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A day that will live in infamy

December 5, 2010 by

FDR repealed Prohibition 77 years ago. America rejoiced in the nadir of the Great Depression. This is the reason for his long lasting popularity. This is probably even more important than Auburn winning the SEC championship.

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Mark Travis December 6, 2010 at 5:11 am

“This is probably even more important than Auburn winning the SEC championship.”

But slightly behind the Ducks winning the championship next month.

Bruce Koerber December 6, 2010 at 9:01 am

I hope the attention given to Auburn serves to awaken people to the presence and importance of the Mises Institute.

Ned Netterville December 6, 2010 at 2:03 pm

It is the only sane reason for any of FDR’s remaining popularity. And of course FDR didn’t repeal prohibition. According to wiki: “The Cullen–Harrison Act, named for its sponsors, Senator Pat Harrison and Representative Thomas H. Cullen, enacted by the United States Congress March 21, 1933 and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt the following day, legalized the sale in the United States of beer with an alcohol content of 3.2% (by weight) and wine of similarly low alcohol content, thought to be too low to be intoxicating, effective April 7, 1933…On December 5, 1933, the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. However, United States federal law still prohibits the manufacture of distilled spirits without meeting numerous licensing requirements that make it impractical to produce spirits for personal beverage use.”

Furthermore, FDR’s efforts to manipulate Japan into attacking the United States so he could justify entering WWII as England’s ally, which contributed to if not resulted in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, which Roosevelt famously called a day “which will live in infamy,” have recently been documented in the revealing book by Percy Graeves entitled, PEARL HARBOR,THE SEEDS AND FRUITS OF INFAMY, published by LvMI.

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