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To: US Navy Vet

So who do we blame for the Boston Molasses Disaster ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster

Willy Wonka?


5 posted on 03/23/2011 9:05:26 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: WOBBLY BOB
So who do we blame for the Boston Molasses Disaster ?

A very good case can be made that if it were not for prohibition removing their ability to market their product the American Industrial Alcohol Company wouldn't have pushed production beyond capacity and thus overloaded the tank.


&^%$ Progressives

8 posted on 03/23/2011 9:13:35 AM PDT by Cowman (How can the IRS seize property without a warrant if the 4th amendment still stands?)
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To: WOBBLY BOB; US Navy Vet

And let’s not forget the Babbs Switch fire in Oklahoma,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbs_Switch_fire


13 posted on 03/23/2011 9:23:55 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Visit the TOMMY FRANKS MILITARY MUSEUM in HOBART, OK. I did, well worth it!)
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