Comments on: Patriot Act Nonsense

By: Tracy

Tracy — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 16:35:51 +0000

Paypal is doing same thing to me-but ONLY place I get mail as am in small town is the post office-my bank account is hooked up to it, ebay, everything as that’s where I go to get my mail everyday. In August, my debit card to access my own debit account there as I sell on ebay, they are refusing to send new card until i change such-I don’t have anywhere to get mail-all’s been fine for 2 years, suddenly they want physical address but there isn’ t one

By: Grady

Grady — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:43:33 +0000

When someone asks for your physical address, they want the address that is assigned to the property, such as the 911 address, if you were in need of the fire dept. or police dept, at your house, i don't think your p.o. box would do them any good.
Any business that asks, has the ability to enter a mailing address as well as a physical address. There is no need to (get around) anything. Just make sure they have both. You will be in compliance for them and continue to receive your mail.

By: Whip

Whip — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:13:20 +0000

I have yet to see someone post the exact verbage that this is required. All they tell you is that it says it and is required yet provide no proof.

By: Tmpfile

Tmpfile — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:09:17 +0000

Capital One pulled the same crap with us concerning our credit card.

They informed us our credit card would be canceled if we did not give them a physical address.

We never complied and they never cut our credit card service.

I am guessing this is a color of law bluff on the part of the credit card and baking industry. I would definitely like to see the section of the Patriot Act that compels them to do this cause I can not seem to find it.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:17:42 +0000

Brad Feld now starring as Winston Smith.

By: virgilio

virgilio — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 22:00:55 +0000

The question is: Who protects the people from a dumb legislator?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 13:31:38 +0000

>GOP = The Party of Perpetual Fear

Hmmm… many, many Democrats voted
for the PATRIOT act.

Citation: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=1&vote=00313

By: Dave Jilk

Dave Jilk — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 14:55:48 +0000

Did you check the claim made by the rep at Morgan Stanley? Not to defend the government or anything, but I have found that frequently companies will blame their own rules on federal government regulations — people are much less inclined to argue. If they word it carefully… “it’s because of the Patriot Act” … what they might mean is “because of the Patriot Act, it’s somehow cheaper or easier for us to comply if we make YOU do the work.”

By: It looks obvious

It looks obvious — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:37:22 +0000

Catch 22

This is a mast read post describing how the government creates regulations that contradict each other.
"It’s crazy – the government now insists on a physical address for mail, bypassing a federal institution (the Post Office). …

By: Terry Gold

Terry Gold — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:38:22 +0000

What keeps you, or the terrorists for that matter, from just getting an “address” at a remailer? Like many of the “security” rules that have been enacted, they only frustrate the good people and do little to really improve security.

It’s also funny that two of the google ads on this page are for people wanting to get a job at the Post Office. I guess they are going to need more people since they will be delivering more of the mail twice.