ID drivel

ID DRIVEL


Normally I’m not a big fan of pointing out numbers and how they are better than a crystal ball, Jean Dixon and the Popcorn Report all rolled into one ( “Ooooh, look! The number twenty six which looked at backwards is 62 which was the year aliens found Hitler in Argentina who was born in August which is the eighth month of the year which is under the star sign Pisces which means riches are right around the corner” [ PS- I don’t know the month Hitler was born, nor the astrological sign of August-I’m just trying to be funny here and if you have to explain it it just isn’t as funny but sure as God made little green apples some damn fool will want to point out my factual improprieties so I better just bring it up now ] ). But sometimes the numbers really want to look like they know what they are talking about. My e-mail address highlights my rabid, fanatical worship of the Lee-Enfield using 303 British ammunition ( jimd303@netzero.com ). And 303 is the exit number off Highway 80 for Elko. And I got hired at a job who’s phone number ends in 3038 ( everyone’s first three digits are pretty much the same ). And I was hired on 08-08-08, which, granted, has nothing to do with 303 but which is pretty cool in and of itself. I doubt anyone cares overly much but I was impressed with it all.

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A commenter made the observation that nobody wants to do manual labor and everybody wants to be a writer. I believe the point was that come the collapse these skills will actually help you. As far as the I’m-lazy-and-want-to-just-type-for-a-living attitude, there is something to that. I think the only reason it is so prominent now is that the no-money-to-enter aspects of the Internet have given false hope to a lot more folks. Before, the gatekeepers were the editors. They might have weeded out a lot of potential roses but mostly they weeded out a lot of weeds. Now the gatekeepers are lack of potential readers ( especially paying ones ). Make no mistake, it is just as hard to make money writing now as it used it be. The only difference is you can try for free ( it used to take a lot of money to mail copies of a manuscript ) nowadays. Anyone can write, and get a few readers. Just as few make money from it as ever have. Granted, in every niche market you will find a few writers cashing in on the advertisers need to get the word out. Those are the lucky ones. Potentially better writers are locked out. And, no, I’m not talking about myself. I never wanted to play the advertiser game. I like to think I’ve made money off my ever so slowly evolving skill ( I could be delusional, granted ). Also, hasn’t our whole economic system devolved towards everybody pretty much doing nothing? If writing wasn’t perceived as an easy road to riches, something else would have come along ( it used to be day trading- now that was hilarious seeing those idiots get a wake up call ).

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I’m not that old and I can still remember the sweet days of yesteryear when different states had different drinking ages. If some damn fool state thought you shouldn’t drink until three years after you got drafted ( at least off-base ) then they lost business to a state next door that figured if you theoretically had enough intelligence to vote you could drink crisp refreshing adult beverages. I mean, come on, look at the idiots behind the wheel on the road. We put complete morons behind several thousand pounds of high velocity potential death machines yet for five years after they start maiming folks they can’t drink. Not that you want to combine the two, just that we should reverse that. You can’t drive until you are twenty-one, but drink all you want. Of course, I also think only property owners should be allowed to vote, so no one listens to me ( and our vote should actual count rather than be meaningless, but that’s another story ). This is the classic “camel’s nose under the tent flap”. We take easy money from the Feds and before you can say “gee, I’m feeling an uncomfortable sensation in my anal region” they have given you a bunch of laws for you to pass or you lose the money. Well, golly, Mr. State, you don’t have to do what we tell you, states rights and all that, but if you don’t do as we “suggest” than no funding for a program we suckered you into by promising matching free funds. So now every state has a drinking age of 21. I’m not saying that is good or bad in and of itself, just that it highlights the coercive tactics of the federal government.

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Here at the food bank, those folks that want to receive services from us have to show ID’s and prove their Social Security number. If you are a mother you need to have those numbers for the kids before you get services for that additional individual. Even infants. Why? Because we get grants from the federal government. So now they can dictate to us pretty much whatever they want. I won’t even tell you the insane bribe per head we get. I might get in trouble and I don’t even pay that much attention to it, being above my pay grade. But believe me, it is enough for any administrator to sit up and beg for more abuse. Do you see where this is leading? You are welcomed into the land of rainbows and glittering unicorns, but only if you play by our masters rules. Not that this should come as any shock. But the sugar just baits the trap. It always starts small and builds up. Today, you can’t get food assistance without a federal control number, even though at the time of its inception it was swore on a stack of bibles that the Social Security number would never be required as an ID. Soon, you won’t be able to get on a plane or step into a federal office without the new RealID card. The one that has all those bells and whistles probably including a traceable radio chip. And if you need several forms of ID to get this new drivers license/ID card, what are you going to use? A birth certificate and a government issued Social Security card ( I might be a bit off there, I’m not sure of the details on the new issue procedures- but I’ll wager it’s a damn good guess ). And that is just the start. Soon, assuming it all holds together, that ID will be required for everything. To include tracking food purchases when stockpiling becomes illegal ( or to keep you from buying too much fat when the national health fiasco starts ).

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A national ID has always been the potential nightmare of freedom fighters. It is already here, but it is being implemented ever so gradually. For those thinking being armed precludes food being used as a weapon, think about the tracking by ID aspects. No one is going to revolt over incremental security steps. That has already been proven over the last ten years. We are already at the point where we willingly give up privacy for a few dangled morsels. The trap is already sprung and we are just waiting to hear the unpleasant details.

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