Posts tagged Prohibition
Mike Billy
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Today is the 79th anniversary of the repeal of alcohol Prohibition. On this day I give you, not only the beautiful image above, but also this list, via the Economic Freedom blog, of items that the government still prohibits. I would probably add Buckyballs to the list.
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Good point, Milton!
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Meghan McCain admits that she smokes pot “on occasion.”
Ok. We’ve had quite a few presidents admitting to using drugs. And now, a senator and presidential candidate’s daughter.
Who could possibly argue that any of these people would be better off if they were caught with the illegal substance?
It’s obvious that it’s time to end this War on Peaceful People, or, as the government propagandists call it, the War on Drugs.
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Presdential Candidate Gary Johnson wants to lower the drinking age
“I’m always the guy to advocate for lower ages. I just believe that the lower the age the better you come to grips with what these substances are,” the Libertarian Party presidential candidate said.
“If you can go to Iraq and die, or Afghanistan and die as a service man or women at 18, and you can’t drink — I’m sorry I don’t buy into that.”
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“Hypothetically no, there shouldn’t be [a drinking age],” Johnson said, “but the lower the age the better.”
For those who don’t know, the reason that the drinking age is 21 is because the federal government has bribed the states. Those states that had a lower drinking age were denied transportation fundung until they raised the legal drinking age to 21.
(Source: twitter.com)
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Mississippi enters 21st century, finally allows high alcohol beer
The new law permits Mississippians to sell and purchase beer up to 8% alcohol by weight, which translates to roughly 10% alcohol by volume, the more common measurement.
It’s certainly a step forward, but people in Mississippi still won’t be able to buy some of my favorite beers including Dogfish Head’ Palo Santo Marron, which weighs in at 12% ABV. And it will probably still scare breweries like Dogfish Head away from distributing to the state since a lot of their expensive specialty beers top the 10% ABV mark.
But enough with being a downer! Raising the legal percentage from 5 to 8 ABW is a huge step forward and allows breweries within the state to brew higher alcohol craft beers. it also greatly expands the number of beers that can be sold in the state.
Congrats to Raise Your Pints for fighting this fight for three years and finally being successful! It isn’t to often that you can get the Leviathan state to change direction and it certainly isn’t easy.
