A little off the top and two cold ones please

La. lawmaker says free beer from barbers should be OK
Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana lawmaker wants to give barbershops the right to serve their customers free glasses of beer, wine and liquor.

Rep. Jerry Gisclair said he has constituents who run hair salons and told him the state Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control was unfairly cracking down on their practice of serving complimentary drinks to customers. Gisclair said his bill is an attempt to put into law specific rules so that all cosmetology businesses — barber shops, salons, day spas — can serve a limited amount of alcohol while still allowing children in their businesses.

"I'm not pushing or promoting alcohol," said Gisclair, D-Larose. "I'm just trying to put everybody on the same playing field."

Murphy Painter, head of the alcohol control office, was unavailable for comment on Tuesday.

Gisclair's bill would allow a cosmetology business to get a liquor license permit allowing distribution of alcohol at no cost. The bill includes strict limits, however, allowing one 12-ounce beer per customer, or two five-ounce glasses of wine or one drink with no more than two ounces of hard liquor.

The legislative session begins April 27.

It's things like this that make me think less government is the right idea. I'm a hard working citizen, I pay taxes and I don't break too many laws so if I want to get drunk at the barber shop I should have that right. I think Obama needs to take a break from the economy and make sure we start protecting the rights of America's greatest minority - the drunks. We'll never really be free until drunk persecution ends.