What Would You DO for a Klondike Bar - OR "National Security?"

What would you do for a Klondike Bar? If you've ever seen the antics of these cleverly and comedically devised commercials, you would be aware of what people would be willing to do for the tasty, delicious treat.....BUT, what would you do for sake of National Security? Nearly stripped from the pages of a sci-fi novel, comes an all, too incredible story of real, life-altering technology. Modifying the course of civilization as we know it, "Applied Digital Solutions," creator of "Verichip," is purportedly and actively developing applications for this controversial product for National defense organization -- Department of Homeland Security. According to company press releases, the Verichip (dubbed the "Human Barcode") is an implantable device about the size of a grain of rice. Composed of a microchip within a glass and silicone cylinder, Verichip may ultimately become the Human social security number of the future. Not just a form of simple identification, Verichip can ultimately contain retrievable information regarding detailed medical and financial history. And future capabilities are indicative of having GPS - encoded technology (Global Positioning Surveillance), and photographic memory record details. Currently, Verichip is a trial-by-use, or "voluntary" injection only. However, the US Government, working in conjunction with the makers of these chips, are "encouraging" usage of them -- of course for "your own security," and "medical purposes." The first family to have Verichip installed (yes, I didn't stutter -- "installed") was a family in Boca Raton, Florida. Both parents, injected with a Verichip, watched as their 14-year old son was injected with the chip as well. Another perspective of the Verichip, is that it raises questions of whether or not parents should have the right to have their children injected with these little, digital devices. Although parents may fingerprint and now, even take DNA swabs of chidrens' saliva in case of abduction purposes -- at what point does "protection" become noninvasive; or in the case of Verichip installation, intrusive? Advocates for this new and disturbing technology will counterattack claims of privacy invasion, and