[TheForge] OT, but I Just have to ask...

[The Millers]

Andy,
It is sweeping the country. It is as if the terrorists have won.

They have successfully altered our way of life for good. They don;t 
have to attack the US directly ever again and we will still be on pins 
and needles.

Ray
Cincinnati

On Friday, January 7, 2005, at 08:47  PM, Andrew Vida wrote:

> What in the hellacious flames of eternal damnation is this country 
> coming to?
>
> I bought a proportional divider on ebay.  Seller mails to me, I get 
> notice that it's at the PO.  I go to pick up.  They ask for ID, I show 
> them my AZ license.  "no good, it doesn't show that you live at the 
> address".  I show my NJ license... oops, has Mom's house as the 
> address.  I knew my CA license wouldn't work by that time.  I go home, 
> get the only piece of mail that connects me to Jersey City.  Not good 
> enough.
>
> Honest to God, it was ridiculous beyond any forgiveness.  I never had 
> to do this in Vancouver.  I showed up, gave the slip, got package, 
> went on my way.
>
> Is it just the paranoid cowards that run the show in NY/NJ, or is this 
> nonsense sweeping the nation?
>
> I'm disgusted.  Reasonable precautions against "terrorism" is one 
> thing, but this is not only beyond the pale, it's no longer even in 
> the known universe.  Welcome to Planet Bizarro.
>
> Oy.
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