H.R.|NN 5034|CD :|: The|DT Lies|NNP ,|, The|DT Facts|NNP ,|, The|DT Fictions|NNP With|IN so|RB much|JJ at|IN stake|NN for|IN America|NNP 's|POS alcohol|NN wholesalers|NNS and|CC their|PRP$ protected|JJ monopoly|NN status|NN that|IN props|NNS up|RB unearned|JJ profits|NNS ,|, it|PRP 's|VBZ no|DT surprise|NN they|PRP would|MD swing|VB for|IN the|DT fences|NNS with|IN all|DT their|PRP$ state-granted|JJ political|JJ power|NN and|CC attempt|NN to|TO pass|VB H.R.|NNP 5034|CD .|. 
This|DT bill|NN ,|, currently|RB in|IN Congress|NNP ,|, would|MD give|VB wholesaler|NN lobbyists|NNS the|DT means|NNS to|TO turn|VB back|RB the|DT clock|NN on|IN consumer|NN access|NN to|TO wine|NN ,|, lead|VB to|TO the|DT passage|NN of|IN laws|NNS that|WDT override|NN federal|JJ regulations|NNS on|IN alcohol|NN ,|, kill|VB jobs|NNS and|CC business|NN that|WDT focus|VBP on|IN artisan|NN production|NN of|IN wine|NN ,|, beer|NN and|CC spirits|NNS ,|, punish|VB and|CC dismantle|VB small|JJ specialty|NN wine|NN retailers|NNS that|WDT serve|VBP the|DT consumers|NNS that|IN wholesalers|NNS wo|MD n't|RB and|CC override|VB the|DT critical|JJ Constitutional|NNP principle|NN of|IN a|DT single|JJ American|JJ economic|JJ union|NN ...|... 
all|DT for|IN the|DT sake|NN of|IN protecting|VBG wholesaler|NN profits|NNS by|IN giving|VBG them|PRP unprecedented|JJ control|NN and|CC influence|NN over|IN the|DT entire|JJ American|JJ alcohol|NN industry|NN .|. 

But|CC what|WP is|VBZ truly|RB remarkable|JJ (|( and|CC likely|JJ a|DT result|NN of|IN the|DT wholesalers|NNS '|POS hubris|NNS stemming|VBG from|IN 75|CD years|NNS of|IN being|VBG granted|VBN government|NN welfare|NN )|) is|VBZ their|PRP$ willingness|NN to|TO misrepresent|VB facts|NNS ,|, ignore|VBP the|DT truth|NN ,|, and|CC mislead|NN in|IN their|PRP$ defense|NN of|IN H.R|NNP .|. 5034|CD .|. 

The|DT recently|RB launched|VBN www.hr5034.org|NN website|NN is|VBZ the|DT creation|NN of|IN the|DT National|NNP Beer|NNP Wholesalers|NNS Association|NNP and|CC and|CC appears|VBZ to|TO be|VB the|DT repository|NN all|PDT the|DT misrepresentation|NN ,|, ignorance|NN and|CC misleading|JJ ideas|NNS supporters|NNS of|IN H.R.|NNP 5034|CD could|MD possibly|RB muster|VB .|. 

For|IN the|DT sake|NN of|IN context|NN and|CC setting|VBG the|DT record|NN straight|JJ ,|, this|DT post|NN address|NN many|JJ of|IN the|DT misrepresentations|NNS and|CC misleading|JJ claims|NNS made|VBN at|IN the|DT middlemen|NNS 's|POS disingenuous|JJ new|JJ website|NN .|. 

On|IN their|PRP$ homepage|NN (|( http://www.hr5034.org/|NN )|) 

"|'' Today|NN ’|NN s|VBZ system|NN balances|NNS competition|NN with|IN public|JJ safety|NN to|TO ensure|VB that|IN consumers|NNS can|MD enjoy|VB alcohol|NN without|IN suffering|VBG the|DT negative|JJ effects|NNS of|IN an|DT unregulated|JJ marketplace|NN "|'' 

Is|VBZ there|EX really|RB any|DT competition|NN when|WRB the|DT state-based|JJ regulatory|JJ system|NN the|DT wholesalers|NNS love|VBP so|RB much|JJ require|VB that|IN producers|NNS of|IN alcohol|NN use|NN a|DT wholesaler|NN to|TO bring|VB their|PRP$ goods|NNS to|TO market|VB ,|, meaning|VBG that|IN without|IN use|NN of|IN a|DT wholesaler|NN a|DT producer|NN can|MD not|RB enter|VB a|DT state|NN 's|POS market|NN ?|. 
It|PRP also|RB means|VBZ that|IN wholesalers|NNS get|VBP to|TO decide|VB what|WP consumers|NNS drink|NN ,|, not|RB consumers|NNS .|. 

