Posts Tagged ‘limited government’
The Martial Law Mind-Set
The Martial Law Mind-Set by William Norman Grigg (LewRockwell.com)
While Archimedes is rightly revered for his many imperishable contributions to science, he could also be considered the first recorded victim of lethal police brutality.
A native of Syracuse, Archimedes did his considerable best in the doomed but worthy effort to repel Roman invaders. Following the conquest, Roman soldiers were dispatched to “pacify” the restive streets of the newly conquered city.
One afternoon, so the story goes, Archimedes was sitting inoffensively at the side of a street drawing geometric equations in the sand when some mouth-breather in Roman military garb trod heedlessly on the improvised tablet, ruining the elderly scientist’s calculations.
By this time, the venerable physicist was in his ninth decade, and he saw no point in enduring this act of thoughtless vandalism by an armored imbecile to pass without protest.
“Please don’t disturb my circles,” Archimedes insisted in what was probably a direct but polite tone of voice.
Like law enforcement officers who would follow in his footsteps – albeit in jackboots rather than sandals – the Roman soldier took offense that a mere civilian, and an elderly one at that, would demand deference from someone wearing the uniform and insignia of authority.
If the technology had been available, the Roman quite likely would have given Archimedes a “ride on the Taser.” Instead, the thug withdrew his sword and summarily killed him.
Much more in the must read article.
I have talked about my experiences with the Security at the Ferry system here in Virginia on this blog previously. I am sure some might have thought I was being silly for my concerns about this, until they read this article that is. Thanks Will Grigg for sharing in a great article the same real concerns I have had about all of this and couldn’t put it into words properly. You sure did!
Dog bleeds to death from ID chipping
Dog bleeds to death from ID chipping
‘This technology is supposedly so great until it’s your animal that dies’
A couple in California, required by law to have their dog implanted with a microchip in order to take him camping, swallowed their objections … and watched their Chihuahua named Charlie Brown bleed to death from the procedure.
The law REQUIRES LA residents to have their pets chipped! REQUIRES! Not only do they require your pets be chipped; but if you are found to have a pet that has not been chipped, the first offense is $250 fine, if you are caught again without a chipped pet, you could spend 6 MONTHS in JAIL AND up to $1000 fine!
And little Charlie Brown isn’t the first pet to die at the hands of this crap!
A few years back, Léon was another victim of these microchips being pushed on pets.
In April 2004, Léon was diagnosed with a fibrosarcoma (cancer) at the site of his microchip implant. This location (dorsal neck/interscapular area) is also commonly used to vaccinate dogs, cats and other animals.
As a result of Léon’s vaccine and/or microchip-induced fibrosarcoma, I started asking a few questions. Those questions led to more questions. And those questions led to many frightening and disheartening answers which revealed that Léon’s health problems were man-made. The answers also revealed that the pharmaceutical companies, medical community and those who are meant to protect us are fully aware of these problems, yet blindly and recklessly steer us down the same misguided and ill-fated path.
There are some great quotes that Jean put on the Léon’s website and these are just two:
“I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
James Madison
“Léon’s story is not just about Léon. Léon’s story is about all of us and what we must learn from his story so that future tragedies are prevented.”
Jeanne
Website writer
These are not the only issues with these microchips. Here you can find some other info on issues with them.
If you think that this is just a simply a way for pet owners to keep an eye on their pets or get them back if lost, think again.
Katherine Albrecht, the author of Spychips, and founder of CASPIAN (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering) shares with the world the dangers of these spychips.
Albrecht, Katherine.”Supermarket Cards: The Tip of the Retail Surveillance Iceberg.” Denver University Law Review, Summer 2002, Volume 79, Issue 4, pp. 534-539 and 558-565.
As if that wasn’t bad enough,
Consider the following statements by John Stermer, Senior Vice President of eBusiness Market Development at ACNielsen:
“[After bar codes] [t]he next ‘big thing’ [was] [f]requent shopper cards. While these did a better job of linking consumers and their purchases, loyalty cards were severely limited…consider the usage, consumer demographic, psychographic and economic blind spots of tracking data…. [S]omething more integrated and holistic was needed to provide a ubiquitous understanding of on- and off-line consumer purchase behavior, attitudes and product usage. The answer: RFID (radio frequency identification) technology…. In an industry first, RFID enables the linking of all this product information with a specific consumer identified by key demographic and psychographic markers….Where once we collected purchase information, now we can correlate multiple points of consumer product purchase with consumption specifics such as the how, when and who of product use.” 32
Thank you Katherine for what you do!
Find out more about Charlie Brown and what happened to him in Katherine Albrecht’s February 3, 2009 interview Charlie Brown’s Lori Ginsberg on the Katherine Albrecht Radio Show Archives at her website and find out more info and see some additional pictures of Charlie Brown here under the Press section of Katherine’s site.
Here’s a direct link to the February 3, 2009 show:
Download Hour 1
Download Hour 2
Listen as streaming MP3
More great shows by Katherine Albrecht here.
