From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 12:23:14 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Internal Passports
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960805022246.00d7c568@mail.teleport.com>
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At 07:01 PM 8/4/96 -0700, Lucky Green wrote:
>At 15:48 8/4/96, Bill Stewart wrote:
>
>>I wonder if they'll still accept an American passport; the country
>>has obviously been taken over by Pod People while we weren't looking....
>
>A US passport is not considered valid ID by the State of Oregon. If
>somebody here doesn't belive this, send someone who looks like he might be
>under 21 into any liquor store in Oregon with just an US passport.

This is because Oregon has been taken over by The Pod People.  (Or at least,
the Oregon Liqueur Control Commission has.) 

Getting such foolishness reversed is difficult when you have as many control
freaks in the State Legislature (and elsewhere).
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