"Marriages Made In Hell"

by Edward Langenback

© 05/18/04

The next step in the continuing slide into wholesale moral bankruptcy is here as same sex couples are married. I honestly can't say which is worse, the fact that homosexuality is considered 'ok' by enough people that this whole same sex marriage mess would even be possible, or the idea that those 'weddings' would be legally sanctioned and recognized by any government.


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Same-Sex Couples Marry in Massachusetts
May 17, 11:27 PM (ET)

BOSTON (AP) - Elated and in some cases incredulous at making history, gays and lesbians by the dozens exchanged vows and were pronounced "partners for life" Monday as Massachusetts became the first state to let same-sex couples marry.

The nuptials ranged from quick city-hall ceremonies to ornate weddings in downtown Boston churches, complete with champagne and fancy cakes. Among the touches: matching orange bow ties, rainbow flags and confetti, the Boston Gay Men's Chorus singing "Marry Us," and a special rendition of "Here Come the Brides."

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RFID tracking systems are showing up in more and more places being used to track more things and people. Almost always there are several apparent benefits that honestly are sometimes hard to argue against. The problem is that with each benefit, there are pitfalls, more and more our privacy is being chipped away. (pun intended)

This item is enough to make any Christian's hair stand on end....

Can you say "Mark of the Beast?"

... I knew you could!

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Tracking Junior With a Microchip
By Julia Scheeres
02:00 AM Oct. 10, 2003 PT



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If it's not enough to track people, let's track the things they own.

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RFID Keeps Track of Seniors
By Mark Baard
02:00 AM Mar. 19, 2004 PT




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Take a look around you sometime. Small, inexpensive digital cameras are watching all sorts of places, and these pictures are available on the web to anyone who wants to look. If you think you're being watched, you probably are.

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Spying on the Silent Spies
Larry Jacobs, ABCNEWS

Ever get the feeling that you're being watched? Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University say you shouldn't be surprised at that sinking suspicion.

Professor Latonya Sweeney of the university's School of Computer Science in Pittsburgh, says that tiny, inexpensive digital cameras are keeping silent watches at about 10,000 or more public places in the U.S.

What's more, many of these cameras -- located at street corners, parks, bars, beaches, and so -- are sharing what they digitally capture with anyone online.

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Big Brother Is Watching
How Patriot Act Search Warrants Can Affect All of Us Online

By Lance Ulanoff
PC Magazine

March 18-- A recent Associated Press article about the FBI raiding an Ohio-based chat host company's offices and confiscating its servers sent a chill up my spine.



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FBI adds to wiretap wish list
Last modified: March 12, 2004, 1:05 PM PST
By Declan McCullagh and Ben Charny
Staff Writer, CNET News.com




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What the goverment doesn't know about you, they can probably find out from the folks at ChoicePoint...

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By Shane Harris
Watching people on behalf of Uncle Sam.

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As you move through life, you leave traces of yourself that never disappear. You register a car, apply for insurance, apply for a job, get a blood test, open a bank or credit card account, buy a home, move into an apartment, get arrested, get paroled, buy a boat, file a tax return, get married, get divorced, have a baby, get a library card. These movements leave marks in the form of records. A record might be a seemingly innocuous bit of information you wrote on a form - your phone number, date of birth, where you went to college - or a more telling nugget you surrendered to a customer survey, like why you bought that 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee, or why you take trips to Ireland.

ChoicePoint and other collectors scoop up these pieces of information and preserve them electronically. They buy the data - sometimes from each other - or obtain it from public sources, such as court and property records. Then, when their customers ask, ChoicePoint blends the pieces into a picture of you. Where you've lived. The cars you drive. The people you know - neighbors, school friends, ex-spouses. The more records, the bigger the picture. ChoicePoint owns an astounding 19 billion records, about 65 times as many pieces of information as there are people in the United States. As a result, ChoicePoint knows more about most people than the federal government does.

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