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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 Thus on this day, the 18th Amendment was formally repealed.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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12/05/2008 8:04:34 AM PST
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Lady Jag
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Comment #43 Removed by Moderator
To: Lucky9teen
To: Lucky9teen
And if you are a real beer drinker, splurge and take a beer bath.
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12/05/2008 8:06:04 AM PST
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Lady Jag
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To: DaveLoneRanger
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posted on
12/05/2008 8:06:57 AM PST
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IrishPennant
(He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.)
To: Scythian
To: Baynative
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posted on
12/05/2008 8:09:00 AM PST
by
ETL
(Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
To: Vor Lady
Ping to #23 for your young men.
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posted on
12/05/2008 8:11:28 AM PST
by
LongElegantLegs
(Deplore the profligate scattering of corpses!)
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
12/05/2008 8:11:52 AM PST
by
joe fonebone
(The libtard votes in every election, regardless of the candidate.)
To: the_devils_advocate_666
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To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
12/05/2008 8:14:40 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: ETL
"Ohhh! I just love Star Trek!"
"And don't make me tell you what I think of that precious Doogie."
To: NavyCanDo
Awesome! I have sent that far and wide.
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posted on
12/05/2008 8:17:48 AM PST
by
CSM
(IÂ’m jubilant! Now that the Dems are completely in charge, we can FINALLY blame THEM for everything!)
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
12/05/2008 8:18:38 AM PST
by
ETL
(Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
To: OB1kNOb
Not to be too serious but for those claiming that he has already released his birth certificate, there would be no lawsuit if his defense team would enter it as evidence in the court proceedings.
And now, a woman with a tape recorder up his nose.
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posted on
12/05/2008 8:19:46 AM PST
by
weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: DaveLoneRanger
To: weegee
(excuse the gender typo, I was looking for one photo and went with this instead).
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12/05/2008 8:20:41 AM PST
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weegee
(Sec. of State Clinton. What kind of change is it to keep the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton Oligarchy?)
To: Lucky9teen
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12/05/2008 8:24:31 AM PST
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bmwcyle
(McCain had no honor when he failed to defend Sarah Palin, Leno was not enough)
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