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1. #1
   On November 3rd, 2008 at 9:53 am, sonofdy said:

   CHANGE FRAUD you can believe in.

2. #2
   On November 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 am, richardbo said:

   They are not going to meaningfully investigate themselves.

3. #3
   On November 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 am, Big V said:

   Wow. This guy is gonna be a beacon of truth and light and an example for all (tyrants) to follow. Save us Jesus.

4. #4
   On November 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 am, hatfield said:

   Good lord. Where’s the msm on this?

   We are completely effed.

5. #5
   On November 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 am, Misscheryl said:

   And what exactly will become of this? Why nothing of course…
   ends justify the means and all that jazz

   Just move along, nothing to worry about here.

6. #6
   On November 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 am, tre said:

   Between this and his promises to bankrupt the coal industry. And his assurance that electricity prices will increase, I would hope that McCain/Palin can still pull it off.

7. #7
   On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 am, rsb1 said:

   A question: Since the AVS is disabled, if a client reports that their card was used illegally to their card company, does the card company have any recourse to request a refund from the Obama campaign? If not, then isn’t this essentially a way to defraud credit card companies of funds, funnelling their cash to the campaigns?

8. #8
   On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:01 am, RedDog said:

   The system is completely corrupted. There is absolutely no regard for the rule of law and those tasked with enforcement seem to have no will to do so. Don’t even the most adamant liberals know that this will eventually come back to haunt them too? Does winning at all costs trump the Constitution and the rule of law? This is just another in a long line of Democrat catastrophes inflicted upon the nation.

9. #9
   On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 am, right4life said:

   Save us Jesus

   He’ll save those who are His, but I don’t think He’s going to save this country from what we deserve…

   Clinton took bags of cash from the chi-coms..so this is not new…we have illegal aliens invading our country, and now foreigners choose our president.

   if obama wins, things are going to get very ugly very quickly…

10. #10
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 am, sonofdy said:

    if obama wins, things are going to get very ugly very quickly…

    He will have 2 years to act before the midterms change congress.

11. #11
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 am, MtsEdge said:

    This is not at all surprising. I have come to expect little else except double-speak, hypocrisy, arrogance, and corruption from the Obama campaign. I’m still not convinced that he is even eligible to become President of this country.

12. #12
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 am, DaveC said:

    Didn’t Murtha have the same safe guards turned off on his web site as well?

    what can the average citizen do too?

    short of vigilante justice or angry mobs?

13. #13
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 am, John Deaux said:

    Where the hell is the Federal Elections Commission? Aren’t they supposed to watch over this sort of crap? Is there any oversight at all?

14. #14
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:09 am, slp said:

    Obama’s site is set up to encourage credit card fraud and money laundering. How many millions have come from illegal foreign sources? How many donors have exceeded the $ 2300 limit?

    These crooks will never complain.

    The story has been out there. Why hasn’t MSM followed up? Why isn’t Congress investigating these loopholes in the election finance laws?

    Because, if Obama wins, the story will disappear. Move on. Nothing to see here.

15. #15
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 am, Misscheryl said:

    hatfield said:
    Good lord. Where’s the msm on this?

    We are completely effed.

    Well, unfortunately – we were “effed” a long time ago. This has been happening for 30 years, while we sat back and allowed it to happen. Obama is the culmination of all things the hippie movement, femanist movement etc. has worked so hard for for so long.

16. #16
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 am, SoCal said:

    Americans are going to get what they deserve.

    We have allowed the losers to keep growing their huge, welfare-supported families. The illegals are pouring across the border to drop their low IQ babies, Crips and Blood gangs allowed to flourish in the big cities… these lowlifes are voting Obama…

    We deserve what is about to happen…

17. #17
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 am, NJ-Aviator said:

    This is pretty much standard operating procedure for Democrats, and more specifically, for Obama.

    They ignore the law. Plain and simple.

    Criminal to their core. They’ll blame some lackey..or some disconnected organization. Think Obama’s distancing himself from ACORN.. the ACORN that he gave $800,000 to for get out the vote.

    And yes.. this is the tip of the iceberg. One iceberg.. there are many floating around folks.

