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I could use your help with a short piece I want to write.

It occurs to me--and isn't it scary when I start a sentence that way--that the best way to live free in America these days is to live like...a terrorist or drug dealer.

Consider:

1) You don't want your phone calls recorded? Do like terrorists and drug dealers: Use throw-away cell phones.

2) You don't want the government knowing about everything you buy and everything you do for money? Do like terrorists and drug dealers: Get paid in cash, use cash.

3) You don't want your e-mails read? Do like terrorists and drug dealers. Share an e-mail account and password with your colleagues. Log on to read messages and add your comments. But you never send the mail.

Any other ideas? Please post them or--if you dare--write me.
 
 
 
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