Did you know that December 5th is Repeal Day in the United States (ya, neither did I). That was the day that ended prohibition in the United States back in 1933. December 5th is also the day that we celebrate Blaster’s birthday… Coincidence? I think not. More after the jump.

From Evil Beet… What’s Repeal Day you ask? Well, around the turn of the century, some uptight cunts decided that all of America’s problems could be solved by outlawing the consumption of alcohol. Somehow or other they managed to pass the Volstead Act in 1919– a law that plugged up the holes in the 18th amendment and made it illegal to imbibe, prosecutable to get plastered, verboten to be… very, very drunk.

Over the next 13 or so years, upright citizens suffered the dirge of dryness while organized crime ran rampant, fueled by a huge black market demand for alcohol. Finally, on December 5th, 1933, the 21st amendment was ratified, which repealed prohibition and once again made it legal for Americans to enjoy alcoholic beverages. People went nuts and unleashed 13 years’ worth of pent-up partying. Gin and Vodka rained down like dollar bills in a strip club. Beer and wine flowed freely like a stream of expletives from the mouth of a Detroit hooker.

We have a few “drinking holidays” in this country that didn’t start out as such, including St. Patrick’s Day and New Year’s Eve. And while many people in this nation use the fifth of May, or Cinco de Mayo– a Mexican holiday– as an excuse to get drunk, most of them don’t know anything about the fifth of December– or Cinco de Drinko — and don’t celebrate it. If there’s any single day of the year that should be celebrated with copious amounts of boozing, it’s the one that made it legal for you to do so.

Could you imagine not being able to enjoy a beer while watching football or relaxing after a hard day of work with a glass of wine? How many random bar friends would you not have made? How many white boys wouldn’t have danced? How many annoying drunk bitches wouldn’t have passed out on the sidewalk in a puddle of their own effluvium? How many of you would never have gotten laid were it not for the momentous historical events that took place on this day 76 years ago?

It’s high time that we Americans pay respect to our country’s heritage and raise a glass on this day, Repeal Day, to celebrate the return of our individual imbibing freedoms. Head out tonight to your favorite local bar, or get together with friends for a drink. For were it not for the 21st amendment that was ratified on this day, you wouldn’t be able to.

Tags: Alcohol, Blaster, Prohibition, Repeal Day

One Comments