Tuesday, February 17 2009
John J. Blaine, American Hero
The Honorable John J. Blaine
Today is the 76th anniversary of the Blaine act, a bill sponsored by Wisconsin senator John J. Blaine and passed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1933, to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution: Prohibition. The repeal helped stem the tide of social upheaval and criminal gangsterism that was driven by the massive profitability of contraband liquor, much of it flowing from Canada (and the source of some of the richest fortunes in Canadian history).
Thank goodness we're smart enough to learn from our mistakes--we'd never do anything as silly as prohibition nowadays . . .
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