Thursday, September 3, 2009

Bank asks armless man for thumbprint

A Tampa man with prosthetic arms says a Bank of America branch refused to cash his check because he couldn't give a thumbprint.
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Banking, Business, Communities, Local News, News, disabled

A Bill Would Give President Emergency Control of Internet

According to Cnet news, internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to seize and disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
A revised version of the bill that aides to Democratic Sen. Jay Rockefeller have been spending months drafting behind closed doors would allow the president to declare a cybersecurity emergency relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and do what's necessary to respond to the threat.
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Man Confronts Arlen Specter at Town Hall

The man had the gall to call out Arlen Magic Bullet Specter at a town hall meeting on Obamacare. The man accused Specter of having his pockets stuffed with money from lobbyists, a rather mundane state of affairs in the district of criminals.

One day God is going to stand before you and hes going to judge you and the rest of your damn cronies up on the Hill and then you will get your just deserts, the man said.
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