there was a quote by a famous Pennsylvanian addressing such people....


Pshaw...TABC (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission) thugs went into a frikkin' hotel bar and arrested patrons for being intoxicated.
People who were staying AT THE HOTEL.

I have some Duvel and I'm getting a ki--

hang on a second, someone's at the door.

I Like Bread: Good old Pennsyltucky. Welcome to Quaker country!


I'm not a Quaker

All the people I've dealt with from Origlio have been straight up good guys, they have been in the business for years and no one understands our crazy retarded PA liquor laws as well as the people in the business. What a farking waste of public resources, why do we even need state police in the first place?

jtown: "The state doesn't understand that Duvel actually is registered and has been sold here for years and years. It's almost unbelievable."

Ha! It's not even remotely unbelievable. If only there were some sort of right allowing citizens to arm themselves in order to regulate the militia... (That' the way I like to interpret it.)

I'm gonna propose an amendment to the constitution. From this day forth, men should have the right to bear arms. AND the right to arm bears. There, I said it.

Firefly4F4: I guess they read the thread yesterday and realized they went after the wrong guys.

This whole thing is still extremely stupid.

exactly what I was thinking

As a Texan, I find it refreshing to see an alcohol enforcement agency more farked up than the TABC.

Didn't read the article on account of the malware warning from one of the site sponsors.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4834/rexbanner.png

You're out there somewhere, beer baron! And I'll find you.

You're out there somewhere, beer baron! And I'll find you.

/bah!

Luckily, these articles have brought to my attention that there is a beer called Duvel, and it is highly recommended. I shall purchase said beverage, consume it until inebriated, ravage my wife and pass out. I will likely have nice dreams and wake up with a headache.
Oh yeah, and I don't like cops.

The State Police proceeded with the latest raid in spite of the confusion.

Seriously, what problem with this is so bad that you had to proceed "in spite of the confusion"? It's not like you're removing a child from a potentially dangerous home situation "until it all gets sorted out" - it's friggin BEER.

That prohibition thing worked out well in the past, lets do it again.

burgle23: Luckily, these articles have brought to my attention that there is a beer called Duvel, and it is highly recommended. I shall purchase said beverage, consume it until inebriated, ravage my wife and pass out. I will likely have nice dreams and wake up with a headache.
Oh yeah, and I don't like cops.

My sentiments...

As if the beer selection in Pennsylvania wasn't limited enough

Unfortunately, the Alpha Males (Cops, politicians, clergymen) of our society just can't stand the idea of anybody enjoying their lives, because it just makes their tiny dicks seem shorter. They also take it as a serious affront if someone denies them their precious money or bends down to kiss their boots.

Yeah, no respect for cops. Fear, yes, but I consider them bullies and their only real use is battling with other bullies (supposedly the 'bad guys'). The problem is, when they run out of real bullies to battle (or cannot beat 'em!), they turn their tiny attentions to bullying you and me.

We really have some evolving to do.

Shouldn't these guys be arresting robbers and rapist or something? Idiot cops. And they wonder why the public has little to no respect for them.

hershmire: asmodeus224: Shouldn't this sort of thing be handled with a letter and the administration of a fine of some sort rather than night raids with armed officers?

Woah, man. These are PA State Police. How else are they supposed to justify their existence and budget?

What's sad is the PA State Police have a mandate to kind of be a state sized version of the FBI. They could be doing all kinds of useful things, like missing person cases, Harrisburg is a decent sized hub for human trafficking for some odd reason, and there are other useful and legit things the PA State Police could be doing. Instead the citizens of PA get this shiat.

Day_Old_Dutchie: Unfortunately, the Alpha Males (Cops, politicians, clergymen) of our society just can't stand the idea of anybody enjoying their lives, because it just makes their tiny dicks seem shorter. They also take it as a serious affront if someone denies them their precious money or bends down to kiss their boots.

Yeah, no respect for cops. Fear, yes, but I consider them bullies and their only real use is battling with other bullies (supposedly the 'bad guys'). The problem is, when they run out of real bullies to battle (or cannot beat 'em!), they turn their tiny attentions to bullying you and me.

We really have some evolving to do.

I think they call that the 'tiny dick' syndrome.

The State Police officers that raided the bar aren't "regular" PSP Troopers -- they're specifically hired, trained, and commissioned "Liquor Enforcement Officers" that do nothing but enforce PA's bizarre liquor laws. So it's not much of a surprise that they'd go nuts and jump at the chance to kick in doors and seize stuff, you know, "Like them real cops on the TV."

The regular PSP is a pretty decent organization, as far as police go. Every encounter I've had with them over the 10 years I've lived in PA has been positive -- and that's something I can't say about the various local departments in PA, or the state departments in other jurisdictions. Then again, I'm white, well-spoken, well-off, and a lawyer, so I'm not exactly a prime candidate for any sort of bully cop bullshiat.

duncangonuts: You're out there somewhere, beer baron! And I'll find you.



No you won't!

The 500 gallons of beer were removed by van to the BLCE warehouse, where the 400 gallons of beer were valued at approximately $450,000. The 350 gallons of beer will be held until the paperwork can be cleared up, at which point the 200 gallons of beer will most likely be returned to the importer.

Mr. Ness, everybody knows where the booze is. The problem isn't finding it, the problem is who wants to cross Capone.

Funny thing about laws. Even if they're silly, they're still laws.

slykens1: I, for one, am glad that they have solved the violent crime problem in Philadelphia so that those resources may be used to fight the awful plight of people having a decent beer!

I'm going home and hiding my beer. And nah, the crime here is scary, better to deal with the people that won't shot at them.