We have to stay on top off the issues and know that outside of the IM world there is a WWWeb, the media, businesses and governments that promotes thousands of lies and deceit, that have nothing to do with the truth. Just like Joe used to say: “I Just Want Facts Mam”

Most notably, the report said that the devices had not been proven safe and effective. You would never know that though from the press release issued today by VeriChip, the Delray Beach, Fla., producer of a rice grain-sized radio tag implanted in the arm that allows doctors to link patients to their medical records.

I don’t want to live in a police state where the Department of Homeland Security has the power to set ID requirements for our every move — and I know you don’t either.

I’m not talking about dirty pictures, but the ability the Web’s given all of us to snoop on our friends, colleagues and neighbors, from Googling the new guy in the next cube to finding out what the people next door paid for their house to seeing which neighbors have given money to which candidates and parties.

YouTube to more obscure Internet sites most parents wouldn’t even know about — represent a violent new twist to childhood bullying. Children are doubly victimized — first by the assault itself, then a second time by the public humiliation when the taping of the attack is shown on the Internet for classmates and the world to see.