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Posted: May 02 2004,10:32

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--- John Bernay wrote:
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 05:135 -0800 (PST)
From: John Bernay
Subject: Homeless/Jewish Extermination: then & now
To: finalsolution@yahoo.groups.com,
freighttraindomain@yahoo.groups.com

Hi John,
It was funny to receive your e-mail just as I am at work on a book about anti-Semitism (though I'm writing about anti-Semitism on the left). I do believe you are right that there is a connection between homelessness and Nazi genocide. Someone once showed me a translation of a speech by Goering, I think it was, in which he touted the first concentration camp as a jobs program in much the same way that prisons bring jobs to American communities now. Someone called in to one of the marathons and said that the first rationale for why the camps were "needed" was to house homeless people, but I have not seen any documentation of that with my own eyes. In any case, my brother has been diagnosed as schizophrenic. I don't think he's as coherant as you seem to be, but I'm
not a big believer in labels either. It's just a shame when you can't talk to someone you
love, no matter what the diagnosis.
Good luck in your travels and your research.

Nobody

(Here is REVIEW of Mr. Nobody's Book= I CALL THESE LEFT WING JEW HATERS: NAZIS with VEGITARIAN MANNERS! Wasn't A. HITLER a VEGITARIAN??

The Growing Menace of Left Wing Anti-Semitism is the kind of CD you
will want to share. You will be shocked to learn the history of
treachery perpetrated against the Jews by the liberal left, including
Jewish leftists! Jeremy Weir Alderson offers an inside look into the
reasons the left works so hard to discredit Israel, ignoring and even
distorting the liberal values of many of its policies.

To get your copy, click here.

ABOUT

JEREMY WEIR ALDERSON:
Jeremy Weir Alderson was a lifelong leftist until his growing concern
and disgust with left-wing anti-Semitism caused him to publicly
renounce his connection to the left. During the Vietnam War he was a
conscientious objector. He has written for Dissent, The
Progressive,Mother Jones, Covert Action Quarterly, The Columbia
Journalism Review, Parents Magazine, Harper's Bazaar and more. He
produced "The Nobody Show --Your Unabashed Voice of the Left and Left
Out" on a NPR and Pacifica affiliate, which was a controversial
success. Mr. Alderson's liberal ideals and dedication to pursuing
universal human rights and equality are inspirational, especially in
today's politically correct climate that often stifles the rights of
select groups. Mr. Alderson exposes double standards, and decries
moral relativism. Mr. Alderson's passion for truth compelling,
fearless, and even life-changing. To find out more about booking Jeremy
Weir Alderson e-mail crs@meetnet.org. ]

John Bernay wrote:
Well, that was the Email that Zach Dryden in Arkansas sent me...so it must have been heard in Arkansas.
He still hasn't answered my quirey as to what show, what station, etc. I saw in a short google search you were going to( or has) done the MARATHON from TORONTO.(?) well, I was homeless in Toronto- 2000, I loved Toronto.
I have to get on the road- just got $90.00
Gasoline Vouchers from St. Vincent dePaul here
(phoenix) to get to Springfield, Missouri (where I
have work waiting.) $90.00 will not get me 400 miles,
BUT it's a HELP!
I still maintain, adamantly with absolute
certitude, based upon study of TORAH, HISTORY &
HUMAN
BEHAVIOUR ...the GENOCIDE of the HOMELESS/HOBOES
and other "useless eaters" shall be a REAL PART of the
"War on Terrorism," under Geo. W. Bush. After all
HE (Bush-Geo.Bush, )
is A BLOODLINE NAZI, his Grandfather, PRESCOTT BUSH,
was indited for TRADING WITH THE ENEMY in 1943 or 4,
BUSH was a MAJOR FACILITATOR in MONEY LAUNDRYING
for the Nazi Regiem. Henry Ford, Standard Oil, FDR
among others took ACTIVE MONETARY ROLES in the
Holocaust, FDR dragged his feet on D-Day until his cohersion caused the first ATOMIC BOMB to be created, by
JEWISH SCIENTISTS, Albert Einstien, et al: they SOUGHT TO SAVE OUR PEOPLE( Beth Israel!, but Truman USED it on "non-whites:" to wit: the Japaneese. 6,000,000 million Jews COULD HAVE BEEN SAVED had ROOSEVELT not wanted "the Manhatten project" finished. He would HAVE HIS WAY ...damn the collaterial damage, full speed ahead." The POINT? The Anti-Semite mind can NOT flinch
at GENOCIDE, and YOU can see the HATRED now DIRECTED against the POOR, HOMELESS, and RailRoad Riders.
WE, the PITIFULLY IMPROVISHED POOR will be used to
GEAR UP & SMOOTH OUT THE SYSTEM of DEATH CAMPS (FEMA) already in existance & CALLED FOR in the GLOBAL 2000
REPORT, in
Rio, 1989, SIGNED by JIMMY CARTER then president of
USA. Calling for ELIMINATION of USELESS EATERS to the
tune of 80% of World Population, BY 2035.
Yahweh has GIVEN ME this OFFICE & raison d'ete
for LIVING. To spread this MONSTERIOUS REALITY. Every> now & then I find ASSONANCE, I find RECEPTIVE EARS and ENLIGHTENED EYES. Usually I am called bad names, or worse, a fool. (God shall judge such) BUT MY
BELIEFS were HONED by Dr. John Hirshburg.MD a
Psychiatrist, MY Rebbe, a SURVIVOUR of the CAMPS. HE HELPED ME
OVERCOME the STIGMA of "schizophrenia." He called
diagnostic labels "bullshit."
Gotta go, Shalom. John


