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Retarded state legislation: Lousiana edition

Gracious hat-tip to Quiz Law.

As Justice Brandeis said, state legislatures are the "laboratories of democracy." Well in some cases, a well-intentioned laboratory can produce a Frankenstein monster... or in this case, a tasty adult beverage.

S.B. 6
By Senator Murray
§170.15. State cocktail

There shall be an official state cocktail. The official state cocktail shall be the Sazerac. The Sazerac, created in the nineteenth century by Antoine Amedee Peychaud in the French Quarter of New Orleans, is world known for the use of a local product known as "Peychaud's Bitters." Its use on official documents of the state and with the insignia of the state is hereby authorized.

I can't think of any other legislature that would be even propose something like this. After all, this is the state that passed not one, but two official state poems four months after Katrina. And of course the Senator Murray, the sponsor of this bill is from New Orleans. I'm sure all the schools in his district are well-funded, the economy is doing just swell, everyone has a decent home to live in. That's the POSSIBLE reason why he would have space left on his legislative portfolio for this bull crap.

Keep up the good work, Sen. Murray. You're doing a crackerjack job.

P.S. This drink contains absinthe. Why am I not surprised?

Full post as published by Supreme Dicta on April 30, 2008 (boomark / email).