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April 7, 2006
Claire Wolfe on RFID "education"
Where I couldn't quite do it justice, writer, pundit, and freedom agitator Claire Wolfe eloquently summarized the content of the NY Times "ID Please" curriculum guide below, writing:
WOW. IT JUST GETS SCARIER AND SCARIER. Here's a New York Times lesson plan to teach middle-schoolers and high-schoolers about RFID people-tracking technologies. It begins with students "sharing opinions" about spychipping humans. But notice that from there on, the only "opinions" allowed are entirely pro-RFID. After expressing their presumably glowing endorsements of universal surveillance, our kidlets are asked to spend the rest of their time brainstorming new ways to track themselves -- and the rest of us.
Who comes up with this stuff? And where does the NYT get off calling this propaganda "education"?
If you don't know who Claire is, you should. One of her books "The State vs. The People" (co-authored with JPFO's Aaron Zelman) was so profoundly insightful that I bought a case of them to distribute to others. I highly recommend it and all of Claire's other books to anyone who cares about freedom and the encroaching police state.
-Katherine Albrecht
Posted by Katherine Albrecht at April 7, 2006 5:03 AM
Comments
Wow - I suppose you wouldn't agree with human implants.
I have Parkinson's disease. I will eventually loose the ability to use my limbs and do simple things like turn on a light or enter my security code into my alarm system. Forget about typing and entering passwords.
I am a programmer. I develop software. For the past six months I have developed a complete home automation system that will do everything from controling lighting/heating/security to being able to tell me what's in my pantry and needs to be reordered.
I plan to get an RFID implant in the coming weeks. No, I'm not crazy about this - but it is going to enhance my quality of life 10 fold. Since I will not be able to use keys, getting into my home is going cut from a 4-5 min frustrating ordeal to a 2 second approach my door and push effort.
RFID has already changed my life and it will continue to do so - for the better.
Posted by: Mark at May 2, 2006 10:17 PM