The Government has Gone Crazy!!

Today I received this in an e-mail from Living Waters:

Millions Confiscated



Today (Friday, June 2nd) the Secret Service seized a large supply of our Million Dollar Bill tracts from The Great News Network in Texas. They told them that someone in North Carolina tried to deposit one in their bank, and that if they didn't give up their supply, they would arrest them. Then they said they are going to seize our supply in California.


In actuality, and as hard as it is to believe...I'm speechless about this. I'm stunned beyond belief. My 11yo, Rachel, could even see how insane this is. She said, "It says on the tract that it's not real money." She also pointed out that they sell play money at the store.. so what's the problem?! I'd love to know your thoughts on the subject; please share!


For those of you who are unaware, Living Waters is an evangelism ministry headed by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. They work with The Great News Network which does practical training such as the Bootcamps Gene attends. They utilize tracts as a means of spreading the gospel, and these Million Dollar bills are just one type of their many tracts. The really funny thing is... there is no such thing as a million dollar bill.

I found this at the U.S. Treasury site:

Did the Treasury Department ever produce a $1 million currency note? I have one that I want to know about.

We receive many inquiries asking if the Treasury Department ever produced a $1 million currency note. People have sent in copies of these notes. We have found that they are nonnegotiable platinum certificates known as a "One Million Dollar Special Issue." These notes were from a special limited copyrighted art series originally sold by a Canadian firm for $1.00 each as a collectible item. They are not official United States currency notes manufactured by our Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). As such, they are not redeemable by the Department of the Treasury.

You may be interested to know that the BEP learned of these certificates in the spring of 1982. All related correspondence was forwarded to the United States Secret Service to decide if there were any violations of Federal currency laws. The Secret Service subsequently advised, however, that these certificates did not violate any United States law.

So if these don't violate any law (which Living Waters checked before having them produced) why did they raid GNN and take the bills?? Big Paranoid Government gone mad???? I think so.