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Posted on 06/06/2006 12:28:48 PM PDT by Firefigher NC
As WorldNetDaily reported, the controversy began Friday when the agents visited the Great News Network in Denton, Texas, and threatened to arrest staffer Tim Crawford for hiding evidence in a counterfeiting investigation. The agents took 8,300 tracts and left their business cards and a receipt.
The Christian group argues, however, that "million-dollar" bills can't be counterfeited because they don't exist, and the tracts – which include a "not legal tender" disclaimer on the front – present the Christian salvation message on the opposite side.
The gospel tracts are produced by evangelist Ray Comfort, who told WND yesterday his Living Waters Ministry in Southern California has no plans to stop selling them.
In fact, he said, since news of the seizure, his office has been inundated with requests – 500,000 were sold yesterday, nearly exhausting the supply.
Comfort told WND if the Secret Service issues a "cease and desist order," he will comply by creating a new tract, one-and-a-half times the size of a regular bill and emblazoned with "Secret Service Version"
(Excerpt) Read more at worldnetdaily.com ...
6/6/6 is good day for this story.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that. Wasn't the world supposed to end today?
Better hide your monopoly games. The feds are coming! The feds are coming!
Got change for a Million? LOL More Federal silliness
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hell... i found one in Wally's last friday sticking out of the top of a magazine by the check out counter
There is no legal "tender' of the $1,000,000 variety, so why is the Secret Service anti-counterfeiting division involved?
Course, this begs a question that maybe a lawyer type Freeper can answer.
If the Federal Reserve Note of any given denomination issued by the Federal Reserve, which is a private enterprise not actually part of the US Government, is printed by someone other than the Fed Reserve, why is it more of a crime than, say, copyright infringement?
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