You are going to love this one. In fact, when I first read it I wanted to call BS on the whole thing. I looked at the website, and it wasn't The Onion, so I'm going to operate on the assumption that this is true. Hey, I can be fooled so go figure this one out for yourself.

A Republican state senator in Utah is really putting his public service and taxpayer salary to good use. Michael Waddroups, of Taylorsville, wants to make sure that minors in restaurants do not see alcohol until it reaches the table. Children should be forbidden to see liquor bottles or drinks being poured by bartenders. Waddoups says, "Restaurants are turning into bars" .. oh no! .. "It's making it look attractive. Kids see it and wonder what they're missing. I think we need to be a little more strict." So his solution is to create a physical barrier that would block the view of any alcohol or bartenders in restaurants. Or he wants to require that all restaurants have a separate room, which the customers can't see, where bartenders can store alcohol and prepare drinks.

Now Utah is already pretty backwards when it comes to their alcohol laws. They already have this thing restaurants call the "Zion Curtain" which is a glass barrier that separates customers from bartenders. Utah also has a law that requires customers to fill out an application and pay a fee for the "right to walk into a bar." There's a new right to add to the books.

There was supposed to be a legislative meeting about this proposal last night. We'll let you know if we find out any more details ... in the meantime, join me in saying "Give me a freakin' break."