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"A Day Worthwhile"

I count that day as wisely spent
In which I do some good.
For someone who is far away
Or shares my neighborhood.

A day devoted to the deed
That lends a helping hand,
And demonstrates a willingness
To care and understand.

I long to be of usefulness
In little ways and large,
Without a selfish motive
And without the slightest charge.

Because in my philosphy
There is never any doubt
That all of us here on earth
Must help each other out.

I feel that day is fruitful
And the time is worth the while,
When I promote the happiness
Of one enduring smile.

I really have to wonder about this one:

In 1998, a "Know Your Customer" banking
Bill was defeated in the House of
Representatives. The federal government,
namely the FDIC and Treasury, quietly
took the regulation and decided to
implement it without congressional
approval. It has silently made it's
way to the public comment phase, and very
few people (including many of your
representatives, bank employees, etc.)
are even aware it's out there. If
implemented, this regulation will have a
significant and far reaching affect on
your everyday life.

Here are a just few of the highlights
of the proposed Know Your Customer
regulation. I've included a link below
that has all the details (this is only
the small part of the regulation).

Bank customers (you) will be required
to reveal all sources of revenue (income)
that you deposit in the back. Accounts
will be monitored to evaluate actual
deposits compared with projections.
You must provide them with your projected
income and sources.

Banks will establish profiles,
classifications, and categorizations on
every person who has an account based on
information supplied by the customer (you)
and other gathered information. All
customers will be compared against the
subjective classifications. Perceived
anomalies in deposits or withdrawals (that
means any time your spending habits change,
even for a day) will be reported as
suspicious activity. In short, the bank or
credit union will establish a baseline for
you that identifies when and how you usually
receive and spend your money. If
you normally withdraw $100 from the
ATM every Friday night, that will be
part of your profile.

If you decide one Friday to withdraw
$700 for a weekend trip or to make a
purchase, you will have deviated from
your normal spending pattern, and the
bank will be required to file a suspicious
transaction report to the federal
government.

Banks are prohibited from informing
customers when suspicious transaction
reports have been filed on them.

If you do not volunteer to be
identified, you will be denied
all banking services.

If you believe in your 4th Amendment
right privacy, I urge you to read the
specifics below, and contact the
agencies listed at the bottom of this
message with your strong objections.
This is your only chance
to stop the regulation. Public
comments will only be accepted
through March 8th.

The complete details of what the
regulation includes-it's worth your
time to read it:

http://www.networkusa.org/fingerprint/
page1b/fp-kyc-summary.html

Comments will be taken from the public
by these agencies until March 8, 1999.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Robert E. Feldman
Executive Secretary
Attention: Comments/OES
comments@fdic.gov

Department of the Treasury
Manager, Dissemination Branch
Information Management and Services
Division Officeof Thrift Supervision
public.info@ots.treas.gov

Department of the Treasury
Communications Division
Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency >regs.comments@occ.treas.gov

If your so inclined, find out who your
Representatives are, and e-mail your
concerns to them as well.

"Lead a child, in wisdom, by the hand
and permit them to lead you, in love,
by the heart!"

"Sprinkle love with forgiveness and
forgiveness with love..."

"Never let your left hand know what
your right hand is doing...it may
talk you out of doing something you
will regret for the rest of your life."

"Have you ever over-looked an orchid
while serching for a rose?"

Now that I'm older....
here's what I've discovered:

I STARTED out with nothing....
I still have most of it.

When did my wild oats turn to prunes and
All Bran?

I finally got my head together, now my body
is falling apart.

Funny, I don't remember being absent minded.

If you're a man- you're just sowing
your wild oats; if you're a woman-
you're a slut.

If you're male you are brilliant and
hard working;

if you're female you slept your way
to the top.

Who are "they"?

If all is not lost, where is it?

It is easier to get older than it
is to get wiser.

The first rule of holes: If you are
in one, stop digging.

It was all so different before
everything changed.

Some days you're the dog, some days
you're the hydrant.

Some days you're the windshield,
some days you're the bug.

Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

A day without sunshine is like a
day in Seattle.

I wish the buck stopped here.
I could use a few...

Kids in the back seat cause accidents;
accidents in the back seat cause kids.

It's not the pace of life that concerns
me, it's the sudden stop at the end.

It's hard to make a comeback when you
haven't been anywhere.

The only time the world beats a path to
your door is if you're in the bathroom.

If God wanted me to touch my toes, he
would have put them on my knees.

Men are "stout" or "portly", while,
women are fat.

What does heaven look like when it smiles?

How tall is God?

In most states, girls can get birth
control, with no parental permission,
at 12 years of age, have an abortion
at age 12, marry at 16 years of age
and vote at age 21. Is something
wrong with this picture?

When you're finally holding all the cards,
why does everyone else decide toplay chess?

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at
which one can die.

It's not hard to meet expenses...
they're everywhere.

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