18. #18
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 am, mz.josephine said:

    If Obama wins — heaven forbid — his “victory” will be tainted with massive fraud with a capital F courtesy of questionable online donations (and ACORN, of course) unless these campaign funds are thoroughly investigated.

    Having said that, I do believe that most Americans are smart enough to vote for John McCain, an honorable man who has taken great care in running an honest, fraud-free campaign.

    I have never prayed for a political victory of any candidate but I am doing it this time for McCain / Palin.

19. #19
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    BroBama IS from Chicago; a clean administration in Chicago is one that doesn’t leave their opponents body too close to the lake. Have you noticed there are no Acorn problems reported in Cook County? They have voter fraud down to a science–amateurs not needed.

    Voter Fraud
    Credit Card Fraud
    Illegal Foreign donations
    Phony charges of voter intimidation

    Standard procedures for the DNC. The End justifies the Means. Ayatollah Hussein Obama’s Civilian Security Services will handle all complaints.
    –
    That Every Man Be Armed–You Too ladies

20. #20
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:12 am, tonynoboloney said:

    The truly frightening thing about campaign finance fraud will be its after effect. Suppose Obama does get elected, a series of investigations is started after Nov. 4th. Obama is found to be guilty of many charges related to this scam, what then? Do we hold a special election, do we allow an accused felon to take the oath of office?

    I’m totally convinced that much of what we have been talking about, Wright, Ayers, voter fraud, campaign fraud, complicity in illegal activities et al. will be leveled at Barrack AFTER the election…….what then?

21. #21
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:12 am, single stack said:

    Wouldn’t it be ironically schadenfreudelicious if a bunch of Obamunists got their identites stolen because they gave money to their messiah?

22. #22
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 am, sonofdy said:

    The fraud in this election will be the first place to go for the reason to impeach Obama if he wins.

23. #23
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:14 am, MtsEdge said:

    That Every Man Be Armed–You Too ladies

    Got mine, AN!

    Wouldn’t it be ironically schadenfreudelicious if a bunch of Obamunists got their identites stolen because they gave money to their messiah?

    They will eat their own. It will happen, and there will be no one to cry to.

24. #24
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:14 am, nlebou said:

    This has been happening for 30 years, while we sat back and allowed it to happen

    Precisely. Apathy is what is going to destroy this country.

25. #25
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:15 am, babbledabble said:

    Win by any means necessary.

26. #26
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Where the hell is the Federal Elections Commission? Aren’t they supposed to watch over this sort of crap? Is there any oversight at all?

    Yes Federal, that tells you all you need to know–at least all they want YOU to know.

    In Obama, Japan they are selling Obama chop sticks; can we use them to chop Obama? (HuffPro alert)
    –
    That Every Man Be Armed–You Too ladies

27. #27
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 am, MtsEdge said:

    Apathy is what is going to destroy this country.

    That’s why I’m not holding out hope for an impeachment of Obama. The system is horribly broken, and we are floundering as a nation b/c we have put too much trust in things working the way they were intended to…

28. #28
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 am, Misscheryl said:

    SoCal said:
    Americans are going to get what they deserve.

    We have allowed the losers to keep growing their huge, welfare-supported families. The illegals are pouring across the border to drop their low IQ babies, Crips and Blood gangs allowed to flourish in the big cities… these lowlifes are voting Obama…

    We deserve what is about to happen…

    I’m sorry but ditto on that.

29. #29
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am, rooster said:

    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 am, sonofdy said:
    The fraud in this election will be the first place to go for the reason to impeach Obama if he wins.

    I disagree. If Mr. Berg’s citizenship lawsuit has merit in the supreme court that will be more than enough to impeach and prosecute obama.
    Here’s a thought, maybe the GOP could get off their arsch and sue the Dems for placing a constitutionally, unqualified candidate as president.

30. #30
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:25 am, txvet2 said:

    I don’t think identity theft is the biggest problem. I’d guess that of that huge total of funds, Soros, and a couple of other billionaires, probably including at least one Arab, contributed the lion’s share. Looks like George may have just bought himself a country.

31. #31
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 am, jangar said:

    Having said that, I do believe that most Americans are smart enough to vote for John McCain, an honorable man who has taken great care in running an honest, fraud-free campaign.