This is much bigger than a few devastated pet owners (which is horrible in itself if you have ever lost a pet) … they are careful to only show the positive on these microchips to pet owners, and eventually maybe even your children, or other family members. There have already been jobs in security that require chipping.
Even Wikipedia acknowledges that RFID (Radio-frequency identification) microchipping is being used in humans. And here’s a company that does such implantation and on their site:
“My wife had triple bypass surgery. If she’s brought to the hospital, I want to make sure they have the information they need to take care of her. The RFID MicroChip is that technology. We both feel comfort knowing her medical information is always with her.” – Craig W.
What about Alzheimer’s patients being chipped, and people placed in Nursing Homes. What’s next, microchipping children for their own safety (from 2007 – remember this one)?:
Last month’s ‘appeal’ to identify technologies that could prevent child abduction has moved forward rapidly
Or maybe babies, when they are born?
Get even more information about human chipping at AntiChips.com where Dr. Robert Bnenezra, Director Cancer Biology Genetics Program Memorial Sloan-Ketterin Cancer Center is quoted:
There’s no way in the world, having read this information, that I would have one of those chips implanted in my skin, or in one of my family members. Given the preliminary data, it looks to me that there’s definitely cause for concern.
Here’s a reworked old quote that surely seems very appropriate today:
When Verichip micro-chipped the Alzheimer patients I remained silent I was not an Alzheimer patient
When Verichip micro-chipped the Diabetic and AIDS patients I remained silent; I was not an AIDS patient nor a Diabetic
When Verichip micro-chipped the Military I did not speak out; I was not in the Military
When Verichip came for the activists I remained silent; I was not an Activist
When they came to microchip me , there was no one left to speak out
WeThePeopleWillNotBeChipped.com
Verichip Waiver “Patient…is fully aware of any risks, complications, risks of loss, damage of any nature, and injury that may be associated with this registration. Patient waives all claims and releases any liability arising from this registration and acknowledges that no warranties of any kind have been made or will be made with respect to this registration. ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, HOWEVER ARISING, WHETHER BY OPERATION OF LAW OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MECHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE EXCLUDED AND WAIVED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COMPANY BE LIABLE TO PATIENT FOR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING LOST INCOME OR SAVINGS) ARISING FROM ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THEIR POSSIBILITY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH DAMAGES ARE SOUGHT BASED ON BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY.”
MUCH more on the page.
IBM RFID commercial- Shopping in the Future as a Chipped Human (YouTube video)
Sounds nice and easy? Yeah, well, just think about what else can be tracked with such a device in a surveillance state.
The Sleeper must awaken.
Auto Execs Fly Corporate Jets to D.C., Tin Cups in Hand
Auto Execs Fly Corporate Jets to D.C., Tin Cups in Hand (WashingtonPost)
There are 24 daily nonstop flights from Detroit to the Washington area. Richard Wagoner, Alan Mulally and Robert Nardelli probably should have taken one of them.
Instead, the chief executives of the Big Three automakers opted to fly their company jets to the capital for their hearings this week before the Senate and House — an ill-timed display of corporate excess for a trio of executives begging for an additional $25 billion from the public trough this week.
“There’s a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying into Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands,” Rep. Gary L. Ackerman (D-N.Y.) advised the pampered executives at a hearing yesterday. “It’s almost like seeing a guy show up at the soup kitchen in high-hat and tuxedo. . . . I mean, couldn’t you all have downgraded to first class or jet-pooled or something to get here?”
What a load of horse hockey!
If they didn’t need to fly coach, or ride Greyhound, why do they need our tax money to bail them out?! When most of us can’t afford to fly coach much less ride Greyhound half way across the country? Most of us couldn’t even afford to DRIVE OURSELVES half way across the country.
I am so disgusted, I could just puke.
The Moral Hazard of Regulation
The Moral Hazard of Regulation
By Congressman Ron Paul
Since the bailout bill passed, I have been frequently disturbed to hear “experts” wrongly blaming the free market for our recent economic problems and calling for more regulation. In fact, further regulation can only make things worse.
It is important to understand that regulators are not omniscient. It is not feasible for them to anticipate every possible thing that could go wrong with whatever industry or activity they are regulating. They are making their best guesses when formulating rules. It is often difficult for those being regulated to understand the many complex rules they are expected to follow. Very wealthy corporations hire attorneys who may discover a myriad of loopholes to exploit and render the spirit of the regulations null and void. For this reason, heavy regulation favors big business against those small businesses who cannot afford high-priced attorneys.
This is a must read.
Thought for Today: October 18, 2008
Thought for Today: October 18, 2008
The Preamble of the United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States of America
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Read each piece of the preamble. It was so profoundly written. Each piece, each section of it invokes liberty and freedom. This is our heritage that would be despots are trying to take from us.
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despot Definition
des·pot (des′pət)
noun1. Archaic a title meaning “master,” applied to certain classes of rulers, as Byzantine emperors or bishops of the Greek church
2. an absolute ruler; king with unlimited powers; autocrat
3. anyone in charge who acts like a tyrant
Ron Paul: A New Hope
Dr. Ron Paul cured my apathy. Great line in the following video … one of many.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