"|'' Unfortunately|RB the|DT effective|JJ state-based|JJ regulatory|JJ system|NN in|IN the|DT U.S.|NNP is|VBZ under|IN attack|NN .|. 
Over|IN the|DT past|JJ 10|CD years|NNS ,|, more|JJR than|IN 25|CD states|NNS have|VBP faced|VBN challenges|NNS in|IN federal|JJ courts|NNS to|TO their|PRP$ authority|NN to|TO regulate|VB alcohol|NN and|CC their|PRP$ ability|NN to|TO maintain|VB a|DT licensed|JJ system|NN of|IN alcohol|NN controls|NNS .|. "|'' 
The|DT only|JJ challenges|VBZ to|TO the|DT state-based|JJ alcohol|NN regulatory|JJ system|NN are|VBP those|DT that|IN discriminate|JJ against|IN interstate|JJ commerce|NN for|IN protectionist|JJ reasons|NNS .|. 
Even|RB in|IN the|DT wake|NN of|IN successful|JJ suits|NNS that|WDT challenged|VBD the|DT protectionist|JJ laws|NNS that|IN wholesalers|NNS originally|RB pushed|VBN ,|, the|DT state|NN retained|VBD extraordinarily|RB broad|JJ authority|NN to|TO maintain|VB a|DT robust|JJ system|NN of|IN alcohol|NN controls|NNS .|. 

ON|NNP THE|DT "|'' LEARN|NNP MORE|JJR "|'' PAGE|NNP (|( http://www.hr5034.org/learn-more|NN )|) "|'' Litigation|NNP against|IN the|DT states|NNS brought|VBN by|IN those|DT wishing|VBG to|TO deregulate|VB alcohol|NN for|IN their|PRP$ own|JJ economic|JJ interests|NNS is|VBZ of|IN great|JJ concern|NN to|TO state|VB alcohol|NN regulators|NNS ,|, state|NN attorneys|NNS general|JJ ,|, public|JJ health|NN advocates|NNS and|CC many|JJ others|NNS .|. "|'' 
When|WRB the|DT economic|JJ interests|NNS of|IN producers|NNS ,|, retailers|NNS and|CC consumers|NNS are|VBP horsewhipped|JJ by|IN states|NNS doing|VBG the|DT bidding|NN of|IN wholesales|NNS who|WP receive|VBP more|JJR government|NN protection|NN and|CC welfare|NN from|IN the|DT state|NN than|IN any|DT other|JJ industry|NN in|IN america|NN ,|, you|PRP might|MD expect|VB them|PRP to|TO fight|VB back|RB .|. 
As|IN for|IN those|DT that|WDT have|VBP "|'' concern|NN "|'' ,|, let|VB 's|POS recall|VB that|IN it|PRP 's|VBZ only|RB a|DT tiny|JJ fraction|NN of|IN state|NN alcohol|NN regulators|NNS ,|, that|IN there|EX is|VBZ no|DT formal|JJ support|NN from|IN state|NN attorneys|NNS general|JJ ,|, only|RB a|DT mere|JJ handful|NN of|IN public|JJ health|NN advocates|NNS ,|, a|DT selection|NN of|IN recipients|NNS of|IN campaign|NN contributions|NNS from|IN wholesalers|NNS and|CC wholesalers|NNS themselves|PRP that|DT support|NN H.R.|NN 5034|CD .|. 

