75 years ago today a politician keep his word

Sounds like a great reason to have a beer tonight!

It is hard for me to imagine a culture that would deny beer and alcohol sales, while still promoting itself as a beacon of liberty. We are a nation of paradoxes. I think our growing diversity and complexity is really good for our Republic.

It's a good day to be a patriot. Anyone wanna drink to that?

About 20 years ago, I was looking at houses for sale in Tampa. This one particular house had an odd setup/room at the back with a back entrance. Had small booths and a bar. I was told it used to serve as a neighborhood speak-easy. I wanted that house! (no, did not buy it)

Hip hip hooray!

Actually have to be sauced to smooch em.

I don't think there is enough sauce for that...

[ hijack  ] Just curious how we reconcile this to the continued illegality of marijuana? [  / hijack ]

I was also going to ask if similar logic could be applied to currently illegal drugs?  Alcohol is just a drug after all.  

I think the growth and consumption of marijuana should be legalized.

I read a little bit of the history of the criminalization of marijuana. Interesting. Turns out the Mexican immigrants were users and criminalizing marijuana gave the powers that be a convenient excuse to jail the Mexicans.

How about heroin, meth, cocaine, etc?

I think if Alcohol and/or cigarettes were invented in the last 100 years they would be totally illegal.  They have such a history it is hard to remove them from our culture.  

Thank goodness for that!

I think if the Founding Fathers had foreseen a time when the prevailing mood of the country would be anti-alcohol, the right to bear alcohol and tobacco would probably be found in our Bill of Rights.

Beer is good food.

prohibition made Franklin County , where I like, a much more prosperous place.

FDR brought the 'lectricity.

Around here, we are for good lighting (on Sunday) and a little drink of liquor on friday night.

I can tell a few stories.....maybe laterI am celebrating