This is insane, ridiculous, racist, shameful, Orwellian … I am speechless. And I am shocked that it is broadcast on TV, in fact “being considered” by politicians in Washington:
Scott Silverman, Chairman of the Board of VeriChip Corporation, has proposed implanting the company’s RFID tracking tags in immigrant and guest workers. He made the statement on national television earlier this week.
Silverman was being interviewed on “Fox & Friends.” Responding to the Bush administration’s call to know “who is in our country and why they are here,” he proposed using VeriChip RFID implants to register workers at the border, and then verify their identities in the workplace. He added, “We have talked to many people in Washington about using it….”
Related posts:
- Tracking Chips In Immigrants?
- I am sure the ACLU will approve of this; Proposal to Implant Tracking Chips in Immigrants
- Tracking Immigrants, Discovery Channel Style
- First The Immigrants…
- Tracking Chips In Immigrants?
- Chip Implants for Immigrants?
- Technology Innovation and 1984
Update (11/14/07): Read Sheep at Between the Lines.
Tags: immigration, immigrants, rfid, tracking, animalfarm, policestate, zoliblog
You seem not to have read this part: “In a related story, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe allegedly remarked to visiting U.S. senators Jeff Sessions (Alabama) and Arlen Specter (Pennsylvania) that microchips could be used to track seasonal workers.”
I guess it’s not really racist then, right? Perhaps there’s something else involved.
Zolii – see more at
http://florence20.typepad.com/renaissance/2006/06/technology_inno.html