"|'' According|VBG to|TO a|DT recent|JJ national|JJ poll|NN conducted|VBN by|IN the|DT Center|NNP for|IN Alcohol|NNP Policy|NNP ,|, 79|CD %|NN of|IN respondents|NNS support|VBP the|DT right|NN of|IN individual|JJ states|NNS to|TO set|VB their|PRP$ own|JJ laws|NNS and|CC regulations|NNS surrounding|VBG the|DT sale|NN of|IN alcohol|NN and|CC 87|CD %|NN agree|VBP that|DT state|NN and|CC local|JJ laws|NNS regarding|VBG alcohol|NN regulations|NNS should|MD be|VB decided|VBN by|IN lawmakers|NNS and|CC citizens|NNS ,|, not|RB by|IN judges|NNS .|. "|'' 
I|PRP 'm|VBP shocked|VBN ,|, shocked|VBD i|NNP say|VBP ,|, that|IN the|DT "|'' center|NN for|IN alcohol|NN policy|NN "|'' is|VBZ an|DT arm|NN of|IN the|DT national|JJ beer|NN wholesalers|NNS association|NN and|CC that|IN it|PRP would|MD conduct|VB a|DT poll|NN that|WDT finds|VBZ results|NNS supporting|VBG those|DT that|WDT funded|VBD the|DT poll|NN .|. 
Does|VBZ it|PRP get|VBP any|DT more|RBR illegitimate|JJ ?|. 

On|IN the|DT "|'' Fact|NNP v.|NN 
Fiction|NNP page|NN (|( http://www.hr5034.org/fact-vs-fiction|NN )|) "|'' FACT|NNP :|: This|DT bill|NN does|VBZ not|RB address|VB direct|JJ shipping|NN or|CC any|DT specific|JJ state|NN alcohol|NN law|NN .|. 
It|PRP does|VBZ not|RB preempt|NN a|DT state|NN law|NN that|WDT allows|VBZ direct|JJ shipping|NN .|. 
It|PRP does|VBZ not|RB mandate|VB a|DT direct|JJ shipping|NN law|NN where|WRB there|EX currently|RB is|VBZ not|RB one|CD .|. 
The|DT bill|NN does|VBZ PROTECT|NNP a|DT state|NN ’|NN s|VBZ wine|NN shipping|VBG law|NN if|IN someone|NN were|VBD to|TO challenge|VB it|PRP in|IN court|NN by|IN providing|VBG the|DT shipping|NN law|NN with|IN the|DT same|JJ presumption|NN of|IN validity|NN granted|VBD other|JJ state|NN alcohol|NN laws|NNS .|. 
"|'' Disingenuous|NNP in|IN the|DT extreme|NN .|. 
And|CC what|WP 's|VBZ worse|JJR ,|, the|DT wholesalers|NNS knew|VBD this|DT when|WRB they|PRP wrote|VBD this|DT .|. 
H.R.|NNP 5034|CD gives|VBZ states|VBZ the|DT ability|NN to|TO pass|VB laws|NNS unchallengeable|JJ in|IN court|NN that|WDT would|MD discriminate|JJ against|IN out-of-state|JJ wine|NN shippers|NNS .|. 
And|CC we|PRP know|VBP such|JJ laws|NNS would|MD be|VB introduced|VBN into|IN various|JJ states|NNS since|IN wholesalers|NNS have|VBP seen|VBN to|TO it|PRP that|IN such|JJ laws|NNS have|VBP been|VBN introduced|VBN into|IN state|NN legislatures|NNS for|IN the|DT past|JJ 20|CD years|NNS .|. 
In|IN fact|NN ,|, H.R.|NNP 5034|CD would|MD allow|VB states|NNS to|TO pass|VB laws|NNS that|WDT make|VBP consumers|NNS receipt|NN of|IN a|DT wine|NN by|IN in-state|JJ shippers|NNS legal|JJ while|IN making|VBG receipt|NN of|IN a|DT wine|NN by|IN out-of-state|JJ shippers|NNS punishable|JJ to|TO a|DT greater|JJR degree|NN than|IN rape|NN ,|, home|NN invasion|NN or|CC selling|VBG cocaine|NN to|TO children|NNS .|. 
"|'' Fact|NNP :|: Protection|NNP of|IN a|DT state|NN ’|NN s|VBZ power|NN to|TO regulate|VB alcohol|NN is|VBZ not|RB an|DT “|NN industry|NN food|NN fight|NN .|. ”|NN 
"|'' food|NN fight|NN "|'' may|MD be|VB the|DT wrong|JJ word|NN .|. 
Better|NNP to|TO call|VB the|DT introduction|NN of|IN H.R.|NNP 5034|CD what|WP it|PRP is|VBZ :|: an|DT attack|NN on|IN the|DT entire|JJ alcohol|NN industry|NN and|CC consumers|NNS for|IN the|DT sake|NN of|IN protecting|VBG wholesaler|NN profits|NNS .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ no|DT coincidence|NN that|WDT brewers|NNS large|JJ and|CC small|JJ ,|, wineries|NNS ,|, spirit|NN producers|NNS and|CC importers|NNS ,|, retailers|NNS ,|, wine|NN education|NN organizations|NNS ,|, wine|NN consumers|NNS and|CC free|JJ trade|NN organizations|NNS all|DT oppose|VBP H.R.|NNP 5034|CD .|. 

