tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post9022394414799636733..comments2024-03-28T12:00:05.811-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: Salena Zito: How Bourbon Rose From a Humble Grain To Embody American ExceptionalismKingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-12613186714785093532021-07-24T11:28:23.915-05:002021-07-24T11:28:23.915-05:00I long ago learned to never trust a man who couldn...I long ago learned to never trust a man who couldn't hold his liquor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-40447918622959427242021-07-23T14:31:51.250-05:002021-07-23T14:31:51.250-05:00Sober for the most part now but I sure do try and ...Sober for the most part now but I sure do try and enjoy me a Charter 8 every once in a while.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-91514822706469686812021-07-23T11:32:59.458-05:002021-07-23T11:32:59.458-05:00So we can even fight over Bourbon?
We can exalt it...So we can even fight over Bourbon?<br />We can exalt it to the symbol of American exceptionalism? And ignore the history of other countries?<br /><br />I think we are becoming #1 in ornery as well as killing each other.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-56644872314925544162021-07-23T10:58:25.111-05:002021-07-23T10:58:25.111-05:00While you are busy demonizing alcohol, don't f...While you are busy demonizing alcohol, don't forget to hit the Kroger pharmacy up on the way home to get those scripts re-filled. I drink daily, am in generally good health and haven't taken so much as an Advil in over 20 years. Everyone is different, with different habits both good and bad. No need to point fingers just because someone is not like you. Shazamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12612124984220802634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-16233051277875611102021-07-23T10:45:46.925-05:002021-07-23T10:45:46.925-05:00No better time than to interject this rather color...No better time than to interject this rather colorful bit of Mississippi history:<br /><br />Noah Sweat was a member of the Mississippi legislature when he gave this speech in 1954. The "Whiskey Speech" concerned <br />the question of the prohibition of alcoholic liquor, a law that was still in force in Mississippi at the time the speech was <br />delivered.<br /><br /><br />My friends, I had not intended to discuss this controversial subject at this particular time. However, I <br />want you to know that I do not shun controversy. On the contrary, I will take a stand on any issue at <br />any time, regardless of how fraught with controversy it might be. You have asked me how I feel about <br />whiskey. All right, here is how I feel about whiskey:<br />If when you say whiskey you mean the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster, that <br />defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally <br />takes the bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean the evil drink that topples the Christian <br />man and woman from the pinnacle of righteous, gracious living into the bottomless pit of degradation, <br />and despair, and shame and helplessness, and hopelessness, then certainly I am against it.<br />But, if when you say whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale <br />that is consumed when good fellows get together, that puts a song in their hearts and laughter on <br />their lips, and the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer; if you mean <br />the stimulating drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step on a frosty, crispy morning; if you <br />mean the drink which enables a man to magnify his joy, and his happiness, and to forget, if only for a <br />little while, life's great tragedies, and heartaches, and sorrows; if you mean that drink, the sale of <br />which pours into our treasuries untold millions of dollars, which are used to provide tender care for <br />our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, our pitiful aged and infirm; to build highways <br />and hospitals and schools, then certainly I am for it.<br />This is my stand. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-41245970808426228662021-07-23T09:38:48.168-05:002021-07-23T09:38:48.168-05:00@7:09 PM
Let it go already. Quit demonizing the ...@7:09 PM<br /><br />Let it go already. Quit demonizing the poor. We all have vices. What percentage of us middle class and affluent are assholes for no real reason? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87429861402124205202021-07-23T09:11:39.387-05:002021-07-23T09:11:39.387-05:00@4:29 pm
I am sincerely sorry for your drinking h...@4:29 pm<br /><br />I am sincerely sorry for your drinking history and congratulate you on your sobriety. I wish you every good thing. Alcoholism is no joke.<br /><br />On the other hand, for a substantial fraction of my life I have taken two or so drinks of something pretty much every day. Most days a single shot, very rarely indeed a third drink. When I was a boy, during the 1950s, my dad, who drank not a drop, owned a saloon. He held drunkards in great contempt, particularly rum drinkers, "rummies," he called them. Sorta in his honor my drink of choice these days is a double shot of Myers dark rum over ice cubes with a lemon wedge. If I am feeling particularly frisky, I'll wedge a lime and throw it in as well.<br /><br />I know it's un-American but I'd do without rather than drink the stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-18498247704648026832021-07-23T08:24:46.971-05:002021-07-23T08:24:46.971-05:00Costo has SAMS beat on liquor prices- just saying-...Costo has SAMS beat on liquor prices- just saying- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-70781891126774809002021-07-22T19:09:46.287-05:002021-07-22T19:09:46.287-05:00What percent of people that are on food stamps smo...What percent of people that are on food stamps smoke and drink. It’s theft. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-32076404981214431112021-07-22T18:49:18.858-05:002021-07-22T18:49:18.858-05:00Had a Maker's at lunch and it was pretty damn ...Had a Maker's at lunch and it was pretty damn good. Kingfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-24055950372785448362021-07-22T18:46:24.206-05:002021-07-22T18:46:24.206-05:00Strange how tobacco products are no longer accepte...Strange how tobacco products are no longer accepted as it once was yet corn squeezins' is so popular. The number one factor in social decay is alcohol. <br />Can't pay your rent or children needs new clothes, no money for groceries and the light bill is way past due, but there is always money for, you know, corn squeezins'. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-63790648190999567092021-07-22T17:40:48.674-05:002021-07-22T17:40:48.674-05:00Yeah. Hopefully the Old Soul boys have had enough ...Yeah. Hopefully the Old Soul boys have had enough time to distill their own hooch. I agree their sourced blend is not that great. Property Pros, LLChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17257198463216502392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-53532480902009765542021-07-22T17:27:12.957-05:002021-07-22T17:27:12.957-05:00A physician said that bourbon and cigars are covid...A physician said that bourbon and cigars are covid deterrents. That plus the shots make me mask free.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-48838160342246098652021-07-22T17:22:10.672-05:002021-07-22T17:22:10.672-05:00Kentucky thanks Don Draper. The Old Fashion became...Kentucky thanks Don Draper. The Old Fashion became fashionable again. <br /><br />I suggest watching Heist on Netflix - Bourbon Kings. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-9003765772808988022021-07-22T16:53:56.493-05:002021-07-22T16:53:56.493-05:00Sigh. I remember the good ole days - just a mere d...Sigh. I remember the good ole days - just a mere decade ago- where you could walk into Briarwood or Corkscrew and pick an Old Rip right off of the shelf. The popularity killed it for me. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-44284379031706576152021-07-22T16:35:32.473-05:002021-07-22T16:35:32.473-05:00I loathe the fact bourbon is as popular as it is n...I loathe the fact bourbon is as popular as it is now. I've been partaking in the drink for years and what I used to drink regularly is almost impossible to find these days. <br /><br />Side note: I wish Mississippi's Old Soul Bourbon was better than it is. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-25717065954901882912021-07-22T16:29:45.190-05:002021-07-22T16:29:45.190-05:00I wonder how many lives and entire families have b...I wonder how many lives and entire families have been destroyed by bourbon. I say this as a former bourbon drinker myself, who took 10 more years than I should've to stop drinking. All I can say if to hell with bourbon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com