The pussification of America continues unabated.

Just burn the farking thing down. No democracy is happening within anyhow.

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DjangoStonereaver: OregonVet: This link is brought to you by smooth, refreshing Dr. Pepper.

And by your local Indiana-area vending machine company.

Know how I know you didn't read the article....

That was some list of rules. Are other sodas dangerous? Perhaps M&Ms could be dangerous if you drop a few with the intent to cause someone to slip and fall.

It was Dr Pepper 10... Its not for women!

Is Mr. Pibb still okay?

Zizzowop: That was some list of rules. Are other sodas dangerous? Perhaps M&Ms could be dangerous if you drop a few with the intent to cause someone to slip and fall.

M&Ms is not a soda. YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

Candy-asses. Cowards. Cops. Crooks.

'Catch Phrase"

I'm A Pepper.

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'Catch Phrase"

Thank you Sir, I thought about adding the pic after I hit the submit button.

Open transparent government. Like the founders of this nation intended. It happens behind locked statehouse doors with armed thugs to keep out the riff-raff. Under the cone of silence. Wrapped in the flag.

Funny you can't bring soda in but of course are free to buy one once inside from the areas vending machines. Now that is all kinds of stupid right there.

If they didn't keep passing such craptastic legislation people wouldn't be showing up and protesting said legistation and disrupting their ultra-important science fairs and such. Just a thought.

I guess it's what you do with the cans that could be dangerous.

If the State police can't subdue someone using a can of soda, then they should just quit and go work as Congressional Fluffers instead.

It's OK. I'm a doctor.

mctwin2kman: Funny you can't bring soda in but of course are free to buy one once inside from the areas vending machines. Now that is all kinds of stupid right there.

I think it's overkill, but I bet the thinking when the rules were drafted was "what if someone filled a soda can with dangerous chemicals!!! I've seen those fake cans that are really safes in the store!!!"

Of course, taking ten seconds to inspect the can for signs of tampering/sneaking items would be too much for them.

/You should have seen the 10 minute discussion that occurred between security staff because I had a handcuff key on my keyring when entering a Federal building. Note that this building did not house criminals or people awaiting trial.

Bosma and Daniels are laughing their asses off over this right now. The Right to Work bill they proposed is a special breed of retarded as it actually mandates that Union's be required to represent employees of an organized firm regardless of whether they choose to be members or not. So its sort of a vapor lock farkdown on the unions from both ends really. First were gonna make it illegal for you to charge for your services and then were gonna make you provide those services to the people you cant charge. Bravo!

I foresee this business model REALLY taking off in other sectors. Soon we will have restaurants where you have to give the patrons whatever they order, but its up to them if they want to pay.

Frankly, I hope this spreads to bars.

Thanks for leading the way Hoosiers!

mctwin2kman: Funny you can't bring soda in but of course are free to buy one once inside from the areas vending machines. Now that is all kinds of stupid right there.

Not unlike not being able to bring a lighter past airport security, but being able to buy one in a gift shop once inside.

This reminds me of 1991, 11 years old, coming home from Minnesota with a 12" Kirby Puckett souvenir wooden bat in my carry-on. Security insists I can not has, meanwhile thirty 40-year-olds ahead of me are boarding with a bag of golf clubs each (whatever PGA tournament happens in Minnesota around Father's Day had just let out).

Guess what they're selling in the gift shop just past security? Just go on and guess.

DjangoStonereaver: Pechorin: OregonVet: This link is brought to you by smooth, refreshing Dr. Pepper.

DjangoStonereaver: OregonVet: This link is brought to you by smooth, refreshing Dr. Pepper.

And by your local Indiana-area vending machine company.

Know how I know you didn't read the article....

ahem. From TFA:

"And the Indiana State Police told a student working at the Statehouse on Tuesday that she could not bring a full can of Dr Pepper, packed in a lunch bag, into the building - despite the fact that Dr Pepper is sold in cans in a number of Statehouse vending machines."

Sounds to me like the local Dr. Pepper bottler and the vending machine
company are in cahoots with the Governor for a cut of their increased profits.

Or did you miss this little gem yourself?

This is the same as Airport security. No liquids past a certain point, but you can buy all you want on the other side that have been pre-screened. The "10 seconds" to inspect each container multiplied by the number of people that file into a court house would slow everything down. If you were 20 deep in the line you would be screaming for the idiots to leave their drinks at home and buy one inside, its only a buck or two, right?

Crunch61: The pussification of America continues unabated.

And Indiana is the derp frontrunner today.

DjangoStonereaver: Pechorin: OregonVet: This link is brought to you by smooth, refreshing Dr. Pepper.

DjangoStonereaver: OregonVet: This link is brought to you by smooth, refreshing Dr. Pepper.

And by your local Indiana-area vending machine company.

Know how I know you didn't read the article....

ahem. From TFA:

"And the Indiana State Police told a student working at the Statehouse on Tuesday that she could not bring a full can of Dr Pepper, packed in a lunch bag, into the building - despite the fact that Dr Pepper is sold in cans in a number of Statehouse vending machines."

Sounds to me like the local Dr. Pepper bottler and the vending machine
company are in cahoots with the Governor for a cut of their increased profits.

Or did you miss this little gem yourself?

Geniuses, the article was implying they wouldn't let someone bring in a can of pop because of "security concerns." Yes, it is very stupid. Very very stupid. And the part about the pop can seems out of place. However, I don't think they're prohibiting Dr. Pepper so people buy Dr. Pepper from the vending machine. Unless someone wrote a whole article about a Right to Work Bill and then threw something in there about being unable to bring Dr. Pepper into the statehouse for some reason.

