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"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." --George Orwell
January's Lowdown
Yes we can manage this country without the corporate priesthood--the cooperative movement shows us how
We're being told by today's High Priests of Conventional Wisdom that everyone and everything in our economic cosmos necessarily revolves around one dazzling star: the corporation. This heavenly institution, the HPCW explain, has such financial and political mass that it is the optimal force for organizing and directing our society's economic affairs, including the terms of employment and production.
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- Merck execs' bailout loot
- One economic factor rising
- Hot peppers and 4-year tacos
- Your right to sue threatened
- Name that school!
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Growing up with your chip
How on earth, wondered a bunch of law-and-order bureaucrats and some electronic nerds, could we get Americans to accept carrying ID that we can track 24/7?
For the kids, that's how! To protect your kids from terrorists, kidnappers, molesters, and you name it, we should electronically track them. Out of love, of course.
Thus, the school district of Spring, Texas, is now issuing radio frequency ID cards to its school kids, so police can track each of them on a computer screen. Did little Jeannie stop off at her friend's house rather than going straight home after school? With her RFID tag, the authorities know where she is. Indeed, authorities in Spring are now considering having the RFIDs implanted under the skin of each child. Then they could track them 24/7.
"It makes me feel kind of like an animal," observed one 15-year-old girl who seems likely to rebel. But younger kids risk growing up thinking this is normal—the new American way.