"|'' This|DT bill|NN does|VBZ not|RB amend|VB or|CC alter|VB the|DT Federal|NNP Alcohol|NNP Administration|NNP Act|NNP (|( FAA|NNP Act|NNP )|) which|WDT provides|VBZ federal|JJ guidelines|NNS in|IN many|JJ of|IN these|DT areas|NNS "|'' 
No|DT it|PRP does|VBZ n't|RB "|'' amend|VB "|'' the|DT faa|NN act|NN .|. 
It|PRP overrides|NNS it|PRP entirely|RB .|. 
To|TO quote|VB from|IN H.R.|NNP 5034|CD :|: "|'' not|RB withstanding|VBG that|IN the|DT state|NN or|CC territorial|NN law|NN may|MD burden|NN interstate|JJ commerce|NN or|CC an|DT act|NN of|IN congress|NN ,|, the|DT state|NN law|NN shall|MD be|VB upheld|VBN ...|... "|'' 
This|DT claim|NN by|IN the|DT wholesalers|NNS that|IN H.R.|NNP 5034|CD "|'' does|VBZ not|RB amend|VB "|'' federal|JJ regulations|NNS on|IN alcohol|NN is|VBZ a|DT straight|JJ up|RB misrepresentation|NN .|. 
It|PRP 's|VBZ like|IN saying|VBG "|'' i|NNP did|VBD n't|RB kick|VB the|DT dog|NN ,|, but|CC rather|RB his|PRP$ ribs|NNS fell|VBD on|IN to|TO my|PRP$ boot|NN "|'' .|. 

"|'' It|PRP is|VBZ the|DT intent|NN of|IN this|DT language|NN to|TO make|VB clear|VB the|DT congressional|JJ support|NN for|IN the|DT holding|VBG in|IN Granholm-prohibiting|NNP state|NN laws|NNS that|WDT allow|VBP an|DT in-state|JJ winery|NN to|TO do|VB something|NN a|DT similarly|RB situated|VBN out-of-state|JJ winery|NN can|MD not|RB do|VB .|. 
Language|NNP that|WDT bars|NNS facial|JJ discrimination|NN is|VBZ included|VBN in|IN the|DT bill|NN to|TO codify|NN this|DT prohibition|NN "|'' I|PRP have|VBP great|JJ faith|NN in|IN the|DT wholesalers|NNS '|POS ability|NN to|TO mislead|NN .|. 
But|CC this|DT goes|VBZ beyond|IN even|RB my|PRP$ expectation|NN .|. 
The|DT intent|NN of|IN H.R.|NNP 5034|CD is|VBZ precisely|RB to|TO overturn|VB the|DT granholm|NN v.|NN 
Heald|NNP supreme|NN court|NN decision|NN that|WDT did|VBD away|RB with|IN protectionist|JJ state|NN alcohol|NN laws|NNS .|. 
More|RBR importantly|RB ,|, the|DT very|JJ language|NN of|IN H.R.|NNP 5034|CD gives|VBZ states|VBZ the|DT explicit|JJ right|NN to|TO discriminate|JJ against|IN out-of-state|JJ wine|NN shippers|NNS .|. 
All|DT the|DT state|NN needs|VBZ to|TO do|VB is|VBZ offer|NN the|DT feeblest|NN of|IN justifications|NNS .|. 
Read|NNP for|IN yourself|PRP :|: "|'' state|NN or|CC territorial|NN regulations|NNS may|MD not|RB facially|RB discriminate|JJ ,|, without|IN justification|NN ,|, against|IN out-of-state|JJ producers|NNS of|IN alcoholic|JJ beverages|NNS in|IN favor|NN of|IN in-state|JJ producers|NNS .|. "|'' 
one|CD of|IN those|DT "|'' justifications|NNS "|'' ,|, the|DT bill|NN states|NNS ,|, is|VBZ maintenance|NN of|IN the|DT "|'' structure|NN of|IN the|DT state|NN alcoholic|JJ beverage|NN distribution|NN system|NN .|. "|'' 
in|IN other|JJ words|NNS ,|, discrimination|NN is|VBZ ok|JJ as|IN long|RB as|IN the|DT discrimination|NN is|VBZ written|VBN into|IN the|DT state|NN 's|POS alcohol|NN beverage|NN distribution|NN laws|NNS .|. 
Furthermore|RB ,|, note|NN that|IN wine|NN retailers|NNS are|VBP not|RB even|RB covered|VBN by|IN this|DT duplicitous|JJ language|NN on|IN "|'' justification|NN "|'' .|. 
The|DT state|NN needs|VBZ no|DT justification|NN to|TO discriminate|JJ against|IN out-of-state|JJ retailers|NNS .|. 

