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To: alanrs who wrote (325033)	9/19/2009 9:29:16 AM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794009

I guess you aren't running for public office anytime soon. Good stories.

To: alanrs who wrote (325033)	9/19/2009 10:16:20 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 794009

A week or so ago I had an experience in the Tulsa Airport where I had to unload all my pockets into tubs, while the attendant kept pushing the tubs through the x-ray before I was finished. I lost sight of my wallet, it being in a different tub that my shoes and other stuff. I was so distracted, I missed a pocket comb and a handkerchief. As a consequence of that they showed up on the full body scanner wherein I was instructed to put my hands up as in being arrested in order for the scanner to do its work. After exiting the scanner I had to endure a pat down to expose the pocket comb and hanky.

To: alanrs who wrote (325033)	9/19/2009 1:06:10 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 794009

Anyway, it helps to be white. Yes, it is. OTOH, they brought in on themselves. I bet half the cops doing these stops are Black or Hispanic. When you have 50/60% of the crime in this country being committed by an identifiable 20% of the population, who do you expect the cops to stop? I was thinking about the Bud sales in Mendocino country in California. Can you imagine the amount of cash people are carrying? The amount of rip-off and armed robbery going on? The victims don't dare report it to the police.

To: alanrs who wrote (325033)	9/19/2009 6:50:39 PM
From: Zakrosian	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794009

I volunteered my small bag of pot (Mexican, $10 and ounce, those where the days). Cop had me dump it out, he was even poetic in his instructions, "let the wind take it" or something to that effect, and we were on our way. Nice guy, and I really mean that. Another time I was getting on a plane in the middle of winter, again in Albuquerque. The 'pat you down at the gate' routine was new and I hadn't given the situation the proper attention and had an ounce in my coat pocket. Put the coat on the conveyor and the screener (it wasn't electronic yet) pulled it out, gave me a dirty look and put it back in. But that was Albuquerque, the screeners grandmother probably smoked pot. Anyway, it helps to be white. Not these days it doesn't. A couple years back my son was swimming in a private local lake when a neighbor called the police. When he went to put his shorts back on, he saw a small bag of pot in the midst of all the clothes piled on a picnic table. He decided to be a hero and try to hide it and was caught. Another kid was caught with a pipe (my guess is that it was his pot). Had to go to court, lost his license for 6 months, had to attend a series of AA meetings and an Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program. Cost him several thousand dollars. Total amount of pot - 1/50 of an ounce. It seems that 40 years ago the police would look for a reason not to take you in; today it's the reverse.