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That pisses me off so much!! All of this crap in the name of homeland security...
Let me tell you a little something about Homeland Security...
One of my mutuals was due to rollover and reinvest last August. So, on the last day of August, it divested itself of its holdings (which included, but were not limited to UAL, Shearson Lehman Bros, and Anheiser Busch). Ring any bells? UAL, the holding company United Air Lines, and SLB, which owned something like forty floors on one of the towers. Needless to say, their stocks crashed.
So, being a patriot, I followed our glorious President's calls for investors to have faith in our transportation infrastructure, and reinvested in UAL, among others.
GUESS WHAT? My assets were frozen for four months, I was investigated by the SS (Secret Service) and put on the FBI (Federation of Blind Idiots) watch list as a possible terrorist financer/sympathizer.
After months of the governments' interrogating of my family and friends, they finally figured out that I was a victim of circumstance. They did settle out of court for the amount of the gains that should have been made while my assets were frozen.
I'm watching the television right now, and I'm wearing one of gOOber's aluminum foil deflector beanies, and I can see that "the" Donald Rumsfeld and Tom Ridge are, in fact, reptilian invaders from mars.
I'm going to go out tomorrow and buy some diamonds and a great big new SUV, because otherwise, the terrorists win.
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