Secret Service Seizes Gospel Tracts That Look Like Money

[The Straight Story]

Secret Service Seizes Gospel Tracts That Look Like Money

POSTED: 6:57 pm EDT June 6, 2006

DENTON, Texas -- It seemed like a good idea -- spreading the gospel on what would look like a $1 million bill.

But the Secret Service thought the gospel tracts being handed out by a Texas ministry looked too much like real money, and has seized $800,300 of the fake bills.

Great News Network president Darrel Rundus objects that there's no such thing as a $1 million bill, so you can't counterfeit something that doesn't exist. But a Secret Service spokesman said someone tried to deposit one of the tracts at a bank, and close facsimiles of currency are illegal, although no charges were filed.

http://www.local6.com/news/9331534/detail.html

Sheeesh...

[BrklynLiberal]

1. What a bunch of idiots.

[Norquist Nemesis]

2. Did they put Jesus or George in the middle?

Using money to "spread the news" is an ironic message...Buy Into The Myth

[rsdsharp]

3. I have a question.

How does one seize $800,300 in million dollar bills? What is that? About .8 of one bill?

[ProdigalJunkMail]

4. good...I a m not the only one that had a hard time with that

I re-read it several times and the math was just making my head spin...maybe they got a ripped one???

:-)

sP

[spag68]

5. 1000000 bills

Maybe it cost that much to manufacture the phony bills.