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America’s Drunkest States
The Daily Beast ^
| 06.29.15
| James Joiner
Posted on 07/02/2015 1:17:06 PM PDT by detective
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To: MrBambaLaMamba
I think that is the worst picture of the Hildebeast I have ever seen! The look of pure evil.
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:42:53 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: detective
At the time of the Founding, Americans drank per capita at least twice what we do now, and quite possibly 3x as much.
To: Red Badger
Having at least one drink in a thirty-day period is the new definition of being a drunk?
To: detective
I’m going to everything in my power to put Massachusetts over the top!
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:50:00 PM PDT
by
HenpeckedCon
(What pi$$es me off the most is that POS commie will get a State Funeral!)
To: detective; Tijeras_Slim
There would be more heavy drinking in PA, but for ...
... which makes it too damn expensive & inconvenient to get a swerve on!
To: Red Badger
D.C. is 2nd and I bet 99.999% of the booze is drank by Boehner.
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:54:16 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(B. Hussein Obama: 19 acts of Treason and counting.)
To: Sherman Logan
“At the time of the Founding, Americans drank per capita at least twice what we do now, and quite possibly 3x as much.”
That was for several reasons. There was no running water and much water was not safe to drink. Drinking the local water could spread typhoid, cholera and other diseases. Beer and whiskey were cheap. There was no tax, it was available at every tavern and store. Or you could make it yourself.
The Whiskey Tax of 1791 caused the Whiskey Rebellion.
There were also no drugs available. Home remedies included alcohol as a painkiller etc.
To: Red Badger
I’m disappointed that Texas isn’t higher. I’ll have to do my bit to remedy that.
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:55:53 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(The best defense against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun)
To: martin_fierro
Like the DMV, only lots worse.
To: detective
As a homebrewer in Wisconsin, I take full responsibility for inebriating my neighbors, my friends, a few relatives, and the occasional stranger walking by on brew day.
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:56:58 PM PDT
by
Monitor
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it." - H. L. Mencken)
To: detective
Didn’t say there weren’t reasons for the heavy drinking, just that it was a fact.
To: detective
Having lived in the three New England states on the list I can assure you that these numbers are low. In order to live in VT one needs to drink any day the sun comes up. When the sun comes up. And throughout the entire day.
To: Verginius Rufus
Having at least one drink in a thirty-day period is the new definition of being a drunk? No doubt, by the neo-prohibitionists.
Last time I was at a doctor and described my drinking habits, he told me, next time just put down "no" when it asks if your drink., and I definitely drink more than one beer a month.
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:58:58 PM PDT
by
zeugma
(The best defense against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun)
To: wjcsux
If you were ever a fan of the old Star Trek TV series, you ever notice the older Hitlery gets the more she looks like Vina from "The Cage" episode? It's HER!!! LOL LOL!
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posted on
07/02/2015 2:00:41 PM PDT
by
GrandJediMasterYoda
(B. Hussein Obama: 19 acts of Treason and counting.)
To: Sherman Logan
Thomas Jefferson planted peach trees throughout his plantation so he could make moby, kind of a peach-flavored liquor.
To: detective
Proud to help Colorado maintain a high ranking where this vital statistic is concerned.
We have Coors in Golden and a ever expanding number of boutique breweries (many of them excellent), as well as some great wine being produced in western Colorado. Then we have the other stuff that John Denver sang about in 'Rocky Mountain High' but I don't go there ...
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posted on
07/02/2015 2:28:03 PM PDT
by
BluH2o
To: pleasenotcalifornia
No doubt, the colder a climate is, especially if it has an oppressive government, the more drinking there is.
And it’s totally different from the Caribbean or beach type drinking, which is happy drinking...not drinking to go numb.
To: Verginius Rufus
at least three orders of magnitude better than that in this corner of Utah!!!
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posted on
07/02/2015 2:32:14 PM PDT
by
telstar12.5
(...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
To: MrBambaLaMamba
Those eyes should be staring out the observation window of a padded cell.
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posted on
07/02/2015 2:32:54 PM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: telstar12.5
oops - 2 orders of magnitude - my math gets fuzzy in the afternoon (after that third drink, I think)
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posted on
07/02/2015 2:33:51 PM PDT
by
telstar12.5
(...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
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