UPDATE FROM THE FIELD
Homeless Marathon Sends Message from the Cold
The Seventh Annual Homelessness Marathon will take to the airwaves for 14 hours of talk and information about homelessness starting at 7 pm EST on February 12. Originating from Cleveland, OH, the Marathon will be broadcast on stations around the country and on the web until 9 am EST on February 13.

The brainchild and continuing project of Jeremy Weir Alderson, a radio show host known as “Nobody,” the Homelessness Marathon has crisscrossed the country since its inception. The first Marathon was broadcast from Geneva, NY, in 1998. Since then, Marathons have been broadcast from Philadelphia; Champaign, IL; Cambridge, MA; Portland, OR; and Portland, ME. The participating stations have grown from seven for the Philadelphia broadcast to approximately 80 stations this year. A parallel Canadian marathon will be heard on 30 stations in that country, with an hour of joint broadcast with the American show.

The Marathon has some trademark elements that have carried through from year to year. It is broadcast from out of doors, during the winter, to emphasize the experience of people without homes. The Marathon is a national call-in show with a toll-free number. There are no financial solicitations during the broadcast, the show is offered free of charge to non-commercial radio stations around the country, and the organizers are all volunteers.

The hosts of the Marathon, including Mr. Alderson, are joined over the course of the broadcast by several cohosts. This year, cohosts will include Cheri Honkala of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, Donald Whitehead of the National Coalition for the Homeless, and Walter Schmid, a social welfare activist in Switzerland. There will be a discussion of NIMYBism with Rebecca Troth of National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, and Sister Donna Hawk, who runs a transitional housing program. In addition, the Marathon will include panel discussions with homeless veterans and with homeless mothers from the Cleveland area.

Mr. Alderson says he began the Marathon out of personal concern about homelessness and the belief that the American people want to see the problem solved. “I really think we have to change the entire way we look at the issue of homelessness,” he said. “We are not asking for enough, because we need tens of billions of dollars. After 20 years of cuts and people sleeping on the street, we should realize that the situation is unacceptable and we need to take a different approach.”

For more information: Jeremy Weir Alderson, 877-NOBODY-8 (662-6398), radio@lightlink.com, www.homelessnessmarathon.org.

Acclaim for the
Homelessness Marathon
A FEW WORDS ABOUT PAST HOMELESSNESS MARATHONS
2nd Annual (1999) • 3rd Annual (2000) • 4th Annual (2001) • 5th Annual (2002) • 6th Annual (2003) • 7th Annual (2004)
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE 7th ANNUAL (2004) HOMELESSNESS MARATHON
broadcast from Cleveland, Ohio

"I really enjoyed your marathon. It kept me awake all through the night, not because I was afraid the sound would cut off and I'd have dead air but because you had so much great information and interviews set-up on this issue of homelessness. I wondered how you were going to fill 14 hours but it turned out there are so many connections to other things you could have probably gone another 14. What you put together is greatly appreciated and so important."
Marianne Knorzer, GM, KRBS, Oroville, CA