"|'' Over|IN half|PDT the|DT states|NNS have|VBP been|VBN sued|VBN challenging|VBG their|PRP$ alcohol|NN laws|NNS .|. 
The|DT lawsuits|NNS have|VBP attacked|VBN items|NNS such|JJ as|IN commonsense|NN safeguards|NNS that|WDT require|VBP a|DT face-to-face|JJ transaction|NN (|( needed|VBN for|IN I.D.|NN checks|NNS )|) to|TO buy|VB alcohol|NN "|'' In|IN fact|NN ,|, face-to-face|JJ transactions|NNS are|VBP not|RB needed|VBN for|IN I.|NN D|NNP checks|NNS .|. 
We|PRP know|VBP this|DT because|IN states|NNS have|VBP written|VBN laws|NNS that|WDT have|VBP gone|VBN unchallenged|JJ that|WDT require|VBP I.D.|NN Checks|NNP to|TO be|VB made|VBN at|IN the|DT point|NN of|IN delivery|NN of|IN the|DT wine|NN .|. 

"|'' Unelected|NNP judges|NNS should|MD not|RB set|VB alcohol|NN policy|NN ;|: this|DT responsibility|NN rightly|RB rests|VBZ with|IN individual|JJ state|NN legislatures|NNS ,|, as|IN guaranteed|VBN under|IN the|DT 21st|JJ Amendment|NNP to|TO the|DT U.S.|NNP Constitution|NNP .|. "|'' 
Judges|NNPS never|RB have|VBP set|VBN policy|NN .|. 
State|NN legislatures|NNS always|RB have|VBP .|. 
This|DT is|VBZ the|DT big|JJ lie|NN the|DT wholesalers|NNS tell|VBP .|. 
Judges|NNS merely|RB tell|VB the|DT state|NN when|WRB they|PRP have|VBP reached|VBN beyond|IN what|WP the|DT 21st|JJ Amendment|NNP allows|VBZ .|. 
After|IN that|DT ,|, the|DT state|NN legislatures|NNS ,|, in|IN every|DT state|NN where|WRB litigation|NN has|VBZ affected|VBN badly|RB crafted|VBN laws|NNS ,|, went|VBD about|IN legislating|NN a|DT fix|NN .|. 
Surely|RB the|DT wholesalers|NNS do|VBP n't|RB mean|VB to|TO say|VB that|DT state|NN alcohol|NN laws|NNS should|MD in|IN no|DT way|NN be|VB required|VBN to|TO abide|VB by|IN the|DT principles|NNS in|IN the|DT u|NN .|. S.|NN 
Constitution|NNP .|. 
What|WP next|JJ ,|, will|MD the|DT wholesalers|NNS argue|VB the|DT 21st|JJ amendment|NN give|VBP the|DT states|NNS the|DT right|NN to|TO prohibit|VB women|NNS from|IN buying|VBG alcohol|NN ?|. 
Will|MD they|PRP argue|VB that|IN state|NN laws|NNS banning|VBG African-|NNP Americans|NNPS from|IN being|VBG distributors|NNS is|VBZ legal|JJ under|IN the|DT 21st|JJ Amendment|NNP ?|. 

