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D.C. bartenders reveal their political secrets about Democratic and Republican drinking trends in bar in Washington D.C.

From startribune.com:

Twin Cities bartenders working when the GOP holds its national convention in St. Paul next month should listen up: Republicans like their drinks straight up, and they arrive early for happy hour. A survey of Washington, D.C., bartenders commissioned by a leading liquor company broke down Democrats and Republicans when it comes to their drink selection and bar behavior. Here’s what it found:

Who’s a better tipper? Democrats 60 percent, Republicans 38 percent.

Who is more likely to order a drink straight up? Republicans 82 percent; Democrats 14 percent.

Who is more likely to order a fruity (pink) drink? Democrats 58 percent, Republicans 34 percent. (I can definitely see Bill Clinton drinking a Cosmo!)

Who has the better pick-up lines? Democrats 74 percent, Republicans 14 percent.

Who is better at giving a toast? Democrats 63 percent, Republicans 36 percent.

Who is more likely to arrive first for happy hour? Republicans 50 percent, Democrats 48 percent.

Who is more likely to be the last to go home? Democrats 53 percent, Republicans 46 percent.

The survey of about 100 bartenders in the Washington area was commissioned by Beam Global Spirits & Wine Inc. (maker of Jim Beam bourbon, Canadian Club whisky and Courvoisier cognac, among others) in collaboration with Clarus Research Group.

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Pretty funny drinking game to enjoy while you listen to the Democrats bullshit all night.

From exurbannation.blogspot.com:

Democratic Convention Drinking Game

1. Mention of “change” = sip.
2. Mention of “the middle class” = 2 sips.
3. Mention of “the [endangered/beleagured] middle class” = full swallow.
4. Allusion to any opposition candidate not in the election = chug.
5. Allusion to the past accomplishments of a Democrat not on the ticket = drain glass.
6. Any time a loser, Hillary, Bayh, etc., praises the ticket = consume 2x the amount that of beer that comes out your nose.
7. Pundit mentions unity = sip.
8. Any time a multimillionare berates another multimillionare = pour a snifter of brandy.
9. Any time a participant is referred to by nickname = drain you neighbor’s drink.
10. Fist bump = pop a new brew.

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Best college president ever!  Drunk out on a lake with on the 4th of July. Then receives 400K to resign from a crappy community college position. Please… Mr. President, tell me you’re not angry about this! That is awesome!

From www.desmoinesregister.com:

Iowa Central Community College President Robert Paxton will collect $400,000 from the school in return for his resignation.

After 13 years as president of the Fort Dodge school, Paxton resigned Wednesday, one day before the school’s board of trustees was scheduled to discuss an undisclosed “personnel matter.”

The special meeting was called after The Des Moines Register published a July 4 photograph of Paxton aboard a boat with a group of young people, holding the spigot of a small beer keg suspended over a young woman’s open mouth.

College trustee Mark Crimmins was aware of the photo before it was published and told the Register that Paxton had done nothing improper and the matter wasn’t deserving of the board’s attention.

When questioned by the Register, Paxton initially denied knowing anything about the photo or any recent boat outings with young people. After being told that Crimmins had already informed the Register that he had seen the photo and the two men had discussed it, Paxton acknowledged the photo’s authenticity. He said he had done nothing illegal or improper.

But the photograph, along with Paxton’s explanation for it, was picked up by other media outlets and sparked a heated debate in Fort Dodge over the personal conduct of public officials.

At today’s board meeting, the trustees met for eight minutes and agreed, without discussion, to accept Paxton’s resignation and approve a compensation package for him. The deal calls for Paxton to receive $200,000 in January 2009 and $200,000 in January 2010.

Trustee Larry Hecht said the board felt the compensation package was fair to all parties.

“The thing we struggled with was whether his personal life was, you know, his,” he said. “I think we all thought that was true. On the other hand, his position — I guess what you do in your personal life does affect the public’s perception of what you do on the job.”

Hecht said the decision to accept the resignation was “heart-breaking” given Paxton’s dedication to the school. Asked why there was no discussion of the compensation package, Hecht said, “It wasn’t like he killed somebody or stole money, so where we’d end up court was ‘who knows.’”

Paxton was not present for the board meeting, but said in a written statement to the board, “It was a true joy and honor to serve” the school.

Paxton, 52, has said all of the people who were drinking in the boat when the photograph was taken were of legal age. He said the beer keg was broken and wasn’t dispensing beer into the young woman’s mouth. He said his 19-year-old son, who was arrested for second-offense drunken driving early the next morning, was in the boat but was not drinking.

Three days before the photo was taken, Paxton signed a new employment contract with the school. The deal awarded Paxton a 33 percent increase in his annual retention bonus, raising it to $15,000 per year.

