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Why the government should fund research into finding a replacement for alcohol
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| March 5, 2015
| Ryan Cooper
Posted on 03/06/2015 7:34:52 AM PST by C19fan
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The "Gin is Sin" crowd in back. Beer/ale, tea, and coffee were pushed as alternatives to distillates. How about we call Mr. Cooper's substitute "Soma" in honor of the gov't sponsored drug from "Brave New World". If you are a Star Trek there is the infamous synthol the Montgomery Scott rejected.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:34:52 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
We already have alternatives to alchohol
Miller Lite and Bud Light.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:38:02 AM PST
by
albie
To: C19fan
Or the gub’mint could get out of the business of telling people what they can and cannot do and leave it at that .
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:38:04 AM PST
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:38:38 AM PST
by
null and void
( If race doesn't matter, why does it matter so much?)
To: C19fan
The Progressives started Prohibition, now they want to do it again.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:39:48 AM PST
by
struggle
To: C19fan
alcoholic beverages have been part of human life from the earliest of days. The problem lies, not in the drink, but in the person and his gluttony, and his inability to control himself.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:41:29 AM PST
by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: C19fan
They should invent nothing, they should let the free market decide and butt out
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03/06/2015 7:41:57 AM PST
by
dila813
To: NativeSon
"Or the gubmint could get out of the business of telling people what they can and cannot do and leave it at that." Oh, no! I, for one, need a guvmint to control me! Otherwise, what might happen?
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03/06/2015 7:43:05 AM PST
by
Da Bilge Troll
(Defeatism is not a winning strategy!)
To: C19fan
I’m thinking about something called “water”. It’s healthy when consumed in moderation, cheap, plentiful, and only moderately intoxicating, though it is somewhat habituating. The only downside I can see is if someone figures out how to abuse “water”, then the government will outlaw “water”.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:43:08 AM PST
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: C19fan
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:46:08 AM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy, and he is us.)
To: C19fan
That’s all we need, another gubmint “study”.
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posted on
03/06/2015 7:48:30 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Always Give 100% --- Unless you're donating blood.)
To: C19fan
How about research into a drug that would counter the effects of alcohol in minutes?
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03/06/2015 7:51:58 AM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(True followers of Christ emulate Christ. True followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.)
To: Da Bilge Troll
“Oh, no! I, for one, need a guvmint to control me! Otherwise, what might happen?”
I have a guvmint to control me, Mrs. Duffee.
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03/06/2015 7:58:25 AM PST
by
duffee
(Dump the Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party, joe nosef.)
To: albie
replacement for alcohol is coffee after lots of drinking : )
To: albie
We already have alternatives to alchohol
Miller Lite and Bud Light. Don't forget VIP!
To: C19fan
Beer, ale, tea and coffee were the only trusted sources of potable water until about the last 25 years or so of the 19th century. And once the natural benefits of caffeine were applied to industry coffee and tea (and somewhat later, soft drinks like Coca Cola) were the only acceptable forms of workplace beverages. It was the busybody temperance women that gave us the fiasco that was prohibition.
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03/06/2015 8:09:12 AM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
To: elpadre
Alcohol predates civilization. And there are some schools of paleo anthropology that think alcohol brought about civilization, and not the other way around.
CC
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posted on
03/06/2015 8:12:32 AM PST
by
Celtic Conservative
(Sufficient unto the day are the troubles therof)
To: C19fan
Western man has done pretty well using alcohol for thousands of years, during the same time they rejected Cannabis as an intoxicant.
Look at the peoples of the world that largely have done the opposite.
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posted on
03/06/2015 8:17:58 AM PST
by
ansel12
(Palin--Mr President, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke.)
To: albie
We already have alternatives to alchohol
Miller Lite and Bud Light. You just won the internet for today.
To: dila813
"They should invent nothing, they should let the free market decide and butt out" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What is your argument against adding a safer alternative to the free market?
BTW, how is your buggy whip business doing? (Or, are you a moonshiner?)
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03/06/2015 10:04:36 AM PST
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias... "Barack": Allah's current ally...)
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