Food and Drink Prohibition Repealed 79 Years ago today - Page 2

HonestChieffan · 12-05-2012, 04:00 PM

Gonna have a Blanton's to celebrate.

HonestChieffan · 12-05-2012, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

the prohibition on weed needs to end soon too, officially. Since that actually helps people rather than hurts them. But you know how people are...

dopers

notorious · 12-05-2012, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by dmahurin

That's better than having your asscheeks parted with the glue bottle. NTTAWWT

Mr. Laz · 12-05-2012, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

the prohibition on weed needs to end soon too, officially. Since that actually helps people rather than hurts them. But you know how people are...

already has ... sort of

I imagine the success of Colorado and Washington with spawn a handful of states to do the same each election/vote from now on.

notorious · 12-05-2012, 04:33 PM

Whenever I think about prohibition I think of the Thompson:

LiveSteam · 12-05-2012, 04:33 PM

Carrie Amelia Nation (November 25, 1846 - June 9, 1911) was perhaps the most famous person to emerge from the temperance movement—the battles against alcohol in pre-Prohibition America—due to her habit of attacking saloons with a hatchet. She has been the topic of numerous books, articles and even an opera, titled Carry Nation, that premiered in 1966 at the University of Kansas.

Born Carrie Moore in Garrard County, Kentucky, Nation attributed her passion for fighting liquor to a failed first marriage to an alcoholic. She got her myth-making last name from her second husband, David Nation. The spelling of her first name is ambiguous; both "Carrie" and "Carry" are considered correct. Official records list the former, and she herself used that spelling most of her life; the latter was used by her father in the family bible. Upon beginning her campaign against liquor in the early 20th century, she adopted the name Carry A. Nation mainly for its value as a slogan, and had it registered as a trademark in the state of Kansas.

She grew up in what most would consider trying circumstances. She was in ill health much of the time; her family experienced a number of financial setbacks and moved several times, finally settling in Belton, Missouri. Some sources indicate that her mother went through periods where she had delusions of being Queen Victoria, and that young Carrie was often tended to in the slave quarters as a result.

In 1865 she met Dr. Charles Gloyd, and they were married on November 21, 1867. Gloyd was, by all accounts, a severe alcoholic; they separated shortly before the birth of their daughter, Charlien, and he died less than a year later, in 1869. Nation attributed her passion for fighting liquor to her failed first marriage to heavy-drinking Gloyd.

Carrie then acquired a teaching certificate, but was unable to make ends meet in this field. She then met Dr. David A. Nation, an attorney, minister and newspaper editor, nineteen years her senior. They were married on December 27, 1877, and moved to a cotton plantation near Houston, Texas. Dr. Nation became involved in the Jaybird-Woodpecker War, and as a result was forced to move back north in 1889, this time to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where David found work preaching at a Christian church, and Carrie ran a successful hotel. It was while in Medicine Lodge that she began her temperance work.

A large woman (nearly 6 feet tall and 175 pounds) she described herself as "a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus, barking at what he doesn't like," and claimed a divine ordination to promote temperance by smashing up bars. Alone or accompanied by hymn-singing women, she would march into a bar and sing and pray, while smashing bar fixtures and stock with a hatchet. Between 1900 and 1910 she was arrested some 30 times, and paid her jail fines from lecture-tour fees and sales of souvenir hatchets. She published newsletters and later in life even appeared in vaudeville. She died after a period of hospitalization in Leavenworth, Kansas, on June 9, 1911. Nation was a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, founded in 1874, which deal with issues ranging from health and hygiene, prison reform and world peace.

Crazy Huge bitch

**frazod** · 12-05-2012, 04:36 PM

Didn't know she was 6' tall. Holy crap, that's like an ugly-ass booze hating terminator with a hatchet.

Somebody should have just shot her.

htismaqe · 12-05-2012, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Laz

already has ... sort of

I imagine the success of Colorado and Washington with spawn a handful of states to do the same each election/vote from now on.

It's probably going to be on the ballot here in Iowa.

saphojunkie · 12-05-2012, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

It's probably going to be on the ballot here in Iowa.

Who knew weed could get people so motivated?

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 12-05-2012, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Bump

the prohibition on weed needs to end soon too, officially. Since that actually helps people rather than hurts them. But you know how people are...

Ironically enough, the gambit has been thrown as it becomes legal officially in Washington state today.

**DoucheMcCloud** · 12-05-2012, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HonestChieffan

Dane should be along any minute. He knows someone who did no doubt.

