by Brian Brady
Commercial Real Estate Finance Expert
Structured Debt and Equity
Licensed Real Estate Broker in AL, CA, and FL
STARDATE: 22 February 2002
Borrower: Why do you need my driver’s license to secure me a mortgage?
Brady: I’m required to by the new law, the USA P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act. We mortgage originators have been enlisted in the GWOT, as the first line of defense. I’m proud to do my part to help protect America and hunt down Osama bin-Laden.
Borrower: That’s jacked up. Did you know the PATRIOT Act also allows the FBI to execute it’s own warrants, tap your phone, read your email, intercept your written correspondence, and instruct your banks to not inform you that they are spying on you?
Brady: You don’t have to be an agitator. I’m just doing my part. In fact, the President said it not only is it our duty to protect the Homeland against marauding borrowers, he wants us to lend you more money… to get the economy moving, you see.
Borrower: So..I can borrow ABOVE the value of my home?
Brady: Absolutely. It’s your patriotic duty.
Borrower: Heil, baby. Where do I sign up?
Geronimo is down. Repeal the PATRIOT Act. I know that freedom ain’t free but I now know tyranny can come disguised as tuxedo-clad theater goers.
