Missouri Democrat Seeks To Put The Hammer Down On Baking Soda

This may be about the silliest thing I have read this year. A Democratic Missouri State House Representative, Rep. Talibdin El-Amin,(which I would translate as "Loyal Student of the Faith"-heh, that Arabic CD is paying off) AKA Mark Bastian, a Democrat, wants to place baking soda behind the counter, because it is one of the ingredients in crack cocaine:

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A St. Louis legislator wants to require that baking soda be sold behind the pharmacy counter, as part of an effort aimed at a base ingredient in crack cocaine.

The proposal by Democratic Representative Talibdin El-Amin is modeled after a state law that requires some cold medicines to be placed behind the pharmacy counter because they contain ingredients used to make meth.

The anti-meth law requires customers to show a photo I-D and sign a book specifying their name, address and how much they purchased.

This guy is a Democrat, BTW. Here is a YouTube vid:



We will forget the allegations that the Democratic MO. House Member is a "deadbeat dad" that preaches family values, is a vocal advocate of numerous kook leftist causes, and focus on this Malcolm-X wannabe's ill conceived bill.

While I acknowledge his noble (Is it noble? Or political posturing because violent crime has risen in his Democratic district from "bad" to "monumental" since the Democrat has taken office- but I will give the Democrat the benefit of the doubt here) intent, he needs to go back to school and take a few more science classes.

Yes, ephedrine and pseudo-ephedrine are the prime ingredients of crystal-meth. The Problem with this Democrat's analogy is that COCAINE, and not baking soda is the prime ingredient of crack.

This slope isn't just slippery- it's a luge run. To illustrate that point, here are some things I propose that should be placed behind the counter, and only to be sold to people over the age of 18 after showing proper ID:

A: Nail Polish Remover and Hydrogen Peroxide. These can be combined to create triacetone triperoxide, the high explosive used in the 7/7 London Bombings.

B: Instant Cold Packs since they contain mostly ammonium nitrate, a strong oxidizer. NH4NO3 becomes a powerful explosive when mixed with hydrocarbons such a fuel oil, as the late Timothy McVeigh demonstrated explicitly in Oklahoma City 12 years ago. Ammonium Nitrate can also be used to produce nitrous oxide, or laughing gas.

C: Morning Glory Seeds because lysergic acid amide, a very weak psychedelic drug can be easily extracted and then converted in to lysergic acid diethylamide, or LSD.

D: Sandwich Baggies, because they are used to distribute pot.

E: Anything sold in a glass bottle, because these bottles can be emptied and used for Molotov Cocktail's.

F: Smoke detectors, kerosene lantern filament bags, beryllium, lead, antique radium clocks, anything that uses tritium, and battaries, because these can be be combined in to a crude nuclear breeder reactor.

Did I mention that this guy is a Democrat? Well he is a Democrat, if I didn't mention it.

-Tommy

P.S. The guy I wrote about is a member of the Democratic party.