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awoke_in_2003

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41. If West said it...

Reply to sufrommich (Original post)

Tue May 12, 2015, 10:55 PM

May 2015

I assume it is a lie, or half truth. Minors cannot ring up alcohol. If any (legally able to) cashier refused to ring up something at Walmart they would get fired. Only asshole pharmacists can get away with that stuff.

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Allen West Got Sharia Law�d at a Wal-Mart (not The Onion) [View all] sufrommich May 2015 OP

So the issue was his age, not his religion? Renew Deal May 2015 #1

That, and West profiling cashiers ... JHB May 2015 #7

Would that be the same Steve ToxMarz May 2015 #16

I can't stand any of the "conscience" exemptions. boston bean May 2015 #2

West doesn't have a problem with no liquor sales on Sunday, sufrommich May 2015 #4

So true... nt boston bean May 2015 #5

Indiana is the only state LittleGirl May 2015 #22

I can't buy alcohol on Sunday either A Little Weird May 2015 #25

Texas erpowers May 2015 #28

I don't think so, there's still quite a few states with Blue laws. nt sufrommich May 2015 #30

which is why onethatcares May 2015 #46

"No beer, today..." Archae May 2015 #29

Walmart you say...Muslim type "working" there you say....hmmm tunnels? underpants May 2015 #3

Yeah... Plucketeer May 2015 #17

Agreed. Here's the funniest part - HE put this on HIS OWN WEBSITE underpants May 2015 #31

Under-21s cannot ring up alcohol. This is nothing new. LeftinOH May 2015 #6

That might not be true in every state Renew Deal May 2015 #11

You are correct green917 May 2015 #19

It's the same here in NC Terra Alta May 2015 #39

I was legally able to serve alcohol in a restaurant when I was 18 to help pay for college. freshwest May 2015 #38

A clerk in Nebraska has to be 21 to ring it up Omaha Steve May 2015 #44

two words: dumb. fuck. spanone May 2015 #8

The problem with clowns like West is, once the media "discovers" them they never go away. phantom power May 2015 #9

Wrong asshole - LibertyLover May 2015 #20

Poster mixed up the conservative "black friend" du jour. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #21

doh phantom power May 2015 #27

Hey it happens LibertyLover May 2015 #36

There is more than one black Republican IronLionZion May 2015 #43

Hilarious! Thanks for posting! Coventina May 2015 #10

Jump to unsupported conclusions much, Al? Like, all the time. kwassa May 2015 #12

Allen West is such a horrible person. Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #13

Paranoia: can't live with it, can't live without it if you are a Teabilly. Fred Sanders May 2015 #14

Kind of a good insight into the paranoid right wing mind CanonRay May 2015 #15

Anyway, aren't there a lot of Christian sects that ban alcohol, tobacco, Jackpine Radical May 2015 #23

Doesn't surprise me packman May 2015 #18

does the name onethatcares May 2015 #24

Yeah. Allen West is a big fan of the decision. yardwork May 2015 #45

So, area51 May 2015 #26

"More ominous signs of Christian persecution" progressoid May 2015 #32

A Mennonite or German Baptist lady who works at a local Walmart... Oilwellian May 2015 #33

Reminds me of the freak-out conservatives had over a story about Walmart selling Halal food Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #34

I do not want to live in Rainbowland! You can't make me live in Rainbowland! Tommy_Carcetti May 2015 #35

you got pwnd West. nt TeamPooka May 2015 #37

the cashier's name wasn't Steve Terra Alta May 2015 #40

If West said it... awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #41

Muslim-looking kids under 21 should be forced to drink alcohol IronLionZion May 2015 #42