Posted on 01/28/2009 7:02:38 AM PST by Polarik
Lost among the language of Obama's "Economic Stimulus Package," aka "Welfare for Lobbyists," is a little-discussed provision to demand that every American submit to a government program for electronic medical records without a choice to opt out. The fact that this kicks HIPPA to the curb, not to mention all other right-to-privacy laws, including those under the FOIA, is bad enough. Having your medical records sold by GOOGLE to its advertisers makes this provision unconscionable.
But, WAIT! There's more!"
Towards the end of the article is this nugget:
The Citizens' Council on Health Care has worked to publicize the issue in Minnesota. The group raised opposition when the state Department of Health continued to warehouse DNA without parental consent in violation of the genetic privacy and DNA property rights of parents and children.
Twila Brase, president of CCHC, said at the time the problem is that "researchers already are looking for genes related to violence, crime and different behaviors."
She said, "In England they decided they should have doctors looking for problem children, and have those children reported, and their DNA taken in case they would become criminals."
Sounds like we're going to see a Division of Pre-Crime DNA in jolly old England, or pretty much the plot of the movie, MINORITY REPORT.
In fact, published reports in Britain note that senior police forensics experts believe genetic samples should be studied, because it may be possible to identify potential criminals as young as age 5. What could happen through subsequent programs to address such conditions, she wondered.
"Not all research is great," she said.
All together now,
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It already has. The Bill passed the House despite every Republican voting against it.
The chinese are buying out all the scrap metal collection points up and down the east coast. Chinese already own real estate in your country. Plus aren’t they coming through the “fence” as illegal, hard and fast as the Mexicans? Setting cells up a little early?
ping for later
SS#. I think the mark is to be used for banking purposes, and without it no one will be able to buy or sell, right? And I believe the new passports do have chips embedded - could be wrong about that,though.
My cat has an ID chip implanted in case he gets lost. What’s next?
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