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July 14, 2005
An Advance Auction Sale of Stolen Goods
Need more proof that "homeland security" is a scam? Check this out:
For thousands of lighters, scissors and any other type of airport contraband left behind by passengers at airports across the Northeast, a warehouse in Harrisburg is the end of the road.
At least until the state sells those items on eBay.com.
The bustling bit of Internet commerce has netted Pennsylvania more than $120,000 since the program started last year.
The state’s Surplus Property Division started receiving no-fly items several years ago, but it wasn’t until last June that it started using the popular Internet auction site to sell the goods, said spokesman Frank Kane.
Sales started off slowly, running about $1,000 a month. By May and June, however, the auctions accounted for $28,000 and $23,000 respectively, Kane said.
Now how kindly do you think the state would take to my fencing stolen property on eBay? Hmm???
Mencken had no idea how literally my state government would take his quote that "every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods."
Posted by Mike Tennant at July 14, 2005 09:50 AM
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