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Your Papers, Citizen
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Your Papers, Citizen
By Mama Sierra
Published 05. 13. 02 at 21:51 Sierra Time
I received this letter today, and it sent a chill down my spine like no other. I knew about it, I understood the implications of this long ago, but it is a long road from an intellectual understanding to the gut reaction when faced with immediate reality.
We are doing it to ourselves. We have allowed, even encouraged this for so many years that it is our own fault. We have sold our liberty for convenience, and our sovereign independence for the myth that we can be protected from ourselves and others by laws and governments.
Read it and weep. Then decide what you are going to do about it - now, today, for real.
Today, I was refused medical treatment on a routine office visit because I do not have, and could not provide, a photo ID.
My appointment, which had been scheduled for six weeks in advance, was with a Dermatologist. When I arrived at the office the attendant asked me to fill out the necessary forms and submit a photo ID. I told her I would be paying with cash and there would be no need to file with any insurance company. I then asked why a photo ID needed. I was told that it was office policy. When I explained that I do not have a photo ID, the office manager said the doctor would not provide the requested service unless I submitted a photo ID. I left without treatment.
I'm sending this out primarily for the benefit of those readers who still don't understand the far-reaching implications of President Bush's Homeland Security initiative which includes proposed federal standards for nationalized driver's licenses incorporating biometric identification linked to personal data and other identifying information stored on an imbedded microchip.
Some people still have the false notion that they can simply "erase" the chip or render it inoperable to avoid undesirable consequences. To those, I would say that a simpler solution would be to just throw the card away altogether. The result will be the same: You will be denied access to, and use of all goods, services and rights dependent upon possession and display of the "voluntary" IDs.
I was denied renewal of my driver's license due to my religious objections with regard to mandatory submission of a social security number. I subsequently filed suit and we are currently awaiting reply from the Alabama Supreme Court on our Petition for Certiorari in that matter. (The state will not issue a "non-driver" photo ID to anyone eligible for a driver's license, and they demand an SSN from applicants for non-driver IDs anyway. So that is not an option.)
If sufficient numbers of people do not begin now to object to universal demands for submission of state-issued IDs as a condition for services, there will soon come a time when all activity will necessitate possession of some form of chip-imbedded ID, and there will be no viable opportunity for objection.
c 2002 SierraTimes.com
http://www.sierratimes.com/02/05/14/arms051402.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
By Mama Sierra
Published 05. 13. 02 at 21:51 Sierra Time
I received this letter today, and it sent a chill down my spine like no other. I knew about it, I understood the implications of this long ago, but it is a long road from an intellectual understanding to the gut reaction when faced with immediate reality.
We are doing it to ourselves. We have allowed, even encouraged this for so many years that it is our own fault. We have sold our liberty for convenience, and our sovereign independence for the myth that we can be protected from ourselves and others by laws and governments.
Read it and weep. Then decide what you are going to do about it - now, today, for real.
Today, I was refused medical treatment on a routine office visit because I do not have, and could not provide, a photo ID.
My appointment, which had been scheduled for six weeks in advance, was with a Dermatologist. When I arrived at the office the attendant asked me to fill out the necessary forms and submit a photo ID. I told her I would be paying with cash and there would be no need to file with any insurance company. I then asked why a photo ID needed. I was told that it was office policy. When I explained that I do not have a photo ID, the office manager said the doctor would not provide the requested service unless I submitted a photo ID. I left without treatment.
I'm sending this out primarily for the benefit of those readers who still don't understand the far-reaching implications of President Bush's Homeland Security initiative which includes proposed federal standards for nationalized driver's licenses incorporating biometric identification linked to personal data and other identifying information stored on an imbedded microchip.
Some people still have the false notion that they can simply "erase" the chip or render it inoperable to avoid undesirable consequences. To those, I would say that a simpler solution would be to just throw the card away altogether. The result will be the same: You will be denied access to, and use of all goods, services and rights dependent upon possession and display of the "voluntary" IDs.
I was denied renewal of my driver's license due to my religious objections with regard to mandatory submission of a social security number. I subsequently filed suit and we are currently awaiting reply from the Alabama Supreme Court on our Petition for Certiorari in that matter. (The state will not issue a "non-driver" photo ID to anyone eligible for a driver's license, and they demand an SSN from applicants for non-driver IDs anyway. So that is not an option.)
If sufficient numbers of people do not begin now to object to universal demands for submission of state-issued IDs as a condition for services, there will soon come a time when all activity will necessitate possession of some form of chip-imbedded ID, and there will be no viable opportunity for objection.
c 2002 SierraTimes.com
http://www.sierratimes.com/02/05/14/arms051402.htm
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Comments
The problem is- how do I work and feed kids, get medical attention to them, and do all the things needed in life without submitting to certain things as this. Go for it!
WE already have the mark on us, its called Social Security Number..
LR
Like any other technology, it must be the people who monitor and choose wise uses of it. Apparently, the majority don't mind, up until now. There are some identifiers I don't mind being associated with. An American Passport, for example, feels pretty darn good when you're out of the country. Let try to figure out which identifiers to be proud of (like my NRA Life Membership card) and which are problematic before we jump to conclusions. Yes, I worked for a company that made ID cards for driver licenses, welfare departments and security purposes for several years, and I've been exposed to all the current technologies. Some of it, honest people need not fear. Those who believe American freedom means flaunting the law will be the most nervous right now.
If we truly hate the criminal element of our society, we have to be careful about being too outraged by things like picture IDs, which are, after all, designed to catch the buggers who stole our wallets, sometimes.
- Life NRA Member
If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Meaning, the Mark will not be an intangible item like an SSN, but will most likely end up being a biometric chip implanted into the body, as mentioned earlier in this thread. The chip will be easily visible on the body, signifying one's devotion to the "system" (Lucifer, Morning Star, Satan: Whatever you want to call him).
Also, you must make a conscious descision to accept the Mark. It can not be given to you against your will. By making the choice, you determine your allegiance during Armegeddon, End Days, Tribulation, etc. Take the Mark and you're Lucifer's. Enjoy the heat. Refuse the mark, die as a martyr, and be accepted into the kingdom of Heaven (Assuming you're also right with the Man).
As the SSN is chosen for you (I.E. You're basically born with it when your parents sign you up for the program as an infant), it cannot be the Mark.
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