How Many More Individual Rights Do We Have to Give Up in the Name of National Security?

The recent ad Sheeple vs. the Deviants said what has been permeating through U.S. in silent tension. It is speaking up about people who are afraid to speak up. Who are the deviants really? Is it the freethinkers, the government, or people obsessed with materialism? I smell a rat and I think we all know who it is.

Bush approval ratings went from ninety percent approval just after the events of September 11, and are now at an all time low of twenty-five percent. I know some people are going to be offended at this, but it's hard to ignore the cameras at every intersection in my sleepy town or the fact that the company that invented human micro chipping is located just fifty miles from my home.

It's no longer just a conspiracy theory. People are volunteering to get chipped for the sake of giving doctors access to their medical information in an emergency. Some employers in South Florida are requiring people to get micro chipped for identification purposes to keep their jobs. It bears a strong resemblance to Minority Report where Tom Cruise gets his eyeballs scanned to enter his office building.

The company, Verichip claims that there is no way to track you when you have a chip embedded in your arm. If you get chipped you become "scannable" just like an item at the grocery store. I am not an item at a grocery store, and I don't want anything under my skin, do you? Why are there cameras on every street corner? What is happening to our society? Why do good decent people get the third degree just for buying cold medication?

How many more freedoms are we going to give up in the name of Terrorism? American citizens, naturalized, or born here should not be subject to such scrutiny. I have given up traveling abroad just to avoid the hassle. I fly as little as possible, because it is annoying that I have to prove I am not a terrorist. Doesn't this mean that we are all guilty until proven innocent? Yes, we need to protect against terrorists, but the focus needs to shift back to terrorists and not ordinary law abiding citizens.