Well, it's starting...

Not sure if all this power we've been giving our President is going to bite us in the ass? Read this story at CNN, and then tell me this is still a free country! Now the Federal government is going to force every American between the ages of 13 and 64 to be tested for Aids. That's right, even children...since when did the government become our parent, to tell us what to do with our own bodies?

Sure, they're going to say, "we're not forcing this on anyone, it's a recommendation." But then again, according to the article they're planning to make this a standard procedure whenever you go into a healthcare provider for urgent care, and that basically it will be hidden in a consent form...you know, that form that you have to sign or else they can refuse to treat you!! So when you go into the emergency room needing life-saving surgery, if you don't want to be tested for AIDS and refuse to sign the form, well, they'll just wheel you out and you can take your chances!

And what I ask, is the government going to do with anyone who does submit to this voluntary testing and it comes up positive? According to the article, they'll have access to "life-extending treatments". According to the CDC, they want to "prevent the further spread of the disease and prompt needed care for an estimated 250,000 Americans who have the AIDS virus but don't know it." According to the CIA World Factbook, the United States population as of July of 2006 is an estimated 298,444,215. Now, I've tried to do the math, and I'm no good at math, but I'm figuring even only counting those aged 13 to 64 out of the U.S. population, they're wanting to test (and this is a rough guess) nearly 200,000,000 people to try and identify what would be about, what? 1/10th of a percent of our population that might be carrying the AIDS virus? Excessive? I think so.

I see this as an attempt by our government to try and segragate portions of our nation. What's next? You show up a positive on this test and they'll brand a large "A" on your forehead so everyone will know you're an AIDS carrier? And why stop at just AIDS? Why not start testing for genetic defects, or maybe just trying to weed out people with undesireable traits, like being left-handed, red-headed, or a free thinker? Here is where all this power we've been giving the Federal government is leading to folks, Big Brother isn't on his way, he's here and we've given him all our rights and freedoms. But don't worry, he'll make this country a safer, better place to live...you won't have to make any decisions anymore, he'll make them all for you!