Posted on 03/19/2008 11:39:42 AM PDT by Nick Thimmesch
"One man went into a Glen Burnie, Md., Toyota dealership to buy a car, only to be told that a name check revealed he was on a U.S. Treasury Department watchlist of suspected terrorists and drug dealers. He had to be "checked for tattoos," he said, to make sure he wasn't the suspect.
An 18-year-old found he could not open an account to accept credit card payments for his fledgling technology consulting business because his name was similar to that of a Libyan official on the watchlist.
A former U.S. Navy officer who served in the Persian Gulf and whose father was killed in the Korean War when he was a child, found himself locked out of his PayPal account because his name was similar to one on the watchlist.
"What do I need to do to remove my name from this list?" the officer wrote to Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, which compiles the list. He signed off, "An EXTREMELY insulted veteran of the U.S. Navy."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I have a curbside kool aid stand and I want one as well !
Where do I get the list ?
From InfraGard. In your case, InfraGard of North Texas. Or maybe, for you, North Texas.
It is actually built into the inventory software so when you sell a car it automatically checks. Similar to the way it will print an 8100 form if you transact more than 10,000 in a year.
If you took out the I’s A’s and M’s(used in most Amish names) the list would fit on a piece of notebook paper
Wow.........insanity !
Thanks for the info Ed !
This is honestly first I have seen or heard of such in business world.....pardon my ignorance in this matter.....
Thanks for the information Ya’ll !
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Most of the Amish around my neck of the woods have nice plain names like Gruber, Burkholder, Hostetler and Yoder. Maybe the list has some Kraut names left over from WWII?
You must be one of those people we have to use sarcasm tags for.....
Cool Blog BTW !!!
MORE PICS !!!!!........:o)
I think it's time for a Cabinet level Department of Common Sense. Na-a-a-a-h-h-h-h. The gubmint would just screw that up, too.
Oh. Now I get you. Forgive me my somewhat strained sense of humour, feeling a bit of a load today.
WWI more likely. Probably a few Japanese names left on their for good measure.
Although to be fair the names "Bader" and "Meinhoff" are probably there.
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That pre-electronic ignition Jeep is making more and more sense, eh?
http://www.ar15.com/lite/topic.html?b=3&f=121&t=285712
12 pages of random pics is a warm and fuzzy feeling too !
My keyboard just shorted out from drool. Thank you.
Hey! Don’t make fun of Glen Burnout! What was I saying?!..
I’ll be damned if I go to Glen Burnie
I know a bunch of pics were there yet did ya “read” the post from the DPMS service rep ?
Everyone who pasted a picture should e-mail em for a free gift !
All of those shy of a few were DPMS !
LOL !
Interesting. The prices aren’t so bad if you’ve surfed Bushmaster lately.
http://www.impactguns.com/store/dpms_longrange.html
Hey, throw a Leupold, Harris pod and a JP trigger on this and you’ve got a sweet little piece:
http://www.impactguns.com/store/DPMS-RFA2308T.html
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