    Oh, how I hope so. Given that viewership of major MSM is way down, along with public opinion polls on their leanings, and liberal paper subscription is floundering in the red…maybe there is a silver lining and Americans HAVE been paying attention all along.

32. #32
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 am, FirstSkirt said:

    Last election, I was willing to cut some Dems some slack (never voted for any Democrat though). However, this election has convinced me that the vast majority of Democrats (and RINOs) will do anything—and I mean anything, including selling out the country, to be a part of the political elite. It is tearing us apart. I am getting training for firearms use this week.

33. #33
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:34 am, RockyR said:

    Guys, Obummer hasn’t won, yet. Wait until tomorrow or Wed. to start the hand-wringing should that become necessary. There is no reason right now to think the race is over.

34. #34
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:34 am, Misscheryl said:

    I disagree. If Mr. Berg’s citizenship lawsuit has merit in the supreme court that will be more than enough to impeach and prosecute obama.
    Here’s a thought, maybe the GOP could get off their arsch and sue the Dems for placing a constitutionally, unqualified candidate as president.

    Regardless of who is elected, I am done with sitting on my arse.

35. #35
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 am, sonofdy said:

    There is no reason right now to think the race is over.

    Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

36. #36
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:37 am, FireBlogger said:

    “By any means necessary”, and they meant it.

    Good Americans everywhere are screwed.

37. #37
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 am, BlameAmericaLast said:

    By any means necessary.

    With Acorn signing up over a million “new” registrations, with rampant voter fraud in the swing states, this man will say and do anything to get elected.

    He can’t win on merit, so he has to do whatever it takes to get into power. This is the only thing he wants. POWER.

    By any means necessary.

38. #38
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Looks like George may have just bought himself a country.

    Perhaps, can he keep it? That is not up to ‘somebody’- it is up to us.

    George Soros may be the Obaminites Favorite Jew-everybody has one (Himmler quote) but he will go down as a clone of the Jewish Councils who bought time hunting down other Jews for the NAZIs.
    I would imagine the fires of hell will burn just a little hotter for this traitor to his race and my country.
    –
    That Every Man Be Armed–You Too ladies

39. #39
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 am, vickisoup said:

    On November 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 am, richardbo said:
    They are not going to meaningfully investigate themselves.

    Exactly. You can’t get a thug to call out a thief, particularly when the thief is benefitting the thug.

40. #40
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:47 am, frontierguy said:

    The question is whether the political establishment will be willing to do anything about them.”

    I think we all know the answer to that one.

41. #41
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:48 am, vickisoup said:

    Second Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial finds Yemeni man guilty of making propaganda videos for Al Qaeda

    I grabbed that off foxnews. I wonder how many MSM execs can fit into a Gitmo prison cell? I mean, they’ve been making propaganda videos for Obama for two years now.
    

42. #42
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:53 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    My brother-in-law stationed in Germany decided to test the sites on his own. He went to both Obama’s and McCain’s sites and tried to make a donation in the name of Haywood Jablome, with a made-up German address, and his real AmEx number. McCain’s site rejected it immediately. Obama’s went through. He had to call AmEx to cancel the transaction.

    This is BS and more noise needs to be made about this issue! Obummer is raking in millions in illegal donations and what do you hear from the MSM? … chirping crickets.

43. #43
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:56 am, Buy Danish said:

    A couple of things I found out about ACTBLUE.

    John Edwards raised most of his money from ACTBLUE, which is a PAC. He wanted to get matching funds for each donation but the FEC ruled against him, saying that contributions made through this PAC cannot be treated as individual donations.

    Next, this comment appeared on the The Hills Blog Briefing Room last summer in response to a story about ACTBLUE. Her questions were never answered. Too bad no one was paying attention at the time:

    I am so impressed with the campaign contributions. Could you help me understand how the campaigns verify the validity of the information they receive from individuals and bundlers? Isn’t it awfully easy to fudge the info? As a novice to campaigns, I am sure that I don’t know the ins and outs. But honestly, as a professional organizer and a senior staffer on the Hill for over three years many moons ago, I have never been able to get so much money for any cause. Also, I worked with so many foreigners who would have loved to give money but couldn’t because we were so careful about everything as it was local. Now on the internet, it seems you can just write anything almost, can’t you?
    What are the penalties for abuse for the individual and the campaign? How is the data verified by some objective outside body? What is the election apparatus doing to verify everything, including the monitoring processes of the campaigns?
    Thanks Helene
    Comment by helene rosenberg — June 18, 2008 @ 8:30 pm

44. #44
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 am, Flyoverman said:

    Two words: McCain – Feingold

45. #45
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:18 am, FamilyMan said:

    Hillary was an investigator in the Watergate scandal. She has the most to gain by implicating Obama in this fraud. Let her do it.

