So here is my                  Why is it that "California Department of Alcohol and Drug
Program's research project involving over 300 California students state to determine
youth attitudes and beliefs about and use of alcopops" or a whopping .0001255
percent of the population of the US, can influence any lawmaker enough to tell me
that after a long day at work, I am not entitled to a tasty alcoholic beverage that can
also give me enough energy to do the laundry or mow the lawn before going to bed
so I can wake up and fund his fucking paycheck is beyond me.  

And just ponder on this: If Jay Leno could walk down any street and find a dozen
people who can't identify George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, how hard is it
really to find 300 morons  across the state of California to base a study on,
Coalition
on Alcopops and Youth
? Pat yourself on the back. Very impressive.

Sparks did not
advertise to teens. They advertised to their target audience-an
audience who surfs the internet, possibly watches late night cartoons, and enjoys
lightning bolts and batteries as much as anyone else under 50. I admit, at the ripe
old age of 28, I still consider purchasing caffeinated lollipops and bubblegum and
occasionally have even been known to eat
children's food like oh, say macaroni and
cheese or a corn dog. So who is marketing a product with large letters reading crazy
things like
CONTAINS ALCOHOL and 6% ALCOHOL BY VOLUME
to teens? No one. Sorry. I'm sure underage children would like to
drive cars and watch pornography too, but they aren't allowed to,
so it isn't even an issue.

As for college students, let's face it. The same students who would overindulge in
Sparks will overindulge in something else when Sparks is gone. Bullying a company
into removing a product from everyone because of a few bad apples is not only an
infringement on my right to consume what I please, but flat out lazy police work. Why
spend time finding the real criminal offenders out there when you can just punish
everyone, leave early on Friday and call it a week. Flat out fucking lazy. You should
be ashamed of yourself.