September 12, 2013 
Department of Moving Vehicles?
Every now and then, the news is so blatantly effed I feel a need to address it. No, not “address” like a residence where your yearly, car registration is sent—but address, like talk. Talk about the latest Big Brother stranglehold innovation to come down the pike. Or maybe turnpike is a better term, since the California State Senate approved a bill (SB – 806) this week giving the go ahead to create the first electronic license plate.
Part of a pilot program projected to be completed by 2017, as much as 5 percent of registered vehicles in California could find a boot near the boot this very year. What are the advantages? Extra postage stamps, of course! The DMV claims it would save @ 20 million in revenue spent on sending out car registration renewal by implementing this system, though why they didn’t simply extend the period of a car registration from 1 to 2 years is more mysterious. In my mind, that would have also saved the same amount of ducats and avoided this drastic, costly measure, but then, I’m just an idiot consumer.
The computerized plates are able to receive updates about your car over a mobile, data network in real-time, so the likelihood of witnessing the plates on the driver in front of you flashing: STOLEN or EXPIRED is a pending and very real text message. Goodness knows, computers are infallible just like their programmers (NOT!) but even more worrisome than this instant and possibly incorrect designation, is the GPS device with which all these license plates are outfitted. Sure, my congressman assures me my driving itinerary is of no interest to the government, and will only be readily available to the company producing the plates, but I have trouble believing the slimy so-and-so. Fool me twice, shame on me—you can bet if Big Brother wants to know my whereabouts; or even my “been-abouts”, the company to whom this information is relayed will sell me down the river click-of-a-cursor quick. Flush me out like it was their patriotic doody, and while you might argue that as long as my conduct is above-board there’s nothing to fear, I would argue that our rights are so compromised at this juncture in history as to be wrongs.
It is wrong to use facial recognition video cameras without our knowledge, it is wrong to photograph every corner and intersection of a given town, it is wrong that newborn babies’ DNA is routinely stored, and it is wrong that facebook is in compliance with government in terms of releasing arbitrary records of activities…I could go on and on, but the truth is, no one knows the extent to which we are now a nation under surveillance. The door opened by the Patriot Act is off its hinges. From digital trails in the cyber world, to phone taps, to monitored outings in the real world, I say enough. Enough of your Nosy Parker, we’ll-lock-you-up-and-throw-away-the-key—games. It’s only a matter of time before car thieves target these pricey bumper additions as a bigger pay-out than car stereos, but the ultimate price for losing this game of musical cars is still higher. It’s my business where I go, and my business alone. Selling your car is an option, of course, but what’s next?
Micro-chipped Nikes?
Charron's Chatter 
Wow – hadn’t heard about this. It seems incredibly intrusive to me. ARen’t there better things we can spend our money on (rhetorically posed)? Bizarre and yes, effed up.
so rhetorically posed…as we know there is certainly some other stupidity just waiting in the wings. It defies belief what our tax dollars are spent on–but this particular brand of dumb seems targeted for our foreheads. It is beyond invasive–I cannot believe it is even in an infancy stage.
Oh, my ~~ California is soooooooooooo progressive in a regressive sort of way.
I think you mean: aggressive…;)
I need your clothes, your boots and your bike. Oh wait, that’s the mayor that left.
Give me your car if you want to live. Oops wrong guy again
I’ll be Bach. damn.
Anyway, I think big brother should be Terminated
He’s giving me a Noogie! A Wet Willie…AND a Noogie! Bastid…;)
At the same time? He needs a kneecap in the noggin
In his Noogin…;)
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I want you to look at this video. It will change you and its been happening since 2001. check this out.
This video is part one, and there’s 2 and 3.
wow. Crammed all together like that–a typical day in the life of–it’s even worse than I thought! Great videe (in a sense) Link me up to 2?
also–what struck me as particularly chilling in its truth, was the fella’s remark that information is only used against the people from whom it’s garnered–and not for…
Good morning
have you read the love Joshy, very informative your pages come back.
Have a good day.
Sincerely Andrea
Well I wish I could say I’m surprised Karen but between living in the marketing world for a handful of years and doing a variety of research for both government and companies you could see this one coming, also, I read a ton of sci-fi and this was predicted many years ago. It-is-very-scary-stuff!!!
and the microchip will be embedded in US!
It is VERY scary because information is ammunition often, and it never matters…until it does!! and then it does….and the MIB come out…
Hopefully–Will Smith is still that…;)
Hey I have more trust in the Aliens! LOL
haha…because they are named AL…iens? hoh hoh hoh!!
