It’s official. I am now a card carrying member of the Rogue Nation. My membership package arrived Monday. Inside I found a welcome letter, a copy of the Declaration of Interdependence, an issue of the Rogue newspaper, a bumper sticker, a postcard depicting the Newport brewery and my Citizen card.
I you are not already a member of the Rogue Nation I encourage you to Apply of Citizenship. As a citizen, you receive:
• Discounted pints at all Rogue meeting halls
• Preferred seating at Rogue events
• A subscription to the 100% Rogue newspaper
• Advance notification of special Rogue news and events
• Museum discounts
• Voting rights
• An official Rogue Nation membership card
Speaking of Going Rogue, Rogue Ales put out a statement back in October to address the use of “Rogue” in the title of Sarah Palin’s book.
“We make beer not politics, we did not publish the Tome –Harpers did.
Ms. Palin did not seek the Rogue Nation approval for her use of ROGUE; she is not currently a Rogue Nation citizen. The official writer of the Rogue Nation is Richard Marcinko, author of the Rogue Warrior books; Red Cell, The Real Team, Echo Platoon, Lone Survivor, Holy Terror, Designation, Seal Force, Task Force Blue, Inside Delta Force, Detachment Bravo, Vengeance, The Warrior Elite, Violence of Action, Dictator’s Ransom and Option Delta. At this time we have no plans on replacing him.
We are proceding on 2 tracks:
- The matter has been referred to Brian Schweppenheiser, the Attorney General for the Rogue Nation.
- Led by Captain Sig Hansen of the Deadliest Catch and the Newport fishermen who ply the Alaskan waters, we are investigating where she was born and other issues of character.
P.S. We also didn’t give permission to Samsung to use ROGUE on their new phone, or to STM for use with their new laptop backpack or to Nissan to use ROGUE on their new car!”
It looks like Rouge is also capitolizing on the phase, using it for the title of an upcoming video directed by John Maier. The film is simply described as:
“A video production from the Roguesonian Cultural Heritage Interpretive Center & Beerquarium’s video library collection.”
On a final note, Happy Thanksgiving! And if you happen to find yourself in the area of a Rogue Public house, they will all be open tomorrow for your post-in-law needs.
Cheers!
Kevin