46. #46
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:23 am, Dexter Alarius said:

    I just sent this comment to CNN:

    WHy are there no CNN stories on Obama’s website disabling the security features for online donations? Obama is raking in millions in potentially illegal donations and you report what? NOTHING! Bias much?

47. #47
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:25 am, Lucifer Jones said:

    Between this and his promises to bankrupt the coal industry. And his assurance that electricity prices will increase, I would hope that McCain/Palin can still pull it off.

    I have publicly taken the position that they will, and that has become more apparent in the polling data, which is skewed in favor of the democrat.

48. #48
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:32 am, ArizonaNeanderthal said:

    Flyoverman #43
    Two words: McCain – Feingold

    Hanged by his own rope and wants to take him with us.

    We have done what we can do, tomorrow we vote, hope and pray. Wednesday we start anew. RINO hunting is on my agenda. They, RINOs, need to pick lettuce for John McCain at $50 an hour. And to quote He Who Has Come we Bitterly Cling to Our GOD and Guns, OUR Constitution, OUR Bill of Rights, OUR Rights as Free People, OUR History, OUR Heritage.

    By Any Means Necessary as it were. Politically hopefully, but we are the Children of Concord/Lexington, Valley Forge and so many others.
    —
    Patrick Henry quote – The great object is, that every man be armed. Every one who is able may have a gun. GOD be with us all.

49. #49
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:49 am, tre said:

    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 am, MtsEdge said:
    That’s why I’m not holding out hope for an impeachment of Obama.

    MtsEdge, I have four words to say about impeachment of Obama: President Joe Biden

50. #50
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:52 am, MtsEdge said:

    MtsEdge, I have four words to say about impeachment of Obama: President Joe Biden

    Scary. Nancy Pelosi being next is even scarier. I’m praying that this doesn’t come to pass.

    four words to say

    Thanks for the chuckle.

51. #51
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:54 am, Tennyson said:

    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:12 am, tonynoboloney said:
    Suppose Obama does get elected, a series of investigations is started after Nov. 4th. Obama is found to be guilty of many charges related to this scam…

    Investigations? Found guilty? By whom? An Obama DOJ? A Pelosi/Reid Congress? The mainstream Obamedia? Radio talkers and bloggers silenced by the new “Fairness” Doctrine?

    No, there will be no investigations. Should be, of course, so an Obama administration’s first priority will be stopping them by any means necessary.

    Ah, the magic of one-party rule.

52. #52
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 am, mattm said:

    EVERY other commerce site, from Amazon to Dell, etc, requires AVS ans the 3 digit CVN. If you make one little mistake it rejects it. Obama knew he could raise illegal funds, from Soros to forginers, and that the MSM would not cover it and allowed it.

    It is not like AVS or CVN is a new concept. It was deliberate.

53. #53
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 am, happyscrapper said:

    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 am, mz.josephine said:
    I have never prayed for a political victory of any candidate but I am doing it this time for McCain / Palin.

    2 Chronicles 7:14…PRAY THE VOTE!!

54. #54
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 12:01 pm, happyscrapper said:

    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:13 am, sonofdy said:
    The fraud in this election will be the first place to go for the reason to impeach Obama if he wins.

    Then what…President Biden? Vice President Pelosi? OMG!

55. #55
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 12:08 pm, FamilyMan said:

    Help me out. Who is next in line after Pelosi?

56. #56
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 12:31 pm, MtsEdge said:

    Family Man #55,

    Presidential Succession

57. #57
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 12:33 pm, John Deaux said:

    If Biden ascended to the presidency, he would appoint a vice president and Congress would have to approve it.

