The mess at Las Vegas after the big basketball game (The press kept it hushed up), made it pretty obvious that all the uncivilized blacks with bad manners, and lots of dollars and gold chains must have gotten their wealth by dealing in drugs. That’s my assumption anyway, and it made me think about prohibition. “Blind pigs” was another name for “speakeasies.” Prohibition was perhaps just as disgusting as are the illegal drugs today. No, I have never done any drugs and never will, because I want to keep my mind intact, but then I have never been drunk either for the same reason. Prohibition put honest distillers, bartenders, corn growers, waitresses, and restaurant owners out of business, and caused a huge crime wave which wasn’t equaled until drugs were made illegal. The crime wave continues, because there are a lot of politicians who think that their idea of morality can be legislated.
Prohibition, in a way, was hilarious, as opposed to the illegal drugs sold by white and black trash today. Rum runners parked their boats offshore, beyond the legal limits and sold hooch to all who wished to buy. The smaller boats then took whiskey ashore and sold it. The government raised the national boundary from three miles to twelve miles, so the boats had to be faster. Then the Coast Guard bought faster boats, and on it went. Prohibition agents would be bribed with $500 to take a day off when a certain still was to be raided, so their $1800 per year salary was boosted. Speakeasies flourished, and America actually drank more alcohol than it did before prohibition. Lots more! Bathtub gin was merely alcohol, water, sugar, and an bit of flavoring. My uncles made beer in the basement of my grandad’s house during prohibition, something went wrong, and all the bottles exploded. Good whiskey made with pure corn squeezings was replaced by sugar diluted junk, and naturally good stuff was hard to come by during prohibition. The swank New York Club 21 had its own secret brick wall on hinges which hid the storeroom during prohibition, and that was never discovered by the federal agents. It still exists.
Prohibition and speakeasies attracted returning WW I servicemen by the thousands, and they took their girlfriends with them. This was the first time women had ever been admitted to a bar. Millions of alcoholics were created by prohibition, and many of them are still alive. It must be remembered that whatever is illegal, becomes exciting and enticing to youth. Drugs were totally legal in America until about 60 years ago, and actually, their illegality took the place of alcohol at the end of prohibition. Got to keep the feds busy. Where do you think the name “Drug Store” came from? Because you could buy drugs there. Yes, literal drugs, which now are illegal. Like the prohibition illegal whiskey which poisoned and killed thousands, due to its non-professional making; filthy, illegal drugs today kill and maim millions probably. If drugs were legal, they would be cheap, made professionally by drug outfits, taxed like alcohol I am sure, and they would be no attraction to thrill seeking kids and fools. I know, many of you will be outraged by that statement, even though it is logical. Now there is a new drug out, which is supposed to be the worst of all, and can be made in your kitchen with stuff bought in a grocery store. Do you think this would have been discovered if drugs hadn’t been made illegal and were readily available?
When America made alcohol selling illegal, (not drinking it!), the Canadian distillers had a field day, and still are having one. No one ever heard of “Segrams Seven” or other Canadian hooch till prohibition. Millions of gallons were smuggled across the border for thirsty Americans. The Kennedy fortune was made by old man Joe Kennedy, who had boatloads of Scotch waiting off shore when prohibition ended. Those rich, mostly black, bums in Las Vegas, which destroyed the town when the big game ended last Sunday evening, undoubtedly had the brains and ability of a snail, but had the bravado of a prohibition smuggler, rum runner, or moonshiner. Hence the undeserved wealth, and lack of manners and culture which goes with deserved wealth. Have a great weekend!