Monday, April 19, 2004

Ever since 9/11, a lot of political and government figure heads have been wanting to take away some of our most basic civil liberties and Constitutional rights for the sake of safety and control. But there's a small town in Texas called New Braunfels that's passed an ordinance that if it has a ripple effect on the federal level could destroy freedom as we know it.

New Braunfels Bans Beer Bongs

That classic college party favor, the beer bong, is no longer allowed for public use along the city's Central Texas rivers BY LAW because they present a bad image to citizens and tourists on vacation because I'm sure we've all got New Braunfels, Texas on our "Places to Visit Before I Die" list right between the Taj Mahal and the Wayne Newton/Tony Orlando theater in Branson, Missouri.

Ken Valentine, District 6 Councilman on the New Braunfels City Council, said the city decided to draft (HA! Draft! Get it? Oh somebody please shoot me) the ordinance in order to curb their image as a binge drinking town and because it discourages people from using the rivers.

First of all, when I'm drinking my weight in luke warm Pabst Blue Ribbon, a river would be the first thing I use if one's available nearby since beer makes me piss like a wine taster with a pea-sized bladder. And even though I've never been to Funtown, U.S.A., I can definitely say that drinking until you pass out is probably the only thing worth doing in New Braunfels.