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| On this day in history, Jan. 16, 1919, Prohibition is ratified, banning booze in the United States |
| 2023-01-17 |
| "Progressivism" [FoxNews] Progressive effort to enforce top-down social reform expanded federal law enforcement and criminal activity. The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a progressive effort to enforce social reform via expanded federal power and popularly known as Prohibition, was ratified on this day in history, Jan. 16, 1919. "The manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all the territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited," the amendment states. Prohibition remains unique among the 27 amendments in three ways. It is the only amendment that limited the rights of U.S citizens rather than restrict the powers of government, as was originally intended by the Bill of Rights. It quickly proved hugely unpopular despite initial overwhelming support by state assemblies. And it proved so bad that it was overturned by the 21st Amendment in 1933. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 /\ Excellent! Thx Skid. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-01-17 09:08 |
| #5 100 Years Later — What You Might Not Know About Prohibition |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-17 08:51 |
| #4 I'll drink to that |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-01-17 08:12 |
| #3 PK2 --- Adding some comparison humor... Number of drinks had without injury vs. bullets fired in war. Maybe the Population Control Elites should have use Tainted Alcohol instead of Covid-19 ☺ |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-01-17 08:10 |
| #2 Number of deaths in America's wars since the repeal of Prohibition vs the number of deaths due just to DUI* since the repeal of Prohibition. Guess which is highest. * not including the classical - "here hold my beer while I do this" It's all trade offs. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-01-17 07:41 |
| #1 Quoting Google ..... The Senate vote was 65 to 20, with the Democrats voting 36 in favor and 12 in opposition and the Republicans voting 29 in favor and 8 in opposition. The House of Representatives then passed a revised resolution on December 17, 1917. By 1922, 46 states had ratified the amendment. With only 2 states rejecting the amendment: Connecticut & Rhode Island. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2023-01-17 07:16 |