The deal also included a $156,000 annual salary; a $27,960 stipend toward the purchase of an annuity; a $13,200 annual car allowance in addition to mileage payments; and an expense account worth $7,250.

In 2002, Paxton was indicted on charges of felonious misconduct in office, falsification of public records and tampering with public records. The charges grew out of an investigation into student athletes being awarded false grades.

Three of Paxton’s colleagues at Iowa Central eventually pleaded guilty to charges they tampered with student records to benefit the athletes and to deceive others. All three men retained their jobs at the school. The charges against Paxton were deferred under an agreement in which he accepted responsibility for the transcript fraud.

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1 1/2 oz Seagram’s 7® Whiskey
4 1/2 oz Seven-Up® or Sprite

Pour Seagram’s 7 and Seven-Up into a highball glass on the rocks. Mix and serve.

Cheap, easy, and good!

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All you college students getting ready for school to start again… and more importantly, all the beginning of the year parties!  Here are a some drink recipes and cocktails that will get you right back into action!

SofaKing’s Fav’s:
1. Captain and Coke - Always good to start the year off with a little Captain. Start the year off right!

2. Ice Luge Shots - Always gets the party going… and are so good!  Need a block of ice, but well worth the trouble. Pour any type of shots down the ice block, or a mixture of alcohol and juice. By the time it reaches your mouth it will be nice and ICY!

One of our favorites is to pour a vodka shot down the ice luge directly followed by a shot of Redbull/monster or any other energy drink.

Cheap and Easy:
1. Always a college favorite are the Cheap beers, that will get you trashed. If you only got about $5, get a 12pack of Keystone Ice, Natural Ice, or a couple Steel Reserves. Terrible beer, but will get the job done if you are on a budget.

2. Brass Monkey - One of the greatest tasting drinks i have ever had. Its almost like a mimosa, but will get you drunk! And all you who have never seen girls drink malt liquor, just give them one of these. All you need is a 40, of your favorite Malt Liquor, and any type of Orange Juice. Drink the 40 down to the top of the label, then refile the 40 to the top with the Orange Juice. Simple and Fantastic!!

3. Jungle Juice - Easy to make, and taste great. All you need is any type of cheap alcohol (Plastic Bottle vodkas and rums) some juice and a big bucket or cooler to mix it in. You get a few of your college buddies to throw in on a few 8 dollar bottles the whole party is set. If you want to take it up one notch, grab some cans of fruit (pineapple etc.) to throw in there. BAM! not you got food and drinks for real cheap. Jungle juice is perfect for any college party. I feel Bacardi 151 is the best to use for Jungle juice though. Although it is a little more expensive than most plastic bottled liquors, you get a lot more bite for your dollar and is guaranteed to wreck you and your party!

4. Seven and Seven - You really cant beat a good whiskey but when you are on a budget, a bottle of Seagram’s 7 does just fine. Mix it with some Seven Up, Sprite or any clear soda and you are good to go. Easy to make, and tastes great for a plastic bottle of liquor under 10 bucks. If you are a fan of whiskey, I strongly recommend you try the cheap alternative next time drinking with your college buddies.

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Ever Wake up in the morning regretting something you did the night before?

These wont help, but nonetheless, they are good to know when drinking heavy amounts of alcohol!

Here are some myths about what can help stop a hangover. In the end, it all just boils down to, if you consume too much alcohol, you will have a hangover, and there isnt much that can be done about it. Read and Learn. I know many of you will have to disagree with some of these myths, but feel free to post comments and express your opinions!

MYTH #1
A MORNING MIMOSA EASES A HANGOVER
Not for long: The “hair of the dog that bit you” remedy just pushes a hangover to later in the day. Hangovers set in when blood-alcohol levels start to fall; the worst symptoms strike when levels reach zero, says alcohol researcher Robert Swift, M.D., Ph.D., of Brown University. A better a.m. cocktail: Gatorade, to replace lost electrolytes (the chemical messengers that help your body function effectively), and water, to counter dehydration (which can leave you weak, dizzy, light-headed, and cotton-mouthed).

MYTH #2
POPPING ACETAMINOPHEN BEFORE YOU GO TO BED MAKES MORNING EASIER
You’re wrong about two things: Choice of drugs and timing. When you take acetaminophen, most of it is converted in the liver to harmless compounds. But when you’ve been drinking, the liver is so preoccupied with metabolizing the alcohol that it processes the painkiller in a separate pathway where these compounds can become toxic, causing liver inflammation and permanent damage.

