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I admit it's been a while since I was in the US (since the TSA idiocy started to spread like cancer, to be exact), but I sure hope you don't consider Bud or Miller "beer".

The part of me that's Bavarian would like a word with you if you do!

OH goodness no.

Sure they still sell a LOT of the Bud type beer, but there are TONS of independent, smaller and craft brewers around the US.

Examples:

Abita Beer

NOLA Brewery

Second Line Brewing

Lazy Magnolia

Shiner Beer

And here's a wiki media of the rest of the LA breweries here down south....

Linky

The Shiner one is in TX..but those listed are just a very FEW of the many in my immediate area...and each area on the US has their own good breweries. Some have product that is only available locally, but others are nationwide.

It's been a couple of decades since you had to drink crappy beer in the US.

You do make good points, I should have been more concise.

The parallel I was attempting to draw between Prohibition and the proposed censoring bill was that going overboard is practiced by not only the government, but also people. The population elected to have Prohibition, and that idea fell spectacularly on its face. A total ban on censorship is IMHO another idea that would fail. Oh, and in regards to your beer comments, guess you haven't lived in Texas. :P

My comment on Shintoism was not well formed either. I understand that Shintoism is more of a cultural idealolgy than a religous one, but it was definitely turned that way in the lead up to WWII. The institution of emperor worship, the requirement of the population to register at temples etc. are proof of this sidetracking of the religion. The reason I pointed out that the aforemention thinking was attacked is stated in the Postdam Declaration, section 10, and bad pun intended, religously discouraged by McArthur. Furthermore, as I understand it, the Marshall plan did NOT apply to Japan, but merely Europe.

You've obviously never had a Shiner Bock, a Shiner Hefeweizen, a Shiner Kolsch or one of their other varieties. I would give you a list of all the awards they've won but I'm behind a proxy. Beer competition sites are blocked yet Shiner's site isn't. Go figure.

You've obviously never had a Shiner Bock, a Shiner Hefeweizen, a Shiner Kolsch or one of their other varieties. I would give you a list of all the awards they've won but I'm behind a proxy. Beer competition sites are blocked yet Shiner's site isn't. Go figure.

You've obviously never had a Shiner Bock, a Shiner Hefeweizen, a Shiner Kolsch or one of their other varieties. I would give you a list of all the awards they've won but I'm behind a proxy. Beer competition sites are blocked yet Shiner's site isn't. Go figure.

Knobshiner Bock is from Texas.

they haven't announced a date yet for this year, but here's a nice opportunity for a tour.