58. #58
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 12:38 pm, MtsEdge said:

    If Biden ascended to the presidency, he would appoint a vice president and Congress would have to approve it.

    True. Pelosi would become Prez by default only if Obama and Biden were removed/died @ the same time.

59. #59
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 12:45 pm, FamilyMan said:

    Pelosi would become Prez by default

    Three hundred million people in this country and she could be our Prez.
    GEEES!

60. #60
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 12:49 pm, MtsEdge said:

    Three hundred million people in this country and she could be our Prez.
    GEEES!

    Amazing what apathy in our society has produced!!

61. #61
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 1:21 pm, RetFireman said:

    the mere fact that Obama’s favorite aunt made financial contributions to her nephew, which has been freely admitted to by her as well as documented in several news accounts, is proof positive that not only have non-citizens made contributions, illegally, to his campaign, but that they are doing nothing about it.

    Oh sure, he came out to say that he will refund said monies, and there are people out there that will believe it as well as claim this is just not that big of a deal, but if she could do it, then how many others have? If it took a reporter having the cajones to go out and track down her story, bucking the system which will obviously have him banned from approaching His Highness, for them to actually admit and allegedly return the money, then you can bet that none of the rest will be returned.

    I wonder, would it bankrupt his campaign should they be made to return any and all funds that cannot be identified as legitimate and legal?

    My gut tells me it would.

    I just want to know…how long will it take until the investigations into the illegal activities, his background, what he knew and when he knew it will begin on all fronts?

62. #62
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm, flaming_o said:

    There is no plausible explanation for these security violations other than wanting to skirt around campaign finance rules.

    Shocking! (No. It isn’t. This is the Age of Obama.)

63. #63
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 1:36 pm, Common Sense said:

    From the Federal Election Commission site http://www.fec.gov/pages/brochures/complain.shtml:

    I. Filing a Complaint
    Any person may file a complaint if he or she believes a violation of the Federal Election Campaign Laws or Commission regulations has occurred or is about to occur. The complaint must be made in writing and sent to the Office of General Counsel, Federal Election Commission, 999 E Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20463. The original must be submitted along with three copies, if possible. Facsimile or e-mail transmissions are not acceptable. A complaint must comply with certain requirements. It must:

    Provide the full name and address of the person filing the complaint (called the complainant); and
    Be signed, sworn to and notarized. This means that the notary public’s certificate must say “…signed and sworn to before me…,” or words that connote the complaint was affirmed by the complainant, (such as “under penalty of perjury”).
    Furthermore, in order for a complaint to be considered complete and proper, it should:

    Clearly recite the facts that show specific violations under the Commission’s jurisdiction (citations to the law and regulations are not necessary);
    Clearly identify each person, committee or group that is alleged to have committed a violation (called the respondent);
    Include any documentation supporting the allegations, if available; and
    Differentiate between statements based on the complainant’s (the person who files the complaint) personal knowledge and those based on information and belief. Statements not based on personal knowledge should identify the source of the information.
    For self-reported complaints (called “sua sponte” submissions), the submission should include an admission of the violation(s), a complete recitation of the facts along with all relevant documentation that explains how the violation was discovered, the internal actions that were taken in response to the violation and what other agencies, if any, are investigating the violation (or facts surrounding the violation).

    The Commission seeks to increase the number of self-reported submissions in order to expedite enforcement of the law. To encourage self-reporting, the Commission will generally negotiate penalties between 25 and 75 percent lower than those for matters arising by other means, such as through complaints or the Commission’s own review of reports. In certain circumstances, the Commission may allow committees who voluntarily report their violations and make a complete report of their internal investigation to proceed directly into conciliation before the Commission makes a finding as to whether there is reason to believe the committee violated campaign finance laws or Commission regulations.3

    They sure don’t make it easy or quick to file a complaint, do they?

64. #64
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm, cheapseat said:

    the chicago machine politics, lie, cheat, steal, do anything to win. dead people voting, intimidation, send your rent a mob to vote in multiple jurisdictions, whatever. our democracy is undergoing a coup from within. you hillary supporters went through it, and now we all get to feel the messiahs love for us.

65. #65
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 1:55 pm, KaosKlerik said:

    On November 3rd, 2008 at 10:08 am, sonofdy said:

    if obama wins, things are going to get very ugly very quickly…

    He will have 2 years to act before the midterms change congress.