"|'' State|NNP laws|NNS that|WDT raise|VBP concerns|NNS can|MD and|CC should|MD be|VB addressed|VBN in|IN the|DT state|NN legislature|NN .|. "|'' 
Lucky|NNP for|IN Americans|NNPS it|PRP was|VBD n't|RB this|DT attitude|NN that|WDT ruled|VBD the|DT day|NN when|WRB jim|NN crow|NN laws|NNS were|VBD in|IN place|NN .|. 
The|DT wholesalers|NNS would|MD have|VB argued|VBN that|IN the|DT racist|JJ "|'' separate|JJ but|CC equal|JJ "|'' philosophy|NN had|VBD no|DT business|NN being|VBG litigated|JJ and|CC that|IN we|PRP should|MD wait|VB for|IN the|DT legislatures|NNS that|WDT enacted|VBD the|DT racist|JJ laws|NNS to|TO overturn|VB them|PRP with|IN new|JJ laws|NNS .|. 
We|PRP have|VBP courts|NNS precisely|RB to|TO adjudicate|NN concerns|NNS with|IN the|DT fairness|NN and|CC constitutionality|NN of|IN state|NN laws|NNS .|. 
But|CC of|IN course|NN ,|, wholesalers|NNS know|VBP this|DT .|. 
They|PRP to|TO have|VB brought|VBN states|NNS to|TO court|VB over|IN alcohol|NN distribution|NN laws|NNS they|PRP did|VBD n't|RB think|VB were|VBD fair|JJ or|CC constitutional|JJ .|. 
It|PRP appears|VBZ that|IN wholesalers|NNS do|VBP n't|RB like|VB the|DT courts|NNS involved|VBN when|WRB the|DT decision|NN do|VBP n't|RB go|VB their|PRP$ way|NN .|. 

The|DT hypocrisy|NN ,|, misleading|JJ notions|NNS and|CC disinformation|NN being|VBG featured|VBN at|IN the|DT wholesalers|NNS website|NN supporting|VBG H.R.|NN 5034|CD is|VBZ staggering|JJ .|. 
However|RB ,|, they|PRP do|VBP the|DT right|JJ thing|NN when|WRB they|PRP invite|VB readers|NNS to|TO sign|VB up|RP for|IN emails|NNS that|WDT will|MD deliver|VB "|'' the|DT latest|JJS developments|NNS "|'' .|. 
I|PRP urge|VBP all|DT readers|NNS to|TO sign|VB up|RP for|IN those|DT emails|NNS .|. 

In|IN the|DT mean|JJ time|NN ,|, please|VB checkout|NN the|DT website|NN that|WDT spurred|VBD the|DT wholesalers|NNS to|TO launch|VB their|PRP$ own|JJ :|: http://www.stophr5034.org.|NN 
It|PRP is|VBZ published|VBN by|IN the|DT Specialty|NNP Wine|NNP Retailers|NNP Association|NNP and|CC upon|IN reading|NN through|IN it|PRP ,|, you|PRP should|MD find|VB yourself|PRP feeling|VBG much|RB cleaner|JJR and|CC less|JJR soiled|VBD than|IN after|IN wading|VBG through|IN the|DT misrepresentations|NNS of|IN the|DT new|JJ wholesaler-sponsored|JJ website|NN on|IN H.R.|NN 5034|CD .|. 

>|NN Comments|NNP Scott|NNP said|VBD ...|... Too|RB bad|JJ there|EX 's|VBZ not|RB a|DT way|NN to|TO shout|VB louder|RBR than|IN all|DT caps|NNS .|. Maybe|RB try|VB more|JJR exclamation|NN points|NNS .|. ...|... 
July|NNP 16|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 06:13|NN AM|NNP 

Judd|NNP Wallenbrock|NNP said|VBD ...|... Tom|NNP --|: thanks|NNS so|RB much|JJ for|IN keeping|VBG us|PRP all|DT up|IN to|TO date|NN and|CC informed|VBN regarding|VBG this|DT silly|NN ...|... but|CC very|RB real|JJ threat|NN ...|... not|RB only|RB to|TO our|PRP$ industry|NN but|CC to|TO our|PRP$ basic|JJ rights|NNS as|IN consumers|NNS .|. 
July|NNP 16|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 08:14|NN AM|NNP 

Tom|NNP Wark|NNP said|VBD ...|... Scott|NNP :|: Thanks|NNS for|IN the|DT tips|NNS .|. 
Judd|NNP :|: my|PRP$ pleasure|NN !|. 
July|NNP 16|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 09:42|NN AM|NNP 

Bill|NNP Sprow|NNP said|VBD ...|... Get|VB rid|JJ of|IN thewe|NN beer|NN and|CC wine|NN distributor|NN associations|NNS ,|, ie|NN make|NN them|PRP illegal|JJ ,|, and|CC you|PRP would|MD really|RB be|VB showing|VBG a|DT free|JJ market|NN work|NN in|IN progress|NN .|. 
If|IN I|PRP as|IN a|DT resident|NN of|IN Ohio|NNP want|VBP to|TO purchase|VB a|DT bottle|NN of|IN Californis|NNP wine|NN on|IN line|NN and|CC have|VBP it|PRP shipped|VBD to|TO me|PRP in|IN Ohio|NNP without|IN interference|NN from|IN anyone|NN else|RB .|. 