Stick to ibuprofen, says David J. Clayton, M.D., co-author of The Healthy Guide to Unhealthy Living. And, he says, don’t take it before bed: The drug’s effectiveness peaks in about four hours, so it won’t do anything for you by morning. Clayton’s best, use-it-only-when-you-have-to Rx: “Get up and take 800 milligrams of ibuprofen an hour before you need to be functional. You’ll feel awful when you wake up to take it, but you’ll feel much better an hour later.”

MYTH #3
DRINKS WITH FEWER CALORIES ARE ALWAYS A HEALTHIER CHOICE
As if. According to a study by Chris Rayner, M.D., of the Royal Adelaide Hospital in Australia, people actually get more drunk after ordering up diet cocktails. The reason? The fewer calories in the drink, the more quickly it empties from your stomach. Blood initially passes through the liver, where some of the alcohol is filtered out. But faster emptying saturates the liver, so more alcohol ultimately makes it through to your bloodstream.

MYTH #4
EATING BEFORE BED WILL ABSORB THE ALCOHOL AND MUTE A HANGOVER
Nice try, but food has to be in your stomach before you drink to help a hangover. If you’re busy digesting steak, your martini will be delivered to your bloodstream more slowly, giving it less of a chance to accumulate to the headache-worthy levels. (All food slows digestion, but fat does it best.)

MYTH #5
WINE IS BETTER FOR YOU THAN BEER
Wine gets all of the health props, but studies consistently show that people who drink beer in moderation also receive health benefits—including a lower risk of heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and osteoporosis. And when it comes to how you feel the next day, beer is the gentler choice. “Specific compounds in red wine, like tannins, can trigger headaches in susceptible people,” says Swift, “and that just adds to the hangover.”

MYTH #6
DRINKING THROUGH A STRAW GETS YOU TRASHED FASTER
Only if you suck faster than you chug. It isn’t how you get the booze from glass to mouth that affects your buzz; it’s the type of glass you’re drinking from. A Cornell University study found that people—even experienced bartenders—consistently pour 20 to 30 percent more alcohol into short, stout tumblers than into tall, skinny highball glasses. “They focus on the height of what they are pouring at the expense of width,” says study author Brian Wansink, Ph.D., author of Mindless Eating.

MYTH #7
IF YOU WEIGH THE SAME AS YOUR BROTHER, YOU CAN MATCH HIM DRINK FOR DRINK
“Women will always get more intoxicated on a smaller dose than men”—even if you’ve diligently built up your tolerance, says Swift. “Men have a higher percentage of water in their bodies, so if you dump alcohol in there, it’s going to be more diluted.” Plus, men have higher levels of the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase, which allows guys to metabolize alcohol better.

MYTH #8
IF THE DRINKS ARE FREE, THE CALORIES DON’T COUNT
Ok, we know you don’t really believe this, but something does happen when someone else is paying that can make good judgment disappear. Take a look at the true cost of an open bar: Four Mike’s Hard Lemonades sabotage your diet with 880 extra calories—the equivalent of five Krispy Kreme glazed donuts!) And that’s not counting whatever you tear into during the 3 a.m. munchies.) Four beers fill you with the equivalent of two McDonald’s cheeseburgers.

MYTH #9
BEER BEFORE LIQUOR, NEVER SICKER
There’s nothing about the chemistry of these drinks interacting with each other that makes you sick the next day. With any alcohol, your inhibition to drink more diminishes as you drink, so you start drinking faster. If you stick with beer, you don’t get drunk as fast because its alcohol content is lower than that of liquor. If you switch to the hard stuff, you end up on the express train to hangover city.

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9 Strange Uses for Beer

There are many different uses for beer besides getting drunk.

There are many useful uses for beer besides drinking it and having fun. Most of us just enjoy drinking beer, but the truth is, it can be used in a variety of different ways. Especially when you don’t want to throw away any extra beer you have. Here are just 9 examples of what you can do with them.

1. Marinate meat in it - Use beer instead of wine to marinate your meat. Not only does it taste better, but it also makes the meat softer and more tender.

2. Help grass grow easier - pour beer on those irritating brown spots on your lawns to help your grass grow. The grass absorbs the nutrients, sugar and energy it needs to be able to grow.

3. Kill slugs & snails - Fill containers or wide-mouthed bottles or something of the sort with beer about a quarter to half way up. Then bury these in your garden. The slugs or snails will be attracted to them and drown.

4. Kill mice - This may sound a little far-fetched but fill a bucket or pail up about a third of the way with cheap beer with a board or something leading to the rim at the top. The mice, smelling this, will jump in, and not be able to climb out.

5. Calm a stomach-ache - Just sit down and drink a beer. This carbonated drink will settle your stomach right down. The alcohol helps reduce the pain as well. Don’t use if you have an ulcer or gastritis.

