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anyone wanna take a guess what the next restriction that will be put on us in post 9/11 America? Maybe passports will be needed to travel state to state?
I was expecting a set of internal travel documents to be issued that would require you to tell where you lived, where and when you were going and contain a previously obtained permission slip to allow you to travel between the states. Using this system would allow the Cheney government to track terrorists and suspected dissidents. This would allow Homeland Security to more efficiently protect us.
No, that will never happen. All kinds of travel restrictions can be put in place, but there are many thousands of little back roads in the US that cross state lines, and there is no way that those can be patrolled. It would take 156 checkpoints to patrol all the roads from Illinois into Wisconsin.
Who would have thought we'd see the day when a German could go to France with no ID at all, but an American would need a passport to go to Canada.
This new regulation going into effect today is a perfect illustration of how absurd our life has become, and how gullible we all are. What does it say about our government that it took seven years to effect a simple rule that was intended to defend us from capable and disciplined enemies abroad who represented a clear and present danger to the destruction of our liberties and our American way of life? Had they been useful, passports could have been required on 9/12, just by sending out a memo. It took us seven years to do it. We converted to HDTV faster than that. Canada converted to the metric system faster than that.
You know why. Because there was never any real threat, and most sensible people knew it then, and even dumb people know it now, and this is not about security against terrorism or lawn-care aliens. This is about control. It took time to hook up several more acres of computers under the NSA to accommodate the new windfall of details about who you are and what you do. We need fewer Patriot Acts and more patriotic acts, like storming the gates of power and throwing the bastrads out.
Where are the protesters? Instead of burning draft cards, we should be burning Enhanced IDs. Our college campuses have become hotbeds of rest.
No, that will never happen. All kinds of travel restrictions can be put in place, but there are probably at least a thousand little back roads in the US that cross state lines, and there is no way that those can be patrolled.
You already need a passport (or equivalent) to cash a check. Try and get a bank account without such documentation, or cash a check without a bank account. You can't rent a video without photo ID.
However, this new regulation going into effect today is a perfect illustration of how absurd our life has become. What does it say about our government that it took seven years to effect a simple rule that was intended to defend us from capable and disciplined enemies abroad who represented a clear and present danger to the destruction of our liberties and our American way of life? Passports could have been required on 9/12, just by sending out a memo. It took us seven years to do it.
For the same reason we can't pass the voter ID in Texas, because the liberals seem to not want either one. <<<< Just a guess....
It's about time. There's no reason whatsoever that a passport shouldn't be required to enter the country.
How come all the countries in western Europe can think of so many reasons why no passport is required? Belgium borders on four countreis. No passport needed anywhere. On many roads, there isn't even a sign saying "Entering Belgium". But, of course, Belgium has no freedom, so nobody hates Belgium, because terrorists only hate freedom.
Isn't it ironic, that General Motors became a nationalized US-Canada consortium, on the same day that their workers were required to get a passport in order to go and shake hands with each other.
How come all the countries in western Europe can think of so many reasons why no passport is required? Belgium borders on four countreis. No passport needed anywhere. On many roads, there isn't even a sign saying "Entering Belgium". But, of course, Belgium has no freedom, so nobody hates Belgium, because terrorists only hate freedom.
When are you people going to realize that the United States is not Europe? There can be no comparison between the two on most things, because they are so vastly different politically, economically, geographically and culturally.
Look at a map sometime. Many of our states are larger than many of their countries...
If you feel that you must make a comparison, your perspective has to be different for the comparison to even begin to have any legitimacy. It's pretty obvious that Europe is trying to emulate the United States in many regards - unified currency, free travel between states, umbrella government & laws... Do you need a passport to cross the border between Kansas and Oklahoma?
Now that your straw man has been addressed, explain why we shouldn't make sure that the people entering our country are doing it legally. Oh, and by the way, pointing your finger east and saying, "Because they do it that way" isn't a valid answer.
How is anyone being harassed by showing their passport to enter the country? It's about time our borders were tightened up.
Some people feel harassed if a person wearing a uniform looks at them, smiles and waves. Read some of these posts. If you allow x, the police will be kicking down your door. If you allow y, you will be taken away for re-education. SOME people are not exactly living in the common sense world.
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