    In those two years 12 million illegal aliens will be made new Democrat voters and the Fairness Doctrine will shut down conservative talk radio (and leave the liberal MSM alone).

    Good luck getting a conservative elected then.

66. #66
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 1:56 pm, bayou22 said:

    I worked in electronic payments for 11 years before returning to school. This is the job of Visa and MasterCard to enforce their rules and regulations of it’s member banks who acquire and process these transactions. So, the campaigns are free to act however they want, but V/MC need to enforce their own rules as do their member banks. Congress won’t do anything here but file another bogus lawsuit against the card associations saying they didn’t do enough. Anything to deflect responsibility or culpability…

    It’s all a sham, everyone’s making money on it and no one will care. Obama may end up buying the Presidency and future elections will be no better for it. ALL CANDIDATES should be required to participate in equal amount public financing of elections. It’s the only way the electoral college will survive outside of the courts deciding elections.

    It’s getting ugly America, and this is only the beginning…

67. #67
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 2:17 pm, ammo john said:

    My sister-in-law works for FACCS(?) in Mason, Ohio, doing the credit card thing for Macy’s, Lazurus, and such stores and services. She’s told my wife about all of the bad charges relating to Obama donations. $200 gets charged as $2,000 is an example.

68. #68
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 4:50 pm, Silentbrick said:

    I worked for 5 years for a credit card processor, 4 of which were as a floor supervisor for the actual programming of these machines.

    For many merchants, AVS information and CVV2 codes are a hassle and they like to turn them off. And the processor I worked for was willing to oblige. Just as soon as we got your signed letter assuming full responsibility for all additional charges levied against unsecure transactions AND waiving your right to fight back against chargebacks due to turning off the security procedures.

    So yes, the processors will turn that stuff off, but generally they make sure you are assuming full legal responsibility for it. So all Visa and MC can do to people not using the security features is charge them higher rates for having unsecured transactions as opposed to secure ones.

69. #69
    On November 3rd, 2008 at 5:20 pm, Regulus said:

    On November 3rd, 2008 at 11:54 am, Tennyson said:

    Investigations? Found guilty? By whom? An Obama DOJ? A Pelosi/Reid Congress? The mainstream Obamedia? Radio talkers and bloggers silenced by the new “Fairness” Doctrine?

    No, there will be no investigations. Should be, of course, so an Obama administration’s first priority will be stopping them by any means necessary.

    Ah, the magic of one-party rule.

    Yep.

    Anyone here remember the old game of “Four-Square” in elementary school? I don’t know if it’s played anymore, but it involved a square playing area divided into four sub-squares, one player in each. The basic object is to hit the ball to another square so that the person there can’t react in time, thereby kicking that person out; then another person waiting in line steps in to take his or her place.

    Naturally, we soon made up “teams” of four kids each, with names like the “Kangaroos” or the “Klingons,” and the object was to get all four of us into all four squares. Then we’d play “patty-cake” with each other so that everyone else got to stand in line forever until recess ended.

    What the donkeys are after is an adult political version of Four-Square: Hopenchange/Congress/Media/Courts.

    They’ve got two squares already; they’re on the verge of getting the third; and if they get that, then they’ll focus on populating the courts with “friendly” judges to lock the fourth.

    And if they get a monopoly?

    1. ACORN fraud? Watch any investigation of that donkey front organization get stopped immediately, and for their federal funding to get tripled.

    2. Abuse of institutional power to criminalize and destroy political opponents? Joe the Plumber’s experience will become the rule for anyone who dares to question authority.

    3. Massive labor union funding of the donkey party? Starting with “card-check,” look for a concerted effort to forcibly unionize more sectors of the work force.

    4. Biased media? A Hopenchange presidency will usher into existence a new, voluntary “state-controlled media” that will in combination with a “fairness” doctrine ensure that only “correct” information gets passed on to the electorate.

    Those hoping that we can correct the disaster of a Hopenchange presidency and a donkey Congress are betting that by November of 2010 the donks won’t have so corrupted the system of elections that we end up like Mexico, with a rigged one-party system that lasted for generations.

    I’m not so sure that’s a safe bet.