"Thank you for your efforts in bringing greater awareness to the general public regarding homelessness issues. This is the first I have ever heard of the Marathon, and I was BLOWN AWAY to hear it on the radio. You have no idea... to really hear myself represented in such an honest way was like a re-birth of some kind. I felt validated as a human being, and that's something that occurs very seldom among the homeless. Again, THANK YOU.
"You repeated several times that one of the goals of the Marathon was to open up a dialogue about homeless issues. I guess I felt like it was more of a conversation, and I was wanting to participate in it in more ofIf you enjoyed this site, please consider donating $3. Any amount is appreciated. Thanks!
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an ongoing fashion, so I called several times. Thank you for not silencing me, even as a repeat caller. Each guest you presented brought a unique perspective to the issues, and I could identify with every one of them. Not only did my cloak of invisibility drop for a time, but I felt a part of something... a movement, a step in the right direction.
" No one is going to solve the problem in one night, but you gave us a voice. And that's an important thing. Keep the fire burning. I'll be listening for you next year."
Carrie (in California)

"I thought it was great - it provided an opportunity for homeless and formerly homeless people to discuss the experience and as important, for housed people to hear and better understand this phenomenon -- ultimately building awareness and political will to deal with the shortage of affordable housing and the imperative to meet the housing needs of all people."
Ruth Gillett, Program Manager Cleveland/Cuyahoga County Office of Homeless Services

"The Marathon generated more interest and conversation than I would ever have imagined. I think that it got folks thinking about the issue in renewed ways. Locally it helped to put a face on the generic" homelessness." There was also a great deal of spark from hearing from other parts of the country. Blessings on your work."
Sister Donna Hawk, director Transitional Housing, Inc., Cleveland, OH

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THE MURDER TRAIN


Every year, tens of thousands jump train boxcars to catch a free ride
along the rails inside an empty car. But while the freedom of the rails
may carry its thrills, it also caters to killers on the run.

Over the past two decades, a gang known as the Freight Train Riders
of America has emerged from the boxcars and freight yards
crisscrossing the country. Police suspect the gang, which is
concentrated in the Pacific Northwest, may be responsible for hundreds
of assaults, thefts and murders along rail lines in the past 20 years.
With the NEW OUTLOOK to SURVIVAL, we as 'street-people', 'hoboes,' 'homeless' or whatever, must realise, THE NEW WORLD ORDER is DETERMINED to DEMONISE us, MAKE US APPEAR to be MURDERIOUS PSYCHOPATHS and , then; "the FINAL SOLUTION"= Social Cleansing, or EXTERMINATION of PARASITES from the human race; the GLOBAL 200 REPORT called us "USELESS EATERS!" I am POSTING EVERY ITEM I CAN LOCATE TO ACCUSE THOSE WHO PLAN WHOLESALE GENOCIDE against HUMAN BEINGS! And, you will be surprised, OUR OWN GOVERNMENT IS THE MOST ADAMANT proponent of this 4th. Reich Programme!





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I have been PREACHING this for 20+ years!!!!You ALL have HEARD me, on the air, WITH LEE, at 1420KCs & at 1340KCs before! YOU SAID I WAS CRAZY! Well, HERE IS MY VINDICATION!
I ain't happy....

Final solution to the hobo question?

All of this concern for about safety rhetoric is being used to rationalize an extremely cruel attack on the homeless by another powerful element involved in this issue. There are some very greedy people who own land near train yards that want to rid their areas of the homeless so they can increase property values. Businesses that think that if there were no tramps to be seen on the streets that more yuppies would shop at their stores. We are talking about mean, cruel, hateful, greedy, selfish people who sue homeless shelters that feed starving homeless people as a nuisance. These are the same people who want to portray all homeless transient as dangerous racist serial killers. They don't like it when anyone puts up a true picture of this population on the internet. Greedy hobophobic types call this "romanticizing".

They are so afraid that people might feel sorry for the friendly fun loving homeless hobos once pictured on North Bank Fred's and Sahara George's now defunked web pages. They don't want any one to think that the people they want to root out are human beings. The only image that they want to allow is one of dangerous sub human monsters.

Tramps don't need or want main stream publicity. People who are asking for even more government money to combat the problems they themselves are unwittingly causing are the ones that need publicity.

Even worse tramp-hating people are not above creating publicity about train hopping web pages, to lure children who would never have suspected that this sort of information existed with out their publicity.

