^To maintain the same level of Federal contributions to our highway funds, we (and every other state) has to maintain a drinking age of 21 or over.

 

Yeah, and it's a terrible policy and even worse law.  The connection makes no sense, and in my opinion is a roundabout way of abusing power that the federal government shouldn't have.  I think a lot of people agree, until they turn 21 and don't care any more.  It will take some really motivated 18-21 year olds to get legislation changed.

^Blasphemy!  How dare you accuse the late, great Ronald Reagan of abusing federal power by signing the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 into law.

^To maintain the same level of Federal contributions to our highway funds, we (and every other state) has to maintain a drinking age of 21 or over.

I know and that is tyranny.

Reagan was a tyrant?

^Blasphemy! How dare you accuse the late, great Ronald Reagan of abusing federal power by signing the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 into law.

 

Reagan, while one of the greatest presidents this country has ever had, and by far the greatest of any of our lifetimes, wasn't 100% perfect.  I wouldn't call him a tyrant by any stretch, but I'm no fan of the social issue stances of most conservatives.  I just don't get it sometimes, in fact, but that brings up the bigger issue of just what exactly a belief in smaller government means.  To me it's all encompassing... smaller gov't = less oppressive laws.

^Blasphemy!  How dare you accuse the late, great Ronald Reagan of abusing federal power by signing the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 into law.

 

Reagan, while one of the greatest presidents this country has ever had, and by far the greatest of any of our lifetimes, wasn't 100% perfect.  I wouldn't call him a tyrant by any stretch, but I'm no fan of the social issue stances of most conservatives.  I just don't get it sometimes, in fact, but that brings up the bigger issue of just what exactly a belief in smaller government means.  To me it's all encompassing... smaller gov't = less oppressive laws.

Precisely. Limited government means more freedom, more creative activity, more possibilities.  Big government "conservatives" are usually socially conservative or pro-war or both.  They want to control and mold the lives of others (ie Mike Huckabee) just as much as the most liberal Democratic.

 

Reagan was a tyrant?

Interstate highway funds have been used as a weapon against states and I believe the weakening of the states into outposts of the federal government limits freedom and the effectiveness of government.  Don't get me started on Reagan.  While he was head and shoulders above all other presidents since FDR, he definitely wasn't perfect.

While he was head and shoulders above all other presidents since FDR, he definitely wasn't perfect.

 

Word on the street is that Reagan had dandruff.

There's a "local option" which allows a township or municipality to vote on whether to allow Sunday liquor sales. I don't think there are any local options in force prohibiting Sunday sales in Cleveland, but Cincy is dangerously closer to the Bible belt...

 

Hell, there are places in KY that allow you to drink till 4:00 AM ... poor example.

On tied house: How often have you ordered a Coke and the waitress said "We only have Pepsi?"  How often have you ordered a Miller and the waitress said "We only have Coors?"