I completely agree with you, Jerry. The abuse of regulation over financial activities and even just the private company stranglehold over payment processing has a dramatically chilling effect on both speech and activity. I've seen it in the adult world for years, no secret there.
Also agree on the crap that people should be paying attention to. The problem, however, is that I have trouble finding anyone to vote for that respects the 4th amendment. My Senators (Wyden and Merkley) are pretty ok and have been pushing back against the NSA and CIA and net neutrality, but they still aren't where I'd like them to be. And on the bigger national stage, I just can't find candidates who are doing good things in this area. Judah On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And _this_ is the sort of things people should be talking about with this > administration. > > The fact that THIS isnt headline news on Fox and others (and on every other > news station) is why I shake my head at all of my tea party/Republican > friends and family. > > This is the sort of thing that COULD swing independents and many Democrats. > THIS is what should be being talked about. Not Benghazi. Again. > > NSA, this, VA, criminalization of whistleblowing, net neutrality, > lobbyists-in-charge. there is plenty of VALID, CURRENT, and UNIVERSAL crap > that should be what we talk about. > > Instead of the dog-whistle same-thing-different day we are getting. > > > > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Yep, it is horrible. And almost as "unAmerican" as anything I can > imagine. > > > > I have written to my congress critters (both Federal and State), and have > > let my banks know I will hold them responsible for caving to these > requests. > > > > (This isn't a new story for me, it is a couple of months old) > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 1:46 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > >> > >> I received a "news blast" from one of my usual suspects today that > piqued > >> my curiosity. It was a link to a Washington Times story regarding the > >> Department of Justice and their "Operation Choke Point". > >> > >> "Operation Choke Point, a credit card fraud task force run by the > Justice > >> Department, was created to âchoke outâ businesses the Obama > administration > >> finds objectionable, according to a congressional committee report > >> obtained > >> by The Washington Times. The administration is knowingly targeting > >> so-called âhigh riskâ businesses â which include payday lenders, gun > >> retailers and ammunition merchants â despite the fact they are > legitimate, > >> a staff report by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform > >> said." > >> > >> Not wanting to cite just a single source, I did some quick searching and > >> came up with this: > >> Justice Department shuts down porn money > >> > >> > http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/05/26/justice-department-porn-stars-first-amendment-column/9594113/ > >> > >> So let me get this straight... this is a Justice department program > >> created > >> with the concept of identifying fraud and criminal financial activity. > >> Instead of being used just for that, it appears that the DoJ is using > it > >> for companies it has deemed "undesirable." This includes guns, porn, > >> ammo, > >> fireworks, coin dealers and loan sharks to name a few. They can't > legally > >> shut down any of these businesses so they're using the FDIC to shut down > >> their access to financial services. > >> > >> Nice. > >> > >> I'm not a conspiracy theorist most of the time, but when I am there are > >> multiple points of question or contention that all point to the same > >> result. Bitcoin anyone? > >> > >> Until Later! > >> C. Hatton Humphrey > >> http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > >> > >> Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do > some > >> smelting to find it. > >> > >> > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370581 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