July|NNP 16|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 10:41|NN AM|NNP 

Austin|NNP SEO|NNP said|VBD ...|... Interesting|JJ !|. ,|, 
Wholesalers|NNS issue|VBP .|. Thanks|NNS for|IN sharing|VBG your|PRP$ link|NN .|. 
I|PRP enjoyed|VBD reading|VBG your|PRP$ post|NN .|. 
July|NNP 17|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 12:35|NN PM|NNP 

JohnLopresti|NNP said|VBD ...|... Thought|NNP I|PRP would|MD post|VB a|DT link|NN with|IN a|DT cute|JJ title|NN related|VBN to|TO the|DT post|NN .|. 
NB|NNP :|: the|DT article|NN is|VBZ in|IN a|DT trade|NN journal|NN available|JJ by|IN online|NN subscription|NN $|$ only|RB .|. 
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202463630848&Alcohol_bill_means_happy_hour_for_lobbyists|NN 

July|NNP 19|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 08:53|NN AM|NNP 
Steve|NNP said|VBD ...|... Tom|NNP :|: Thanks|NNS for|IN this|DT passionate|JJ polemic|JJ ,|, a|DT foreceful|JJ and|CC sorely|RB needed|VBN rebuttal|NN to|TO a|DT bogus|JJ bill|NN .|. 
July|NNP 19|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 09:10|NN AM|NNP 

Tom|NNP said|VBD ...|... Seems|VBZ like|IN some|DT old|JJ geezers|NNS are|VBP filling|VBG their|PRP$ pockets|NNS with|IN some|DT major|JJ greenbacks|NNS getting|VBG this|DT bill|NN passed|VBN through|IN .|. 
Its|PRP$ a|DT blatant|JJ anti-competition|JJ bill|NN that|WDT will|MD crush|VB the|DT uniqness|NNS of|IN the|DT alchohol|NN /|NN wine|NN industry|NN ,|, kinda|NN like|IN Wal|NNP Mart|NNP moving|VBG into|IN a|DT town|NN and|CC crushing|VBG the|DT boutique|NN shops|NNS .|. 
Since|IN I|PRP live|VBP in|IN Texas|NNP Ill|NNP have|VBP to|TO resort|VB to|TO buying|VBG O|NNP '|POS Douls|NNP and|CC Welchs|NNP grape|NN juice|NN after|IN the|DT Baptists|NNP take|NN control|NN of|IN the|DT law|NN in|IN the|DT State|NNP legislature|NN .|. 
Dont|NNP even|RB get|VBP me|PRP started|VBD on|IN the|DT still|RB enacted|VBN Blue|NNP Laws|NNP of|IN this|DT state|NN (|( cant|NN buy|NN liqour|NN on|IN Sundays|NNS )|) ...|... 
July|NNP 19|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 09:12|NN AM|NNP 

