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"MillerCoors agrees to pull caffeinated alcohol from shelves By Joseph Spector December 18, 2008 ALBANY — MillerCoors today agreed to stop selling the alcoholic energy drink, Sparks, and other caffeinated alcohol beverages in an agreement with New York and other states, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced. The deal with MillerCoors comes after Cuomo and 12 other attorneys general reached a similar agreement in July with Anheuser-Busch to stop selling and marketing its caffeinated alcohol drinks, particularly to youth. “Drinks like Sparks encourage the polar opposite of responsible drinking habits,” Cuomo said. “Besides being aggressively marketed to a younger crowd, they are fundamentally dangerous and put drinkers of all ages at risk.” MillerCoors’ Sparks products included Sparks Original, Sparks Light, Sparks Plus and an unreleased higher alcohol product called Sparks Red. The Milwaukee-based company provided no immediate comment. "

You can thank the lawyers for this. And unfortunately this will probably happen to the other similar brands currently offered.

BETTER STOCK UP!

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20081218/NEWS01/81218007
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122961216611918203.html

12/18/2008 11:38:38 AM

thank god

12/18/2008 11:38:58 AM

that stuff weirded me out anyways

my mouth couldnt figure out what to do

12/18/2008 11:39:26 AM

retarded

12/18/2008 11:39:51 AM

DAW DAMN


QUICK BUZZES, GOODBYE

12/18/2008 11:40:06 AM

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"that stuff weirded me out anyways my mouth couldnt figure out what to do"

12/18/2008 11:40:31 AM

what about JOOSE

12/18/2008 11:40:48 AM

guess ill buy one last one maybe

12/18/2008 11:41:24 AM

^This turn of events practically announces an open season against all the alcohol/caffeine drinks.

This stuff is pretty good at keeping the party going when you start to feel a little tired, tis a shame

12/18/2008 11:42:58 AM

LOL

Joose makes Sparks look like apple juice

12/18/2008 11:43:52 AM

I liked Sparks cause you could walk around with it anywhere and no one knew what it was, esp. in 2005.

Now I rock Dale's Pale Ale in public.

12/18/2008 11:46:22 AM

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"This stuff is pretty good at keeping the party going when you start to feel a little tired, tis a shame"

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"Drinks like Sparks encourage the polar opposite of responsible drinking habits,"

12/18/2008 11:47:21 AM

Fuck MillerCoors. Fuck Anheuser-Busch. Fuck Cuomo.
I don't even like that shit, but damn. This is fucking stupid. Next, they'll call for an outright ban...

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"they are fundamentally dangerous and put drinkers of all ages at risk"

So what? It is NOT your job to be my fucking nanny.

Stupid.

12/18/2008 11:49:00 AM

sparks, i will miss thee

12/18/2008 11:50:14 AM

red bull/vodka beats the shit out of sparks

12/18/2008 11:50:51 AM

Man I bet Red Bull is seeing dollar signs in their eyes after reading this news.

12/18/2008 11:51:32 AM

this doesn't make me happy

and the day i can't get a red bull and vodka is the day i quit drinking!




ok...so...maybe that's a bit extreme

12/18/2008 11:51:38 AM

just do coke

jesus

12/18/2008 11:52:39 AM

i cant wait for the news to come out that red bull causes cancer. that would be HILARIOUS

[Edited on December 18, 2008 at 11:53 AM. Reason : ^no shit]

12/18/2008 11:52:57 AM

drugs are bad...mmmkay

12/18/2008 11:54:02 AM

ha ha especially amphetamines!

12/18/2008 11:54:54 AM

I tried to warn people that cigarettes were just the beginning. Look for the majority of alcohol sponsorships to disappear..

THEY'RE COMING FOR YOUR FOOD NEXT. HOPE YOU LIKE SHIT WITHOUT SUGAR!

12/18/2008 11:55:06 AM

WHERE DA JOOSE AT

I BE SIPPIN' ON THAT 9.9% PURPLE DRANK

12/18/2008 11:55:09 AM

what they are trying to do is pretty ironic, trying to make drinking safer and help people who are drinking make better decisions

12/18/2008 11:56:00 AM

Ah hah...My neighbor at Lake Gaston is going to be pissed. He drinks that junk all day every weekend in the summer.

