Posted on 04/02/2005 7:09:49 PM PST by Founding Father
Hmmmm..!
The cards issued during the test of the registered traveler program were smart cards, they had to be inserted in a reader. Then the reader compared either fingerprints or iris scans to the data on the card. I wonder if they are looking at something different now.
fond-thoughts-of-Costa-Rica alert.
Lemme get this straight, racial profiling of potential terrorists is wrong, but putting a Lojak on every citizen is okay. Is it me or does it seem as though the DoHS is smoking the crack from the DoJ evidence locker?
Smoking the crack of political correctness, to be sure.
I know it's going to take me several years to get used to carrying another card in my billfold. Maybe I never will.
for those who refuse to carry the card, you will not be able to buy even food or water and since the precedent has been set that it is not inhumane to deny such...
turn out the lights...
teeman
Many of us are already being tracked. If you are a totally benign citizen, don't worry. But if you are in say, international sales, to places like Jakarta, Macao, Hong Kong, etc, you can bet you are being watched and tracked. And not just by the US..
These people are so full of bs. It's just another way to trap us and make a lot of money doing it.
The author would do well to read up on the technology...
This is somewhat misleading. The tag is passive. It only "echoes" its ID when queried.
The Book of Revelation.
Yep.
Some wag once put tags "Big Brother is watching YOU!' on proximity sensors on autoflushing urinals. I always thought it was appropriate.
Probably the same crack that killed Rock Hudson. They can't see the light because their heads are impacted there.
Exactly. These devices CANNOT store information about fingerprints and things of that nature. They return an ID code. It is true a person could listen for your ID with a scanner, however, without access to the DHS database... it would do no good. I personally like the idea. I'm one for privacy and all, however coming and going of this country is not something that should be taken lightly. We NEED to fix the border problems, some of which include the time it takes to get back into the States, as well as holes along the border.
Founding Father wrote:
" and I, for one, got nothin' to hide so take away all my rights! "
I don't want to take away all your rights, just your paychecks! /sarc
Two words: slippery slope
Travel record/Week of: 04-1 thru 04-7 2005
Beer store
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Work
Beer store
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Betty Joes House of Massage Therapy and Sports Bar
Beer Store
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Sons ball game
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Home all weekend
COMMENTS: Subject has continued this itinerary for over 36 months. Only diviation tried new beer store
not owned by Middle Easterner during Shock and AWE.
Seen drinking from Freerepublic coffee mug. Recomend Phone tap.
Kinda makes one think of Mark of the Beast, don't it?
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