Full Version: My search for a Yellow Cake Recipe.
I know I have been accused of wearing a tinfoil 
hat, but I really save my tinfoil hats to put on roasting turkeys when I can't find an oven bag. Still, there are days when I really do listen to my brother's advice that, "Just because your doctor says that you're paranoid, doesn't mean that no one is out to get you!"
The following is an excerpt from a letter that I just wrote to my Congressman, and sent via snail mail:
I am wondering if anyone else on AD feels that this government is spying on them. Any examples as to why you feel that way would be helpful.
hat, but I really save my tinfoil hats to put on roasting turkeys when I can't find an oven bag. Still, there are days when I really do listen to my brother's advice that, "Just because your doctor says that you're paranoid, doesn't mean that no one is out to get you!"The following is an excerpt from a letter that I just wrote to my Congressman, and sent via snail mail:
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I tried to respond to one of my e-mail messages today because I have had such a bizarre week trying to share a single story with friends. On New Year’s Day, my minister had an open house. Some of us old fogies were sitting in a room discussing this feeling that we’re being watched. One woman, for instance, remarked that she had been in touch with a pen-pal in Russia since before the Cold War, starting when Russia was an ally. Nine of her last ten letters arrived from her pen pal as opened, empty envelopes. I went home, checked my e-mail, and I had a recipe page sent to me from Pillsbury. For grins and giggles, I did a recipe search for “Yellow Cake” on their web site. (We had discussed the Valerie Plame story at the open house, and one of the women was too old to know that Yellow Cake was anything but a dessert.) The search returned recipes for everything from “Roasted Glazed Baby Carrots” to “Crispy Ham and Turkey Sandwiches.” None of the recipes were for Yellow Cake or utilized Yellow Cake Mixes, despite the fact that Pillsbury manufactures both Flour and Cake Mixes. I tried to send my minister a brief note to share the laugh… When I typed “My search for a Yellow Cake Recipe” into the subject line of an e-mail, my computer turned itself off. I restarted the computer, and logged into my e-mail again. The same thing happened. After the fourth try, I gave up trying to share the story.
This morning, I tried to add this story to a “We’ll forward this message to your Congressman” e-mail response. I typed, “My search for a Yellow Cake Recipe” into the body of my message, and my computer turned itself off. I have physically disconnected my computer from the Internet so that I can write you a letter and print it out.
Yes, I feel that I am being spied on. No, I am not happy with that feeling. Yes, I blame the administration in the White House.
This morning, I tried to add this story to a “We’ll forward this message to your Congressman” e-mail response. I typed, “My search for a Yellow Cake Recipe” into the body of my message, and my computer turned itself off. I have physically disconnected my computer from the Internet so that I can write you a letter and print it out.
Yes, I feel that I am being spied on. No, I am not happy with that feeling. Yes, I blame the administration in the White House.
I am wondering if anyone else on AD feels that this government is spying on them. Any examples as to why you feel that way would be helpful.
I think this stuff is coincidence. Why would you be being watched? If you look at the Pillsbury web site, first, the recipes don't include many of their products. Second, if you check their products page, there is no "yellow cake" listed, nor any other kind of cake. If Pillsbury makes cake mixes, it is through a subsidiary.
I sent several email messages with the subject lines "yellow cake recipe," "I found some yellow cake," and even "Re: yellow cake uranium" and my computer never shut off. I am pretty radically leftist. I have participated in protests and actions. But I don't think I am being watched, at least not specifically.
However, it may be interesting to note that wheMESSAGE TERMINATED FROM SENDER.DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO SENDER.NO ONE AT THIS ADDRESS.PLEASE REMAIN CALM.SUBJECT HAS BEEN APPREHENDED.
I sent several email messages with the subject lines "yellow cake recipe," "I found some yellow cake," and even "Re: yellow cake uranium" and my computer never shut off. I am pretty radically leftist. I have participated in protests and actions. But I don't think I am being watched, at least not specifically.
However, it may be interesting to note that wheMESSAGE TERMINATED FROM SENDER.DO NOT ATTEMPT TO RESPOND TO SENDER.NO ONE AT THIS ADDRESS.PLEASE REMAIN CALM.SUBJECT HAS BEEN APPREHENDED.
While I have not had any suspicious activity happening to me that i know of . 
It seems you are not the only one Curmudgeon having things possibly happening to them. Here we get a story I heard about that is posted on MSNBC website.
Homeland Security opening private mail from abroad
Unfortunately for your friend you had told us about their was no seal of HS on her opened mail so who know's. But isn't that part of why we have a court doing oversite, since the public might never know if they were being looked upon?
It seems you are not the only one Curmudgeon having things possibly happening to them. Here we get a story I heard about that is posted on MSNBC website.Homeland Security opening private mail from abroad
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In the 50 years that Grant Goodman has known and corresponded with a colleague in the Philippines he never had any reason to suspect that their friendship was anything but spectacularly ordinary.
But now he believes that the relationship has somehow sparked the interest of the Department of Homeland Security and led the agency to place him under surveillance.
Last month Goodman, an 81-year-old retired University of Kansas history professor, received a letter from his friend in the Philippines that had been opened and resealed with a strip of dark green tape bearing the words “by Border Protection” and carrying the official Homeland Security seal.
But now he believes that the relationship has somehow sparked the interest of the Department of Homeland Security and led the agency to place him under surveillance.
Last month Goodman, an 81-year-old retired University of Kansas history professor, received a letter from his friend in the Philippines that had been opened and resealed with a strip of dark green tape bearing the words “by Border Protection” and carrying the official Homeland Security seal.
Unfortunately for your friend you had told us about their was no seal of HS on her opened mail so who know's. But isn't that part of why we have a court doing oversite, since the public might never know if they were being looked upon?
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I am wondering if anyone else on AD feels that this government is spying on them. Any examples as to why you feel that way would be helpful.
When we first moved into this place in the 1998-99 time frame, the police came to our door due to a 911 call. They insisted on looking around without a search warrant, that being the rule for 911 calls, even though nobody had made a call.
Was that a mistake? Had a 911 call originated from an old land line number used by the former owners? I don't know, but the police got a "search me for free" card on the old board game of life.
Meanwhile, what about the supposed 911 call? Never saw anything in the news about someone calling and getting ignored. It wasn't a big deal to let them nose around, no contraband or anything, but it is a big deal if someone actually needed help.
Other than that, I'm too boring to watch. At least as far as I know
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