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US Citizen "ID/Smart Card" is Ludicrous

The idea of a smart card is good, but not as an "American Citizen Card".  An "American Visitor/Visa Card" would make much more sense, and it would be used to keep track of non-US citizens.  (The government already knows about its citizens through social security #s, driver's licenses, credit usage, etc.)  There would be a fee for this card to help defray costs of the program, which would be collected at the time it was issued at the port of entry into the US.  Consider this as a port of entry tax.  This card, and full fee (no discount amounts) would be required by all visitors, no matter the age, purpose, etc.

Data on the card would include at least the following facts:

  • name of individual
  • photos (head front, head profile, and full body front)
  • physical description of individual, including height, weight (measurements taken onsite), eye color (with a guideline for the agent to follow in color selection, and training for the agent in recognizing contact lenses), any identifying marks, current hair color
  • fingerprints
  • notation on card what type of sample taken (clipping of hair or other sample for possible future DNA analysis
  • port of entry
  • date and time of entry
  • detailed description of what carrier the individual arrived by
  • arrived solo, or as part of a group - what group?
  • country the individual departed from prior to arriving in US
  • home, including country, district, city, etc.
  • current occupation and previous occupation (especially if currently unemployed) and years in those occupations
  • passport # and all information from passport
  • reason for visit
  • details on past visits to US
  • length and type of US visa granted; visa information, including name & title of agent issuing the visa
  • name & title of agent who prepared this card for the individual

The card would need to be scanned at least once a week - guidelines would be defined and the visitor would be made aware of where "check-in" points were.  It could be scanned by any credit card scanner (software and database, of course, would have to be developed).  An alert would immediately be issued if the card were not used within the required timespan.  Alerts would be issued to all scan sites, as well as designated law enforcement sites.

Visitors should be happy to follow these guidelines in order to enjoy the security they would feel while on US soil as well as the benefits of capitalism and democracy.  They would experience the full freedom granted US citizens only if they chose to take the oath of loyalty to become a US citizen, and had thus learned the fundamentals of what the US is all about.  (CG-10/20/01)

 

Airport Confiscations

Contraband confiscated at the airport, that does not result in the immediate arrest of the individual, should be tagged and returned to the owner if he/she returns to the confiscating airport within 1 month.  If the contraband was taken from a terrorist or criminal, then a great info-gathering opportunity is currently being missed.

Contraband should be tagged, and a matching numbered receipt given to the individual.  Data collected should include:

  • photocopy of driver's license and/or passport
  • photocopy of airline ticket
  • thumbprint (like some banks do)

Gathering this info would go quickly, and would eliminate even more contraband from those "shady" characters who didn't want to be singled out for further investigation.  (CG-11/19/01)

 

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Non US Citizens Benefit

  • Did you know that there are many thousands of non-US-citizens that have entered the US legally, and are now residing outside this country and collecting Social Security benefits, disability benefits, medical benefits (come into the US to have their babies free, etc.), and other benefits?  How many times have you done without, for example, medical attention?  If you are a tax-paying US citizen, you are funding these aliens.

 

LT Col Oliver North (USMC) Ret.

  • An e-mail circulating after 9/11/01 attacks stated that North warned about Usama bin Laden.  The terrorist he referred to was not bin Laden, but was Abu Nidal, backed by the Libyans.  There are other inaccuracies - read his response.  The truth is even more chilling.
  • Visit his Common Sense Radio site.

 

Lt Col Oliver North (USMC) Ret.

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Relevant Fiction

  • The Lion's Game by Nelson DeMille, published Oct/Nov 2000, is about mideast-related terrorism on US soil.  The release date of the movie based on this book has been postponed, due to 9/11 tragedy.

 

The "Di" Connection

  • On August 31, 1997 (Sunday), Diana, Princess of Wales, and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed were in the fatal car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris, France.  Diana, Fayed and the driver, Henri Paulon, were killed.  Riding shotgun, Fayed's bodyguard Trevor Reese Jones survived the wreck.
  • It was rumored that Diana and Fayed, a Muslim, might marry, which was against the wishes of the Royal Family.
  • Diana had just ended a two-year relationship with Pakistani Dr. Haznet Khan.  In May 1997, she went to Pakistan to visit him, apparently hoping to marry him, but the visit resulted in indications the relationship might be over.  Diana then traveled to San Tropez with her sons and visited a Spencer (her family's name) family friend, Mohammad al Fayed.  (Fayed had been refused a British passport.)  He called his 42-yr old son, Dodi, a part-time Hollywood film producer, to join them.  In July, she went back to the Mediterranean, alone, to spend more time with Dodi.
  • Diana's "pet charity" was working with The Halo Trust to remove landmines.  In mid-2002, the organization had cleared over one million mines and bombs.  Halo Trust has mine clearance projects ongoing in Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, the Caucasus (Abkhazia/Georgia), Eritrea, Mozambique, Nagorno Karabakh, Somaliland, and Sri Lanka.  The Halo Trust website is currently hosted by a Demon.net server in London.  9/3/02

 

Diana, Princess of Wales, 1997.
Diana, Princess of Wales, walking an Angolan minefield in 1997.

