alexgaddis Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) Athens, Alabama Edited August 14, 2007 by alexgaddis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Christians who oppose drinking on moral grounds believe... They can move to Utah and join the other like-minded people of faith. It's good to be Catholic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pope Flick Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 How many counties in Texas are still dry, and what is their total square miles? I'll bet it's bigger than northern Alabama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckB Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 The county where my family lives in Kentucky is dry, so they just drive to the next coounty and spend their money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy n Dirty Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Business leaders argue that ending the sale of beer, wine and liquor would hurt tax revenues and send the message that Athens is backward. Ya' think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 The county where my family lives in Kentucky is dry, so they just drive to the next coounty and spend their money. The county with the Jack Daniels distillery in Tennessee is dry as well. They have to get a special permit to sell any whiskey to consumers at the distillery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopazz Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 There are still four dry counties in North Carolina. All out west in the mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Gooch isn't worried about the city losing businesses or tax revenues if alcohol sales are banned. Normal economic growth and God will make up any difference if residents dump the bottle, he said. "We believe that God will honor and bless our city," Gooch said. You can't argue with logic like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Gooch isn't worried about the city losing businesses or tax revenues if alcohol sales are banned. Normal economic growth and God will make up any difference if residents dump the bottle, he said. "We believe that God will honor and bless our city," Gooch said. You can't argue with logic like that. So.. they're gonna revoke tax-exempt status for churches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 I live in a dry county, and I wish that it would go wet. I'm not a drinker so it really isn't so much about how it would help me, but how it would help the county. When I think of all the tax dollars that residence of my county spend in neighboring counties buying booze, it really pisses me off. With the additional tax revenue generated by sales of the booze. Add on top of that all of the drunk driving accidents that are caused because people are driving to and from the liquor stores impaired, and it just doesn't make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Not to make it political or anything but how many of these people in favor of restrictions and bannings are from the "party of small gubment"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perchoutofwater Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Not to make it political or anything but how many of these people in favor of restrictions and bannings are from the "party of small gubment"? Probably most of them, as most of the people that are for dry counties are fundamentalist Christians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxfactor Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Isn't Ocean City, NJ in a dry county? I remember going there with a budy and his family when i was 18. We just went across a bridge to a bar and got served. Used to be here in Jax you couldn't buy booze on Sundays. They wisened up and now you can after noon or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azazello1313 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 most of the people that are for dry counties are fundamentalist Christians. and that one really never made much sense to me. i mean, this is a religion whose primary sacrament consists of drinking wine. jesus' first miracle (in john) was to turn water into wine so that the party wouldn't die. not sure where people get the idea that a good christian should be trying to make wine illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Swerski Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 and that one really never made much sense to me. i mean, this is a religion whose primary sacrament consists of drinking wine. jesus' first miracle (in john) was to turn water into wine so that the party wouldn't die. not sure where people get the idea that a good christian should be trying to make wine illegal. That's because religious fundamentalists are morons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) When I think of all the tax dollars that residence of my county spend in neighboring counties buying booze, it really pisses me off. With the additional tax revenue generated by sales of the booze. It brings a tear to my eye hearing Perch speak in favor of taxation. :sniff: Edited August 15, 2007 by yo mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDFFFreak Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 (edited) That's because religious fundamentalists are morons. you have a way with words.... (I choose not to generalize, so lets call many of them "not too enlightened" and "slightly narrow minded") Edited August 14, 2007 by TDFFFreak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatman Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Drinking is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Isn't Ocean City, NJ in a dry county? I remember going there with a budy and his family when i was 18. We just went across a bridge to a bar and got served. Used to be here in Jax you couldn't buy booze on Sundays. They wisened up and now you can after noon or something. OC NJ isnt a county but it is a DRY CITY...but there are big Liquor Stores at the base of both bridges that you take to get into OC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yukon Cornelius Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 south of 44 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Drinking is awesome. Troof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 The county where my family lives in Kentucky is dry, so they just drive to the next coounty and spend their money. Why doesn't this surprise me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqualung Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 The county where my family lives in Kentucky is dry, so they just drive to the next coounty and spend their money. It was years ago that I stopped in a little mom and pop grocery store in Kent. The owners were pretty upset that they got no revenue for liquor when some of the county taxes went to the litter caused by beer cans and bottles sold in the next county. I think the county I was in at the time was Bath County Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 How many counties in Texas are still dry, and what is their total square miles? I'll bet it's bigger than northern Alabama. This is probably true but totally bizarre. Can someone pls explain? We're talking TX here. freakin TEXAS - I would think the most booze-guzzling champs of all states. whatfo?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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