Then when some of these kids, that are lured by the tramp haters get killed, they will say, see we need tougher laws so that we can #### with the homeless more effectively. We don't really care that tougher laws will endanger kids who will take chances not to get caught, we want tougher laws to vigorously enforce our anti-hobo polices.

So the railroads wanting to be "good neighbors" sign letters of understanding with these evil tramp haters to work with the city cops to rid their city of homeless, but with almost every city doing this what is really happening is that we are simply putting more and more of these "homeless mentally ill", people into jails and prisons for made up petty crimes. They have no place else to go. So we put them into jail because we are concerned with their safety and well being?



You know what else, I think that the rail roads are going to be real sorry that they worked with these evil "neighbors" to drive the homeless from their former refuge on rail road property.

Property values will go up and these yuppies who don't want to live around tramps will move in right next door to the rail roads replacing the old friendly care free fun loving hobos who used to live by the tracks, that never complained about anything.

So next the rail roads want to haul some sulfuric acid, nuclear waste, or Napalm. Back when tramps used to live down by the tracks and people who did not want to live where tramps lived, stayed some where else, there was little or no protest. None of the care free fun loving hobos never complained.

Hey UP and BNSF listen up! You are getting into bed with some really greedy and selfish yuppies, and no matter what you do for them they will never be your friends or love you the way the tramps loved the old SP and Great Northern.

Think that these assholes that are suing the rescue missions as a nuisance are going to be grateful when you exterminate the transients for them? #### no, they will not be greatful, more and more of them are gong to move in right next door to you.

They are going to constantly bitch and moan!

I can almost hear it now!

"On can you please not switch cars at night it makes to much noise?"

"Can you please put emission controls on those locomotives they smell bad?"

"Can you please run the hasmat stuff through a different town, our nice clean yuppie infested city does not want that in our back yards?"

"Heck" I can hear the yuppies say, "we would not even live in an area that was crawling with rail road tramps. What, you think were going to put up with a train with Nukes or hasmats on it going through our nice clean little Yuppie high rent district?"

"How could you think that, when we would not even put up with a train with tramps on it?"

Yup when all the tramps are gone you will be hearing this sad song.

"We only moved in when the fun loving hobos were driven away.

If we will not put up with living some place where we might see an unsightly tramp, why should we put up with a operating rail road in out back yard?"


FINAL SOLUTION: EXTERMINATION of HOMELESS
a JEWISH HOBO & PROPHET reveals the NAZI 4th. REICH/NEW WORLD ORDER plans to GEAR UP the 21st. Century HOLOCAUST with WE, THE HOMELESS, under the control of FEMA, +++DEATH CAMPS have ALREADY BEEN CONSTUCTED+++50+ Years of STUDY/Yeshiva Educated/Rabbi Jochannan ben Israel Bernays, the Railroad Rabbi, the Hebrew Hobo, +++the ELIJAH RADIO PROPHET+++Licensed Radio Operator {KD5MPM}****REVEALS THE ILLUMANITI PLAN TO EXTERMINATE HOMELESS FOLKS****!!!!!WE CAN FIGHT!!!! My Webpage: HOMELESS ANNIHILATION!



TYPOLOGY=Gypsies; asocials; hoboes; etc....NOW called Homeless, et al

MY several websites (finalsolutionforum.yahoogroups.) (finalsolution:extermination of homeless. ) and others I am trying to build, but having no computer makes it tough...

THE MAIN THING, ++++++NO ONE REALLY CARES!+++++++++++

America is in WORSE moral decay than 1934 Germany was- AMERICA is in the pre-Constintinian HEDONISTIC-WORSHIPPING of GOREY,BLOODY, ROMAN GAMES (cf. Daniel Mannix: Those Who are about to Die Salute You. " the CRITICAL EXAMINATION of the GAMES of ROME, etc.)

Being ON THE STREETS daily, traveling ALL AMERICA, I can tell you: AMERICA HAS NO COMPASSION. The SOUL has be ANNIHILATED through the TELEVISION PROGRAMMING. THE CULT OF CRUELITY & DEATH for FUN has DESTROYED this nation.

