Hell, if you read about how much the founding fathers drank while writing the constitution, you've got to wonder how we didn't wind up a utopian nudist collective.
And on that tangent, Francis Scott Key stole the tune of a paganistic Bacchic drinking song for his Star Spangled Banner. This is like taking the coat off of Cindy Sheehan and putting it on Miss America and finding it becomes her very much.