Monday, February 22, 2010

Prohibition's dark side

I had never heard about the U.S. government's role in poisoning people during prohibition until reading this article.

Officially, the special denaturing program ended only once the 18th Amendment was repealed in December 1933. But the chemist's war itself faded away before then. Slowly, government officials quit talking about it. And when Prohibition ended and good grain whiskey reappeared, it was almost as if the craziness of Prohibition—and the poisonous measures taken to enforce it—had never quite happened.

Interesting how some things seem to get swept under the rug.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Laughing himself right outta office

Buh-bye, Mr. Bennet. So long, farewell. Don't let the door hit you in the butt.

For the record, it's not funny.