Of course, as HaShem told EZEKIEL: "You shall SPEAK the words I tell you to unto them, wether they hear or weather they forbear, yet they shall know their has been a prophet anong them>ME"

Yahweh Elohim told me to say THUSLY: "I sent you ABRAHAM, ISAAC & JACOB, Daniel, Isaiah, and the Others, MEN OF UPSTANDING MORALITY, you Killed them, I then sent MINE OWN SON & you CURSED, TORTURED & KILLED Him in HORRIBLE AGONY...So, THIS TIME I send unto you EVIL HUMANS a TATTOOED TRANSVESTITE RAILROAD HOBO FOLK SINGER EX-CONVICT JEWISH ZEALOT, and He/She KNOWS you will NOT accept Him/Her, BUT THE "I AM" Has Sent THIS JOHN/MALICHIAH/ELIJAH Prophet of DOOM, and WHEN YOU STAND IN THE JUDGEMENT, and see Yahshua on my RIGHT HAND & the ELIJAH RADIO PROPHET on my LEFT, and YOU ARE CONDEMNED to HELL FIRE of ETERNAL ANGUISH,....THEN ye shall KNOW that THE MOST HIGH GOD is "NO RESPECTOR of PERSONS!!!!!"

I AM the LAST DAY PROPHET....Joanna d'Arc.....ELIJAH RADIO PROPHET.
Very good! You are one of those people that we could just agree to disagree with and in the end be friends. However I do think you run with the wrong crowd.

"Young enough not to care too much,
about the way things used to be.
I'm young enough to remember the future,
the past has no claim on me.
I'm old enough not to care too much,
about what you think of me.
But I'm young enough to remember the future,
the way things ought to be!"

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You know we're havin' good days - and hope they're gonna last. Our future still looks brighter than our past! Feel no need to worry, or reason to be sad. Our memories remind us - maybe road lifes not so bad.

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Remove the evil veil that blinds those who rush in and cry from the hangups in their corrupted minds.
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You know we're havin' good days - and hope they're gonna last. Our future still looks brighter than our past! Feel no need to worry, or reason to be sad. Our memories remind us - maybe road lifes not so bad.

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After I posted this I got to thinking about how many people I know (myself included) that are 3-4 paychecks away from being homeless. With the price of everything going up and salaries staying the same I can see things getting a lot worse. We have four children to feed and keep a roof over their heads. After all is said and done we don't have a dime saved . It seems to me that there will be alot more homeless people in our future.....Oh by the way Hang,God did not gave us a spirit of fear(1chr.28:20,Psalms27:3, psalms 118:6,Matthew 10:26-28&31) and I can go on and on . I still believe the truth will set me free and I will not be silenced by anyone! I'm not getting on the truck! Bring it on!! Give me liberty or give me death! I do not fear death because to me it means life everlasting.....

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Spreading truth could get you in trouble, girlfriend. The ministry of truth is on patrol here. The 3 stooges are trying to help the goobermint in locating me for the same thing. Boy, I always thought the truth will set you free. These chips, how long before they demand everybody gets at least one? I don't think I'll be waiting for it. I think they can tweak these things until they can control a person like the radio operated toys and gadgets of today. Imagine the evil behind the desire to control at this level.



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http://indybay.org/news/2004/04/1676374.php
HUD Marks/Chips Homeless
by posted by LPJ Tuesday, Apr. 06, 2004 at 3:39 PM
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said
Thursday that it was about to begin testing a new technology designed to
help more closely monitor and assist the nation's homeless population.Under
the pilot program, which grew out of a series of policy academies held in
the last two years, homeless people in participating cities will be
implanted with mandatory Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that
social workers and police can use track their movements.

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said
Thursday that it was about to begin testing a new technology designed to
help more closely monitor and assist the nation's homeless population.Under
the pilot program, which grew out of a series of policy academies held in
the last two years, homeless people in participating cities will be
implanted with mandatory Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that
social workers and police can use track their movements.

The RFID technology was developed by HHS' Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) in partnership with five states, including California
and New York. "This is a rare opportunity to use advanced technology to
meet society's dual objectives of better serving our homeless population
while making our cities safer," HRSA Administrator Betty James Duke said.

The miniscule RFID tags are no larger than a matchstick and will be
implanted subdermally, meaning under the skin. Data from RFID tracking
stations mounted on telephone poles will be transmitted to police and
social service workers, who will use custom Windows NT software to track
movements of the homeless in real time.In what has become a chronic social
problem, people living in shelters and on the streets do not seek adequate
medical care and frequently contribute to the rising crime rate in major
cities.

