Meet the Oklahoma “Chippers” and Follow the Money

Here is the story of HB2569 on Scribd below. Follow the money and the story of these capitol offenders in 2010. Meet the "chippers' and ask yourself if you really want people who want to track you like cattle representing you in any capacity whatsoever. "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin (quoted on statue of liberty)

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RFID-Ariz. college to position sensors to check class attendance

Students at Northern Arizona University will have a hard time skipping large classes next fall because of a new attendance monitoring system. The new system will use sensors to detect students’ university identification cards when they enter classrooms, according to NAU spokesperson Tom Bauer. The data will be recorded and available for professors to examine. [...]

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OK-Safe Action Alert: Override Vote Needed May 11th on HB 2569 RFID

The OK House has agreed to vote to override Governor Brad Henry's veto of HB 2569, the bill prohibiting RFID tags in the OK DL/ID cards. This vote was originally set for Wednesday, 5/5/10, but has now been moved to Tuesday, 5/11/10. There is some evidence that the Governor is applying pressure to members of the Democrat caucus not to override his veto on this bill.

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Lieberman not allowing testimony on PASS ID Act

Homeland Security Committee chair Senator Joe Lieberman has apparently determined that dissenting comments are not to be allowed during the committee meeting on S. 1261, the PASS ID Act bill which repeals one part of the controversial REAL ID Act of 2005. As of this writing only two opinions will be heard in committee – Stuart [...]

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Call to Action on PASS Act, S. 1261 – Driver’s Licenses again!

Stop the Real ID Coalition has issued a Call to Action on the Real ID replacement bill known as the PASS Act, S. 1261, by Senator Akaka of Hawaii. The PASS Act is actually a continuation of the controversial Real ID (federal/international standards applied to all states’ driver’s licenses) and is further reaching in its’ [...]

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