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 <[email protected]> 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:370579 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
