|
|
|
|
RACING TOWARDS THE MARK
"And He causeth all, both
small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a
mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no
man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark"
Rev.13:16,17
The End of Privacy?
Geoff Metcalf
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do
nothing," Edmund Burke said. What he didn't say was just what a
persistent, consistent, stubborn cuss evil can be.
There have been numerous attempts to introduce and mandate a national
identification card system. Freedom lovers have fought time and time
again to impede the progress of the controllers. However, it seems no
sooner do we win a skirmish than our would-be masters attack again … and
again, and again, and again.
Like the proverbial bad penny, the national ID beast is back again …
with a vengeance. The U.S. Department of Transportation has published
the proposed "Driver's License/SSN/National Identification Document"
guidelines. This draconian disaster will compel all states to comply
within the next two years. The "Notice of Proposed Rule Making"
establishes the "standard feature" requirements for driver's license
cards and other "identification" documents.
Under the provisions of the last assault on privacy, no later than Oct.
1, 2000 all state driver's licenses must be linked to the social
security number of the individual. State ID cards must also be linked to
social security numbers.
Each individual must submit biometric identification which will be
compiled in a national database. The biometric component of choice
currently is fingerprints, which is already in effect in many states
like California, but retinal scans and DNA prints are also being
considered.
Every driver's license or ID card will be required to include a magnetic
strip, imbedded computer chip which will contain the social security
number information.
All Americans will be required to present this new federally approved ID
whenever you apply for a job. Before being hired you will have to be
checked against the national database. Why? Supposedly to determine if
you are a potential terrorist (which could include membership in a
patriot organization, militia, or publisher or writer of any
"anti-government" newsletter, etc.) You will also need your government
approved ID to travel.
Without the new and improved government ID you will not be able to seek
medical care. Medicare and other state services are already linked to
the social security number. This would be extended to all medical care,
even if you pay for it yourself. You will not be able to enroll your
children in school. Eventually all children will have their very own ID
card, and national databases will maintain their vaccination records,
behavioral problems, and history of drug use, etc.
If you decide to flee your new draconian control beasts, you'll have a
problem. Passports will only be issued to those who already have the
federal approved ID card.
You will not be allowed to work without this new federally mandated
mark. State licensing will be extended to virtually everything, thereby
making it illegal to work without a license--and guess what? You can't
get a license to work without first presenting your federally approved
national ID. Banking? No federal ID, no banking, no check cashing, no
loans.
This is NOT radical right-wing paranoia. Most of the elements of the new
proposed national ID system are already in place NOW. The next step is
for all information to be coordinated and completely accessible to any
and all bureaucrats for their arbitrary and capricious abuse.
The national ID card itself (which you will be required to carry) will
have a magnetic strip (or chip) which is imbedded in it. That means YOU
(when you have your mandated national ID card on your person) could be
tracked wherever you go. Privacy will be an anachronism.
As George Washington observed, "Government is not reason: It is not
eloquence, it is force; like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a
fearful master."
[end of article]
Links to Related Articles:
back to top
|
|
