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The Patriot Page: A Letter to the President

Last night Dr. Katherine Albrecht was the first hour guest on Coast and she brought her usual flash and flair to the show. She is a consumer privacy advocate who is staunchly opposed to R.F.I.D. technology. The problem with Dr. Albrecht is that she, in a similar manner to Glenn Beck and Alex Jones, plays on the fears of the simple minded to make her case. Most discerning individuals could see right through her act, but I am here to help along those of you who cannot.

First, I will start with an obvious example of her straw man type arguments. On the show she mentioned that RFID Chips could be used to identify people with certain characteristics and mark them for destruction by the Government. She cited how Hitler had used characteristics to identify his victims. The problem is obvious for most, but for those who don't get it let me explain. Obviously, Hitler didn't have chips. Hence, these chips obviously were not necessary for him to pull off the biggest genocidal killing spree in history. Yet we are supposed to fight this technology because future "Hitlers" may want to use it as part of their plans, and ignore the fact that they could be very successful in such endeavors without them.

Katherine makes the claim that RFID chips cause cancer in animals. I quote here from her site AntiChips.

The report evaluates eleven articles previously published in toxicology and pathology journals. In six of the articles, between 0.8% and 10.2% of laboratory mice and rats developed malignant tumors around or adjacent to the microchips. Two additional articles reported microchip-related cancer in dogs. See Original Research Articles section below for details.

In almost all cases, the malignant tumors, typically sarcomas, arose at the site of the implants and grew to surround and fully encase the devices. These fast-growing, malignant tumors often led to the death of the afflicted animals. In many cases, the tumors metastasized or spread to other parts of the animals. The implants were unequivocally identified as the cause of the cancers.

The Washington Post has interviewed Scott Silverman, CEO of VeriChip Corp on the topic, and he points out the flaw in this logic.

To date, about 2,000 of the so-called radio frequency identification, or RFID, devices have been implanted in humans worldwide, according to VeriChip Corp. The company, which sees a target market of 45 million Americans for its medical monitoring chips, insists the devices are safe, as does its parent company, Applied Digital Solutions, of Delray Beach, Fla.

"We stand by our implantable products which have been approved by the FDA and/or other U.S. regulatory authorities," Scott Silverman, VeriChip Corp. chairman and chief executive officer, said in a written response to AP questions.

The company was "not aware of any studies that have resulted in malignant tumors in laboratory rats, mice and certainly not dogs or cats," but he added that millions of domestic pets have been implanted with microchips, without reports of significant problems.

"In fact, for more than 15 years we have used our encapsulated glass transponders with FDA approved anti-migration caps and received no complaints regarding malignant tumors caused by our product."

The FDA also stands by its approval of the technology.

But in case a little cancer scare wasn't enough for you, Dr. Albrecht holds the ultimate emotional trump card with "Charlie Brown The Chiuaua", the brave little dog who bled to death in it's owners arms after receiving a chip implant. I'm sure you can follow the natural line of logical progression here, right? Millions of dogs have been chipped. Thousands have been saved from being euthanized at a pound by this chip which helped identify their owners. But we should stop it all, because one procedure went wrong and resulted in a dead dog. I remind you, Katherine has a Doctorate from an Ivy League school. There is no way that makes sense to her, but she is banking on her hopes that you're dumb enough to fall for it.

Much of Dr. Albrecht's case is based on her belief that the chip stands in the natural line of progression towards the mark of the beast. It goes a little something like this. UPC Codes, Credit Cards, RFID Chips, worshiping the beast for a snickers bar. Makes sense to me. So convinced is she that the bar codes are part of the process that she has convinced her publisher to print her new book without a bar code. It will be available in Third World Bookstores everywhere.

This is the kind of ridiculous notion that drives me nuts. The positive benefits of RFID are almost too large to fathom. Imagine a world where you never wait in a cashier line. Where your refrigerator informs your computer that your milk has expired, and it emails your shopping list to the grocery store. A world where you and your neighbor are both watching the same TV show, yet each are seeing different commercials from the other that are marketed to your individual needs. All of these things are technologically right around the corner. Unless, of course, Charlie Brown The Chiuaua mucks the whole thing up for us.

On last nights show, Dr. Albrecht claimed that she had never been called paranoid. I am proud to be the first, so for future reference, good Doctor... you're paranoid!

Last night, a guest on Coast was discussing Edgar Cayce, the alleged American prophet. If you're not familiar with the story, you can google the name and get plenty of info. What caught my attention was a particularly ridiculous episode that had to do with some buried pirates treasure. A similar recounting of the tale can be found here on the web. I quote below.

Edgar Cayce had earlier remarked that “…there are—and have been—treasures, or moneys, jewels, papers and such, that (had) been put in this vicinity.” But he also warned that consideration had to be given as to the underlying reasons these individuals were seeking the treasures. When he was asked how much treasure could be found there, he stated that “it would be worth more than a million….” He also made note of the fact that there were treasures buried in that area by different groups over a considerable span of time. There was even an Indian burial ground located there.