Otter · 12-05-2012, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by notorious

Whenever I think about prohibition I think of the Thompson:

An equally well fitting Thompson in this case...

seclark · 12-05-2012, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by LiveSteam

In 1865 she met Dr. Charles Gloyd, and they were married on November 21, 1867. Gloyd was, by all accounts, a severe alcoholic; they separated shortly before the birth of their daughter, Charlien, and he died less than a year later, in 1869.

Crazy Huge bitch

sounds like old doc gloyd got off easy.
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theelusiveeightrop · 12-05-2012, 05:57 PM

I drink daily in celebration of this anniversary.

LiveSteam · 12-05-2012, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Flopnuts

Ironically enough, the gambit has been thrown as it becomes legal officially in Washington state today.

I wounder if any peeps in the state pen over pot will be released? Thats my #1 concern about legalizing pot. No body should ever do hard time over marijuana

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 12-05-2012, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by LiveSteam

I wounder if any peeps in the state pen over pot will be released? Thats my #1 concern about legalizing pot. No body should ever do hard time over marijuana

They released and dropped charges on everyone who was up for simple possession.

12-05-2012, 04:00 PM
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12-05-2012, 04:33 PM	#20
LiveSteam All aboard the crazy train Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: homeof43conferencetitles Casino cash: $41024	Carrie Amelia Nation (November 25, 1846 - June 9, 1911) was perhaps the most famous person to emerge from the temperance movement—the battles against alcohol in pre-Prohibition America—due to her habit of attacking saloons with a hatchet. She has been the topic of numerous books, articles and even an opera, titled Carry Nation, that premiered in 1966 at the University of Kansas. Born Carrie Moore in Garrard County, Kentucky, Nation attributed her passion for fighting liquor to a failed first marriage to an alcoholic. She got her myth-making last name from her second husband, David Nation. The spelling of her first name is ambiguous; both "Carrie" and "Carry" are considered correct. Official records list the former, and she herself used that spelling most of her life; the latter was used by her father in the family bible. Upon beginning her campaign against liquor in the early 20th century, she adopted the name Carry A. Nation mainly for its value as a slogan, and had it registered as a trademark in the state of Kansas. She grew up in what most would consider trying circumstances. She was in ill health much of the time; her family experienced a number of financial setbacks and moved several times, finally settling in Belton, Missouri. Some sources indicate that her mother went through periods where she had delusions of being Queen Victoria, and that young Carrie was often tended to in the slave quarters as a result. In 1865 she met Dr. Charles Gloyd, and they were married on November 21, 1867. Gloyd was, by all accounts, a severe alcoholic; they separated shortly before the birth of their daughter, Charlien, and he died less than a year later, in 1869. Nation attributed her passion for fighting liquor to her failed first marriage to heavy-drinking Gloyd. Carrie then acquired a teaching certificate, but was unable to make ends meet in this field. She then met Dr. David A. Nation, an attorney, minister and newspaper editor, nineteen years her senior. They were married on December 27, 1877, and moved to a cotton plantation near Houston, Texas. Dr. Nation became involved in the Jaybird-Woodpecker War, and as a result was forced to move back north in 1889, this time to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where David found work preaching at a Christian church, and Carrie ran a successful hotel. It was while in Medicine Lodge that she began her temperance work. A large woman (nearly 6 feet tall and 175 pounds) she described herself as "a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus, barking at what he doesn't like," and claimed a divine ordination to promote temperance by smashing up bars. Alone or accompanied by hymn-singing women, she would march into a bar and sing and pray, while smashing bar fixtures and stock with a hatchet. Between 1900 and 1910 she was arrested some 30 times, and paid her jail fines from lecture-tour fees and sales of souvenir hatchets. She published newsletters and later in life even appeared in vaudeville. She died after a period of hospitalization in Leavenworth, Kansas, on June 9, 1911. Nation was a member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, founded in 1874, which deal with issues ranging from health and hygiene, prison reform and world peace. Crazy Huge bitch
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12-05-2012, 04:36 PM	#21
frazod Keep firing, assholes! Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $2833113	Didn't know she was 6' tall. Holy crap, that's like an ugly-ass booze hating terminator with a hatchet. Somebody should have just shot her. __________________ I'm not mean; I just don't like you.
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12-05-2012, 05:57 PM	#28
theelusiveeightrop 2thdoc Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Dante's Ninth Circle Casino cash: $22448	I drink daily in celebration of this anniversary. __________________ "We're both part of the same hypocrisy, senator, but never think it applies to my family."
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