That special opt-out provision is entirely fiction, a Texas myth the governor of Texas apparently thinks is real.
"If the British believe that they'll be able to negotiate a special opt-out deal, they're delusional," Nicolas Véron, a fellow at the Peterson Institute and the European think tank Bruegel, told me.
And while the welcoming arms of Germany and Austria have been opened wide for Syrian refugees, those same states negotiated special opt-out clauses to prevent Poles, Bulgarians and Romanians from coming over to get jobs – not to mention multiple breaches of EU directives by the French.
Yet back in London, ministers talk of special opt-outs giving British business low-cost, deregulated membership of the common market.
Yet back in London, ministers talk of special opt-outs giving British business low-cost, deregulated membership of the common market.In Berlin the belief is that rewriting single-market rules would lead to many countries demanding more protections the opposite of what Britain wants.
Conservative-controlled Lincolnshire is likely to propose that all its 360 primary, secondary, nursery and special schools opt out together to join an overarching academy trust, sponsored by the Centre for British Teachers (CfBT), a charity.
I am thankful that in Evanston where my grandkids go to school, Paul Goren, Superintendent of Schools, intervened to allow my grandchild with special needs to opt out based on her parents' letter.
Almost always there are special rules, opt-outs, emission credit allocations, or other provisions that lighten the blow on trade-exposed industries.
Mr Cameron denies he sought a special British opt-out at the Brussels summit, saying he wanted to shield Europe's entire financial sector from harmful regulation.
Countries like France see an EU with a strong single market and competition rules, enlargement to the east and a string of special British opt-outs, and wonder why Mr Cameron cannot understand that he has already won.
In an e-mail response to questions, an Amazon representative, Kinley Pearsall, said: "With Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD, there will be a special offers opt-out option for $15.
