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    If You Addessed the Nation

    If you had an hour, during prime time, on all network stations, and some non-network stations, and the the golf channel, and they would pre-empt all you favorite shows like Fringe and never rerun them later that night so that you would just be left out of the loop and have to call your west coast friends to find out if anything cool happened... what would you say? or show? or do?

    Please don't post exactly what you would say, I don't want to read a 1 hour script or anything.

    Me?

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    I would talk about the national decline in poop quality and how more and more people are having diarrhea. If I was Republican I might even blame gays for it.
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    If I were a politician...

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    I was flipping through the Cable last night, and someone was being interviewed and they were on Skype, I think they were a politician from some auto maker city, the interviewer was white and so was the politician, anyhoo, he went off on the one interviewing, about taking more cuts from the American worker.

    Did anyone see this and if so do you have a link?

    The politician, who went off was a bit over reactive but had great points!

    Thanks in advance!

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    I might yell at people for not watching shows like "Arrested Development" and yet turning out in droves to watch "Two and Half Men".
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    I would unveil my grand plan to kill the firstborn of every family in America until Sunday beer laws were a relic of the past.
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    What is the law, oh stuttering one? Noon here.
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    The law would be no alcohol sales on Sundays... at least that's the law in Georgia.
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    No liquor on Sunday here. Beer is ok. Bars are open.
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    Off the top of my head, I don't know the exact setup, but I'm pretty sure it's an "opt-out" situation, where the ban is the default. Most places have an outright ban with a "private club" exemption. In effect, you can buy a drink at any restaurant you normally could, but only after joining their club, which usually consists of paying a dollar and signing a card, but no go in stores. No distinction made between beer, liquor and wine. Jefferson County (Birmingham) has unrestricted sales (though, to be fair, I've never tried buying before noon, so it may be the same as yours). Dothan looks like it may go that way soon. Fortunately, those are the two places I spend most of my time. The idea in general is an odious blight on the name of civilization, though.
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    Re: If You Addessed the Nation

    Where would I find an envelope beig enough and how could I afford the postage?
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    What?
    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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    He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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    He's making a joke about sending a letter to the nation (to an address)
    “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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    Quote Originally Posted by SlowwHand View Post
    No liquor on Sunday here. Beer is ok. Bars are open.
    That is barbaric.
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    Actually, it goes before the county, and then to the city on what their law is on it. The city may not sell it at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Imran Siddiqui View Post
    He's making a joke about sending a letter to the nation (to an address)
    My first thought when I saw the thread title was Ed Norton on The Honeymooners saying "Hello, ball."
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    I would tell every American to turn off their TV and do something else tonight. I know, a lot of people have to unwind after work and everything, so leisure it up some other way. Read a book, even if it's a shitty one like Twilight or the Left Behind series. Go outside and talk to your neighbors. Take a nap. Because literally just about anything would be more productive than the entire nation watching me chatter for an hour. The only bad thing is even that would still be better than the entire nation watching Two and a Half Men.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Solomwi View Post
    I would unveil my grand plan to kill the firstborn of every family in America until Sunday beer laws were a relic of the past.
    Buy on Saturday or spend at least one day a week sober.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sprayber View Post
    Buy on Saturday or spend at least one day a week sober.
    I thought better of you than that.
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    Can't buy until 1pm here, but it can be served.

    6am to 1pm can feel like an eternity.

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    On the weekend, I seldom get up before one o'clock, so I have no idea what the rules might be. Virginia used to have "blue laws" preventing the sale of almost anything on Sunday. Now only beer and wine are blocked on Sunday. Liquor is sold in state-run stores, so generally, there are no liquor sales on the weekend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sprayber View Post
    Buy on Saturday or spend at least one day a week sober.
    But I always invariably end up at the supermarket on Sunday
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