It could be worse. I can occasionally hear Rush Limbaugh on mine. I need to borrow Up Goose Creek's tin foil hat.

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yet strangely the passport is still valid.

Makes me wonder what it's for. But I guess I'm a little nuts for being curious.

The nice Russian lady at the passport office installed mine just under the scalp behind my ear. It was quick and relatively painless.

Doesn't matter whether it's under your ear or on your person, you're still trackable - any place, any time.

But that's not the issue. As easy as it is to steal your cell phone ESN or credit info with the right equipment, it will be just as easy to steal all your passport information including your picture. Any place, any time - the thing is alway "on".

You guys have a chip in your passport?

The nice Russian lady at the passport office installed mine just under the scalp behind my ear. It was quick and relatively painless.

I't can get annoying, though, like when you walk up to the grocery checkout and the cash register greets you by name and asks how your doctor's office visit went and if everything is ok.

Today in GW Land;

My wife just got her passport back and it has an RFID chip in it; (link...) (link...)

and Diebold changes its name; (link...) (link...)

and the CIA and Diebold are editing Wikipedia; (link...)
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Move along, nothing to see here people - just move along

Late on mortgage payment, passport denied!?!?

According to the Orlando Sentinel (registration required), One reason, they say, passport processing is taking so long is because they are checking everyone for past due child support. If you owe more than $2,500, passport denied!

The Houston passport office is 92,000 behind as of last week acording to news accounts. My son has been waiting 5 weeks for his expedited and no luck yet.

The few times I traveled overseas, I kept track of the location of three things at all times:

1. My passport
2. My American Express card
3. The nearest U.S. Embassy

I have kept my passport current since I was 16 years old. You never know when you might need to get the heck out of Dodge in a hurry.

:-)

I was at the DMV to get my new TN driver's license and the dude sitting next to me had never seen a passport before. We were chatting about various items and he noticed my passport as a form of ID. He asked if it was a military ID and I said it was a passport. He asked what it's for. I wasn't sure he was actually asking me what a passport is for but then I realized he had never seen one before. He said he'd lived around the country too so I was quite a bit surprised. But I've run into lots of generally well-educated people who've never been overseas. So it shouldn't surprise me that the DMV dude hadn't gone either.

If you might need a passport sometime in the next year, you'd better get in line. My daughter's friend has been waiting almost 3 months for hers. They kept assuring her, she'd have it in time for her vacation, but it's looking pretty iffy now. She said it was because of the new rule that people from Canada and other places now have to show a passport to cross the border.

Dammitt! I need to use mine more as well. Of course, I did most of my globe trotting without benefit or need of a passport as that green ID worked wonders. (that and being on U.S. military ships and aircraft)

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We let ours expire about two years ago. We're going to go get them renewed this week, hopefully. I got a haircut and everything.

I need to use it more often. Spain this Fall?