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****The Official Friday Silliness Thread****
Posted on 12/05/2008 7:24:26 AM PST by Lucky9teen
Without further ado......
Repeal Day is today. It commemorates the repeal of the 18th Amendment. Once more, Americans were free to buy, sell, and consume alcoholic beverages. I'll drink to that!
Today is also Bathtub Party Day, so we can combine the two....
In the early 1900's, many of the good people of America believed that alcohol was the root cause of many social ills in the country. Prohibition on a national scale, was promoted in part by the American Christian Women's Temperance Union. This movement grew in popularity. Ultimately, the United States Congress passed the 18th amendment on January 16, 1919. The 16th Amendment prohibited the manufacture, transportation, sale and consumption of alcohol.
The ban on alcohol did little to improve the social conditions of the country, or to reduce crime. Rather, crime increased as racketeers got into the the business of making and selling alcohol. The popularity of the 18th Amendment waned. More and more people and groups sought it's repeal.
Congress passed the 21st Amendment, effectively repealing the 18th Amendment. On December 5, 1933, the State of Utah voted it's approval of the 21st Amendment, achieving the 3/4 of states need to approve this amendment. Thus on this day, the 18th Amendment was formally repealed.
TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: bathtub; ofst; repeal; silliness
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Comment #21 Removed by Moderator
To: erkyl
To: NavyCanDo
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:48:48 AM PST
by
Loud Mime
(We're not hateful. We respect traditional marriage - which our opponents HATE)
To: Lucky9teen
24
posted on
12/05/2008 7:49:50 AM PST
by
IrishPennant
(He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.)
To: Lucky9teen
The Greenleaf boys are NOT gay. They like girls ONLY.
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:50:20 AM PST
by
B-Chan
(Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
To: Pan_Yan
Top Hat and Tails?
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:51:25 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: BibChr
Hedley Lamar
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:53:02 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: weegee
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:53:35 AM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: Lucky9teen
Oh Geez, I just watched that cat in the tub video over and over for about three minutes, laughing till I cried. That’s just funny.
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:54:12 AM PST
by
A_perfect_lady
(History repeats itself because human nature is static.)
To: Lucky9teen
It's back!!!!!
Your Dad's beer!!! The "Beer that made Milwaukee famous"
Read the article here.....
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/schlitz-comes-hampton-roads-fresh-brew
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:54:16 AM PST
by
fredhead
(A good day is one where you wake up without dirt in your face.)
To: Lucky9teen
To: Lucky9teen
Good morning
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:55:52 AM PST
by
red-dawg
(Bend over for CHANGE.)
To: fredhead
Cr@p. The cans will still be the “other” beer.
“Schlitz sold in cans will keep the formula that came into use in the 1970s; the new-old recipe will be sold in brown bottles and, in some places, on tap.”
And I’d like to see Pabst (who’s making Schlitz) go back to the original recipe for Pearl too (they make it for Miller, Miller also owns Lone Star and reformulated that one too).
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:56:46 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: red-dawg
If I lived next door to Jimmy Carter, I’d be sure to cut the hedges too.
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:57:59 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: red-dawg
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posted on
12/05/2008 7:58:10 AM PST
by
red-dawg
(Bend over for CHANGE.)
To: TexasCajun
To: weegee
"Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise!"
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