WHISKEY
Don D
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I don't know the truth of this. DD
Whiskey
>
> Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat, Jr., a former Mississippi
> legislator and judge, delivered this famous "whiskey
> speech" in 1952 when the state Legislature was
> considering legalizing liquor.
>
> "My friends, I had not intended to discuss this
> controversial subject at this particular time.
> However, I want you to know that I do not shun
> controversy. One the contrary, I will take a stand on
> any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with
> controversy it might be. You have asked me how I feel
> about whiskey. All right, here is how I feel about
> whiskey.
>
> If, when you say whiskey, you mean the devil's brew,
> the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles
> innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home,
> creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the
> bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean
> the evil drink that topples the Christian man and
> woman from the pinnacle of righteous, gracious living
> into the bottomless pit of degradation and despair and
> shame and helplessness and hopelessness - then,
> certainly I am against it.
>
> But if, when you say whiskey, you mean the oil of
> conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is
> consumed when good fellows get together, that puts
> song in their hearts and laughter on their lips and
> the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you
> mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating
> drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step
> on a frosty, crispy morning; if you mean the drink
> which enables a man to magnify his joy and his
> happiness and to forget, if only for a little while,
> life's great tragedies and heartaches and sorrows; if
> you mean that drink the sale of which pours into our
> treasuries untold millions of dollars which are used
> to provide tender care for our little crippled
> children, our blind, our deaf, our pitiful aged and
> infirm, to build highways and hospitals and schools -
> then certainly I am for it.
>
> This is my stand, and I will not compromise."
Whiskey
>
> Noah S. "Soggy" Sweat, Jr., a former Mississippi
> legislator and judge, delivered this famous "whiskey
> speech" in 1952 when the state Legislature was
> considering legalizing liquor.
>
> "My friends, I had not intended to discuss this
> controversial subject at this particular time.
> However, I want you to know that I do not shun
> controversy. One the contrary, I will take a stand on
> any issue at any time, regardless of how fraught with
> controversy it might be. You have asked me how I feel
> about whiskey. All right, here is how I feel about
> whiskey.
>
> If, when you say whiskey, you mean the devil's brew,
> the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles
> innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the home,
> creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the
> bread from the mouths of little children; if you mean
> the evil drink that topples the Christian man and
> woman from the pinnacle of righteous, gracious living
> into the bottomless pit of degradation and despair and
> shame and helplessness and hopelessness - then,
> certainly I am against it.
>
> But if, when you say whiskey, you mean the oil of
> conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is
> consumed when good fellows get together, that puts
> song in their hearts and laughter on their lips and
> the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you
> mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating
> drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step
> on a frosty, crispy morning; if you mean the drink
> which enables a man to magnify his joy and his
> happiness and to forget, if only for a little while,
> life's great tragedies and heartaches and sorrows; if
> you mean that drink the sale of which pours into our
> treasuries untold millions of dollars which are used
> to provide tender care for our little crippled
> children, our blind, our deaf, our pitiful aged and
> infirm, to build highways and hospitals and schools -
> then certainly I am for it.
>
> This is my stand, and I will not compromise."
Comments
Salute', Cheers!' Proust! and every other
language you can mumble, eh, drawl, eh, hic...
Hmmm - is Gin a kind of whiskey? To your health!
NOAH - lots of liquid where he was
SOGGY - sounds wet to me
SWEAT - definitely wet
Sounds like a good ol' Southern fable.
Chari
Great way to count the birthdays - by anniversaries. My very young thinking mother says she'll be 40-21 (61) this year.
> conversation, the philosophic wine, the ale that is
> consumed when good fellows get together, that puts
> song in their hearts and laughter on their lips and
> the warm glow of contentment in their eyes; if you
> mean Christmas cheer; if you mean the stimulating
> drink that puts the spring in the old gentleman's step
> on a frosty, crispy morning;
Don't you see how this thread was just doing the above excerpt for some of us? I am merely figuratively 'raising my glass' and toasting Leslie's birthday. One of it's better uses in my opinion.
That said, great speech by his Honor.