Yeah, Jon is absolutely hilarious. It’s not for nothing that I link to him so often.

“By significantly lowering the minimum wage below Mexico’s, we could end the immigration problem very quickly.

Some Republican Senators have an even better idea: Abolish the Federal minimum wage altogether. They sponsored a bill that would let states set their own minimum wages below the already inflated Federal minimum wage. This measure would have given states the ability to compete to see who could pay workers less, helping small businesses and attracting new businesses. Some of the poorer states in the South, for example, could set their minimum wages at zero, which would allow family farmers to pay their workers by giving them room and board or scrip instead of cash. They could import workers from places like Africa, where just earning a little food and a roof over their heads would represent a significant improvement in their living standards. The South would finally rise again with this kind of economic stimulus.

Unfortunately, this measure didn’t pass, but 28 Republican Senators voted for it, including potential Presidential candidates John McCain, Sam Brownback and Chuck Hagel, both of the Senators from Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina, and the bill’s sponsor Wayne Allard. These Senators know that if we are going to compete with Third World economies we need to start paying Third World wages.”

Rudi, again thnx.

Privacy in this day and age is a myth.

Conner says even though born-again Christians will be “raptured” from the Earth before the tribulation reign of the anti-Christ, they should resist the use of RFIDs and other Orwellian influences in society. He is urging people everywhere to boycott RFID technology and to oppose its incorporation into schools or other aspects of daily life in America.

Ha!

also: if you truly want to spend more attention to it, let me know.

That would be more than interesting, as is your comment in this comment section by the way.

This worries me bigtime.

Range is apparent, i will include a link and some text about range. On a n ID card the range for a read is 2 to 10 feet. 2 feet isn’t a problem. at 10 feet we are entering the ‘unlawfull warrantless search area’. If the EU is using the RFID I recommend a film bag you use to protect film at the airport. Will block the transmission of info and reading of card.
RFID Range

What is the read range for a typical RFID tag?
The read range of passive tags (tags without batteries) depends on many factors: the frequency of operation, the power of the reader, interference from metal objects or other RF devices. In general, low-frequency tags are read from a foot or less. High frequency tags are read from about three feet and UHF tags are read from 10 to 20 feet. Where longer ranges are needed, such as for tracking railway cars, active tags use batteries to boost read ranges to 300 feet or more. Back to Top

Crosstalk is another problem/issue with the cards. If you want more detail go to Wiki. A simple example is conversations at a crowded party. If you try to listen in on a private conversation across the room, other conversations will jumble or interfer(crosstalk) with your easedropping. You will hear multiple conversations instead of the party your snooping on. With an RFID card, mix in with a large crowd, there is safety in numbers.

For civil libety sake, bar codes and low frequency RFID are the safeest for privacy. But any ID should only include name, rank and serial number. Any other info can be gathered from a database in a police car or at the station after an arrest. With an UHF RFID capable of large storage,(Houston) we have a problem. With long range and large storage, your life history and profile would be available without your knowlege or a warrant.

This ID is coming to the US, Virginia is looking into incorparating RFID in drivers licence. Here’s a link:
Virginia is for RFID

That and trying to find common ground on issues one seems to disagree on

Seriously, though, I believe in finding allies on particular issues, and fighting particular battles rather than the larger, murkier, more generic battles of “left versus right [versus libertarian, I add for Nic's benefit].” Whenever we agree on an issue, we should work together on that issue, even if we disagree on a hundred other issues.

Where have all the civil libertarians gone? From tacking anti-meth Bills onto the PATRIOT Act to tacking on a last minute measure banning online gambling onto a Port Security Bill to laws banning smoking in bars, politicians will say just about anything and sink to just about any measure to run roughshod over our civil liberties.