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The latest in the Homeland Security debacle is the federal
government’s usurping of states’ rights. The states
have regulated things like driver’s licenses for years,
and if you read the article in last month’s Oracle 20/20
magazine entitled Your Papers Please, you will soon
realize that this is no more!
Back in the 1970s, I thought that it was the handiest thing
ever to have my social security number (I’ll refer to
it as SS#) the same as my driver’s license number and
have it pre-printed on all my checks to make things easy. This
was voluntary, but we were all informed by the “powers
that be” that this was not a good idea. The practice
of using the SS# on driver’s licenses was declared unsafe
and was discontinued, due to the possibilities of identity
theft.
If you research its history, you will find that this SS#
was never intended to be used as identification. This rule
is found in the original legislation that created the SS Administration.
We are further protected by a stiff fine against anyone who
would try to deprive you of any of your constitutional rights
because you refuse to furnish this SS # to them unless it is
under the authority of the Attorney General. Homeland Security
has changed all that.
An interesting side note to this new mandate: Aliens are
exempt from this legislation. The SS card is quickly becoming
the national I.D. card, which may be compared to the national
I.D. cards of Nazi Germany.
Think that’s something, think about what the futurists
predict next: 1) A uni-card I.D. or driver’s license
with all your banking information, medical records, and credit
file rolled into one card. 2) An implanted computer chip
that would contain all the above information that could be
scanned at the grocery check out or by the state patrol.
One Florida couple has already volunteered and has the chip
in place (your dog or cat may have one already) 3) A retina
scanning device that would be connected to a giant computer
data base which would house all the above information. (I
believe the Christian Bible refers to this as “The
Beast” in the book of revelation.) |
