Something I had to post... more VeriChip stuff
Ok,
I got this email in from a good friend of mine. Now I don't have 100% permission from the author so if you find this and would like for it to come down please ask and I will have no problems taking it down. I do however feel that the author would want this spread:
DECEMBER 31, 2004
The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
A NATION OF CATTLE?
Have you been chipped, yet?
You could be soon, for the Food & Drug Administration has now cleared the
way for a Florida corporation, Applied Digital Solutions, to market a tiny
electronic device called VeriChip that is surgically implanted under the
skin of your arm or hand.
Don't worry, says the corporation soothingly, being chipped doesn't hurt
you, and it's really for your own good. For example, they say, if you have
an accident, your implanted chip could contain vital medical information
that could be accessed by an ambulance crew (assuming the crew has bought
a
hand-held, chip-reading scanner, which Applied Digital also happens to
sell).
Besides, coo the corporate hawkers, being chipped is a matter of great
personal convenience for you. No longer would you have to carry cumbersome
ID cards to get into your workplace - you could have all the required ID
stored on your chip, right inside your body. And think of the convenience
of not having to fumble with credit cards! Instead, your credit numbers
literally are implanted in you, so rather than running your cards through
a
scanner, a retailer can simply scan you. Talk about consumer progress,
VeriChip turns your own body - your very own self - into a bar-coded
payment system.
After all, says Applied Digital, our country has been implanting such
devices in millions of cattle and pets, and it has worked beautifully, so
why not humans? For you fussy libertarians who see Big Brother looming
behind every scientific breakthrough like VeriChip, the company says that
being implanted is voluntary, so where's the worry?
The worry, of course, is that being chipped will not stay voluntary.
Corporations and government will soon insist that their employees,
frequent
travelers, protesters, and others be tagged for security reasons. To rebel
against this effort to turn us into a nation of cattle, call the
Electronic
Privacy Information Center: 202/483-1140.
I hope that others find this information and are able to use it as a warning. This is truly a sign of things to come, and truly the warnings that have been given about these type things. We must keep our eyes open and make sure we do not fall prey to such devices and things.