Kevin Carr's Gloves 4087 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 LONDON (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said he was still committed to a united Ireland, speaking in an interview with the Guardian published on Thursday. "The Good Friday agreement provided a historic breakthrough in relation to the future of Northern Ireland," Ahern told the newspaper, referring to the 1998 agreement that largely ended 30 years of political and sectarian conflict there. (Advertisement) "I am personally deeply committed to a united Ireland and I make no secret of that fact," he said. "But the most important thing is that we have peace and hopefully reconciliation between everyone on this island. We need to have a unity and a friendship among the people and that must be our first priority." The comments came as Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams said a deal on power-sharing in Northern Ireland was within reach, speaking after talks with Prime Minister Tony Blair. London and Dublin have given Northern Ireland's parties until March 26 to agree to share power in a local executive or face the indefinite continuation of direct British rule. Regardless of the historical rights and wrongs if Ireland became united the troubles would erupt like nothing before. The UVF UFF et al would go on a rampage equatable to what happened in the former yugoslavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Well I'm in favour of Free Love, World Peace and us winning the Quadruple but I don't think any of them are likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Free love on the Free Love Freeway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1280 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 I thought this was going to have something to do with The Royale Family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Free love on the Free Love Freeway? Mate, I'll take it WHEREVER it is . at my age beggars can't be chooser's............................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Free love on the Free Love Freeway? Mate, I'll take it WHEREVER it is . at my age beggars can't be chooser's............................. At your age you have to pay for it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 NEVER!!!!! goes against my deepest principles.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 NEVER!!!!! goes against my deepest principles.......................... Just kidding Berb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 PS I'm also against paying for a drink as well mind................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15871 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 PS I'm also against paying for a drink as well mind................... No risk of that if you spend most of your time in the Middle East I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 31596 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Fuck off Bertie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 PS I'm also against paying for a drink as well mind................... No risk of that if you spend most of your time in the Middle East I suppose. THE trick , dear boy, is knowing how to get a drink of alcohol when surrounded by non -drinkers. In my many years of travel I've never failed yet tho Salt Lake City was a bit tough - its often a case of looking around and spotting a fellow imbiber or Sapeur the worst was in Tennessee when we rolled into town (which was wet) to find all the bars closed until 22:00 as they were having a local election for Sheriff................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 It's weird how you still get quite a few 'dry' counties in the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 a FEW??????? FFS half of Oklahoma is dry........................ and quite a bit of Kansas and Utah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 The land of the free though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/Controver...1140551076.html Dry Counties by David J. Hanson, Ph.D. A dry county is one whose government forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages in some form. There are hundreds of dry counties across the United States. About 18,000,000 people live in the 10% of the area of the US that is dry. Following the repeal of national Prohibition in 1933, a large proportion of the population continued to support prohibition. Some states chose to maintained their own prohibition and others permitted local jurisdictions (especially counties) to decide whether or not to continue prohibition within their borders. The latter is called local option. Today, almost one-half of the counties in Mississippi are dry with their own prohibition against the production, advertising, sale, distribution, or transportation of alcoholic beverages within their boundaries. It is even illegal to bring alcohol through a dry county in Mississippi while traveling across the country in the process of, for example, moving a personal wine or spirits collection to one's new residence The reason for such a high proportion of dry counties is clear: Mississippi is uniquely temperance-oriented. Mississippi imposed state-wide alcohol prohibition in 1907, over a dozen years before the rest of the country. It was the very first state to ratify the 18th Amendment to create National Prohibition. Following national rejection of Prohibition through Repeal, the state maintained its own state-wide prohibition for another one-third of a century. After that, it specifically “reaffirmed prohibition” when it decided to permit local option regarding alcohol. Of the 120 counties of Kentucky, 55 are completely dry and 30 are wet [1]. The remaining 35 counties are “moist, fall somewhere between. Certain counties allow the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink on golf courses located in dry counties. Some wineries are allowed to operate within dry counties. 16 cities within dry counties have voted to allow restaurants above a specified size to serve drinks. 16 other cities are wet cities located in dry counties. Of Texas' 254 counties, 74 are completely dry and many of the rest are moist. The patchwork of laws can be confusing, even to residents. In some counties, only 4 percent beer is legal. In others, beverages that are 14 percent or less alcohol are legal. In some "dry" areas, you can get a mixed drink by paying to join a "private club," and in some "wet" areas you still need a club membership to get liquor-by-the-drink, reports the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The newspaper demonstrates how variable the alcohol laws can be, even within small geographic areas. "Move from Fort Worth to Arlington and you’ll be surprised that you can buy beer but not wine at the grocery store. Move to Grand Prairie and you can’t even find beer there, but you can buy alcoholic drinks at restaurants in both towns. Then move to Burleson, which has alcohol sales in the Tarrant County portion of the city but not in the Johnson County side of town." Alabama, Arkansas, Kansas and Virginia also have a large number of dry counties. Kansas was where Carrie Nation became well-known for using her hatchet to destroy bars and terrify patrons. Smaller jurisdictions exist which prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages as well, such as dry towns. There are 129 dry towns and villages in Alaska. In thirty-two of these communities the mere possession of alcohol is a crime. There are hundreds of other dry towns in the United States, some existing within wet counties. In addition, many counties and municipalities in the United States are dry on Sunday or part of Sunday, which is the Sabbath for most Christians. This is a result of Colonial-era Blue Laws, which were designed to promote Christian morality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Thou Shalt Not Drink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol 0 Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 Free love on the Free Love Freeway? Fucking love that episode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 4087 Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 Free love on the Free Love Freeway? Fucking love that episode I want to open a chocolate shop called the chocolate runway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Thou Shalt Not Drink Thou shalt not get caught drinking anyway, as usual it's the moralising that is more important to them than the act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Thou Shalt Not Drink Thou shalt not get caught drinking anyway, as usual it's the moralising that is more important to them than the act. Exactly the Good folk of Oklahoma drink more per head than any of the surrounding states Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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