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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Yesterday in History: Beer!
2008-04-08
At 12:01 a.m. on April 7, 1933, sirens, fire alarms and train whistles shrieked. In Chicago, harried bartenders scrambled to serve crowds that stood 12 deep. At Pabst Brewing Co. in Milwaukee, thousands of onlookers cheered as company employees hoisted barrels and crates onto trucks. About 800 people stood in the rain outside the White House, watching as a man hopped out of his vehicle and unloaded two cases of beer. Secret Service agents accepted the goods, a gift for the chief executive from one of the nation's brewers. "President Roosevelt," read a sign on the side of the truck, "the first real beer is yours."

After 13 dry years, legal beer had returned to the United States. . . .
Posted by:Mike

#13  We need a colorado springs beer RantFest.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-04-08 22:51  

#12  I scream!
You scream!
We all scream for

BEER!!!!
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-04-08 20:33  

#11  color me shocked!
Posted by: Frank G   2008-04-08 20:27  

#10  i drink enoough for your anti oxidants hector
Posted by: sinse   2008-04-08 20:24  

#9  Alas TW, my drinking days are over. Now I must get all my anti-oxidants from things like broccoli and blueberries etc. :(
Posted by: Hector   2008-04-08 18:51  

#8  Here in the States we get more lots of things from beer than wine, Hector. And I'll happily take your wine if you take my share of beer. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife    2008-04-08 15:21  

#7  Beer, rich in anti-oxidants, IS a health food. The darker beers are anyway. Lite beer, not so much. Red wine gets all the credit, but here in the states, we collectively get more anti-oxidants from beer than from wine.
Posted by: Hector   2008-04-08 14:24  

#6  It's O.K.for you guys to celebrate, but down under we are facing doom...doom I tell you.

Quick!! Send emergency supplies of malted barley to our allies!!
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-04-08 12:46  

#5  Oh geeze now I have to wait until dinner.

Beer is one of the world's oldest beverages, possibly dating back to the 6th millennium BC, and is recorded in the written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Posted by: Icerigger   2008-04-08 12:38  

#4  It's O.K.for you guys to celebrate, but down under we are facing doom...doom I tell you.
Posted by: tipper   2008-04-08 12:09  

#3  I brewed a batch in celebration.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-04-08 10:55  

#2  Let's hear it for beer! The new health food.
Posted by: JohnQC   2008-04-08 10:42  

#1  There's a lesson here for today. If only we could figure it out.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-04-08 09:53  

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