When asked for a more definite description of the location, Edgar Cayce told them that there were four areas of treasure, some as close as 10 feet down, others as deep as 26 feet. But in all cases he kept stressing that the treasures would only be located if the reasons for seeking them were the right ones. Nothing was found in 1931 as the men involved chose not to expend the time or energy on treasures that could not be easily found.

I love it when supposed psychics use this lame excuse for flat out being wrong. Anyone wishing to disprove this nonsensical notion can easily do so, and here is how. All you need is yourself and an evil friend. Unless, of course, you are the evil one, then you will need an innocent friend.

Both of you should head to your local pharmacy to purchase a package of your favorite brand of laxative. One of you will be purchasing it to treat a constipated person. The other will be purchasing the product with the intention of slipping it into the food of an unsuspecting person. You will find that, despite the differing intentions of the two individuals, the pharmacy will either have it in stock, or they will not. Either both will be able to make the purchase, or neither will.

There are many mysteries surrounding the psychic nature. One thing that is not a mystery is the scams, and the silly reasoning that is developed in an attempt to explain them. I'm sure some of his prophecies have come true, and some of his supporters may wish to point them out here. That aside, understand that I can respect a person who makes a claim I do not believe if they can admit when they are wrong. When they ask me to ignore the most basic laws of physics to believe they are right when they are wrong, I consider them to be a fraud.

The whole crop circle phenomenon has been the focus of many paranormal investigators. The com ufo's are somehow leaving these designs in crop fields around the world. This, of course, doesn't pmon explanation isass the old debunker sniff test. If you're gonna travel across millions of light years to do a doughnut in a corn field as an attempt to communicate, one would think the message would be a little clearer. Yet in one case, at least, an inter-planetary skid mark would certainly hold more logic than the actual explanation.

It seems that in Australia, some crop circles may have been created by some wallabies that were high on heroin. It seems that the creatures got into the legaly grown poppy fields in tassmania, chow down, and then hop around in circles till they pass out.

Tasmania Attorney-General Lara Giddings told a budget hearing Wednesday that she had recently read about the kangaroo-like marsupials' antics in a brief on the state's large poppy industry. Tasmania is the world's largest producer of legally grown opium for the pharmaceutical market.

"We have a problem with wallabies entering poppy fields, getting as high as a kite and going around in circles," The Mercury newspaper quoted Giddings as telling the hearing. "Then they crash. We see crop circles in the poppy industry from wallabies that are high."

Calls to Giddings' office were not immediately returned Thursday, and The Associated Press was unable to obtain a copy of the brief she cited.

A manager for one of two Tasmanian companies licensed to take medicinal products from poppy straw told the newspaper that wildlife and livestock — including deer and sheep — that eat the poppies are known to "act weird."

"There have been many stories about sheep that have eaten some of the poppies after harvesting and they all walk around in circles," Tasmanian Alkaloids field operations manager Rick Rockliff said.

Others in the local poppy industry could not be reached for comment.

Tasmania supplies about 50 percent of the world's raw material for morphine and related opiates. About 500 farmers grow the crop on 49,420 acres (20,000 hectares) of land.

On rare occasion, I am forced to say I was wrong, and this is one of them. Not that I had ever debunked the notiont that it was high wallabies. It's just that I would have mocked anyone that suggested it. Yet here is the proof. Little green men? No. High wallabies. Case closed.

In the first hour of last night's show, George Noory had special guest Dean Warsing on to talk about UFO Hunting with 3rd Gen night vision goggles. Dean talked about all the great pictures he has of the UFO's he has seen using this method, like this one from his website.

Now I know what you're thinking. Even a tough skeptic like myself can't find anything in the universe that might be other than a UFO, right? Sure, some irrational jerk out there might try to dismiss it as... oh, I don't know... stars, or something, but we all know better, right?

Yes, even I have a hard time debunking that classic capture, but this next one I find to be a little bit easier. It is reported to be a real life picture of one of them there gray aliens. But take a closer look. Yea, that's right. It is actually Sinead O'Connor.

Seriously, guys. I think the most damaging thing to this guys whole case was when he talked about the "UFO's" he saw flying in a "V" formation. Remember, he was using night vision glasses which pick up a heat source and transmit it as light. Am I supposed to believe there is no way this is a flock of birds? Get real. As the guest pointed out, these goggles make your remote control look like a flashlight. And that brings a whole new interesting light to one of his stories.

He spoke of a beam of light shooting out from one object and apparently hitting another. Perhaps it was God himself kicked back on the recliner changing the channel on his Universal Plasma Screen?

The operating theory, of course, is that he witnessed an interstellar battle between two hostile alien ships. Which makes sense. After all, if we had this technology and wanted to duke it out with another civilization that also had it, the best place to do it would be over the home planet of a race we were trying to hide ourselves from.

I have to give this guest 5 stars for imagination, and -5 for common sense. Keep up the good work, though. We can never have enough people laying on their back looking up at the sky with night vision goggles on. Of course, if you would like to join him, buy your goggles from me so I can make a buck off of your pastime.