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gardener
Come to think of it, the reason national-compliant driver's licenses function as national ID cards (since all 50 states must meet federal guidelines, not just their own sovereign (cough) ones,in the interim, would be because US government ultimately doesn't want to settle for a card, but rather, a NATIONAL ID CHIP:
edit on 21-10-2013 by gardener because: (no reason given)
MichaelPMaccabee
hounddoghowlie
reply to post by MichaelPMaccabee
read the freaking law, it is a federal mandate. it is done through the states.
This is you telling me to read the law and then posting a portions of a wikipedia article, conveniently leaving out the large swathes of the article highlighting the continued efforts by the state level governments of over 3/4 of the states passing state legislation that simply blocks the RealID Act.
Again, we have no National ID card, and I submit the very nature of the fight against it's implementation as grounds to doubt everyone is getting chipped by 2017.
This is you telling me to read the law and then posting a portions of a wikipedia article, conveniently leaving out the large swathes of the articleconveniently
highlighting the continued efforts by the state level governments of over 3/4 of the states passing state legislation that simply blocks the RealID Act. Again, we have no National ID card, and I submit the very nature of the fight against it's implementation
gardener
Why aren't all states issuing REAL ID, National-compliant Driver's Licenses & DMV State IDS yet? Maybe they're still sovereign or somewhat sovereign, so they haven't given in, to the REAL ID Act, its just an.. ACT, and the DMV's, not federal employees, are handling the issuance.
However, if/when a National ID becomes law, like a Social Security number, it's lawfully required of every citizen to work, bank & subscribe (ie, to gov programs) under. Last I checked, Social Security offices in each state, for example, are under Federal jurisdiction. I just dont see National ID offices being created, since US government can't even stay open continuously any loner. Maybe they'd turn to the US Post Offices for Federally Issued Biometric IDs eventually? Perhaps with phlebotomists on staff, since it would likely be RFID chips being injected as National ID, by then.
Here the United Airlines website, for example states that if a State issued Driver's License is used as ID to travel within US, IT MUST meet REAL ID guidelines or they may be denied boarding. Why would they not simply state that a State issued Driver's License is acceptable?
www.united.com...
MichaelPMaccabee
reply to post by hounddoghowlie
You are comparing apples to Volkswagens.
The Affordable Care Act was passed into law by Congress, signed by the President, challenged and upheld in the Supreme Court, and does not interfere with the Tenth Amendment. Even in states that have opposition to the ACA, it is still mandated, and will be handled by the federal government.
RealID Act was passed into law and is as of yet unchallenged in the Supreme Court. As the Federal Government has not taken the States that have passed Anti-RealID legislation to the SC, their authority on this matter is greatly diminished.
We do not have a National ID.
Bedlam
reply to post by crimvelvet
You DO know that last one you linked is a satire site, right? And that the next to the last one is about 8 years old and was never implemented?
VeriChip Markets Its Implantable RFID Tags and Services Direct to Consumers
...Thus far, about 900 hospitals on the East Coast have agreed to participate in the VeriChip system. These hospitals have received RFID interrogators that can be used to read a patient's embedded VeriChip RFID transponder to automatically access that person's medical records. Of those hospitals, Silverman says, about 200 have completed VeriChip training on using the system, and have been provided access to the VeriMed database, as well as interrogators to scan unconscious or unresponsive patients. At present, 16 South Florida tri-county regional hospitals—including Bethesda Healthcare System, Good Samaritan Medical Center, JFK Medical Center, Jupiter Medical Center and St. Mary's Medical Center—participate in the Health Link system.
The RFID microchip is injected under the surface of a patient's skin, in the rear upper portion of the right arm. If a Health Link member arrives at a hospital's emergency department unconscious, unresponsive or confused, medical personnel can use the Health Link interrogator to retrieve that person's identification number to access his or her personal health record.
Thus far, Silverman says, only about 600 people in the United States have embedded VeriChip transponders. However, the company expects that number to rise as hospital employees gradually make it a standard practice to scan the arms of unresponsive patients being admitted to an emergency room in order to access their identity and medical records immediately....
benrl
MrSpad
My dogs are chipped. Its handy if they get lost so they can check them see where they live but, its not like they can be tracked or anything. You have to take them to a place like the vets that can scan them. Of course they have have no power and so they can not broadcast unless they placed near a scanner and that provides the power. So they do have some limited use.
Im confused, so does that mean you are comfortable being treated like someones possession to be tracked and cataloged at your owners leisure?
Dianec
reply to post by gardener
With this brain initiative where do you see this going? Because he did say it would take sacrifice and cooperation from us..
MrSpad
benrl
MrSpad
My dogs are chipped. Its handy if they get lost so they can check them see where they live but, its not like they can be tracked or anything. You have to take them to a place like the vets that can scan them. Of course they have have no power and so they can not broadcast unless they placed near a scanner and that provides the power. So they do have some limited use.
Im confused, so does that mean you are comfortable being treated like someones possession to be tracked and cataloged at your owners leisure?
If somebody would prefer a chip instead of card or whatever form of ID they already carry then I have no problem with it. My point is its uses are very limited, pretty much to same level as an ID card. They can not broadcast or be tracked so you could not do any nefarious with them, however even their practical uses are limited. Which is why they are pretty much limited to pets who do not carry ID. I expect facial and retinal recognition software will make any attempt to use chips in people passe.
Snarl
MichaelPMaccabee
reply to post by hounddoghowlie
You are comparing apples to Volkswagens.
The Affordable Care Act was passed into law by Congress, signed by the President, challenged and upheld in the Supreme Court, and does not interfere with the Tenth Amendment. Even in states that have opposition to the ACA, it is still mandated, and will be handled by the federal government.
RealID Act was passed into law and is as of yet unchallenged in the Supreme Court. As the Federal Government has not taken the States that have passed Anti-RealID legislation to the SC, their authority on this matter is greatly diminished.
We do not have a National ID.
Sir, please go here and don't forget to leave me a star. YOU may not have a National ID yet, but the ACA will ensure you do.
MountainEnigma
I've NEVER seen a country change so drastically as ours has since Obama entered the WHITE HOUSE!! And NOT for the better either!!
These changes are not good for our country and actually undermine the freedoms that our forefathers fought and died for!! How can Congress just ignore what is happening to our country?!??! We need to vote out all of the current Senate/House/President and vote in one that will fight for our country, not destroy it!!
seeker1963
reply to post by crimvelvet
Your right!
Thus my statement that I must prepare to die!
Too bad that the government will use doctors to push their agenda. But isn't that the norm, they get others to do their nefarious biddings while they sit in their crystal palaces................I just hope that the doctors are smart enough to refuse!
It seems the police have been bought and paid for, will the doctors be willing to suffer the same demise as those corrupt police officers???
5
I don't think so. They aren't conditioned that way.