Police Shut Down Girls' Lemonade Stand for Ridiculous Reason

[mick silver]

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/police-shut-down-girls-lemonade-stand-for-121207241667.html

[madfranks]

According to a Texas law, the sale of food that requires temperature control to prevent spoiling is illegal without a permit. “It’s because of the bacteria that can grow in the lemonade,”

Thank Christ for bureaucrats who protect us from bacteria in lemonade.

[Dogman]

Yep, pure lunacy!

That is happening abt 20 miles southeast of me!

Town does have a kick ass Bluegrass festival every year that I try to go to every year!

Venders fees, health certificate, taxes on sales, etc !

Bureaucracy at it's shittynes at work ! Story has been in the local nightly news for three days running now !

The city is getting hell thrown at it from the srounding areas! This may carry into when these ass hats try for reelections !

[mick silver]

vote one out vote one in same asshats all it is is a new day but stay the same . sad place when a kids cant make any paper

[BrewTech]

Thank Christ for bureaucrats who protect us from bacteria in lemonade.


What those fucking idiots don't understand is that pathogenic bacteria don't grow well in a liquid with that low pH. If their concerns were legit, all the customers that ever bought kombucha here would be dead.

Morons.

[Dogman]

Since when has having two brain cells to rub together to form a thought been a requirement in any Bureaucracy?

On a national level is one thing, but in a tiny town is a whole different thing. Overton is small and everyone knows everyone else, and this in the long run will not pass without some payback.

Not sure when their next election cycle starts, but I am dam sure this cruelty to young little girl entrepreneurs, will not be forgotten !

One thing I am now sure of is these little girls are going to make a killing getting the cash for their fathers gift, people are going to flock to their defense and throw money at the kids, because of the publicity, and idiotic local gov actions. The longer this goes on the more egg in the city's face on a national and local level.

Mark my words it will come to pass.

[ximmy]

Yesterday
http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/the-lemonade-stand-jack-skinner.jpg

Today
http://tftppull.freethoughtllc.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/cunt-lemonade-cop-300x236.jpg Deploying dozens of police officers to shut down a lemonade stand is laughable. But it is also Orwellian. Obviously these people were conducting their lemonade stand as an act of civil disobedience, but that does not justify the police action. Has the state gotten so large that it must control all forms of human exchange no matter how small? What’s next, will we have to file for a permit to have children? Or request a permit to even seek out a spouse?
All empires reach the inevitable point of a government so large and corrupt that all human interaction must be exploited by the state. The Leviathan must be fed, and it is at the expense of the ones that it claims to serve. Luckily we live in the age of the internet. Individuals are educating themselves to the unjust system that is being built around us and resisting it, peacefully. If you want an over-regulated, crony system of special interest pandering, under the table deals, and a violent police state, please, remain apathetic and dismissive to the signs of autocracy. But, if you see the machine for what it is, a gang of murderous thieves imposing their will through the barrel of a gun, it is your duty to disobey.
People like Rosa Parks, Henry David Thoreau, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela, John Locke, and Mahatma Gandhi, all disobeyed, they did it peacefully, and their actions changed the world for the better. Civil disobedience is a powerful statement that is hard to ignore. So grow that front yard garden, start that lemonade stand, and remember, that good people disobey bad laws.
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Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/excessive-force-dozens-cops-dispatched-shutdown-illegal-lemonade-stand/#5jtZtD0J16FoEJmD.99

[Serpo]

https://stopspeakingingifs.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/lemonade_sq-abc9ba8d17591513356aceedfae13a321137e5b3-s6-c30.jpeg


Gateway drug.......................ban it before it spreads

[Dogman]

Well our forefathers had their "whiskey rebellion" !

Modern times "Lemonade" rebellion against gov tyranny !

[GeneBlaze]

that's what the ice cubes are for, temperature control.

[Serpo]

Paid 150$ for the permit , made 100$ ..................isnt capitalism wonderful............

[Dogman]

He, he !

Just hit national network news !

The egg in the face is getting thicker !

Hoot !

;)

[Dogman]

Paid 150$ for the permit , made 100$ ..................isnt capitalism wonderful............

The $150 fee was waved !

It is the Heath crap, screwing things up.

[aeondaze]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/08/03/the-inexplicable-war-on-lemonade-stands/ - 2011

http://gawker.com/florida-man-asks-police-to-shut-down-kids-illegal-lem-1626192776 - 2014

http://mentalfloss.com/article/30457/6-illicit-lemonade-stands-towns-had-shut-down - 2012

http://www.naturalnews.com/043879_lemonade_stands_government_oppression_burea ucratic_fines.html - 2014

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/excessive-force-dozens-cops-dispatched-shutdown-illegal-lemonade-stand/ - 2013

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ga-police-shut-down-girls-lemonade-stand/ - 2011

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/San-Francisco-Cops-Shut-Down-Childs-Lemonade-Stand-at-Bay-to-Breakers-259842921.html - 2014

Are you guys sure this shit is REAL?

This story gets trotted out EVERY year in some form or fashion. Its probably used as a barometer to check how the public's normalisation to the police state is coming along.

"less outrage from our faux story this year, things are coming along nicely"

[Dogman]

(http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/08/03/the-inexplicable-war-on-lemonade-stands/)

Are you guys sure this shit is REAL?

