13 July, 2010

One of Several Questions I Have Been Asked Over The Years

The Question is:  How Can I Disappear?

Most of the question can be explained with one word: "Underground."

Begin with advance planning. Start by creating, an unknown to anyone, stockpile of cash. If you have any medical conditions requiring medication, begin a stockpile of that as well.

Lets start with the appearance changes.  Colored contact lenses, hair color, hair length, shave or grow a beard or moustache, clothing style, vehicle change, possibly to motorcycle, as the helmet adds extra protection from identification by pesky video surveillance cameras.  One of the hardest to do, change any identifying habits.

If standard modes of travel are out of the question, meaning you don't own a car, go by bus. Pay cash for the ticket, and use the new assumed name.  Remember though do not be caught on the cameras in the station or on the bus which means doing some of your own surveillance ahead of time so you know where the cameras are located.  The average American is caught 200 (two hundred) times a day on surveillance cameras. 

You'll have to procure new living arrangements, Business cards(instant new ID for identification to people unknown to you).  Then Visas, Passports, Personal ID, Credit Cards, Social Security Card, and Birth/Death Certificate more than likely from various personages outside the law and usually of darker purpose.

Faking one's own disappearance/death can be difficult especially today with all the advances in electronics, forensics, GPS etc... and not to mention dental records.

So unless you want to acidically remove your own finger and footprints, tongue prints and earprints which are also coming into vogue now as identifiers, as well as pulling all of your own teeth (Ow!) you'll have to rely on the criminal underground.

If you have contacts with MI6 or the American CIA or NSA, (unlikely, but not improbable) they will be able to wipe your "record".

Create a "blind" email address, with "fake" name and physical address info, either at a local library or internet cafe.  Only use it there or on a dedicated laptop with programs to block any 'traffic analysis', use anonymous web surfing software and IP address hiding programs.

More options include a prepaid phone, most of which are 'disposable' meaning untraceable.  Drop the credit cards, learn to live off cash and gift type credit cards available at most Wal-Marts.

Another thought would be the world of computer programmers/hackers. They could assist you by infilitrating the mainframes of various governmental agenices e.g. Social Security, Vital Statistics, IRS, Immigration, Homeland Security, et al, although unlikely to be inexpensive.

Legend holds that 7 years is the timeframe to be pronounced legally deceased without a body.

If the need comes along to revive your "old" identity as long as a murder is not involved you'll be fine.  If there is then there is no statute to expire for murder and as far as other crimes go it would depend on the country/county/state and the severity of the crime committed.

Enjoy!

Mad Doc

Remember *Writing is the socially acceptable form of schizophrenia*

Two of my favorite sayings in closing.

1) If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced.

2) "It is the duty of those who CAN see what is going on to expose to those who cannot see, the situation that they are unaware of!"

03 July, 2010

TARP, Jobless Rate, and where is the Bailout for the Regular Guy?

After reading the article on Yahoo!! on 01 Apr., 10 about U.S. Treasury Sec. Timothy Geithner I was reminded of the way I and many others felt when our Gov't started bailing out the financial institutions to the tune of BILLIONS of dollars.

Yet we, the Average Joe got a paltry $250.00. How's that help? It barely would fill a Humvee gas tank.

I make no pretention as to being an Economist, and Heaven help those poor schmucks, but to me it makes more financial sense to let the big institutions and credit bureau's breathe their last, as they failed to do what they were hired and paid to do. That is protect the American public from what happened during the Great Depression. Now that this "Depression" is even greater than that historic one.

The Gov't should have forgiven We The People our debts across the board, which in Biblical times was done after 7 years. This would have immediately improved the economy. Sure it would have killed many banks, credit unions, auto makers/dealers and other businesses worldwide, but at the same time it would have saved many global citizens from illness or death, foreclosure, bankruptcy, and numerous other bills, etc...

This in turn would have ensured that the "Big Guys" would have immediately retuned and rethought their business models and the way they have treated their customers.

Also how is it "good" for our economy to let American businesses take their shops overseas or out of the country where labor is cheaper. Of course then the jobless rate would skyrocket.

Next is, and I know this will rattle some cages, if we cut down on what we import, for example Cars, and we "Buy American" then unemployment will go down and the economy will go up.  How simple can it be?

Now I know it is 'good for business' and Gov't trade negotions to favor certain countries, read Most Favored Nation status, but come on open your eyes Big Gov't.  How do you think we got in this mess?  Simple... by sending our jobs, factories, et al out of the country and allowing other countries to import their goods to us. 

I know we export to them as well and thus that does assist with the economy, but in a disaster of this magnitude we need to be keeping our money, our people, and our jobs in the United States, not exporting them.

Now that the Chinese workers are finally realizing they have been getting a raw deal, http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Companies-brace-for-end-of-apf-2437567795.html?x=0 it is time the U.S. Gov't stops granting foreign companies tax breaks and not to mention other benefits and incentives. Offer those to our homegrown employers to keep their company in the U.S.A.!