Supporters of subdermal RFID tracking say the technology will discourage
implanted homeless men and women from committing crimes, while making it
easier for government workers to provide social services such as delivering
food and medicine.Duke called the RFID tagging pilot program "a high-tech,
minimally-intrusive way for the government to lift our citizens away from
the twin perils of poverty and crime." Participating cities include New
York City, San Francisco, Washington, and Bethlehem, Penn.

Participating states will receive grants of $14 million to $58 million from
the federal Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
program, which was created under the McKinney Act to fund support services
for the homeless. A second phase of the project, scheduled to be completed
in early 2005, will wirelessly transmit live information on the locations
of homeless people to handheld computers running the Windows CE operating
system.A spokesman for the National Coalition for the Homeless, which
estimates that there are between 2.3 million and 3.5 million people
experiencing homelessness nationwide, said the pilot program could be
easily abused.

"We have expressed our tentative support for the idea to HRSA, but only if
it includes privacy safeguards," the spokesman said. "So far it's unclear
whether those safeguards will actually be in place by roll-out."Chris
Hoofnagle, deputy director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center,
said the mandatory RFID program would be vulnerable to a legal challenge.
"It is a glaring violation of the Tenth Amendment, which says that powers
not awarded to the government are reserved to the people, and homeless
people have just as many Tenth Amendment rights as everyone else," said
Hoofnagle, who is speaking about homeless privacy at this month's Computers
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UD Marks/Chips Homeless
by posted by LPJ Tuesday, Apr. 06, 2004 at 3:39 PM
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said
Thursday that it was about to begin testing a new technology designed to
help more closely monitor and assist the nation's homeless population.Under
the pilot program, which grew out of a series of policy academies held in
the last two years, homeless people in participating cities will be
implanted with mandatory Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that
social workers and police can use track their movements.

WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said
Thursday that it was about to begin testing a new technology designed to
help more closely monitor and assist the nation's homeless population.Under
the pilot program, which grew out of a series of policy academies held in
the last two years, homeless people in participating cities will be
implanted with mandatory Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that
social workers and police can use track their movements.

The RFID technology was developed by HHS' Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) in partnership with five states, including California
and New York. "This is a rare opportunity to use advanced technology to
meet society's dual objectives of better serving our homeless population
while making our cities safer," HRSA Administrator Betty James Duke said.

The miniscule RFID tags are no larger than a matchstick and will be
implanted subdermally, meaning under the skin. Data from RFID tracking
stations mounted on telephone poles will be transmitted to police and
social service workers, who will use custom Windows NT software to track
movements of the homeless in real time.In what has become a chronic social
problem, people living in shelters and on the streets do not seek adequate
medical care and frequently contribute to the rising crime rate in major
cities.

Supporters of subdermal RFID tracking say the technology will discourage
implanted homeless men and women from committing crimes, while making it
easier for government workers to provide social services such as delivering
food and medicine.Duke called the RFID tagging pilot program "a high-tech,
minimally-intrusive way for the government to lift our citizens away from
the twin perils of poverty and crime." Participating cities include New
York City, San Francisco, Washington, and Bethlehem, Penn.

Participating states will receive grants of $14 million to $58 million from
the federal Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
program, which was created under the McKinney Act to fund support services
for the homeless. A second phase of the project, scheduled to be completed
in early 2005, will wirelessly transmit live information on the locations
of homeless people to handheld computers running the Windows CE operating
system.A spokesman for the National Coalition for the Homeless, which
estimates that there are between 2.3 million and 3.5 million people
experiencing homelessness nationwide, said the pilot program could be
easily abused.

"We have expressed our tentative support for the idea to HRSA, but only if
it includes privacy safeguards," the spokesman said. "So far it's unclear
whether those safeguards will actually be in place by roll-out."Chris
Hoofnagle, deputy director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center,
said the mandatory RFID program would be vulnerable to a legal challenge.
"It is a glaring violation of the Tenth Amendment, which says that powers
not awarded to the government are reserved to the people, and homeless
people have just as many Tenth Amendment rights as everyone else," said
Hoofnagle, who is speaking about homeless privacy at this month's Computers
Freedom and Privacy conference in Berkeley, Calif.

While HRSA's program appears to be the first to forcibly implant humans
with RFID tags, the technology is becoming more widely adopted as retailers
use it to track goods. Wal-Mart Stores said last year that it will require
its top 100 suppliers to place RFID tags on shipping crates and pallets by
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