06/22/2009 RMP LEE BRANCH $12.25 (Coke and Popcorn)
06/22/2009 RMP LEE BRANCH $19.50 (2 tickets)
Total: $31.75
Summary: Yes, I paid it - doesn’t mean I think that $32 for a Saturday movie for 2 is exactly reasonable…
*HB373*
In case you are unaware, Alabama is currently in the process of attempting to reform its antiquated Alcohol Laws. The bill has passed the house and now needs Governor Riley’s approval to pass it into law - Governor Riley really needs to know that we Alabamians want this to pass!!!
Current restrictions do NO GOOD in protecting Alabama’s citizens and only serves to restrict YOUR choices through political agenda and special interest arrangements - let the Governor know that your beer of choice is YOUR BEER OF CHOICE (even if it contains 7% alcohol). There is no logic behind the law - as we all know, there are plenty of legal (liquor) drinks well in excess of the 6% restriction placed on beer… So, logically speaking, how can a 6% restriction on BEER really be in the interest of the people?
Obviously, I would never ask you to act based on my word alone, so if you don’t know, get educated - http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2009rs/bills/hb373.htm
Switchboard: (334) 242-7100
Fax: (334) 353-0004
Email form: http://www.governor.alabama.gov/contact/contact_form.aspx
http://www.freethehops.org/blog/2009/05/keep-calling-the-governors-office/
-Matt
Here is my message to the Governor - feel free to replace my name with yours and edit where you see fit.
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Subject: HB373
Dear Gov. Bob Riley,
First, thank you for taking the time out of your day to address this issue. I am writing to express my support of House Bill 373. I am formally requesting that you, my elected governor, act in the best interest of my beautiful state of Alabama and sign HB373 into law.
Far too long has Alabama followed behind many of the other 49 states of this grand nation in removing antiquated laws and regulations from our books - please do not allow this to CONTINUE to happen in regards to the overly restrictive alcohol laws that have hampered the industry and individual’s rights for nearly all of Alabama’s great history.
Although I understand and appreciate many of Alabama’s conservative traditions and their supporting laws, one’s personal choice to consume a particular beverage should not be governed by the state when the beverage has been approved at the federal level. Although one can clearly understand the need to regulate safety standards for approved beverages, current law does far more than this in that it prohibits most beverages for arbitrary and political reasons, with out the “for the good of our people” defense to support it (it’s no secret that the Birmingham Budweiser Distribution Company petitioned against previous similar bills to HB373 in the past).
Not only this, but current regulations on Alcohol have no logical backing in that prohibiting alcohol content in beer to <6% serves in NO WAY to protect Alabama’s people and only serve to hinder individual choice and freedom - as you likely well know, we Alabamians can buy beverages containing far in excess of 6% under current Alabama law.
Please, Governor Riley, pass HB373 so that the currently over-reaching laws and restrictions on Alcohol can be lifted so that me and my fellow Alabamians may drink our beverage of choice without the interference of big government.
Thank you very much for you time and attention.
Alabama Citizen Matthew Ezell
It all works - out of the box! You name it - Webcam, Wifi, Audio… It all works - at blazing speeds, no less! Comiz - no sweat, works great on this chipset… HD Video, no problemo… Good times, good times…
Ok, so admittedly I am not the biggest Bible buff. And, yes, I have read the book. I tend to agree with Einstein on this one - “The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish.”
None the less, I was recently (re)exposed to the following Bible verse and found it of particular value…
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
-Ecclesiastes 9:11
In short, when shit happens, its not because your god is punishing you for your misdeeds (though he does see the dirty things you do with your old glow-worm), but is instead happening because when given a long enough time frame, shit will, in fact, tend to just happen. So rest assured mortals, god didn’t smite lil Jonny because of his divine will and/or plan… Lil’ Jonny was smote because it was time for shit to happen…
I have bit my tongue for 3 months now and just can’t do it anymore. Why in the hell is it that every time I turn on my PS3, I have to wait for 20 minutes before I can play a game. Were I 12, with little to do, I would likely give two shits less – cause, after all, I have dick to do. I on the other hand, am not 12 and usually do have shit I need to do – I usually grab a quick game or two of (INSERT GAME NAME HERE) in between doing that shit. But can I do that with my PS3? NO! Why? Cause every god-damned time I turn the fucker on it starts pulling the ever so important updates.
Really, what the fuck, Sony. I don’t understand why I have to pull a 5 part update every time I put a game in your SIX-HUNDRED DOLLAR CONSOLE (ok, so I have the Drake edition and some extras, but yea, $600 smackers), the damn thing steals 20 minutes of my life… I own a 360, I own a Wii – they don’t do this shit to me. So, a console ultimately made for children (Wii) and a console marketed as your direct competition to your console (360) both understand my needs as a gamer a whole shit pot more than you apparently do – wanna take a guess at what consoles get the largest percentage of my play time? I can give you a hint - they don’t have a P or and S in their name (unless you spell out numbers)…
But what do you care, Sony… you got my 600 bucks.
update done… going to play Little Big Planet…