I do know the meth production rate in Oklahoma has dropped dramatically since we started restricting cold medicine.
Which I am sure is the only thing they have done to crack down on meth labs, so the relationship MUST be causal.
Even if it were, that's fucking irrelevant. Setting up officers to do full cavity searches of every passerby on every corner would completely eliminate the transport of illegal drugs and weapons, but it would be a grossly overreaching violation of basic privacy rights and presumption of innocence punishing an entire population for the actions of a tiny minority.
...anyway. It turns out Fry's was out of the 15-packs of generic Claritin-D! 15, of course, being the most pills they are allowed to sell you at one time. So, you know, that's 5 days sooner I'm going to have to deal with this shit again.
Speaking as a guy who writes software that students have to use, the criteria set by non-technical persons are usually the reason why such software is terribad.
Namely, the one where government contracts have to go to the lowest bidder.
I open up the campus e-mail system to find this announcement sent out to the class:
CLASS,
Now that you have had time to practice. Exam 2 will be given on Monday May 4, 2009. The practice that you had on Wednesday 4/29/2009 should have been an eye opener. Be prepared!
...yeah, that's complain-to-the-dean stuff right there.
It's sure as shit going to show up on his course evaluations.
True story: I once had a linguistics quiz scheduled for 9 AM the day after Halloween. Which was also, oh, closing night of Rocky Horror. The last show of which ended at 2 AM. Followed by strike. Followed by my sticking around to have beers and say goodbye to all my friends because it was my last show.
The professor handed us course evaluation forms right after the quiz. I am curious about his thought process on pretty much every level.