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Recipient: Cary Jeffries
Sender: Doug B.
Received On: 04/2910
Subject: Gov't Control Over Your Automobile? It's Coming???
Government Control Over Your Automobile? It's Coming???
The DRONES never stop working. Pan
It's 2020.
Sara was late for work. The alarm clock didn't alarm, the kids were unusually
slow getting ready for school, and nothing went right. She finally got to her
car - a brand new 2020 Chevy Adventure.. She touched the finger-print secured
start button. Nothing. It wouldn't start. She touched it again. Nothing.
Furious, she banged the steering wheel with her fist. Then she noticed the
paper hanging from the receipt printer on the dash. It says...
"Your designated Visa account rejected your Road Use Tax in the amount of
$87.32 for the month of June, 2020. You must insert a valid account card to
activate your automobile."
It's coming. With a $16 million grant from the federal government, the
University of Iowa is developing a Global Positioning Satellite system that
can measure the mileage, apply a variable tax rate that will increase during
rush hours and in high-traffic areas, calculate the total, charge a designated
account card, and shut down your automobile if unpaid when due. Some 2,700
automobiles in five states will be used in the test.
The system has been under development for more than a decade. The concept was
proven in a similar, but smaller test in Oregon two years ago. The new tax
system is being designed to replace the outdated by-the-gallon tax. Government
mandated higher-mileage requirements result in less tax revenue for all
governments. Hybrid and all-electric cars contribute little or nothing to road
tax revenues.
The new by-the-mile tax system will give government much more than a new tax
collection mechanism; it will give government much greater control over
everyone.
The new GM - Government Motors - can install this new system in all of its
vehicles. All that's needed is an instruction from the car czar. Automakers
that have not yet been taken over by the government can be required to install
the system quite easily, by regulation or legislation. With such a system in
every vehicle, the government can have virtual control over the population.
Purchase of a vehicle will give the government a database containing the
name and residence location of every automobile owner. Since the system has
the ability to record and track the geographic location of the vehicle at
every moment of the day or night - only for the purpose of applying the
correct tax rate, of course - government ca n know where your vehicle is at
any moment.
Frightened yet? This is not hocus-pocus conspiracy-theory nonsense. The
National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission has
unanimously endorsed the scheme. A past president of the Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials says several states have considered not
waiting for the federal government and will implement this system within their
states. It is on the horizon and currently targeted for implementation by
2020.
This system will give the government the power to know your every
movement. Where does the Constitution authorize the government to exercise
this power? How does the exercise of this power square with the Constitution's
Fourth Amendment guarantee of a right to privacy? Does anybody care?
Privacy concerns have kept the project out of the public spotlight, but
not out of the lab. As the project matures, there will be the obligatory
lip-service to "prohibiting" the government from using the
capability to invade individual privacy. "Assurances" will be
mouthed, from both the administration and the Congress, that the rights of
individuals will be protected. And the program will move forward.
Imagine this scenario: a police station in your city gets a silent alarm
that a bank robbery is in progress at the corner of 4th Avenue and Main
Street. The chief radios the regional Road Tax Monitoring Center, and
immediately, every vehicle in the vicinity, including yours, is disabled. The
police arrive at the scene to find the robbers sitting in their vehicle
banging on the steering wheel of an automobile that won't start. The press
lauds this wonderful new technology; you loathe the new technology that
prevented you from getting your severely injured child to the hospital before
she died.
Now imagine this scenario: a detective knocks on your door and says,
"Your vehicle was parked on Monroe Avenue Saturday evening between 10:32
and 11:15 pm. Why?" "It's none of your business," you protest.
You are informed that there was a crime committed in the neighborhood
and until you can explain why you were there, you are a suspect. You are in
the position of having to prove your innocence rather than the state having to
prove your guilt.
There is no end to the mischief that government can impose upon the
people with this system. Government could control when and where people go
simply by adjusting the tax rate. Government could force people to use public
transportation by adjusting the tax rate. Government could deactivate vehicles
as a form of punishment for unpaid speeding or parking tickets. Government
could easily dictate the type of vehicle you drive, simply by adjusting the
tax rate on your vehicle.
