-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to MAURICE KINAL <=-

 RJT> Maurice Kinal wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

 MK> Hey Roy!

 >> Therein might lie the answer.  Would you have considered flying if
 >> all that happened never happened?

 > Probably not,

 MK> There you go.  Offhand I don't think it changed my attitude that
 MK> much either.

 RJT> Well,  I _have_,  though.  It's gone from "probably not"
to "no way in
 RJT> hell"!

Same here.
The way it's implimented in the U.S. it'll never stop the hijackers
but is fine for data mining on U.S. citizens :-(

Saw a piece on the Democratic Underground where the U.S. could follow
the example of the V.A. and make prescription drugs affordable
for the average retiree or the disabled by buying in bulk
at dramatically reduced rates but as long as
the drug company lobbyists are handing out perks and _contributions_
it'll never happen.
 
Oh yes another odd little tidbit.
Apparently the Patriot Act has been used to convict a drug
dealer. The drug dealer was convicted of manufacturing
methamphetamine. Since toxic substances are used in the manufacture
of methamphetamine and because it can kill he was charged
with making a weapon of mass destruction and sentenced to 12 years
to life.
The prosecutor proclaimed this an appropriate use of that law.

Well fella's the list of common materials containing
toxic substances made into compunds is endless.
Table salt contains clorine which is a weapon of mass destruction
as a gas. Salt also contributes to high blood pressure leading to
death. Shall we put the Morton Salt girl in prison or the CEO?

Cooking a lobster under this interpretation
could be considered murder as a lobsters blood contains a
compound of cyanide.

Don't get me wrong I detest makers of methamphetamine
but the where will the abuse of the Patriot Act end is my concern here.
Practically anyone can be jailed indefinately for just
about any reason with no access to legal council :-(

Didn't we not so long ago have a cold war with an evil empire
that employed just such tactics?
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