1 Thanx, Ogre. That was a good read. Lots of good info, but I wonder if the writer had seen this, concerning the RFID chip that will be placed into the national ID cards: http://news.com.com/Federal+report+warns+of+RFID+misuses/2100-7342_3-5723535.html I find this alarming. And THIS, was the absolute best rebuttal I've ever heard to the 'if you have nothing to hide..' argument: "Still, some Americans think that 'if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear'. Were the Founding Fathers criminals trying to protect themselves when they inserted the 4th and 5th amendments into the Bill of Rights? After all, nobody who hasn't done anything wrong needs to worry about being searched or being forced to testify against himself." Thanks again, and thank you for sharing a great read and a very interesting point of view. Also, thank you for the link. I take it as nothing shy of a great compliment every time YOU do that, because I know when you do; agree or disagree, you are respecting my point of view on the subject. Blog ON, friend :-)

2 Indeed, I've seen things that show how bad RFID can be. The law doesn't specifically state they must use RFID, just some sort of electronic id -- they could use stored fingerprints if they wanted to. Then biggest thing, at least to me, is that the government already has all this information at the tip of their fingers -- we're not giving them anything they don't have. You wouldn't believe how many times I refuse to give my SSN to people who don't need it (medical, electric bill, etc), who say, "Fine," then quote it back to me 2 minutes later!