Tag: prohibition
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June 24, 2009 01:43 AM EDT --
I have my friend Purrrrr to thank for causing me to do some research on Theodore Seuss Geisel AKA "Dr. Seuss".
I discovered that his father and grandfather ran . . .
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January 13, 2007 01:44 AM EST --
The Wild Days of Prohibition
Nationwide prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States started with the enactment of the 18th Amendment in 1920, and lasted until its repeal by the Volstad . . .
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March 11, 2008 07:02 PM EDT --
A short story attempt by myself. I have not fully revised it yet but I thought I would let you all critique it. I hope you like it. It's set during the time of prohibition (though we all . . .
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December 11, 2008 07:57 AM EST --
The news yesterday said that California is going to run out of money by March 2009. Before that happens our Governator is going to be forced to make drastic cuts somewhere in the state budget. Where? . . .
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December 05, 2009 01:49 PM EST --
"As I said before, Grandma Bebe never did tell a story in a straight line like the chapters in a book. Following the thread of her sagas was like chasing a startled rabbit through the woods –– . . .
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December 07, 2008 11:13 PM EST --
If you were around in 1919 (just before prohibition started) (and for the record...I wasn't even a gleam in my mother's eye yet! LOL) and you came upon the following poster....................... . . .
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August 31, 2006 03:10 PM EDT --
I can honestly say I have never done a drug in my life....I don't smoke either. I do however enjoy a good drink now and then.
But I have thought long and hard about my stance on this subject, and . . .
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December 12, 2007 06:10 PM EST --
Chapter 2
Quinn heard Fatty Corcoran’s . . .
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December 05, 2008 10:26 AM EST --
December 5, 2008, marks 75 years since Prohibition was officially repealed in the United States with the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution.
Woo Hoo!!
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August 27, 2006 05:51 PM EDT --
Cigarette smuggling is as popular as drug trafficking for terrorist supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah. California voters are going to be asked this November to give them the biggest prize ever, a 300% . . .
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January 16, 2008 04:44 AM EST --
It Happened ToDay:
"Who does not love wine, wife and song, will be a fool for his life long!" - from a vigorous 1873 assertion of cultural values of German-American immigrants . . .
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November 09, 2007 03:29 PM EST --
Chapter 1
Manhattan - 1930 . . .
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April 07, 2008 10:13 AM EDT --
As the clock struck midnight on April 7 th , 1933, Americans had good reason cheer - for the first time in 14 years, they no longer had to sneak around in back rooms or behind closed doors to raise a pint . . .
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June 25, 2009 10:03 PM EDT --
Barack Obama 's presidential campaign has worked to assure uneasy gun owners that he believes the Constitution protects their rights and that he doesn't want to take away their guns.
But before . . .
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November 19, 2009 03:09 PM EST --
Homebrewing has been legal in the United States since 1979 when President Carter signed into law a measure repealing the last Federal restrictions on the homebrewing of small amounts of beer.This should . . .
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September 06, 2007 07:06 PM EDT --
For John Beck, one of Gather´s most exciting and challenging poets, whose poem Whitman´s Vision http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977091190 stirred up all sorts of thoughts . . .
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June 25, 2008 02:45 PM EDT --
IT'S TIME TO REMOVE ALL THE POLITICIANS THAT PROMOTE PROHIBITION.
HOW MANY MORE LIVES HAVE TO BE NEEDLESSLY DEVASTATED OR LOST?
PROHIBITED DRUGS ARE WAY EASIER FOR KIDS TO GET THAN . . .
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February 05, 2008 05:27 PM EST --
Yes, Terrence McCauley is the grand prize winner of the truTV 'Search for the Next Great Crime Writer Contest.'
Chat Live with Terrence right here, Wednesday, February 6, 2008 from 7 . . .
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October 29, 2007 10:28 PM EDT --
By: Herndon L. Davis
http://www.herndondavis.com/
Tune into CNN, MSNBC, Fox News or surf the plethora of political blogs and you will get a healthy dose of “us vs. them”, . . .
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March 22, 2009 09:33 PM EDT --
(This was written on March 19, 2009).
It's obvious that our completely-hypocritical drug policy is a massive failure. Cold sufferers are forced to jump through hoops to buy pseudoephedrine . . .
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