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Tigers, snowmobiles, Sudafed: There oughta (not) be a law
Peoria Journal Star ^ | 23 January 2005 | Bill Winter

Posted on 01/24/2005 8:30:54 AM PST by longshadow

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"Festival of Lunatic Laws"
1 posted on 01/24/2005 8:30:54 AM PST by longshadow
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To: PatrickHenry; VadeRetro; general_re; Doctor Stochastic; RadioAstronomer; tpaine; ...

stupid politician tricks ping


2 posted on 01/24/2005 8:33:11 AM PST by longshadow
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Denny Crane said no law, no court should stand in the way of my having a brain. He's right; but American legislatures think we're too stupid to make it through life without their benevolent oversight.

Denny Crane: "I look to two things: First to God and then to Fox News."

3 posted on 01/24/2005 8:34:21 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: longshadow

North Dakota has the cold medicine law too. It's ridiculous.


4 posted on 01/24/2005 8:36:05 AM PST by patricktschetter
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To: longshadow
In Illinois, it's now a crime to buy more than two packages of over-the-counter cold medication at a time. Such medicines (like Sudafed) contain pseudoephedrine, which, when combined with other chemicals and criminal intent, can produce methamphetamine.

I live in an Indiana county right across the Illinois boarder that also happens to have one of the highest rate of meth lab busts in the nation.

To prevent people from making meth, the County Commissioners enacted a law where if you buy Sudafed, your name and address are sent to the prosecutors office, where it remains on a list. Supposedly, this will prevent future meth labs.

5 posted on 01/24/2005 8:37:10 AM PST by Military family member (Go Colts!)
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To: goldstategop
Denny Crane said no law, no court should stand in the way of my having a brain.

I, too, saw that last night; it was delightful.

6 posted on 01/24/2005 8:39:12 AM PST by longshadow
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"Supposedly, this will prevent future meth labs."


Actually, Pfizer's release of a Sudafed that uses a different compound than pseudoephedrine will do the trick!


7 posted on 01/24/2005 8:42:46 AM PST by Blzbba (Don't hate the player - hate the game!)
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To: Military family member
To prevent people from making meth, the County Commissioners enacted a law where if you buy Sudafed, your name and address are sent to the prosecutors office, where it remains on a list. Supposedly, this will prevent future meth labs.

What's next? Shall we require names and addresses of every man who purchases a copy of "Playboy" and forward it to the prosecutors office to keep on file, because they have the "potential" to be rapists?

I really shoudn't say that out loud; the Authoritarian busy-bodies might actually think it is a good idea....

8 posted on 01/24/2005 8:43:30 AM PST by longshadow
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Actually, that's manufactured in the same county. We have a huge Pfizer facility here.


9 posted on 01/24/2005 8:44:11 AM PST by Military family member (Go Colts!)
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To: longshadow

Apparently Oregon has the meds law too. I went into one of our local stores for Sudafed sinus meds and had to go to the pharmacist to get what I use to be able to pick up off the shelf. I didn't have to fill out any paperwork or give an address, but they did refuse to let me do any other shopping until I paid for it there.


10 posted on 01/24/2005 8:47:46 AM PST by xander
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The other local law allows police to arrest anyone they suspect for manufacturing meth if they possess any one item used in that process.

I sold a brand new propane grill because I didn't want to give anyone a reason to bust me for something stupid. I'll stick to charcoal.

11 posted on 01/24/2005 8:49:01 AM PST by Military family member (Go Colts!)
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Don't let a large family get a cold. You could go to jail buying meds.
12 posted on 01/24/2005 8:50:58 AM PST by DYngbld (I've read the back of the Book and guess what? .... We WIN!)
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the hot water in some laundromats wasn't hot enough.

I thought modern detergents did not require hot water. We seldom, seldom ever was in hot water. I guess it doesn't matter. The state gets another item to make the practice of serving the public more difficult. We know who is really supposed to service the public.

13 posted on 01/24/2005 8:52:26 AM PST by oyez (¡Qué viva la revolución de Reagan!)
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So then they'll switch to phenylacetic acid, or make their own P2P. Then what? Pretty soon it'll be illegal to buy any solvents, all over the counter cold medicines, drain cleaners, etc. Then what?

If you've got a benzene ring as a starting point, you can make meth - given very little organic chemistry education. Ban that? That'll be quite the event: The DEA will outlaw knowledge. At least the Democrats won't have to worry - they don't have any of that.


14 posted on 01/24/2005 8:53:08 AM PST by datura (Destroy The UN, the MSM, and China. The rest will fall into line once we get rid of these.)
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To: xander
I didn't have to fill out any paperwork or give an address, but they did refuse to let me do any other shopping until I paid for it there.

Not to worry; the busy-bodies will implement the reporting requirements after they get their nose under the tent flap with less onerous legislation.

Left unfettered, politicians who dream up these sorts of laws will eventually require us to get a mother-may-I from Big Brother before we can buy sugar, because it can be used to bake cakes and cookies that cause dental decay and obesity.

It's so nice to know they're looking out for the welfare of us poor, helpless little creatures.....

15 posted on 01/24/2005 8:54:40 AM PST by longshadow
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The DEA will outlaw knowledge.

Ahhhh! "Thought Crimes!"

That has a familiar ring to it..... hmmmm; where have I heard that term before.......

16 posted on 01/24/2005 8:57:04 AM PST by longshadow
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Isn't it amazing what they can transform the Interstate Commerce Clause into? That thing mutates better than most virus strains.


17 posted on 01/24/2005 8:58:30 AM PST by datura (Destroy The UN, the MSM, and China. The rest will fall into line once we get rid of these.)
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I thought modern detergents did not require hot water.

Correct, but you don't think a little detail like that is going to stop a poltician who is bent of legislating away our liberty, do you?

18 posted on 01/24/2005 8:58:47 AM PST by longshadow
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To: datura

Given a benzene ring, one can stone the world?


19 posted on 01/24/2005 8:58:54 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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Yes.

And applying that to women, their genitals should be licensed and registered since they have the potential to be prostitutes.

20 posted on 01/24/2005 9:00:01 AM PST by kahoutek
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