I would like to respond to your post on a subject where I am considered an expert and have 33 years experience; International Finance. As a quick background, I have been trading currencies, commodities, equites and bonds internationally my entire business life, and facilitate companies moving funds internationally; long before the Patriot Act and ever since it.

You wrote: "How has the PATRIOT act effected me personally, well when you're an entrepeneur who lives in the United States and deals with other businesses who are in a foreign country, your problems were increased exponentially with that legislation, specifically in the transferring of funds.  Despite my business being entirely private, it gives the government full reign to come in and see what's going on, and even impeding certain transactions so they can "make sure everything is up to par."

As a business, the Patriot Act requires your financial institution to broaden its reporting and record retention of cross-border transfers, not the business. OFAC has existed for decades and has always checked "where" and to "who" monies were being transferred. Customs has always checked import and export transactions, nothing new there.

So, when you say "exponentially", I'm curious just how you come to that conclusion. Perhaps you could direct me to the section of the Patriot Act that you are referring to. I would referr you to Title III, which when you read you will come to understand that businesses DO NOT transfer monies internationally, financial institutions do, on behalf of their clients.

I am not sure why you and other (couple) people feel I repeat Limbaugh or other radio talk show hosts because I don't. I do not get to listen to the radio when I work for a living during the day.

If possibly you would listen to one of those shows; then maybe you would know  that the information and posts I post have NEVER come from any of them. If it helps you to emotionally place me in a certain type of box for you to wrap your mind around what I post; then so be it. You also have the option of not reading it.

I am flattered that you would write an entire post devoted to me for some silly reason but I think your time would be best served becomming informed instead of just opinionated. 

However the phrase "Bush Derangement Syndrome" is not mine nor Limbaugh's that I am aware. I first heard of it 6 years ago to describe the people who were constantly deriding Bush with Chimpy cartoons. Though our current resident of The White House looks much more like a chimp than Bush ever did. Check out those ears.

LLO9... I aggre with you on Maobama, he scared me way before he was elected.  Just because far right extremists worry me doesn't mean I support the far left wackos. If you want to see what I think of the "chosen one" go to http://www.clearlydeparted.com/2008-elections/obama-wallpaper-computer-desktop-background.html

LLL09-

I read Johns posts frequently. I agree with much of what he says and also disagree with some of it.

madmatt -

That worries me much more with an Obama. Obama's followers are like a cult and it's all tied up in his personality. Bush is out of office, Obama has chosen to adopt many of his policies (he was against them before he was for them)LOL. Unemployment is now at 9.5% and Obama said it wouldn't go above 8% if the stimulus passed.

The economy, Guantanamo Bay, Iraq, Afghanistan and ILLEGAL immigration are all his babies now. Many Americans would now have jobs if it were not for his policies on ILLEGAL immigration.

jstol3... the things Hitler said also resonated with a lot of people.