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To: John the Savage
But remember....all the noble experiment of Prohibition did was increase alcoholism and greatly expand the power of Organized Crime. It was responsible for turning a rag-tag bunch of criminals into a Fortune 500 company, or as Meyer Lansky so eloquently put it, "We're bigger than U.S. Steel"


158 posted on 10/27/2010 8:07:13 AM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (I'm shocked! Shocked to find out that gambling is going on in here!)
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To: Emperor Palpatine

Amen, brother.


165 posted on 10/27/2010 10:37:28 AM PDT by John the Savage
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