I find it highly doubtful that German brewers would bankroll the KKK. The KKK party was one of the big drivers behind prohibition in the first place as a means of impacting the businesses of german immigrants:
https://www.alcoholproblemsandsolutions.org/the-kkk-supported-prohibition/
I was living in Nebraska in the 70s, and it was a tradition that the Highway Patrol would wait basically on the Colorado state line and stop cars with Nebraska plates coming back from Colorado and search for Coors beer on board. They didn't sell it in Nebraska for some reason then, so it was illegal (Smokey and the Bandit-type of thing).
The news would routinely have video of bulldozers crushing Coors cans. After college football games there you'd always see this story, especially since at that time the Cornhuskers could win a game and would always win in Boulder.
When we'd manage to return from a ski trip with Coors (hidden) in the trunk it was like we'd escaped from the prison in Midnight Express.
You'd think with the Coors people being so Right Wing that they'd figure out how to make the system work and sell their beer everywhere legally. Then again, taxes bad, etc.
You can doubt it, but the Coors family has well-documented connections to the KKK and John Birch Society.
WhatDoIKnow wrote:
I'm old, so I'll tell you what I remember:
Sixty Minutes did a segment on Coors in about 1980 or so. Coors would not let a union in, so that's probably the grievance you remember. The workers at Coors said on camera that they were happy with how they were treated at work and didn't feel they needed a union. But I remember it being all about union issues.
The Coors family are ultra right wing (not sure about their South Africa connections, but it's possible because Republicans have an abysmal record for how they treat blacks and women), but it is possible you are both a little bit right.
It doesn't take much effort on liberals' part to boycott one brand of beer that tastes pretty much like most of all the other beers out there.
As a funny aside, I used to drink Schlitz beer in college, which was horrible beer, because when Frank Shorter was asked in Runner's World magazine what his favorite snack was, he said he loved "Ding Dongs and Schlitz beer." It made me run faster to the bathroom.
So it turns out that in fact you don't know what you are talking about. Democrats are the ones with the abysmal record.
Former Nebraskan wrote:
I was living in Nebraska in the 70s, and it was a tradition that the Highway Patrol would wait basically on the Colorado state line and stop cars with Nebraska plates coming back from Colorado and search for Coors beer on board. They didn't sell it in Nebraska for some reason then, so it was illegal (Smokey and the Bandit-type of thing).
The news would routinely have video of bulldozers crushing Coors cans. After college football games there you'd always see this story, especially since at that time the Cornhuskers could win a game and would always win in Boulder.
When we'd manage to return from a ski trip with Coors (hidden) in the trunk it was like we'd escaped from the prison in Midnight Express.
You'd think with the Coors people being so Right Wing that they'd figure out how to make the system work and sell their beer everywhere legally. Then again, taxes bad, etc.
I think you might have too many Coors over the years.
John Utah wrote:
So it turns out that in fact you don't know what you are talking about. Democrats are the ones with the abysmal record.
Abortion rights alone make the Democrats far better with minorities than the GOP.
Harambe wrote:
John Utah wrote:
So it turns out that in fact you don't know what you are talking about. Democrats are the ones with the abysmal record.
Abortion rights alone make the Democrats far better with minorities than the GOP.
You want to abort minorities it appears.
John Utah wrote:
Former Nebraskan wrote:
I was living in Nebraska in the 70s, and it was a tradition that the Highway Patrol would wait basically on the Colorado state line and stop cars with Nebraska plates coming back from Colorado and search for Coors beer on board. They didn't sell it in Nebraska for some reason then, so it was illegal (Smokey and the Bandit-type of thing).
The news would routinely have video of bulldozers crushing Coors cans. After college football games there you'd always see this story, especially since at that time the Cornhuskers could win a game and would always win in Boulder.
When we'd manage to return from a ski trip with Coors (hidden) in the trunk it was like we'd escaped from the prison in Midnight Express.
You'd think with the Coors people being so Right Wing that they'd figure out how to make the system work and sell their beer everywhere legally. Then again, taxes bad, etc.
I think you might have too many Coors over the years.
You do know, that even now, it can be illegal to have alcohol that can't be sold in one state for whatever reason, in that state, depending on quantity? It's called bootlegging.
John Utah wrote:
Harambe wrote:
Abortion rights alone make the Democrats far better with minorities than the GOP.
