Post of the Year, hands down. Brilliant, emptybill. Just brilliant (both the quote and your use of it). Where did you find the quote?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > > All you Texas bashing bigots ... wake up and 'rouse about. > > The dawn of Brahman Consciousness, as a trans-conceptual > unity of opposite states, was not revealed by MMY. > > It was unconcealed in fullness in 1952 in Texas as a footnote to the > Brahma Sutra-s. > > Let the record stand corrected. > > Read it and weep. > > > > In 1952, Armon M. Sweat, Jr., a member of the Texas House of > Representatives, was asked about his position on whiskey. What follows > is his exact answer (taken from the Political Archives of Texas): > > "If you mean whiskey, the devil's brew, the poison scourge, the > bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason, destroys the > home, creates misery and poverty, yea, literally takes the bread from > the mouths of little children; if you mean that evil drink that topples > Christian men and women from the pinnacles of righteous and gracious > living into the bottomless pit of degradation, shame, despair, > helplessness, and hopelessness, then, my friend, I am opposed to it with > every fiber of my being. > > However, if by whiskey you mean the oil of conversation, the philosophic > wine, the elixir of life, the ale that is consumed when good fellows get > together, that puts a song in their hearts and the warm glow of > contentment in their eyes; if you mean Christmas cheer, the stimulating > sip that puts a little spring in the step of an elderly gentleman on a > frosty morning; if you mean that drink that enables man to magnify his > joy, and to forget life's great tragedies and heartbreaks and > sorrow; if you mean that drink the sale of which pours into Texas > treasuries untold millions of dollars each year, that provides tender > care for our little crippled children, our blind, our deaf, our dumb, > our pitifully aged and infirm, to build the finest highways, hospitals, > universities,and community colleges in this nation, then my friend, I am > absolutely, unequivocally in favor of it. > > This is my position, and as always, I refuse to compromise on matters of > principle." > >
