This harkens back to when Celeste in '84 said he refused Reagan's order to raise the drinking age from 19 to 21. Louisianna's governor at the time did also.
Reagan's reply?
Reagan decided to cut ALL funding into Ohio, no highway funds, no education funds (including subsidized loans), nothing but welfare and SS (because people's lives depended upon them ...or Reagan didn't want to upset too many voters in an election year).
Anyway, Celeste told everyone how Reagan was blackmailing the state and the outcry wasn't there at all. So there went our state's right to govern itself on age to drink and the feds gained that much more power.
I have a feeling Missouri will see a similar blackmail and fate before this goes to trial.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
Last edited by Bill O'Rights; 07-27-2006 at 10:04 AM..
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