George F. Will: Another round of Prohibition, anyone?

Washington Post ^ | July 8, 2010 | George F. Will

[saganite]

I have had some shine. Burns all the way down! As for Chevis, keep it. I can’t drink the stuff. If I can’t get a good single malt I prefer Famous Grouse to pretty much any blended malt.

[Madame Dufarge]

I agree about the men off fighting WWI were blindsided by the womens' vote.

Years ago, I had an old magazine I found in an antique shop in Maine on the subject of prohibition. One of the articles (and if I'm not mistaken a letter from a reader) made that exact point.

[elkfersupper]

That whole 19th Amendment thing needs to be re-thunk.

No Clintons, Boxers, Snowes, Pelosis, Obamas, etc.

I like the idea of male propery owners being able to vote and run for office, as was originally intended.

[elkfersupper]

It's sole purpose it to get you drunk. It's not exactly Chivas Regal or a good micro-brew.

You say that like it is a bad thing.

[elkfersupper]

I am pretty sure that old JOE made his first big money with having the exclusive rights to import Scotch Whiskey to the USA.

And thus enjoyed a boon during Prohibition, when smuggled in illegally. Making things illegal or taxing them to death always increases the price and prfit margins.

[GraceG]

[ I like the idea of male propery owners being able to vote and run for office, as was originally intended. ]

Just property owners, most women I know who own property are very conservative.

[elkfersupper]

We really need to reconsider that whole 19th Amendment thing.

Think about how much better life would be.