The Other Brooks Brothers and Their Sister, Too. — “Suddenly-relevant”

The Alabama House of Representatives is now in session. At least it was on March 4, 2008 to debate HB196 — the “Gourmet Beer Bill” which would allow malt beverages (A.K.A. “Beer”) with higher alcohol content to be sold in the state of Alabama.

They debated and debated (highlights are available below), but the most passionate argument came from 33-year House veteran Representative Alvin Holmes who voiced his opposition to the measure (5:32 in the clip) saying,

“Yo, what’s wrong with the beer we got? I mean, the beer we got drank pretty good, don’t it? I ain’t never heard nobody complain about the, uh, beer we have. It drank pretty good. Budweiser. What’s the names of some of them other beers? Budweiser and what else? Miller. Coors. It drank pretty good, don’t it?”

Indeed they do, Representative Holmes. Indeed they do.

When the dust settled, by a vote of 48-42, HB196 moved to Alabama’s Senate.

I’m not sure what the folks at The Shot would think about this measure or Representative Holmes’ remarks, considering their love of Red Stripe, but I’m glad to see that legislatures across the country are continuing the people’s business like was done in Congress just a couple of weeks ago.

Hopefully, upon passage this will effectively end big-time smuggling operations like one I heard about involving a black Trans-Am and an 18-Wheeler who already had problems getting 400 cases of Coors from Texas to Georgia.

Representative Alvin Holmes is not only a true American, I’m sure he’s also appreciated by throngs of NASCAR fans who don’t want that sissy boutique beer.

– Bo Burdette