Those who think these scenarios are far-fetched have not been watching
what the federal government has been doing, especially since the Progressives
have taken control of Washington. It's going to take more than tea parties to
prevent this "change" that is being imposed. It's going to take a
determined electorate that throws the bums out!
Remember - We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
from: Cheri Hopkins
Recipient: Cary Jeffries
Sender: Doug B.
Received On: 04/14/10
Subject: Getting Old Sucks
Getting Old Sucks
Jacob, age 92, and Rebecca, age
89, living in Miami, are all excited about their decision to get
married. They go for a stroll to discuss the wedding, and on the way
they pass a drugstore ... Jacob suggests they go in.
Jacob addresses the man behind the
counter: "Are you the owner?"
The pharmacist answers,
"Yes."
Jacob: "We're about to get
married. Do you sell heart medication?"
Pharmacist: "Of course, we do."
Jacob: "How about medicine for
circulation?"
Pharmacist: "All kinds."
Jacob: "Medicine for
rheumatism?"
Pharmacist: "Definitely."
Jacob: "How about
suppositories?"
Pharmacist: "You bet!"
Jacob: "Medicine for memory
problems, arthritis and Alzheimer's?"
Pharmacist: "Yes, a large variety.
The works."
Jacob: "What about vitamins,
sleeping pills, Geritol, antidotes for Parkinson's disease?"
Pharmacist: "Absolutely."
Jacob: "Everything for heartburn and
indigestion?"
Pharmacist: "We sure do."
Jacob: "You sell wheelchairs and
walkers and canes?"
Pharmacist: "All speeds and
sizes."
Jacob: "Adult diapers?"
Pharmacist: "Sure."
Jacob: "We'd like to use this store
for our Bridal Registry."
Recipient: Cary Jeffries
Sender: Doug B.
Received On: 04/07/10
Subject: Bar Codes
With
all the food and pet products that are now coming from China,
you
may want to make sure you read labels at the grocery store and
especially
Walmart when buying food products.
Many
products no longer show where they were made,
only give where the distributor
is located.
It
is important to read the bar code to track it's origin.
How
to read Bar Codes ... interesting!
GREAT WAY
TO "BUY
USA & CANADA ? AND
NOT FROM CHINA!!
This
may be useful to know when grocery shopping, if it's a concern to you.
A
lot of people in the world are
afraid of China-made
"black
hearted goods".
Can
you differentiate which one is made in
Taiwan or China ?
If
the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690, 691 or 692, the
product
is MADE
IN CHINA.
471 is
Made in Taiwan.
This
is our right to know, but the
government and related
departments
never educate the public, therefore,
we have
to
RESCUE ourselves.
Nowadays,
Chinese businessmen know that
consumers
do
not prefer products "MADE
IN CHINA ", so
they don't
show from
which country it is made.
However,
you may now refer to the barcode,
remember if
the
first 3 digits are:
690-692 .. then
it is MADE IN CHINA .
00 - 09 ...
USA & CANADA
30 - 37 ...
FRANCE
40 - 44 ...
GERMANY
47 ...
Taiwan
49 ... JAPAN
50 ...
UK
BUY USA &
CANADIAN MADE by
watching
for
"0"
at the beginning of the number.
Recipient: Cary Jeffries
Sender: Doug B.
Received On: 04/05/10
Subject: A Mother's Love
Caution!
This may bring tears.
Normally
I don't send or forward a lot of these, but even by my
standards, it was a bit touching.
I
want all of my friends to feel what I felt when I read
it. I hope it touches your heart like it did
mine.
This
is so beautiful!
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A
little boy says to his mother, "Mommy, how come I'm black and
you're white?"
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mother replied, "Barack, don't even go there! From what I can
remember about that party, you're
lucky you don't bark!" |
Kind
of gets you right "THERE" doesn't it?
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