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"i cant wait for the news to come out that red bull causes cancer. that would be HILARIOUS"

I'm going to stop riding the bull one of these days. It's just so hard to quit.

[Edited on December 18, 2008 at 11:58 AM. Reason : s]

12/18/2008 11:57:58 AM

To all the haters:

Keep in mind that regardless of how much you don't like sparks, our government has basically bullied most of an entire industry to its liking, which is borderline fascist bullshit.

12/18/2008 11:58:05 AM

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"THEY'RE COMING FOR YOUR FOOD NEXT. HOPE YOU LIKE SHIT WITHOUT SUGAR!"

you've gotta be kidding me.

huge difference between eating sugar and keeping drunks from passing out

^if anything, i'm glad they're cracking down on alcohol. its far worse than many illicit drugs.

12/18/2008 11:58:49 AM

MY FRIENDS DIDNT DIE FACE DOWN IN THE MUD FO----

12/18/2008 11:58:49 AM

here we go

12/18/2008 11:59:03 AM

whew--i can think of a few instances where testosterone fueled by sparks has led to fights, all-nighters and bad decisions

12/18/2008 11:59:08 AM

12/18/2008 11:59:09 AM

LK, I think you are to something

lets make an alcoholic drink that is mixed with testosterone! We can have it in orange and lemon-lime flavors

12/18/2008 12:00:31 PM

12/18/2008 12:01:15 PM

that was some nasty shit anyways.. the government did you a favor.

12/18/2008 12:01:39 PM

I actually used to enjoy these things while doing yard work and such

12/18/2008 12:02:05 PM

lol...and the ad will feature hot chicks in bikinis fawning over dorks with pocket protectors!!

12/18/2008 12:02:20 PM

those things were so awesome. i could drink 20 and still not pass out at the wheel!!!1

12/18/2008 12:02:47 PM

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"i'm glad they're cracking down on alcohol"

Well, then they need to equal things out a bit by letting up a bit on weed, or something. Besides, they're getting this stuff completely pulled!!! I could understand a tax or something, as bullshit as even that would be....

12/18/2008 12:02:52 PM

Okay, lets just name it "SEX" cause thats really what guys are drinking for anyways

[Edited on December 18, 2008 at 12:03 PM. Reason : sd]

12/18/2008 12:03:16 PM

^ you are a horn dog

12/18/2008 12:04:23 PM

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"that was some nasty shit anyways.. the government did you a favor."

When they came for the Jews, I remained silent....

12/18/2008 12:04:57 PM

haha, what the fuck are you talking about

this was meant for ^^, but it applies to ^ too

[Edited on December 18, 2008 at 12:05 PM. Reason : asd]

12/18/2008 12:05:00 PM

oh BOYEEe!!!

12/18/2008 12:05:38 PM

i don't even like sparks and i find this intensely annoying. so now... we have to get our caffeine separately? that just means more peeing. or pills.

12/18/2008 12:05:52 PM

caffeine is lame anyway

12/18/2008 12:08:20 PM

^you're missing the point.

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"haha, what the fuck are you talking about"

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent; I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent; I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out; I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews, I remained silent; I was not a Jew.
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.

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"i don't even like sparks and i find this intensely annoying. so now... we have to get our caffeine separately?"

Exactly. It matters not whether you like sparks, it's the principle that the government shouldn't have any say in how I buy my chemicals.

12/18/2008 12:10:12 PM

i'm pleased to see it was a push by state governments and not the feds, thats all i care about!!1

12/18/2008 12:11:10 PM

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"It matters not whether you like sparks, it's the principle that the government shouldn't have any say in how I buy my chemicals."

that's 100% untrue

12/18/2008 12:11:28 PM

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"it's the principle that the government shouldn't have any say in how I buy my chemicals. "

sweet im going to go buy some noxious agents and leave them in parks

12/18/2008 12:11:37 PM

and so saddam was right about using biochem weapons huh?

12/18/2008 12:13:55 PM