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Timothy May wrote:

>(One can asssume that with more and more such things being added to the
>"watch lists" each year, that there will be less acceptance of cash, or
>anonymous digital cash, for such purchases.)

I tried to buy some chemicals down here with cash about six months ago. They
tried everything they could to get me to write a check and in the end I
stormed out of the building, leaving the merchandise on the counter. I
haven't been back yet, and there's probably a good chance that the security
camera footage was sent to the FBI. Come to think of it, that would explain
some rather wierd incidents I've observed since then.

People say that the only reason to pay in cash is if you have something to
hide. You're damned right. The last thing I want is a bunch of government 
shills keeping track of what I buy so that they can stage some raid because 
they have a record of me paying for a beaker "which could be used" to mix 
chemicals which "could be used" as explosives, or metal "which could be 
used" to make thermite which "could be used" for some nefarious purpose.

In America today if you have interests in biology, chemistry, or physics it
is considered grounds by both the government and the pathetic sheep to shoot
you. Pardon me if I'm a little bit paranoid these days. It used to be
intellectuals were just beat up and made fun of by the others in schools.
Now it's fashionable to throw them in jail or kill them. "Unauthorized 
and illegitimate research:" what a stupid concept.

The American people consider anybody who does things in secret to be
automatically guilty. Forget the principles that America was founded on! When 
the government sends the ninjas into your home because you were going 56 mph
when you passed a cop on the highway and looked over at him the wrong way
they sieze your computer. They find that you're running Linux. Oooh, you
must be evil because your computer is password protected but the Microshaft
apologist across the hall has his computer wide open. They find that you
have blocks of random data on your drive, and even if they don't get them
decrypted because they *ARE* blocks of completely random data they wave it
in front of a jury and get a guilty verdict.

It's a sad, sad state of affairs.

>ObMinorNote: I recently tried to buy a bag of ammonium nitrate for my
>yard...the local yard store says it hasn't been available to ordinary
>customers since OKC. I had to settle for ammonium sulfate instead.

It is when I read things like this that I realize how completely stupid the
entire government position is. Why do you need to buy ammonium nitrate to
make a bomb?

Assuming you just don't use something else which is more effective, why not
do this?

 NH OH + HNO --> NH NO  + H O
   3        3      3  3    2

So this naturally leads to the following question: Is having nitric acid and
ammonium hydroxide now a crime worthy of ninjas flying through your windows
with big guns in the middle of the night and shooting you because "you
looked like you were going for a weapon" when you flushed the toilet and
pulled your pants up?

Then if they don't have anything to charge you with they plant some drugs in
your toilet tank and claim that you were in "possession of drugs with
intention to distribute." Of course you were going to distribute them! You
had a truck and you frequently drove around! 

>We live in a dangerous world, full of potentially dangerous substances and
>things. Instead of dealing with the danger on a personal basis, we are
>using the government as our nanny, and also letting it record our
>purchases, open files on us for "unusual" purchases, and generally track
>our actions. Which actually won't have much effect on dedicated terrorists
>and criminals.

Exactly. Welcome to the shakedown extortion police state known as Amerika,
Land of the Freeh.