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    (snip)"Point #3 Bank Of America and Compass Bank managers (probably all other U.S. banks too) have been instructing their employees in the last few weeks on how to respond to customer demands in the event of a collapse of the U.S. economy - specifically telling the employees that only agents from the Department Of Homeland Security will have authority to decide what belongings customers may have from their safe deposit boxes - and that precious metals and other valuables will not be released to U.S. citizens. The bank employees have been strictly prohibited from revealing the banks’ new "guidelines" to anyone. (however, employees have been talking to friends and family)

    The next time you visit your bank, ask them about it - then ask yourself, why is this information being kept secret from customers and the public - what’s really going on?"(snip)


    The source of this point is undoubtedly a few slices short of a loaf ... however if there is any truth whatsoever in this contention that bank tellers are secretly being prepared for an economic upheaval it gives rise to some very worrysome questions. Has anybody else heard anything which would corroborate this ?

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    Default Re: very very disturbing if it is actually true

    All I know is, BoA majorly sucks. Part of the Citi Bank "family".


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    Default Re: very very disturbing if it is actually true

    yeah, I heard of this. not from sources that a lot of people would consider legitimate, tho, and not anything specific, so I'll refrain from giving a link unless asked, but it's just funny how i've been reading for months about inevitable and pending collapse of old outdated systems, economy, etc, and now Melonie posts something like this...
    "The herd walks off the cliff because the herd are not a group of individuals - the herd is a mass of followers and followers follow the path of cowardice."

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    Certain circles have always been talking about "secret plans banks have to steal your valuables away from you."

    I say, build an underground bunker with Indiana Jones style booby traps to keep your goody bars in. The first person to loose an arm to a flying saw will be the lesson to all who try to enter that domain.

    Now excuse me while I prepare my house from being siezed by eminent domain of the state for the local casino's expansion plans.

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    This is a classic urban legend. Consider this--there is no theortetical way to disprove it-- the banks deny it, and it is taken as a sign that they are part of the conspiracy. The government denies it and certain folks give it creedence simply because the government denied it. It is just like sying that the Pope is conspiring with aliens. No evidence is supplied to support the charge--just a blanket accusation that it is "true".
    Also consider the unquoted beginning of the article in Mel's link.
    In its attempt to establish a world empire dominating every nation on the planet, the U.S. has exhausted its ability to finance the expansion and the country now faces imminent financial collapse.
    Consider also if it were true, such as in a dire emergency like someone set off a dirty bomb in Manhattan. How long would it take to implement it--5 minutes tops. No sane conspirator would ever pre-train folks because of leaks. As an example less than 100 folks knew the planned day time and location of DDay in advance. The manager calls a meeting of tellers and annnounces it as a fact- case closed. Notice anything happen in the past 5 minutes, of course not.

    This is pure play on fear-nothing more or less, same as Orson Well's "War of the Worlds".

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    Quote Originally Posted by montythegeek
    This is pure play on fear-nothing more or less, same as Orson Well's "War of the Worlds".
    Monty,

    I am so glad to have you as a regular poster in this section.

    Thanks for debunking things such as was posted in this thread. I really appreciate you giving an actual balanced and sane perspective to the subjects discussed here in Dollar Den.


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    Yea, but Monty is not as fun as the 12th circle free masons.

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    I just had a vision from an old Simpsons episode.....the Stonecutters

    We do......We do......
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    Who controls the British crown?
    Who keeps the metric system down?
    We do, we do

    Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
    Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
    We do, we do

    Who holds back the elctric car?
    Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
    We do, we do

    Who robs gamefish of their site?
    Who rigs every Oscar night?
    We do, we do!

    (how boring would the world be without secret societies and the dangling spectre of financial ruin??)

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    Mel, really, stick with what you know (sillicone,brazeires, and personal investing)

    Stop posting such nonsense and stop the fearmongering. It is getting old already. Your sources are dubious, you simply cut and paste and put it out there like it's the truth. Seriously, lay of the doomsday predictions and stop positioning yourself as a finacial advisor on topics you know absolutely nothing about. If I want to invest in Gold (not a bad idea) I'll listen to your advice, but when you spout off disinformation on topics like home finance and personal credit, you can actually do damage to people when they are confused by your posturing.

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    Default Re: very very disturbing if it is actually true

    Scorp, I started out this thread with "if it's actually true" as well as "The source of this point is undoubtedly a few slices short of a loaf". How does that possibly constitute 'putting it out there like it's the truth' ?

    Like Missy also posted, lately there seem to be numerous references cropping up along the lines of this 'urban legend'. I simply asked the question whether or not anyone else knew more about this particular subject. Given recent major down moves in world stock market indexes, major moves in exchange rates, news stories of the Iranian gov't and uber-rich Iranian individuals moving billions of dollars out of Europe and America, etc. it would seem only reasonable to question whether something is going on besides 'business as usual'.

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    Granted i dont work for either of those, i do work for a finicial institution. We do not have training for a run on the banks or any secret meeting about the collopse of the econmy. Even when delphi went bankrupt and some of their checks came back all we got was an email. lol

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    I checked a few sites known for debunking urban legends (snopes.com, scambusters.org) and there is no mention of this yet. Google and Yahoo searches just return citations to the original article Melonie posted and speculation about its accuracy. There are also various articles that support some of the underlying ideas as credible, for example:
    http://www.kitco.com/ind/Akerman/jul152003.html

    This could all be rumor-mongering, but so far it doesn't look like anyone has definitively debunked this yet. I'll feel a lot better when a couple of people step forward and say, "I work at Compass Bank, and there hasn't been any training about a collapse of the U.S. economy."
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    And for the next show we will be to your home to rid you of your 2nd amendment right - good luck with that !!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CuriousJ
    And for the next show we will be to your home to rid you of your 2nd amendment right - good luck with that !!!
    In my home state of NY, you're already too late ... the state has already de-facto removed the right of citizens to exercise their 2nd amendment right to own a handgun, despite passing all sorts of background checks and taking an approved gun safety course. Issuance of new NY pistol permits is strictly at the discretion of the issuing officer, period.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Vamp
    Granted i dont work for either of those, i do work for a finicial institution. We do not have training for a run on the banks or any secret meeting about the collopse of the econmy. Even when delphi went bankrupt and some of their checks came back all we got was an email. lol
    Yeah, yeah, yeah...we all know that you're part of the conspiracy!! j/k

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    What an amusing website. I didn't bring my tinfoil hat into the office today, I can't participate beyond that.

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    [QUOTE=VenusGoddess]Yeah, yeah, yeah...we all know that you're part of the conspiracy!! j/k[/QUOTE

    The only conspiracy i am apart of is to bring about global imperalism by world domination of the one world goverment ....... oops wrong forum sssssshhhhhhhhhhhh jk

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    Quote Originally Posted by whirlerz
    All I know is, BoA majorly sucks. Part of the Citi Bank "family".
    First, ALL banks "suck" and are major exploiters, legally though, thanks to Reagan administration.

    Second BoA is NOT part of Citibank. They are big competitors.
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