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In a time of division, in this time when compromise goes lacking when it is exactly what is needed, Congress should install a bar or two.
What would be wrong with POTUS having a couple brewskis? Or John Boehner with a slight buzz on? (Sure this last is frightening to contemplate - but these are desperate times, lol.)
A convivial buzz might break deadlock.
Sure, overdrink would lead to problems - one could imagine ex-Congressman Barney Frank in a punching match with ex-Congressman Dick Armey. But we've always been a brawling, muscular people!
And women? Yes, ex-Congressman Nancy Sebelius might, after several, take down Congressman Michele Bachman by her hair, this is true. But I trust women to handle it far more than men.
Anyway....
Iron Maiden Beer Now Available in Parliament. (shortlist.com)
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What would be wrong with POTUS having a couple brewskis? Or John Boehner with a slight buzz on? (Sure this last is frightening to contemplate - but these are desperate times, lol.)
A convivial buzz might break deadlock.
Sure, overdrink would lead to problems - one could imagine ex-Congressman Barney Frank in a punching match with ex-Congressman Dick Armey. But we've always been a brawling, muscular people!
And women? Yes, ex-Congressman Nancy Sebelius might, after several, take down Congressman Michele Bachman by her hair, this is true. But I trust women to handle it far more than men.
Anyway....
Iron Maiden Beer Now Available in Parliament. (shortlist.com)
more at the link, with a Bruce Dickinson videoSure America is celebrating independence from Britain, but news has emerged that will make you proud to be British. Iron Maiden's beer is now available for MPs in the Houses of Parliament.
Between debates and votes members like to visit The Strangers Bar in the House Of Commons, where guest ales are often on offer to promote lesser known British beers.
Member of Parliament for Hove, Mike Weatherley, suggested Iron Maiden's Trooper Ale. He told Complete Music Update: "As an Iron Maiden fan and an MP, it is a real treat to have this specialist ale as one of the guest ales in parliament – the fact that I also get to try it for the first time on my birthday is just a bonus”.
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Iron Maiden’s front man Bruce Dickinson said: “I’m a lifelong fan of traditional English ale; I thought I’d died and gone to heaven when we were asked to create our own beer. I have to say that I was very nervous: [brewers] Robinson’s are the only people I have had to audition for in 30 years”.
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