Georgians to be saved from illicit microchip implants
State Sen. Chip Rogers, R-Woodstock
Somebody alerted me to this bill last week, but I have to admit that I didn’t take it seriously at the time.
However, the visionaries at the Georgia General Assembly sure did.
The Senate voted Thursday to protect Georgians from evildoers, covert corporations and rogue doctors, seen and unseen, with the passage of a bill that would make it illegal to implant a microchip into someone without their permission.
The bill, ironically sponsored by Sen. Chip Pearson (R-Dawsonville) and Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, would make it a misdemeanor to implant someone against their will with a microchip, sensor, transmitter or other tracking device. The Senate passed the bill 47-2.
Pearson said that he knows of no case in Georgia where someone has been involuntarily microchipped. He added that during his preliminary meetings on the bill, no one came to complain about it, and he has heard of no conspiracy plots or theories to put implants in massive amounts of Georgians….
“I have no firsthand knowledge of anything,” Pearson said. “I am simply trying to get ahead of this and protect the people. We don’t know what is going to happen.”
State Sen. Chip Pearson, R-Dawsonville
The two Chips, Pearson and Rogers, were also the leading sponsors of last year’s infamous Senate Resolution 632, the whacked-out legislation that claimed Georgia had the right to nullify federal law; that the only crimes the federal government could prosecute were treason, piracy and slavery; and that if Congress, the president or federal courts take any action that exceeds their constitutional powers, the Constitution is rendered null and void and the United States of America is officially disbanded.
These guys aren’t crazy backbenchers. They are leaders — crazy leaders — in the Georgia Senate. As an aside, I would also think that if anybody implanted a microchip in someone else’s body without their permission, they would be guilty of crimes far more serious than a little misdemeanor.
Of course, that’s logical kind of thinking, while this is … something else.
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Scooter
February 4th, 2010
6:26 pm
First?
Ridgerunner
February 4th, 2010
6:27 pm
But how are they going to find me if I get lost ?
However, I think planting a bullet in someone’s body without their permission is more serious but this microchip thing is going a little to far.
But wait until PETA hears about this …………. animals will be next (must have their permission).
Scooter
February 4th, 2010
6:28 pm
Dang, where is everyone? Boycot?
Granny Godzilla
February 4th, 2010
6:28 pm
Sometimes you need to just kick back and have a jack and coke.
Tonight I’ll drink my in 2010 sips.
Jenifer
February 4th, 2010
6:31 pm
I was very relieved to read this today. I had really been sweating it out.
Granny Godzilla
February 4th, 2010
6:32 pm
Ridgerunner
If PETA does such a stoooopid thing, you and I can co-author a blog post that’ll blister their backends.
N-GA
February 4th, 2010
6:32 pm
Jay….Are you referring to the 2 “micro”-Chips in the Georgia Legislature?
Scooter
February 4th, 2010
6:33 pm
I think those guys have seen too many spy movies. Whew!
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
6:34 pm
Oh, my! 47-2 sounds like sheer lunacy is bi-partisan in Georgia, but, well, better safe than sorry, eh?
“As an aside, I would also think that if anybody implanted a microchip in someone else’s body without their permission, they would be guilty of crimes far more serious than a little misdemeanor.”
An aside, h*ll, that jumped out and grabbed me by the you-know-whats and twisted…OY!
N-GA
February 4th, 2010
6:35 pm
Jay….I would rather talk about Saxby’s comments concerning DADT. He’s trying to express the views of serving soldiers (that they would be opposed to serving with gays), yet he (Saxby) strenuously avoided military service and probably wouldn’t know his way around a mess hall. In fact, he would most likely qualify as PLO (Permanent Latrine Orderly).
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
6:35 pm
Scooter–
I’ve been downstairs defending Baptists. Life is full of ironies.
RW-(the original)
February 4th, 2010
6:36 pm
Maybe they want this listed in some future edition of Dumb Laws on the off chance that the old dumb laws are ever repealed. What jumps out at me is that if that linked story is supposed to be straight news it points to a much larger problem with the AJC. It seems to be presented as straight news, but it reads just like an editorial.
Jenifer
February 4th, 2010
6:36 pm
These two would be welcome additions to a cow chip throwing contest.
Ridgerunner
February 4th, 2010
6:39 pm
josef:
John was a Baptist !
Granny Godzilla:
PETA has done “stoooopidder” things than that.
N-GA
February 4th, 2010
6:39 pm
C’mon RW….you view the AJC’s reporting as a “… a much larger problem …”? Typical and not surprising that you don’t consider politicians spending taxpayer dollars on utterly ridiculous legislation to be a small problem.
Kamchak
February 4th, 2010
6:40 pm
Jay
So that’s how you read our posts while we’re typing them.
N-GA
February 4th, 2010
6:40 pm
RW…my phrasing was flawed, but you know what I meant.
Scooter
February 4th, 2010
6:41 pm
Well josef, this is a new thread so you can defend the “Chips Ahoy”
Jenifer
February 4th, 2010
6:41 pm
Heck, if this is the best they can do, what do we need them for? Seriously.
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
6:42 pm
“These two would be welcome additions to a cow chip throwing contest.”
Which two? The two who voted AGAINST it? There 47 of the village idiots there, good to see we can reach across the aisle.
And, Jay, please, please, please let us know who the two who voted against it are. I might even be convinced to change my opinion that they’re all scumbags…
Ridgerunner
February 4th, 2010
6:42 pm
Kamchak:
He can look at us too !! Sometimes I make faces at him.
