Another Cool Reason TV Video

This is political. But it's the kind of political thing we need to be talking about instead of the status qua that comes out of Washington. As a country, we're in a position where we need to be making some real decisions.

Now, some of this hits home. I'm from the Mountains of North Carolina. Known for their breath taking views, clear streams and illegal white liquor. That liquor that our grand fathers were making (and some neighbors are still making)was illegal before prohibition as it was during. That was not a health concern, but one of revenue. Hince, "revenuers". It goes back as far as the Whiskey Rebellion.

We can call it a double standard. We can call it a paradox. We can call it grey. But, it created somewhat of a sense of pride in rural communities where liquor was made. We had this notion, and a rightful one, that we were upping one to the nonsensical Federal Government, one that was blind to anything but it's own political and bureaucratic desires. And, then we pitied and despised the alcoholic. Preached about the troubles he caused and lamented over his demise.

People often get into something over emotions and then later divorce it for a reason. That's life, it's a cartoon, we play our part and sometimes have fun along the way. But, better choices can be made when we look at the why and how of the way things are.
And I've got the notion there were as many alcoholics per capita during prohibition as there is today. Abstaining is a personal decision.

Sit back and enjoy some neat video clips as Nick Gillespie talks from the trunk of someones car.


stuck like chuck in the land of sand...
The Appalachianist