Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
Mollie Hemingway, Ed. ·
Aug 1, 2011 at 6:29am
From the Washington Examiner:
Drug and alcohol abuse rates are higher in the District than anywhere else in the country, and experts say the wide availability of drugs, high stress levels and difficulties getting abusers into treatment fuel the city's persistently stratospheric rates.
I had an economics professor who used to argue that new Members of Congress should receive cash, blow and female accompaniment upon election to office. He figured that this would keep them too busy to write disastrous laws that destroy the economy.
Unfortunately, it seems as if this plan has gone into effect but with the opposite results.
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Dec '10
Re: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
You phallocentric person. What if this new member of Congress is a woman? Would she want a female? Well, OK, maybe she would, but what if it is a homosexual man?
Jun '10
Re: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
Mollie Hemingway, Ed.: From the Washington Examiner:
...I had an economics professor who used to argue that new Members of Congress should receive cash, blow and female accompaniment upon election to office. He figured that this would keep them too busy to write disastrous laws that destroy the economy...
And if you're a lobbyist, you want photos.
Nov '10
Re: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
It took a study? In every government office I have ever been in while visiting DC - every closet, every desk had a bar.
There were always bottles everywhere. Nancy's bar tab was amazing, not because it was such a large number but because it showed any restraint. Has anyone seen a recent picture of Hillary Clinton? Dang! I've seen some hard core drinkers living on the side of the road that didn't look as bad.
Edited on Aug 1, 2011 at 6:52amRe: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
Foxman
What if this new member of Congress is a woman? Would she want a female? Well, OK, maybe she would, but what if it is a homosexual man? · Aug 1 at 6:47am
I can only report what my professor said! It did occur to me that there was a flaw in his plan.
Dec '10
Re: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
Have you ever watched old movies? Guys reach into their coat pockets and pull out flasks. Was that ever a common thing or was it just Hollywood? I'm too young too answer this question and I am not young. Any fossils out there?
Dec '10
Re: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
Mollie Hemingway, Ed.
Foxman
What if this new member of Congress is a woman? Would she want a female? Well, OK, maybe she would, but what if it is a homosexual man? · Aug 1 at 6:47am
I can only report what my professor said! It did occur to me that there was a flaw in his plan. · Aug 1 at 6:53am
What about pedophiles? Oh yeah, that’s right; we give them pages.
Mar '11
Re: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
Mollie Hemingway, Ed.:
I had an economics professor who used to argue that new Members of Congress should receive cash, blow and female accompaniment upon election to office.
This must be a violation of Ricochet CoC?
Oh, wait a minute - Bill Clinton ;-)
Edited on Aug 1, 2011 at 7:25amJun '10
Re: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
I had an economics professor who used to argue that new Members of Congress should receive cash, blow and female accompaniment upon election to office. He figured that this would keep them too busy to write disastrous laws that destroy the economy.
Unfortunately, it seems as if this plan has gone into effect but with the opposite results. ·
Nice theory. But when the facts don't fit the theory, you have to try a new theory. Here's mine: Let all the Dems keep the "substances," but vote them out of office (especially "the One"). They're happy, and I think we would be happier too.
Aug '10
Re: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
Mollie Hemingway, Ed.: From the Washington Examiner:
Much as I'd like to say this is all Congress, I kind of think we've got to keep in mind that DC is a mix of an underclass (roughly, the East half) and over-achieving yuppies in their 20s working in the policy and rent-seeking industries. Neither group exactly spells clean living. Here's a map of single mothers in DC, which is as good as anything for showing social dysfunction.
You should buy your old prof a copy of Charlie Wilson's War.
Jul '10
Re: Science: D.C. More Drunk And High Than Rest Of Country
Still happens. You can get one on Amazon, among many other places. By the 60s using one in public would raise questions because of an association with alcoholism. Obviously, it can be used as a canteen as easily as for alcohol, for far less than that bottled water addiction.