Archive for the ‘Shipping Wine’ Category
This is how you successfully bait Tom Wark: YOU STUPID DIPSHIT WHINING SNIVILING MUST BE A DOPESMOKING, SHORT-DICK SYNDROME, PUD. IT IS ALL ABOUT A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, FIRST, AND THE SHEER CAPACITY SECOND. dO YOU GO TO THE LOWES STORE EXPECTING, NAY DEMANDING, THAT THEY CARRY EVERY FUCKING BRAND-SIZE-COLOR-MODEL-YEAR OF PAINT? DO YOU THINK THE GOV. OUGHT TO LET YOU(OR YOUR 14YR OLD) BUY YOUR ZANAX ON LINE OR AT WALMART? GO DIRECT IF YOU WANT, EVERY ONE ELSE THAT…
So much to impart, so little time. So, Here are some mini posts about things I’ve been wanting to say…. 1. 100 POSTS: The Cork Board Blog, which just finished up its 100th post, is turning out to be one of the best new blogs in the past couple of years. The Cork Board focuses on Napa Valley. I’m unaware of another blog, though it may exist, that constantly works the Napa Valley beat. That’s hard to believe. 2. A…
Those who have studied social systems or those who are simply keenly aware of the way the world has worked over the past century or so understand that much evil and degradation of humanity has occurred when relatively small, elite groups are given power over the way a society will work. Under the Soviet “Marxist-Leninism” system for example, the “Dictatorship of the Proletariat” was the name given to Communist Party that dictated how the society would be organized and who…
HB 429 is a bill moving through the Illinois legislature that will have disastrous effects not only for consumer but also for the state of Illinois. The bill proposes to strip Illinois consumers of their long held right to purchase wine from out-of-state wine stores. While creating a permit that out-of-state wineries can obtain that allows them to ship to Illinois consumers, HB 429 will actually reduce choice and raise costs for Illinois wine lovers. Among the negative consequences of…
Today is the second anniversary of the 2005 Granholm V. Heald Supreme Court decision that informed us that a state may not grant in-state wine sellers the right to sell to it’s residents but exclude out-of-state sellers from doing so. It violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Over at Appellation America Ray and Eleanor Heald (yes, the same as those the decision is named after) have a interesting article on the state of direct shipping two years out….
