RFID or radio-frequency identification is a technology using radio waves for communication purposes to exchange data between an electronic tag attached to an object and a reader. These electronic tags may be found within household products, health care products and on a wide variety of credit cards and passports. These RFID chips or “spychips,” as they are commonly referred to, can be read from a distance, without your knowledge. Anyone with the right reader device can access personal information right through your clothes, wallet or purse.

What all this means is that someone could actually walk next to you with a reader and, in a sense, swipe your credit card information without your knowledge. With all we do to protect ourselves from identity theft, crooks have now found a new and simple way to steal from us in what is now being called, “electronic-pickpocketing.”

New products are now available on the market for our protection which block the information sent by the radio waves. These products include: RFID blocking wallets, cell phone bags and sleeves for payment, ID cards and passports. It seems we always need to be watching over our shoulder to see who might be “electronic-pickpocketing” us.

I wonder what these low-lives will think of next!

I’m 63. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce and a
Six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I’ve
Worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in
50-hour weeks, and haven’t called in sick in seven or eight years. I make a
Good salary, but I didn’t inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get
Where I am. Given the economy, there’s no retirement in sight, and I’m
Tired. Very tired.

I’m tired of being told that I have to “spread the wealth” to people who
Don’t have my work ethic. I’m tired of being told the government will take
The money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to
Earn it.

I’m tired of being told that Islam is a “Religion of Peace,” when every day
I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and
Daughters for their family “honor”; of Muslims rioting over some slight
Offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren’t
“believers”; of Muslims burning schools for girls; of Muslims stoning
Teenage rape victims to death for “adultery”; of Muslims mutilating the
Genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur’an and
Shariâ law tells them to.

I’m tired of being told that out of “tolerance for other cultures” we must
Let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and mandrassa Islamic
Schools to preach hate in America and Canada , while no American nor
Canadian group is allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in
Saudi Arabia to teach love and tolerance.

I’m tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global
Warming, which no one is allowed to debate.

I’m tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help
Support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ
Rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses
While they tried to fight it off?

I’m tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers, and politicians of both
Parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes, or youthful
Mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught.
I’m tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I’m real tired of people who don’t take responsibility for their lives and
Actions. I’m tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination
Or big-whatever for their problems.

Yes, I’m damn tired. But I’m also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I’m not
Going to have to see the world these people are making. I’m just really sorry for
My grandchildren.

Editor,
Has America become the land of the special interest and home of the double standard?
Lets see: if we lie to the Congress, it’s a felony and if the Congress lies to us its just politics; if we dislike a black person, we’re racist and if a black dislikes whites, it’s their 1st Amendment right; the government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the victims; in public schools you can teach that homosexuality is OK, but you better not use the word God in the process; you can kill an unborn child, but it’s wrong to execute a mass murderer; we don’t burn books in America, we now rewrite them; we got rid of the communist and socialist threat by renaming them progressives; we are unable to close our border with Mexico, but have no problem protecting the 38th parallel in Korea; if you protest against President Obama’s policies you’re a terrorist, but if you burned an American flag or George Bush in effigy it was your 1st Amendment right.
You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas; we have eliminated all criminals in America, they are now called sick people; we can use a human fetus for medical research, but it wrong to use an animal.
We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don’t want to work; we all support the Constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology; we still have freedom of speech, but only if we are being politically correct; parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games; the land of opportunity is now the lad of hand outs; the similarity between Hurricane Katrina and the gulf oil spill is that neither president did anything to help.
And how do we handle a major crisis today? The government appoints a committee to determine who’s at fault, then threatens them, passes a law, raises our taxes, tells us the problem is solved so they can get back to their re-election campaign.
What has happened to the land of the free and home of the brave?