The Government is Here to Protect You From Yourself ...

The state of Alabam has banned the wine Cycles Gladiator because there is a very offensive and pornographic print of a nekkid woman on the label. After giving this matter some very serious thought, I have decided that I will post a pic of the label here on my blog. Normally I don’t post shocking pics or pornographic images here on my blog. But, in this case I thought I should so you would know just how outrageous and disgusting this label is. If you are easily offended by gratuitous nudity, then I suggest you scroll down quickly and not look at the image below.

Anyway, here it is …


*GASP!*

Good thing they have banned that wine! The good people of Alabama are being protected from dirty pictures by their government. And, as an added bonus, they don’t have to worry that their children will see such offensive images either. Oh sure, they can turn on HBO on Sunday night and stare at Anna Paquin’s boobs and watch some vampire bury his fangs in Anna’s neck and then spit her own blood back into here mouth. (Or find those videos and screen caps on the internet.) That’s no big deal. But, an Art Nuevo print from around 1900 showing the side image of a nude woman? OH HELL NO!

Good job Alabama!


But wait, that’s not all!


The state of Delaware has been attempting to legalize sports books which would allow its citizens to bet on individual sporting events like college and pro football, basketball and whatever else. But, apparently there are people out there who think that gambling is bad and the government should protect all of the good, decent people from the temptation of putting $10 on the Patriots who are -2.5 this Friday at Washington. Easy fucking money!

Once again, I'm so glad we have our government here to protect us like this. I mean, we're all so weak and unable to handle things like 100 year old art neuvo prints of nude women not actually showing any of the goods. And we can't possibly stop from gambling away all of our earnings on that devil the NFL. Of course, we can have lotteries and bingo and both horse and dog racing. That's different!

But, you know I really love about these two things? You know all those "conservatives" out there who rant and rail about gov't intervention in our lives and the "Nanny State?" Well, when things like banning a wine label and prohibition against sports books and gambling come up, where are those people? They're nowhere to be found. Funny, how it's the "Nanny State" and all that shit until it's a "moral" issue to them, isn't it?

You know, fuck this bullshit. There are a couple of dozen people in this country who are incapable of reading the directions on a bottle of Tylenol, so they want to ban it altogether. There are people who can't handle their drink, so we should severely restrict access to alcohol. And there are people who are easily addicted to gambling so we have to denying EVERYONE the fun and games. And there are a group of very uptight, sexually repressed people who are aghast at the very thought of a naked body, let alone a drawing of one, so they decide to protect us all by banning the wine completely.

I say these people all need to put a few bucks on Chicago +1.5 @ Denver on Sunday night (more easy money), throw back a couple of cold ones, watch some dirty movies and stick a great big vibrator up their asses and loosen the hell up!