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Complete changeover to euro in public administration within Monetary Union was 1/1/02

  • There are 15 countries in the European Union (EU):  Austria, Belgium, Denmark*, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden*, and United Kingdom*.  (*not part of Monetary Union)
  • The countries in the European Monetary Union (EMU) share the same currency - the euro.  Currently, 1 euro equals $0.903. (1/02)
  • The "European Union in Your Hand" - includes converters, monetary changeover plan and timeline, info about coins/currency, etc.
  • For more legal information and documents, visit the European Central Bank

 

"Taliban"

  • Did you know that if you spell check the word "Taliban" in MS Word, the suggested correct word is "tailbone"?  With a little research, I discovered Webster's definition of "tailbone" is "The coccyx".  Derived from the Greek word "kokkux", it then became "cuckoo", then "coccyx".  Hmmm, what does "cuckoo" mean?  In Webster's definitions are included "The cry or call of a cuckoo"; "A fool".  It doesn't take a genius to see that when the Taliban speaks, it is the same as the "cry or call of a cuckoo, or fool".  (CG, 10/12/01)

 

The Number "11"

  • Making the e-mail circuit is the message, from an unknown author, about the number "11" in connection to the 9/11 hijackings.  (Thanks, Karen J. of Florida.)  "11" seems to involve the day of terror.  I researched the non-obvious "facts" and found these to be true:
    • Date of attack on the 11th:  11
    • Date of attack 9/11:  9+1+1=11*
    • For this year, a non-leap year, 9/11 is the 254th day of the year:  2+5+4=11
    • 365 days in this year - 254 days = 111 days remaining
    • WTC towers, standing side-by-side looked like number 11
    • The first plane to hit a target was Flt 11
    • There were 92 people onboard Flt 11:  9+2=11
    • There were 65 people onboard Flt 175:  6+5=11
    • Our independence at stake, as 4th of July = 4+7=11
    • "New York City" contains 11 letters
    • "Afghanistan" contains 11 letters
    • "The Pentagon" contains 11 letters
    • My additonal observations about the number "11":
      • There were 44 people onboard Flt 93 and 4 planes hijacked:  44÷4=11
      • The country code for Pakistan, which has many Taliban sympathizers, is 92:  9+2=11
      • *September is the only month that contains the same number of letters as the month that it is.  Adding a "1" for each letter and the 1+1 for the date still = 11.

       

The Number "12"

  • I found the number "12" interesting in relation to defense and the pivotal point for the beginnings of world justice:
    • The passengers onboard Flt 93 prevented it from reaching the intended target:  9+3=12.
    • There were 64 people onboard Flt 77, which is believed not to have reached its intended target, either.  6+4+7+7=24; because 2 sets of numbers were used in this calculation, must divide by 2; therefore, 24÷2=12
    • "United States" = 12 letters
    • "United States of America" has 21 letters, which backwards = 12
    • The country code for Diego Garcia, the first air/land space offered to us for use in the Attack on Terrorism is 246:  2+4+6=12
    • The country code for Afghanistan, where within lies our target, is 93:  9+3=12  ("12" is their unlucky number.)
    • We are using B1 and B2 bombers, which, side by side = B1B2, then remove the like characters = 12
    • This is the year 2001 by our Gregorian calendar, the Islamic year is 1422:  2+1+1+4+2+2=12  (The year of our Lord.)
    • Adding the two years 2001+1422=3423:  3+4+2+3=12  (No matter how you figure it, the US dominates the date game.)
    • The attack date was September 11 by the Gregorian calendar, and by the Islamic calendar Jumada-al-Thani 23:  23-11=12 (the 23 is the first number in the calculation because the act was committed first by those using that calendar)  "Pivotal point for justice"
    • There are 354 days in the Islamic calendar this year:  3+5+4=12
    • "George Bush Jr." contains 12 letter
    • "State of Texas" contains 12 letters
    • Personal trivia:  My last name has 12 letters.  Adding the letters in my first and middle names = 12 also.

 

"11" and "12"

  • Using the two numbers "11" for attack and "12" for justice:  11+12=23 (the 23rd day of Jumada-al-Thani; i.e. the day chosen for evil); and both sides of the equation are numerically equal:  1+1+1+2=2+3 or 5=5.  Reduce by division, resulting in 1=1.  Hmm, apparently this means after reducing the enemy by division, the result will yield 1 as victorious.  The country code for the US is 1.

 

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