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                                                            The railroads, 
                                                            shippers, and 
                                                            corporate trucking 
                                                            will do exceeding 
                                                            well by having the 
                                                            taxpayers pick up 
                                                            the tab for their 
                                                            global freight 
                                                            tracking system.  
                                                             
                                                            
                                                            The following 
                                                            diagram was found in 
                                                            a Conceptual Design 
                                                            document on the (now 
                                                            archived) North 
                                                            American 
                                                            International Trade 
                                                            Corridor Partnership 
                                                            (NAITCP) website.  
                                                            The name of the 
                                                            system is the 
                                                            Trans-Pacific 
                                                            Multimodal Security 
                                                            System.  The 
                                                            graphic was labeled 
                                                            "Duplication in 
                                                            other Economies".  
                                                            What that tells you 
                                                            is that the large 
                                                            technology firms are 
                                                            looking at the world 
                                                            as one large 
                                                            corporate entity and 
                                                            they are designing 
                                                            systems to 
                                                            automate it - for 
                                                            their profit and 
                                                            convenience - 
                                                            shifting the cost to 
                                                            the American 
                                                            taxpayers.  
                                                            This particular 
                                                            system will save a 
                                                            lot of money for the 
                                                            COMMUNIST Chinese 
                                                            and their shippers.  
                                                            And what do you get?  
                                                            Cheap Chinese crap, 
                                                            poisoned food, and 
                                                            lead toys for 
                                                            children - and as a 
                                                            bonus - you too can 
                                                            become a Walmart 
                                                            Greeter because that 
                                                            will be one of 
                                                            better jobs in this 
                                                            global economic 
                                                            system.  
                                                             
                                                            
                                                            The concept of the 
                                                            system is to inspect 
                                                            and tag containers 
                                                            and their contents 
                                                            with RFID chips at 
                                                            the shipping point 
                                                            of origin.  
                                                            From that point on, 
                                                            tracking of the 
                                                            containers will be 
                                                            computerized with 
                                                            sensors along the 
                                                            route picking up the 
                                                            RFID signals and 
                                                            transmitting the 
                                                            status, location, 
                                                            ownership, etc. to 
                                                            the nearest server.  
                                                            That information 
                                                            will then be 
                                                            available to 
                                                            shippers and their 
                                                            customers for status 
                                                            checking - estimated 
                                                            time of arrival, 
                                                            etc.  See any 
                                                            American public 
                                                            interest yet? |