Hey guys, i just stumbled upon this on the erowid.com site thought it was enlightening, rather obvious but worth reading..

"The information age is upon us and and increasing amount of data is being kept about all of us whether we realize it or not. With the war on drugs in full effect, the D.E.A. is using this information at every possible opportunity. When you make a purchase with a credit card, every last bit of information regarding that purchase is filed away into a database, both at the store and with your credit card company. Not only the price, but the exact date, location, and items purchased are recorded and stored away. Many stores and credit card companies routinely sell their databases of customers and transactions to anybody who can afford it. The D.E.A can certainly afford it. After all, they're using your tax dollars.
The D.E.A. as well as other government agencies DO purchase these databases for their own uses. They feed them into their computers and the computers spit out a list of anybody with "suspicious" purchases. Any purchases that could be associated with drug production, use, or selling could be flagged for further investigation. These "suspicious" purchases include unusual chemicals, medical supplies such as syringes, lights and timers, and even potting soil and fertilizer.
The point is, if you are planning on purchasing supplies to grow marijuana don't take any chances. While the average home grower, who is simply growing enough for his own use, would probably never be flagged by the computers, you never know. If you are purchasing equipment or supplies, PAY CASH! In addition, many supermarkets and discount stores now have some sort of "Preferred Customer" cards. When you buy something, regardless of how you pay, you give them your card to scan and all of your purchases are recorded. They then send you some sort of coupon depending on what and how much you purchased each month. It sounds like a good deal, but you wind up having all of your purchases recorded and sold just like with the credit cards. DON'T use one of these cards when you are purchasing anything that might be deemed suspicious. For that matter, don't use them at all. They just result in a ton of junk mail and a lot of people knowing exactly what you buy and when you buy it."

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HAY IS FOR HORSES AND TREES ARE FOR SMOKIN!FREEDOM OF SPEECH dea!

ya my little sister coulda told you that, shes only 8 hahaha jk good info

^^I lol'd at your avvy.

Slightly obvious but useful anyways.

sorry if it was over obvious, just thought some of the newbies who are getting into closet ops should know

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HAY IS FOR HORSES AND TREES ARE FOR SMOKIN!FREEDOM OF SPEECH dea!

What is D.E.A and what does suspicious mean.........Just kidding

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Everything I read and say on this sight is for entertaiment purposes only. I have never grown or plan to grow marijuana, my sparse knowledge comes from what i have watched and or read on this and other sights on the internet.


First harvest - 26.5 pounds - Grown with 2 flashlights and a picture of the sun. 14.95 plus shipping for a how to video.
See BIGMIKE13's thread for complete details.

Hey man way to be lookin out, obvious or not, this might save someones ass. Goodlookin out : )

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NEW GROW JOURNAL! Started 5/5/08
http://www.rollitup.org/grow-journal...haze-ak47.html

not trying to be mena but you gotta be retarded if you dont pay with cash although i bought seeds with the card

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Germination Method
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Important: Everything i do or say on this site is complete fiction and is made up by me and only me. I have never tried pot and never will and i would especially never even consider growing it.

Hell everything on the internet is recorded in a data base to include this site. Big brother USA CANADA AND AUS have been doing it for years. All phone calls are tapped and listen for key words then record. The only way to protect your self any at all is go through proxies. And they are so slow I bet no one here is using them. They just help and after you become a target it doesn't matter what you did or didn't do. Hell they planted 3 oz pot on an 92 year old woman in atlanta after they killed her.

This is no bullshit Google big brother
here I did one for you It;s growing Britain becoming a Big Brother society, says data watchdog - Independent Online Edition > This Britain

Then get on some of the hacker sites and learn the real truth.

Being sick and addicted to chemical drugs is big mother fucking business.

Weed fix's all that. Were cutting into the pockets of politics. This is a bloody mother fucking war. How in the hell do you think they get ship loads of pure herion from one country to another. The politicions are they dealers always have been. Our prosecuting attorney was asked to not run for re-election because he was caught dealing coke then it was learned he was the kingpin.

The best defense is not piss people off and don't get big enough to be a target. When they come get me it's a misdomeaner and I check the law every day. Ever wonder why we have more readers than posters

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Just say KNOW CALM http://www.pot-tv.net/

http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4516 <-- Your State Laws REgister and VOTE

theres a huge page about proxies in faq and lots of people talk about them on this sight but they dont fully protect you, you can easily be traced even with a proxie....

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Everything I read and say on this sight is for entertaiment purposes only. I have never grown or plan to grow marijuana, my sparse knowledge comes from what i have watched and or read on this and other sights on the internet.


First harvest - 26.5 pounds - Grown with 2 flashlights and a picture of the sun. 14.95 plus shipping for a how to video.
See BIGMIKE13's thread for complete details.

I know "people" who use three proxys, three firewalls, MAC address masking and a false proxy-re-direct program using Unix technology... if they think a guy with 4 plants is worth it, they they have a big blind spot. God knows, yakuza owns my towns green traid and most of the continental US now so I think they have better things to be doing.

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Let me slip out of consciousness and into something a little more comfortable...