Oh yeah, Uh-Huh

[Cagliostro]

Originally posted by Aurora Leigh:
How long before our National ID card is an implanted chip with information on medical conditions/allergies, political and religious affiliations, shopper discount cards, etc.

You would have to put your wrist over the scanner to vote, to buy stuff, to get medical treatment.

Your doctor would be able to access your shopping habits, "What do you mean you have been following your diet for diabetes? You are buying a lot of Twinkies!" When you pass by the Meijer store, they will narrowcast an ad to the radio in your car, "We see you are a Kroger shopper, today only we are giving 25% discounts to shoppers who change their discount affiliation to Meijer!" It will make things more convenient for the trial lawyers to select a jury.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Your sarcasm is probably frightfully close to the truth. [img]eek.gif[/img]

[Dulcinea]

side note to G L: it's not sarcasm, it is an observation of the future - remember the time machine?

And now for something completely obnoxious:
YOU could be in one of Michael Moore's videos

Moore To Have Cameras At Polling Places In Florida, Ohio

POSTED: 10:12 pm EDT October 30, 2004
UPDATED: 11:12 am EST November 1, 2004

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore plans to have hundreds of cameras outside of polling places in Ohio and Florida on Election Day to watch for attempts to suppress voter turnout.

"I'm putting those who intend to suppress the vote on notice: voter intimidation and suppression will not be tolerated," Moore said in a statement.

Moore announced Saturday that a total of 1,200 the professional and nonprofessional cameramen, filmmakers and videographers would be at polling places in the two states, especially in minority communities, his publicist Terri Hardesty said. Moore was in Columbus Saturday night as part of the Slacker Uprising Tour rally.

The director of the anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" Moore planned to spend part of Tuesday in Ohio and part of the day in Florida, Hardesty said.

Polls in both states say the race for president is too close to call. President Bush and Sen. John Kerry and their running mates have made numerous visits to both states that both sides say are crucial to winning the election.

There have been voting problems already in Florida, where 537 votes tipped the state and the presidency to Bush in 2000 following a controversial recount.

In Ohio, there have been an ongoing legal fight this year over the right to challenge voter registrations.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Okay, I call voter intimidation on this one. I shouldn't have to dodge people taking pictures of me in order to vote.