Rick Goodwin, a China trade veteran of 22 years, has said, "The new game is to find a way to do the domestic market." Meaning here in the United States.  Let's 'do the domestic market' some good and get those companies back in the United States.

Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" mocked Frisbee company Wham-O for returning half of the production for Frisbee and production for some other products back to the United States.

I say we should praise and reward Wham-O for returning to the U.S. and bringing jobs along with it. Then perhaps other American companies with production overseas would return to their native soil.

How is it that we have relinquished our freedom and liberty to tell those in positions of authority that we don't like the way they are governing.

Thomas Jefferson said, "When the Government fears the People, there is liberty. When the People fear the Government, there is tyranny." Although I also appreciate the quote from Edmund Dantes in V for Vendetta, "People should not fear their government, the government should fear the people."

We The People should be critical of our government because the government is only interested in maintaining its power, which we in turn stupidly grant it.

A foretaste of a future article begins below.

It depends on who has the weapons. As long as we have the 2nd Amendment the government has to be afraid of the people...citizen or subject...a bullet stands in the way.

The reason our Colonies were able to have a successful break from England was because they had the firepower to do so. The balance of weapons and firearms in the United States is equal to or greater than all the combined U.S. Armed Forces.

Those nations who take the firearms from their masses convince their subjects that they will take care of them in their hour of need. They believe it not realizing the reason the government took the firearms was to remove the threat to their authority.

Mad Doc
Remember *Writing is the socially acceptable form of Schizophrenia*



These two of my favorite sayings in closing.
1) If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced.

2) "It is the duty of those who CAN see what is going on to expose to those who cannot see, the situation that they are unaware of!"

Increased Surveillance in the U.S.

This piece was incited by the Yahoo News Article http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100614/ap_on_bi_ge/us_drones_over_america on 14 June about issuing flying rights for a range of pilotless planes to carry out civilian and law-enforcement functions.

Now think about this, the NSA has been performing U.S. Domestic Surveillance on We The People for ages, that was one of its initial responsibilities, see Project Shamrock which was started in the 1950's to monitor international telegram and selected voice communications of American citizens, and Project Minaret which intercepted voice communications of persons of interest to US security organizations of the time, including Malcolm X, Jane Fonda, Joan Baez, and Martin Luther King.

For a number of years, United States Signals Intelligence Directive (USSID) 18 was the policy document governing its interception of the communications of U.S. citizens. This document, which has largely been declassified, may no longer be the primary guidance, as there are controversial claims, by the George W. Bush Administration, of an inherent Presidential authority for warrantless surveillance as part of the national security.

There has been a large-scale and controversial capture and analysis of domestic and international telephone calls, claimed to be targeted against terrorism. It is generally accepted that warrants have not been obtained for this activity, sometimes called Room 641A after a location, in San Francisco, where AT&T provides the NSA access. While very little is known about this system, it may be focused more on the signaling channel and Call detail records than the actual content of conversations.

The SIGINT Satellites are trouble enough, what with being able to be anywhere on the planet in minutes and able to visualize down to the city block level, but it is unknown if those satellites have sound capabilites.

Once the UAV drones are made 'radar invisible' or stealth, the UAV's will be able to see and listen right into our living room or car and gather any 'necessary information.' These pilotless aircraft come in a variety of sizes. Some are as big as a small airliner, others the size of a backpack. The tiniest are small enough to fly through a house window.

Guess what the UAV's can do?...

And if the satellites and UAV's are unable to gather the 'necessary information' then it comes down to the street and building level surveillance cameras.

So now the Alphabet Agencies will now have more information concerning our habits, personal, spending and otherwise.

We can kiss the 1st, 3rd, and, 4th Amendments GOODBYE.

We The People need to push for an update to the 14th Amendment or a specific amendment to protect personal privacy encompasssing our homes, vehicles, personal communications, children, families, et al.

It is bad enough that Florida alone has over 30,000 surveillance cameras, and now the Sunshine State will be adding more "Traffic/Red Light Runner" ones as well.

The average American, That Means YOU, is caught on surveillance cameras across the United States on average 200 (two hundred) times per day.

Think about that. Being watched by "Them" 24 hours a day, while you sleep, eat, shop, shower, drive, and I'll leave the rest to your imagination. Now while some may enjoy being the exhibitionist, others may not and ALL should be interested in guarding their private lives.

Now I am all for security, I served in both the U.S. Navy and Army, but I think Big Brother is getting too big for his breeches.

And any country or state for that matter, that gives up freedom for security is not somewhere I would want to live.

Think About It!


Mad Doc

Remember *Writing is the socially acceptable form of Schizophrenia*



Two of my favorite sayings in closing.

1) If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced.

2) "It is the duty of those who CAN see what is going on to expose to those who cannot see, the situation that they are unaware of!"