Prohibition Party Still Going Strong?
August 6, 2008
“Prohibition … Psst … They tried that in the movies and it didn’t work.” Homer Simpson
John Moe from Weekend America is profiling third party presidential candidates. Last weekend’s show profiled Gene Amondson from the Prohibition Party. Yes, you heard me the Prohibition Party. I’ll put a link up to the article but you really need to listen to the podcast. Somehow he thinks we (imbibers) put alcohol over our oatmeal. I love oatmeal but I have never poured alcohol in it. Although, I have put it in my beer through the brewing process so maybe he is on to something. The link to the story is below..
http://weekendamerica.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/08/02/prohibition/
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August 6th, 2008 at 9:29 am
I used to teach government in adult ed. I did this whole “Family Feud” type game wherein I used minor political parties. (To wit, “Type 5 answers on the board, here’s the question. Name a political party that encourages the legalization of marijuana.” “The Pot Party, Dr. Smith?” “Ding! #1 answer!”) Whenever we would get to the Prohibition Party, the kids would get so pissed. It was hilarious. First, they couldn’t believe it, and then they’d get mad. Then we’d somehow wander onto the Nazi party and they’d get even madder. I corralled this anger and told them to VOTE to stop crazy ass people like this from ever being in power. I hope the lesson stuck.
August 6th, 2008 at 11:35 am
What I love about this story is that there was a split in the party before the 2004 election. I was just having a conversation with my Brother-in-Law on how funny I think it is when 2 groups with such hard core stance against a common enemy hate each other more than that common enemy. The best example of this is in the movie “Life of Brian” with the People’s Front of Judea and the Judean People’s Front.
I followed the link to Gene’s web-site and he seems like a guy with a sense of humor. There is some good stuff on there like his appearance on the Daily Show.
Great story Patti, I hope they got the get out and vote message. Except for the ones that don’t agree with my views. They can stay home.
August 6th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Ditto on those who don’t agree with me
Hee hee.
Not to get too political, but I was friends with someone in the Green Party a few years ago. He HATED the Democrats–more than the Republicans. It was kinda scary…it reminded me of when the abused kid hates the parent who didn’t protect them more than they hate the abuser.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Also not to get too political, but keep in mind that our country is run by two prohibitionist parties. It’s just lucky for us homebrewers/beer geeks that alcohol isn’t one of the things they prohibit.
On a lighter note, here’s an awesome piece of trivia from the Prohibitionist Party website:
“If you had purchased $1000 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be
worth $49.
If you had purchased Enron stock, you would have $16.50 left.
If you had purchased WorldCom stock, you would now be holding less than
$5 of your original $1000.
On the other hand, if you had purchased $1000 of beer (the beverage, not
the company stock), had drunk it all and had turned in the empty cans for
their 5-cent deposit, you would now have $107.”
So, drinking is bad, but it’s a better than investing your money in the stock market? That’s some mighty fine advocacy there…
August 7th, 2008 at 5:47 pm
Wow, interesting reading for sure. Since we’re going back to prohibition, why not do away with the horseless carriage and the automatic washing machine. I have a fellow worker who lives in Louisville, KY. We know they have “dry counties” but in Louisville, they have “dry precincts.” Honest. It’s possible that you like in a square mile where it’s illegal to purchase anything with alcohol, even though your neighbor who lives across the street can! When I asked him why (or how) this has happened, he called it a back-room deal made between the bootleggers and the clergy! The clergy can stand in front of their pulpits and tell their congregations they’ve cleaned up the neighborhood, while the bootleggers can bring in their wares at an inflated costs. Hmmmm . . .
August 7th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Post Script: The deal between the clergy and the bootleggers the guy from Louisville called “an unholy agreement.” Interesting!!!