You want to abort minorities it appears.
Individual rights >>> any weird diversionary junk you boomers throw into the mix.
Forcing people to have babies makes no sense.
Harambe wrote:
John Utah wrote:
You want to abort minorities it appears.
Individual rights >>> any weird diversionary junk you boomers throw into the mix.
Forcing people to have babies makes no sense.
Not a boomer.
You brought up abortion and your desire to abort minority babies. It's not as big of an issue for me as it appears to be for you. I'd prefer that people who don't want babies not get pregnant. Seems logical.
John Utah wrote:
Not a boomer.
You brought up abortion and your desire to abort minority babies. It's not as big of an issue for me as it appears to be for you. I'd prefer that people who don't want babies not get pregnant. Seems logical.
Wow so you can't even use your age as an excuse. I wouldn't go around trumpeting that.
I'm not really a fan of doing abortions myself. I do like people being able to act as they please, though -- especially if it doesn't harm others.
Prevention is always better than a cure! Birth control access is important as well, thanks for bringing that up. But surely you don't want to saddle a teenager who made a mistake with 18 years of responsibility? Anti-abortion folks can't really make an argument besides "I should be able to tell everyone else what to do."
Harambe wrote:
John Utah wrote:
Not a boomer.
You brought up abortion and your desire to abort minority babies. It's not as big of an issue for me as it appears to be for you. I'd prefer that people who don't want babies not get pregnant. Seems logical.
Wow so you can't even use your age as an excuse. I wouldn't go around trumpeting that.
I'm not really a fan of doing abortions myself. I do like people being able to act as they please, though -- especially if it doesn't harm others.
Prevention is always better than a cure! Birth control access is important as well, thanks for bringing that up. But surely you don't want to saddle a teenager who made a mistake with 18 years of responsibility? Anti-abortion folks can't really make an argument besides "I should be able to tell everyone else what to do."
True - I should be able to tell everyone not to commit barbaric murderous acts!
Hardloper wrote:
True - I should be able to tell everyone not to commit barbaric murderous acts!
Ah, here comes the 'life begins at conception' brigade lol
Deer Adam Goucher, John Utah and Hardloper are both morans.
That is all.
Harambe wrote:
Hardloper wrote:
True - I should be able to tell everyone not to commit barbaric murderous acts!
Ah, here comes the 'life begins at conception' brigade lol
Because some white guy nobody has ever seen who lives in the sky told them that in the book his believers wrote. No wait, it's not actually in there, they just made it up themselves because they like to tell others how to live their lives!
Harambe wrote:
John Utah wrote:
Not a boomer.
You brought up abortion and your desire to abort minority babies. It's not as big of an issue for me as it appears to be for you. I'd prefer that people who don't want babies not get pregnant. Seems logical.
Wow so you can't even use your age as an excuse. I wouldn't go around trumpeting that.
I'm not really a fan of doing abortions myself. I do like people being able to act as they please, though -- especially if it doesn't harm others.
Prevention is always better than a cure! Birth control access is important as well, thanks for bringing that up. But surely you don't want to saddle a teenager who made a mistake with 18 years of responsibility? Anti-abortion folks can't really make an argument besides "I should be able to tell everyone else what to do."
You are barking up the wrong tree if you want to get into an abortion argument. And yes, I don't use my age as an excuse for being normal and logical.
John Utah wrote:
You are barking up the wrong tree if you want to get into an abortion argument. And yes, I don't use my age as an excuse for being normal and logical.
Good so we agree that abortion is a matter of personal choice.
Cost of childcare is a larger burden on lower income people.
Allowing people to terminate unwanted pregnancies disproportionately helps lower income families.
This is all.... normal and logical. I agree we don't need to argue.
Hardloper wrote:
Harambe wrote:
Wow so you can't even use your age as an excuse. I wouldn't go around trumpeting that.
I'm not really a fan of doing abortions myself. I do like people being able to act as they please, though -- especially if it doesn't harm others.
Prevention is always better than a cure! Birth control access is important as well, thanks for bringing that up. But surely you don't want to saddle a teenager who made a mistake with 18 years of responsibility? Anti-abortion folks can't really make an argument besides "I should be able to tell everyone else what to do."
True - I should be able to tell everyone not to commit barbaric murderous acts!
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