6. Polish gold - Wet a piece of cloth with some beer and start rubbing your gold (no stones) to get the shine back. Use a second cloth to dry it.

7. Bathe in it - Add a few cans of beer into your bath. Believe it or not, it will do you good. The yeasts are good for softening and soothing the skin.

8. Polish wood furniture - Let some beer sit until it goes flat, then, dampen a washcloth with it, and rub your wooden furniture. This will polish it, and give it a more shiny and healthy look.

9. Cook with it - When boiling shrimp, try using beer for the cooking liquid. Season as you wish, but don’t overcook.

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If you have never seen Google Street, you need to go check it out. It provides a 3-D view of the roads that you drive on. How every you rarely see something like this on it. A Drunk guy is passed out in his front yard and is captured by the Google Street van as it as driving down his street one morning taking pictures and recording the street info. Here is a picture of what was captured.

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From www.thisislondon.co.uk:

A man who fell asleep in a drunken stupor on the grass outside his home was horrified to find his embarrassment posted on the internet.

He had been drowning his sorrows over the death of a friend and collapsed after climbing out of a taxi.

As he slept off his excesses, a car-mounted video camera passed by to record pictures of the street for Google’s StreetView website.
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Down and out … Bill pictured on Google’s Street View mapping tool.

Within days a photographic record of the neighbourhood and its unusual presence was available for worldwide viewing.

The new Google service has been at the centre of controversy over claims it represents a breach of privacy.

But the latest victim, who gave his name only as ‘Bill’, is not planning an official complaint.

‘I’m not too happy about it’ said Bill.

‘I mean, I wouldn’t have been there in the state that I was in, but I wasn’t really thinking there would be someone driving by with a video camera on the roof filming me, either,’ Bill, 36, said from northern Australia, where he is working with a fishing company.

‘What do you do when you lose a mate like that?’ he said of his pal, with whom he had been planning a motorbike holiday around the island of Tasmania.

‘I know what he would have done if I left - he would have partied, too. That’s what I would’ve wanted him to do so that’s what I did with some friends.’

Bill said he accepted he could not expect to have complete privacy in a public street, but he questioned whether his embarrassing moment should be broadcast over the internet.

Street View was launched in Australia last week and since then there have been a number of complaints about what has been captured on the video camera.

One woman who wrote to a Sydney newspaper said she was mortified after logging onto the site.

‘Both my parents were pictured outside their house, but my dad passed away a month ago,’ said Janice Creenaune.

‘While recognising that Google-time is never real-time, the image renews the raw loss,’ she said.

Another letter writer, Elizabeth Maher was, however, delighted.

‘While others may have legitimate complaints about Google publishing pictures of their house, I was delighted to view ours, with me pictured hard at work in the garden, complete with broom and bucket, thereby dispelling any uncertainty as to who is the gardener in the family.’

A spokesman for Google Australia, Mr Rob Shilkin, said the company had taken significant steps to protect the privacy of individuals, including face-blurring and tools for people to flag sensitive imagery for removal.

Since Bill’s case became known to Google Australia, his embarrassing sleep-in has been removed from the site.

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MillerCoors is going to be relaunching Foster’s Special Bitter as Foster’s Premium Ale. Personally I could care less. Foster’s is one of the worst tasting beers that the MillerCoors company has in production. After a terrible long long night of drinking this crap in a casino, all for a chance to win a raffle, I have sworn off Foster’s! Yep, we were given a raffle ticket to drop in a box after each Foster’s bought. After a few friends and I had about 20 of these things each, we were positive that we were going to win!  Full of nasty beer, drunk and as all hell, and tired from being up for over 24hours, not wining a single thing in the raffle was just the icing on the cake. At this point we decided the only rational thing to do was to go buy another fosters and continue gambling!

MillerCoors has the best beers out, but Foster’s we could do with out. Curious to see the new packaging though.

From BrewBlog.com:

The beer remains the same. But the packaging is getting tweaked along with the name. The Foster’s Premium Ale oil can contains more gold coloring and the logo is cleaner and “more Foster’s like,” said Doug Kooyman, senior brand manager for Foster’s.

The decision to relaunch was made after successful test in 45 Outback Steakhouse restaurants in New York and Orlando, Florida.

In participating restaurants, sales of Foster’s draft increased double digits with the introduction of Foster’s Premium Ale draft.

“We’re very excited about the results we saw from the test market,” Kooyman said.

Research suggests there’s little cannibalization between Foster’s Premium Ale and Foster’s Lager.

Oil cans and 12-packs hit retail in August with draft becoming available in September.

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