yes, the minutemen are all up in arms about this; I am rather amused that it is being opposed from the right. But they have a point, you know. If you want to increase boder security, hire some more bodies down here.
I dislike the idea of a national ID -- France has one, and the police are allowed to randomly stop you on the street and demand it -- but it is not this concept in se that I disagree with as much as this particular implementation. Dana On 5/10/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does the Real ID act contain a Constitution-busting Trojan horse? > http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050509-4886.html > > "You can read more on the tinfoil hat implications of this here if > you're interested, but I'll sum it up for you: Congress has crafted a > completely unprecedented provision that guts the principle of judicial > review by granting the DHS secretary complete and total immunity from > the courts when it comes to the construction of "barriers and roads" > in this one specific geographical region, and they've buried this > provision inside a national ID card act which is itself attached to a > large military appropriations bill that no Congressperson in their > right mind would vote against (money for the troops and all that)." > > I'm actually fine with a national ID in principle. What I don't like > it all the legal loopholes and privacy tracking issues that this > specific proposed ID system includes. > > -Kevin > > On 5/9/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and just think, it's only been a year or so since I was called a > > Luddite for worrying about this. No applications outside of > > manufacturing, I was told. Right here in River City. > > > > Dana > > > > On 5/9/05, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yeah but...yeah but..how did we reach arguing about NAMBLA and the KKK > > > and Boy Scouts...from a National RFID ID card.. > > > > > > It..it just seems so wrong for those three things to be in the same > > > line...and.. > > > and it started like such an innocent little thread. > > > > > > ((0_0)) > > > > > > *sits in corner and trembles* > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:157034 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
