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banned from Kos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 07:38 PM
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Prohibition Part 3 - the best one, Capone, flappers, the 1929 crash and
the need for booze taxes to replace lost income taxes.

"Men discovered the clitoris" - Roaring 20's and Coolidge.

Burns is great.
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ejpoeta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 07:41 PM
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1. I wonder if they will replay it as I have missed much of it. Tried watching some
the first night but missed half then. Tried watching some of the second night but missed much of it. It is so intriguing!
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virgogal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 07:43 PM
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2. I still have pics of my Mom in her flapper clothes. What fun they
all had.
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 07:53 PM
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3. What's been amazing are the parallels to what is going on in our country today...
Too many examples to note here, but the whole theme of how destructive (and ultimately doomed to failure) one issue obsession is - as usual, many lessons for today in looking at yesterday - but few have a hunger to learn from the past these days.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 09:29 PM
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4. What strikes me was how dependent the US gov't was on booze b/f an income tax. Amazing.
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NRaleighLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 09:39 PM
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5. incredible, indeed. n/t
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