Sounds like someone needs to trot out the double secret Capitol Hooker ID Cards that get you in even with Dr Pepper, CocaineCola, and lots of other stuff. The top of the card says "Look the other way." as a reminder to the praetorian guards.

Typical - what the lying, trolling headline and TFA fail to mention is that her lunch bag also contained a pack of Mentos.

I_C_Weener: Prevailing Wind: Bosma and Daniels are laughing their asses off over this right now. The Right to Work bill they proposed is a special breed of retarded as it actually mandates that Union's be required to represent employees of an organized firm regardless of whether they choose to be members or not. So its sort of a vapor lock farkdown on the unions from both ends really. First were gonna make it illegal for you to charge for your services and then were gonna make you provide those services to the people you cant charge. Bravo!

I foresee this business model REALLY taking off in other sectors. Soon we will have restaurants where you have to give the patrons whatever they order, but its up to them if they want to pay.

Frankly, I hope this spreads to bars.

Thanks for leading the way Hoosiers!

Actually, it works the other way around. It states you don't have to pay dues for a union you don't want to be a part of but are forced to join as a condition of employment. Like at Kroger.

A yes... and these will be the same people who biatch about a fair wage and working conditions and still expect the union to negotiate on their behalf in the end. Yet they don't want to join or pay dues. That's usually how it goes.

If they don't want to join a union then don't work there. Plain and simple. Union workers account for such a small percentage of the workforce. Unions serve a purpose. And if you've ever worked someplace that you didn't have good representation in the workplace, you sure as he'll will wish that you did when the occassion should arise that it is needed.

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And delicious Laramie cigarettes™?

Well, duh, you don't need to ban something where it isn't. It already ain't not there

I found something interesting in my teen years. During the Indiana State of the State address, the press area out front is completely open to the public .... but no one has been there but me in all the years since I learned this. I've spoken with former Governor O'Bannon and current Governor Daniels every year, for just a few minutes before they go in to address the State.

This year Governor Daniels is going to hear an earful. Last year we had a good 4 minute private conversation on Indiana's current economic and tax environments.

I_C_Weener: BuckTurgidson: Typical - what the lying, trolling headline and TFA fail to mention is that her lunch bag also contained a pack of Mentos.

When combined, they create a messy explosion of fizzy goodness and flavor.

It's called a binary explosive - learned about 'em in Green Beret SEAL training back when I was a soldier in the Core.

This kind is particularly nasty - concussion, shrapnel, cavities, type 2 diabetes. War is hell.

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I guess it's what you do with the cans that could be dangerous.

My 1st thought as well.


GREAT Beat down scene - only topped by Morty beating down his old friend in Layer Cake.

phoxxy: If they don't want to join a union then don't work there. Plain and simple. Union workers account for such a small percentage of the workforce. Unions serve a purpose. And if you've ever worked someplace that you didn't have good representation in the workplace, you sure as he'll will wish that you did when the occassion should arise that it is needed.

This is great in theory, but one place I used to work was a union shop. There were two groups, both supposedly represented by the union. The union fought hard for one group and did nothing for the other. I was part of the other, hence the reason I never joined.

HellRaisingHoosier: I found something interesting in my teen years. During the Indiana State of the State address, the press area out front is completely open to the public .... but no one has been there but me in all the years since I learned this. I've spoken with former Governor O'Bannon and current Governor Daniels every year, for just a few minutes before they go in to address the State.

This year Governor Daniels is going to hear an earful. Last year we had a good 4 minute private conversation on Indiana's current economic and tax environments.

Daniels rescinded the security measures. Apparently, we aren't Wisconsin after all.

mctwin2kman: Funny you can't bring soda in but of course are free to buy one once inside from the areas vending machines. Now that is all kinds of stupid right there.

Same thing happens at the airport: You can't bring drinks beyond security but are free to buy new ones in the airside terminals once you've escaped the TSA.

this makes me want a BOTTLE of Dublin Dr. Pepper.

I_C_Weener: Prevailing Wind: ...

Actually, it works the other way around. It states you don't have to pay dues for a union you don't want to be a part of but are forced to join as a condition of employment. Like at Kroger.

This one is crafted extra special to dovetail with the NLRA such that if you elect to not be a union member, you still get to work under the union negotiated contract.

I wonder if the Chamber of Commerce will be willing to work under similar conditions? Everyone gets the benefits of membership, but paying for them is strictly optional. Would also be a hit a gyms and country clubs me thinks!

Just to be clear, this means it wont do crap to lower wages unless shops decertify completely. What it WILL do is cut off democratic funding by wait for it....WAIT for it...an anticipated 64% within 3 years.

Its farking brilliant really. Carving out the Police and Fireworkers was a kick ass maneuver too. Daniels made sure that no heroes would be at the microphones...just RJO's.

These be Halcyon Days to be a Hooser 1%er my friends.

TemporarySanity: This reminds me of 1991, 11 years old, coming home from Minnesota with a 12" Kirby Puckett souvenir wooden bat in my carry-on. Security insists I can not has, meanwhile thirty 40-year-olds ahead of me are boarding with a bag of golf clubs each (whatever PGA tournament happens in Minnesota around Father's Day had just let out).

Guess what they're selling in the gift shop just past security? Just go on and guess.

Dr. Pepper?

Glad they never figured out that diet coke and mentos is just as bad as the Brady's volcano...