This story gets trotted out EVERY year in some form or fashion. Its probably used as a barometer to check how the public's normalisation to the police state is coming along.

"less outrage from our faux story this year, things are coming along nicely"

Oh yes it is very real !

The town is just south of me I can drive there in abt 25 minutes or so depending !

The kids were raising mony for a father's day gift, to go to a local water park! The girls are going to give lemonade away free this weekend and accept donations!

That is a end run around the law! ;)

Even better is the manager at the water park just said in the local TV news that he is giving the family free tickets good for the weekend !

More than one way to skin a snake !

;)

[aeondaze]

Oh yes it is very real !

The town is just south of me I can drive there in abt 25 minutes or so depending !

The kids were raising mony for a father's day gift, to go to a local water park! The girls are going to give lemonade away free this weekend and accept donations!

That is a end run around the law! ;)

Even better is the manager at the water park just said in the local TV news that he is giving the family free tickets good for the weekend !

More than one way to skin a snake !

;)

At least thats what you're told.

[Dogman]

At least thats what you're told.

Nope, not just told, I took a drive yesterday, just for a grin and checked the area out, the fallout still exists, now signs saying free lemonade and popcorn Saturday, donations will be accepted.

But one can believe what ever they want too, despite eyewitness.

I plan to take a cruse again this Saturday to get myself some of that lemonade and popcorn and leave a donation !

I do admire their spunk and spit the law in the eye determination.

;)

[aeondaze]

OK, so maybe this one is legit. But the story does seem to occur with monotonous regularity which makes me suspicious of the whole affair.

[Dogman]

OK, so maybe this one is legit. But the story does seem to occur with monotonous regularity which makes me suspicious of the whole affair.

Well it seems that every year a new crop of kids sprout up, along with clueless parent's that do give it a go !

[expat4ever]

According to a Texas law, the sale of food that requires temperature control to prevent spoiling is illegal without a permit
How does the permit prevent spoiling? Does the state take responsibility now since you have a permit? Are they liable for anything? Say they come to inspect today and tomorrow someone gets sick, are they responsible since they issued and allowed the permit? I have never heard of any state agency taking responsibility for anything.

[Glass]

Nope, not just told, I took a drive yesterday, just for a grin and checked the area out, the fallout still exists, now signs saying free lemonade and popcorn Saturday, donations will be accepted.

But one can believe what ever they want too, despite eyewitness.

I plan to take a cruse again this Saturday to get myself some of that lemonade and popcorn and leave a donation !

I do admire their spunk and spit the law in the eye determination.

;)

When the law is out of control and rogue the only way forward is lawful rebellion.

[Neuro]

Oh yes it is very real !

The town is just south of me I can drive there in abt 25 minutes or so depending !

The kids were raising mony for a father's day gift, to go to a local water park! The girls are going to give lemonade away free this weekend and accept donations!

That is a end run around the law! ;)

Even better is the manager at the water park just said in the local TV news that he is giving the family free tickets good for the weekend !

More than one way to skin a snake !

;)
Sure there are ways around it, but giving away lemonade for free and getting a donation from some, is very different from selling lemonade. One is welfare the other is entrepreneurship, marketing, price discovery, the lessons learned will be very different... But maybe that is the idea...

[Dogman]

Went down and got my lemonade, made my donation. Good crowd, donation jar overflowing! People from out of state were showing up thanks to the news coverage!

Plus the girls have learned some lessons, and I believe before the fat lady sings, the state law will be changed!

Lesson's on how to overcome adversity are always good for both the young and older to learn or relearn!

Dam popcorn ran out before I got there ! :(

[Neuro]

Dam popcorn ran out before I got there ! :(did you donate less because of it?

[mick silver]

dam I thought texas was a good place to live

[Cebu_4_2]

dam I thought texas was a good place to live

If your not a little kid selling lemonade.

[Ares]

dam I thought texas was a good place to live

http://statistslayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/945784_538581962864161_242485453_n.jpg

[Cebu_4_2]

http://statistslayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/945784_538581962864161_242485453_n.jpg

Out of control pigs doing what they can for a paid vacation. It's just too common for anyone to deny at this point. Right Pete?

[Neuro]

http://statistslayers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/945784_538581962864161_242485453_n.jpg
Istanbul 2 years ago. The pigs used up 300,000 teargas canisters in a week. It got to the point some became immune to it...

[Ares]

Istanbul 2 years ago. The pigs used up 300,000 teargas canisters in a week. It got to the point some became immune to it...

I actually think I am partially immune to it. In boot camp they locked us in a room and dropped a thing of tear gas while we were wearing gas mask. Next they had us go row by row lift our gas mask breath in and recite our division number. Guys next to me were vomiting, snot pouring out of their nose, coughing, gagging, all I had was watery eyes.

[BrewTech]

I actually think I am partially immune to it. In boot camp they locked us in a room and dropped a thing of tear gas while we were wearing gas mask. Next they had us go row by row lift our gas mask breath in and recite our division number. Guys next to me were vomiting, snot pouring out of their nose, coughing, gagging, all I had was watery eyes.There's a fart joke in there somewhere, but I'm not touching it.