Real Bad ID

Wall Street Journal ^ | October 10, 2006 | Wall Street Journal

[Carry_Okie]

You won't get any argument out of me that NAIS is an abomination designed to put small domestic producers out of business while building the infrastructure of tyranny.

I assume yours was a rhetorical question?

[supercat]

I assume yours was a rhetorical question?

Well, I assume your answer as to which makes more sense would probably match mine. I do think it's a fair argument to bring up, though, and I didn't see things put in those terms elsewhere.

I would expect that owners of large herds of cattle would probably want to chip their animals to aid in tracking changes in weight, food consumption, etc. Someone with three cows, however, may prefer other means of identifying them (e.g. this one's Bessie, this one's Danielle, and this one's Phyllis). Such a person would have little use for an implanted microchip (except, perhaps, as a slight anti-theft measure).

I can think of plenty of bad uses for the NAIS database; it's hard to think of good uses that couldn't be accomplished just as well by letting people keep track of their own livestock.

[Ben Ficklin]

I am acquainted, to some degree, with NAIS, I just didn't recognize the acronym.

[OldPossum]

I now filter out any WSJ commentary on the ILLEGAL ALIEN situation

I do too. It's gotten to the point where I can read the lead-off paragraph and I can write the rest of the story/editorial.

For purposes of your blood pressure, it's best to ignore the WSJ's "news" pages and go right to the editorial pages and the features sections. Your time is wasted on their left-leaning "news" stories.

The amazing thing is that those liberals who edit the news stories don't see how they are damaging the paper long-term with their crap.

[OldPossum]

I should add that you should also ignore anything on the editorial page that mentions Mexican labor, undocumented workers, the like. Again, think about your blood pressure.