Another Sign of the Times??

Or as I would say, reason number #432 to homeschool.


You know how you can "chip" your pets...(put a microchip in them so if they get lost they will get returned) well, some school systems are chipping their CHILDREN! I kid you not. I was certainly shocked to hear this.


Veronica Vijil, who is the principal of a middle school in Spring, Texas, supports putting a microchip in student ID badges. "It's a wonderful asset," she says. Schools are using these microchips for "count" day, when the federal government decides how much money a school will get according to how many students they have. These badges will also be used to track students and find out their whereabouts if they are not in class, or absent from school.


Whatever happened to a note from mom?


Now this is a statement that may never, ever come out of my mouth again: I actually agree with the ACLU on this one. What about hackers? What about identity theft? What about child predators? Do these people think these ID badges can't get hacked? The government has people who work for them trying to hack into their security to keep it strong. You don't think there are ANY other hackers out there with abilities like that? I guarantee there are.

Recently, a district in California used federal stimulus money to buy identification tags for PRESCHOOL children. Are you kidding me? (source, Prophesy News Watch)


Number one. There is NO ONE on this planet that needs to track my 4 year old but ME, thankyouverymuch. Number two. The fact that the federal government gave them MONEY for this creeps me out! Some stalker is NOT getting his hands on my child because he or she can hack into the identification system monitoring my child. Unbelievable.

Do you travel outside of the county? Check this out: "The US passport is about to go electronic, with a tiny microchip embedded in its cover. Along with digitized pictures, holograms, security ink, and "ghost" photos - all security features added since 2002 - the chip is the latest outpost in the battle to outwit tamperers. But it's also one that worries privacy advocates.

The RFID (radio frequency identification) chip in each passport will contain the same personal data as now appear on the inside pages - name, date of birth, place of birth, issuing office - and a digitized version of the photo. But the 64K chip will be read remotely. And there's the rub." By Susan Llewelyn Leach Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Is anyone else concerned with this trend? Will we soon ALL have to have some kind of chip? Some bar code so we can get jobs? Food? Shelter? Medical help? I am NOT a paranoid person. I have heard people flip out about privacy on the web, privacy here or there. Basically, if you have a cell phone, and Internet account from anything, a credit card, bank account, or any combination of the above, you don't have any privacy. The government can already find out whatever they want to find out about. But this is just different. This is infringement on our rights as plain as can be.

The thing that scares me is all the other psychos out there that can hack in these radio frequency remote readers. So just something to keep your eyes on folks. Big Brother is definitely watching, and now he wants to start tracking! I won't even chip my dog. It's just not normal. That's what the little bone-shaped tags are for.

Here's an idea. If the government is so adamant about spending OUR money, why not chip sex offenders and terrorists and repeat criminals? Wouldn't it make more sense to know where THESE people are? And don't talk to me about their rights. A man who comes into this country with the sole intent of murdering our citizens...he doesn't have any rights. That's a load of crap. Technology is out there folks. Why don't we make it as advantageous as possible?

Even though I do know my four year old can pack quite a wallop...I'm sure I can handle it for a few more years.