r|LS said|VBD ...|... Wow|UH !|. 
I|PRP am|VBP speechless|JJ .|. 
I|PRP will|MD not|RB even|RB waste|VB my|PRP$ time|NN rebutting|VBG you|PRP point|VBP by|IN point|NN because|IN you|PRP do|VBP not|RB have|VB a|DT clue|NN in|IN many|JJ instances|NNS what|WP you|PRP are|VBP talking|VBG about|IN .|. 
You|PRP do|VBP have|VBP a|DT few|JJ valid|JJ points|NNS but|CC they|PRP too|RB may|MD be|VB predicated|VBN on|IN false|JJ premise|NN ,|, I|PRP do|VBP not|RB claim|VB to|TO be|VB the|DT all|DT knowing|VBG expert|NN .|. 
By|IN using|VBG the|DT same|JJ sensational|JJ BS|NNP Tactics|NNP you|PRP rail|NN against|IN ,|, instead|RB of|IN a|DT balanced|JJ and|CC fair|JJ assessment|NN you|PRP render|VB the|DT entirety|NN of|IN your|PRP$ rant|NN incredible|JJ .|. 
In|IN short|VB the|DT wine|NN has|VBZ to|TO go|VB from|IN point|NN A|DT to|TO B|NNP in|IN some|DT way|NN .|. 
Do|VBP you|PRP work|VBP for|IN FedEx|NNP ?|. 
It|PRP sounds|VBZ like|IN you|PRP would|MD prefer|VB you|PRP government|NN welfare|NN to|TO go|VB there|RB instead|RB ?|. 
Wholesalers|NNS compete|VBP against|IN each|DT other|JJ ...|... perhaps|RB you|PRP forgot|VBD .|. 
They|PRP do|VBP not|RB operate|VB monopolies|NNS .|. 
In|IN Oregon|NNP for|IN instance|NN there|RB are|VBP about|IN 60|CD wholesalers|NNS competing|VBG for|IN partnerships|NNS on|IN both|DT the|DT supply|NN and|CC the|DT demand|NN side|NN ,|, hardly|RB the|DT ideal|JJ monopoly|NN situation|NN .|. 
In|IN most|JJS cases|NNS where|WRB state|NN laws|NNS allow|VBP shipping|VBG you|PRP can|MD get|VB a|DT bottle|NN of|IN wine|NN shipped|VBN from|IN the|DT winery|NN of|IN your|PRP$ choice|NN .|. 
A|DT very|RB important|JJ point|NN to|TO remember|VB :|: While|IN large|JJ "|'' commercial|JJ wineries|NNS "|'' (|( Factory|NN wine|NN producers|NNS )|) may|MD have|VB the|DT ability|NN to|TO market|NN their|PRP$ own|JJ wine|NN ,|, smaller|JJR growers|NNS whom|WP you|PRP seem|VBP to|TO be|VB so|RB concerned|VBN about|IN do|VBP not|RB have|VB the|DT proper|JJ infrastructure|NN to|TO allow|VB wine|NN sales|NNS on|IN line|NN in|IN many|JJ cases|NNS ,|, let|VB alone|RB having|VBG their|PRP$ own|JJ transportation|NN infrastructure|NN .|. 
They|PRP are|VBP experts|NNS at|IN farming|NN and|CC producing|VBG wine|NN ,|, which|WDT is|VBZ what|WP they|PRP likely|JJ prefer|VBP to|TO do|VB in|IN most|JJS cases|NNS .|. 
July|NNP 27|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 09:08|NN PM|NNP 

alean|NN said|VBD ...|... wine|NN facts|NNS are|VBP really|RB good|JJ http://www.facts-about-wine.info/|NN 

arunrob@gmail.com|NN 
October|NNP 13|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 12:39|NN PM|NNP 

crystal|NN ortizz|NN said|VBD ...|... Quite|RB informative|JJ blog|NN .|. 
My|PRP$ friends|NNS would|MD definitely|RB appreciate|VB knowing|VBG these|DT facts|NNS .|. 
As|IN being|VBG a|DT student|NN such|JJ blogs|NNS help|VBP me|PRP a|DT lot|NN .|. It|PRP is|VBZ rather|RB interesting|JJ for|IN me|PRP to|TO read|VB this|DT blog|NN .|. 
Thanks|NNS for|IN it|PRP .|. 
I|PRP like|VBP such|JJ topics|NNS and|CC anything|NN that|WDT is|VBZ connected|VBN to|TO this|DT matter|NN .|. 
I|PRP definitely|RB want|VBP to|TO read|VB more|RBR on|IN that|DT blog|NN soon|RB .|. 

December|NNP 06|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 05:11|NN AM|NNP 
dissertation|NN writing|VBG service|NN said|VBD ...|... This|DT is|VBZ my|PRP$ Good|JJ luck|NN that|IN I|PRP found|VBD your|PRP$ post|NN which|WDT is|VBZ according|VBG to|TO my|PRP$ search|NN and|CC topic|NN ,|, I|PRP think|VBP you|PRP are|VBP a|DT great|JJ blogger|NN ,|, thanks|NNS for|IN helping|VBG me|PRP outta|NN my|PRP$ problem|NN .|. .|. 
December|NNP 07|CD ,|, 2010|CD at|IN 12:22|NN AM|NNP 

