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what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:12 pm
by catamount man
Who actually thought it was a good idea to make alcohol illegal?
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:13 pm
by bandl
catamount man wrote:Who actually thought it was a good idea to make alcohol illegal?
Apparently you don't watch Boardwalk Empire...
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:17 pm
by Grizalltheway
Christians, mostly.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:36 pm
by Baldy
"Progressives"
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:37 pm
by CitadelGrad
Feminists. Feminism was behind the whole temperance movement. Fucking bitches.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:44 pm
by YoUDeeMan
CitadelGrad wrote:Feminists. Feminism was behind the whole temperance movement. **** bitches.
Liar.
Men wanted to publicly ban alcohol...that way when you did offer a chick a drink and they accepted, you knew they were bad girls.
And since they weren't drinking a lot, one or two drinks put them over the edge.
Cheap, easy dates.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:48 pm
by 89Hen
It was actually minorities that pushed it through.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 12:55 pm
by dbackjon
89Hen wrote:It was actually minorities that pushed it through.
No, it was minority lesbians. Never had a drink bought for them. They were pissed.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:00 pm
by catamount man
bandl wrote:catamount man wrote:Who actually thought it was a good idea to make alcohol illegal?
Apparently you don't watch Boardwalk Empire...
I don't.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:04 pm
by Appaholic
catamount man wrote:Who actually thought it was a good idea to make alcohol illegal?
A dark day for this country, CMan....
...a dark day indeed.....
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:04 pm
by Skjellyfetti
89Hen wrote:It was actually minorities that pushed it through.
I really hope this isn't serious.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:05 pm
by 89Hen
Skjellyfetti wrote:89Hen wrote:It was actually minorities that pushed it through.
I really hope this isn't serious.
Wasn't too serious, they repealed it in 1933.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:08 pm
by coastal89
The Kennedy's pushed it through. They didn't like the competition with their bootleging business.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:11 pm
by catamount man
Skjellyfetti wrote:89Hen wrote:It was actually minorities that pushed it through.
I really hope this isn't serious.
No offense, but I have heard how it was the "white man's cocaine" that was purposefully sent out to destroy the black community. I don't think any one can claim moral superiority over the other. That being said, the Volstead Act left a lot of people forced to do a lot of things just to survive while the real asshats, Capone, etc, continued to thrive and I could probably lose count tracking down the govt officials in on the racket as well. You do know that Johnson City, TN was called "little Chicago" during that time don't you? Interesting shit!
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:19 pm
by bandl
catamount man wrote:Skjellyfetti wrote:
I really hope this isn't serious.
No offense, but I have heard how it was the "white man's cocaine" that was purposefully sent out to destroy the black community. I don't think any one can claim moral superiority over the other. That being said, the Volstead Act left a lot of people forced to do a lot of things just to survive while the real asshats, Capone, etc, continued to thrive and I could probably lose count tracking down the govt officials in on the racket as well. You do know that Johnson City, TN was called "little Chicago" during that time don't you?
Interesting shit!
If you think so then you really oughtta try watching 'Boardwalk Empire'
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 2:43 am
by houndawg
God bless the moonshiners
they're all friends of mine....
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:09 am
by 93henfan
Midgets. Hispanic midgets.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:27 am
by Ibanez
93henfan wrote:Midgets. Hispanic midgets.
They were Gay, Hispanic Midgets.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:37 am
by kalm
Ibanez wrote:93henfan wrote:Midgets. Hispanic midgets.
They were Gay, Hispanic Midgets.
Progressive, Gay, Hispanic, Midgets.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:17 am
by 93henfan
kalm wrote:Ibanez wrote:
They were Gay, Hispanic Midgets.
Progressive, Gay, Hispanic, Midgets.
Progressive, Gay, Hispanic, Midgets who want to TAKE AWAY YOUR GUNS.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:24 am
by youngterrier
they're atheists too
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:26 am
by youngterrier
Progressive, Gay, Atheist, Hispanic, Midgets who want to take away your guns, burn your flags, and kick crippled people down stairs
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:39 pm
by ATrain
Progressive, Gay, Atheist, Illegal Immigrant Hispanic Midgets who want to take away your guns, burn your flags, and kick crippled people down the stairs.
Re: what was America thinking with the Volstead Act?
Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2011 12:53 pm
by Ibanez
ATrain wrote:Progressive, Gay, Atheist, Illegal Immigrant Hispanic Midgets who want to take away your guns, burn your flags, and kick crippled people down the stairs.
Progressive, Gay, Atheist, Illegal Immigrant Hispanic Midgets who want to take away your guns, burn your flags, and kick crippled people down the stairs and smell like shitty Europeans.