tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post647939845447900794..comments2024-03-19T20:31:23.141-05:00Comments on The Chuck Cowdery Blog: Tennessee Whiskey Is Safe for Another Year, Perhaps for GoodChuck Cowderyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12191121480961526039noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-91552651652153174772015-04-08T23:32:58.461-05:002015-04-08T23:32:58.461-05:00I'm not much for conspiracy theories, but so m...I'm not much for conspiracy theories, but so much of the argument for repeal was couched in rather painfully forced anti-corporate Robin Hood vocabulary "in defense of small craft distillers against the big bad JD conglomerate", pretty ironic since if anyone deserves the term conglomerate, it's Diageo, not the still largely family-held Brown-Foreman. Considering that Diageo is producing its Dickel according to the law, and diluting the Tennessee standard would have hurt its own label, it is tempting to conclude that somehow slowing down JD seemed worth a bit of a sacrifice to them.<br />And having the super-patriotic Koch brothers take the side of the Brits against an American family business? What's the world coming to?Erik Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12240369317945678257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-81256854051784586652015-04-08T21:52:26.219-05:002015-04-08T21:52:26.219-05:00Unconstitutional? There are Federal standards for ...Unconstitutional? There are Federal standards for what you can legally sell as "mayonnaise." What's unconstitutional about a State defining what can be sold as "Tennessee whiskey?"Earl J.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-840930092789285091.post-36505122107412491992015-04-08T09:15:22.284-05:002015-04-08T09:15:22.284-05:00NAPOLITANO IS AN EX JUDGE.NAPOLITANO IS AN EX JUDGE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com