Hillbilly Deluxe
February 4th, 2010
6:43 pm
I’m not sure this one even deserves a comment.
Josef
Thanks for the kind words downstairs.
Jenifer
February 4th, 2010
6:43 pm
Saxby thinks gays cause tattoos.
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
6:43 pm
Scooter–
But, do they have their Chippies on the side?
elmers glue
February 4th, 2010
6:44 pm
“So that’s how you read our posts while we’re typing them.”
Kamchak, notice how NIF hasn’t returned to the blog since he/she made that ludicrous comment?
Jay…you watching me as I type?
Hillbilly Deluxe
February 4th, 2010
6:45 pm
And, Jay, please, please, please let us know who the two who voted against it are. I might even be convinced to change my opinion that they’re all scumbags…
Or maybe those two have big chip makers in their districts.
TnGelding
February 4th, 2010
6:46 pm
Chips off the same block? Surely this was meant to be a joke originally.
Jay
February 4th, 2010
6:46 pm
Josef, the two “no” votes are identified at the bottom of that story:
“This is a solution in search of a problem,” said Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta), one of only two senators to vote against it, along with Sen. Ronald Ramsey (D-Decatur). “We are spending our precious time — with a billion-and-a-half-dollar deficit — with something that is not a problem.”
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
6:46 pm
Hillbilly–
I did mean them….
It may not “deserve” a comment, but how can you resist?
K’chak–
Oh, no! Jay’s Big Brother in drag!
DoggoneGA
February 4th, 2010
6:46 pm
“Kamchak, notice how NIF hasn’t returned to the blog since he/she made that ludicrous comment?”
Don’t know about Kamchak…but I’ve noticed!
Jenifer
February 4th, 2010
6:46 pm
These two would NEVER make the Chippendales revue.
Jay
February 4th, 2010
6:47 pm
Elmers, I’m not merely watching you as you type. I am instructing you WHAT to type.
Jenifer
February 4th, 2010
6:48 pm
““This is a solution in search of a problem,” said Sen. Vincent Fort (D-Atlanta), one of only two senators to vote against it, along with Sen. Ronald Ramsey (D-Decatur). “We are spending our precious time — with a billion-and-a-half-dollar deficit — with something that is not a problem.””
Hear! Hear!
Kamchak
February 4th, 2010
6:49 pm
Kamchak, notice how NIF hasn’t returned to the blog since he/she made that ludicrous comment?
He did a couple of drop-ins to reiterate his warnings
jt
February 4th, 2010
6:49 pm
Micro-chips , the size of a grain of rice,
can be implanted for easy access to your entire medical record. They currently exist.
This would save tremendous amounts of money.
It is no great step to see this be “mandated” along with insurance payments by our benevolent government.
Thanks to both Chips.
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
6:51 pm
JAY — Gotcha!
I think I’ll put Sens. Fort and Ramsey on my campaign contribution list… “a solution looking for a problem…” That’s a good one… These two are my new “heroes” insofar as those willing to swim against the tide….
DoggoneGA
February 4th, 2010
6:54 pm
“Thanks to both Chips”
Hate to bust your conspiracy bubble…but microchips can be implanted without our permission, but not without your knowledge. A “grain of rice” is bigger than you think, and the implant point HURTS. If you think you’ve been chipped, your local vet can scan the spot and tell if you have. Then you can go to a doctor and get it removed.
And the chip doesn’t give access to your medical records. All it has on it is a number, nothing else. Anyone who gets that number would still have to know which database it refers to, and then have to get a login and password to that specific database.
Paul
February 4th, 2010
6:55 pm
See what happens when grown men call themselves by names like “Chip”? Or “Scooter”? I see a pattern beginning to emerge -
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
6:56 pm
“Elmers, I’m not merely watching you as you type. I am instructing you WHAT to type.”
Also sprach Zarathustra?
Paul
February 4th, 2010
6:56 pm
josef
“A solution looking for a problem”?!!?
Off hand, I’d say the two Chippeys are a problem looking for a solution -
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
6:57 pm
PAUL–
That was mean!
Paul
February 4th, 2010
6:59 pm
josef nix
You’re saying Jay represents the next leap in mankind’s evolution? And this blog is the symbol, like the bone or the obelisk?
Paul
February 4th, 2010
7:00 pm
josef
I never intend anything as mean. Warped, bent, a bit perverted…. sure! But never mean!
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
7:00 pm
PAUL
@ 6:56
What “two?” There’s 47 of ‘em…!
That 6:57 was in reference to your “Chip/Scooter” comment..
Scooter
February 4th, 2010
7:01 pm
Watch it elmers!!!! Jay is fixin ta take a Chipshot!
Paul
February 4th, 2010
7:04 pm
josef
Just observing the beginning of a pattern, is all.
The two were the sponsors, but you’ve a fine point about the coattail riders -
josef nix
February 4th, 2010
7:07 pm
PAUL–
@ 6:59
“I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I’ve still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you.”
Dave? Dave?
And, no, I know you’re not mean…warped and twisted, by all means!
elmers glue
February 4th, 2010
7:07 pm
Josef,
I know, I have the weirdest feelings as my fingers fly over the keyboard, and I’m typing, but they aren’t my words there Jay’s
Please someone help me!
Scooter
February 4th, 2010
7:10 pm
Did someone just take a Chipshot at me? Wait till we get to the green. I’m gona putt you!
Rightwing Troll
February 4th, 2010
7:11 pm
They can already plant blog posts on people’s laptops… and watch you while you post to libural blogs…
I’m just sayin’…