News, Homeland Security to Unveil New Driver's License Rules.
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Originally Posted by lionking
quote;In its written objection to the law, the ACLU claims REAL ID amounts to the "first-ever national identity card system," which "would irreparably damage the fabric of American life."
a rare instance where I actually agree with the ACLU and that they are not being partisan,I'm not for a national ID at all.
Another example where government failed by it's foreign agenda and now instead of putting limits on itself to make a correction,it expects citizens to take the heat.....and will that stop extremists from wanting to comit terrorism?....no,will a change in foreign policy reduce threats?.....yes.
The ACLU is wrong. A national ID card is not going to cause any harm to anybody that is here LEGALLY. Those that are not here LEGALLY may have some problems. Hopefully we can offer most of them a FINAL amnesty but the others would have to go back home.
The ACLU is wrong. A national ID card is not going to cause any harm to anybody that is here LEGALLY. Those that are not here LEGALLY may have some problems. Hopefully we can offer most of them a FINAL amnesty but the others would have to go back home.
There are other ways we can handle immigration problems without federalizing ourselves even more than we were ever meant to.
WASHINGTON — Americans born after Dec. 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years under ambitious post-9/11 security rules to be unveiled Friday by federal officials.
The Homeland Security Department has spent years crafting the final regulations for the REAL ID Act, a law designed to make it harder for terrorists, illegal immigrants and con artists to get government-issued identification. The effort once envisioned to take effect in 2008 has been pushed back in the hopes of winning over skeptical state officials.
Just one more form of government intrusion and to all those who truly believe that such ID Cards WILL actually deter any illegals or possible terrorists from either entering the US or living here amongst us......think AGAIN!
Too many folks out there who truly believe in the government's ability to be effective at "security" or anything else. Nope.....too inept, too much inter-agency pride and competition which results in communication breakdowns and inneffectiveness.....ALL at the high cost of eroding more Americans' liberties and Constitutional FREEDOMS and privacy.
IS anonymity......soon to be an illegal thing or is it already?
Who NEEDS a Passport?....Unless your travelling internationally....you DON'T!
This IS a heated debate already here in Washington state......since there are so many Canadians who love to shop here, gamble here and whatever else......but also since the 2010 Winter Olympics are not far off and to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia. There's been a huge concern over Passports for ground travel for a while and now this thing!?
Homeland INsecurity.........succeeding at restricting movement of Americans and treating the masses as Guilty until PROVING they are NOT here illegally or a terrorist!
Sorry.........but it's another joke on the American people and if you favor this nonsense.....you favor Totalitarianism and NOTHING short of it, IMO!
Our civilization is less trusting of central authority over our lives than yours.
What do you mean by this statement? What is our civilization? To me it seems like we should be more trusting as governments evolve, even though this latest administration have done things which make me understand some of this concern.
I assumed you were European given your screen name name and your seeming willingness to trust anything a government does. You know... Europe; a distinctly different civilization from the United States.
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To me it seems like we should be more trusting as governments evolve
Lots of people think that the government is an entity that can almost never, ever be blindly and mindlessly trusted. The government isn't a benevolent overseer there to pave our roads and make bad things good again. It's an enterprise made up of people with human ideals and motives, often times that can have bad results.
I assumed you were European given your screen name name and your seeming willingness to trust anything a government does. You know... Europe; a distinctly different civilization from the United States.
Lots of people think that the government is an entity that can almost never, ever be blindly and mindlessly trusted. The government isn't a benevolent overseer there to pave our roads and make bad things good again. It's an enterprise made up of people with human ideals and motives, often times that can have bad results.
Thank you for your assumption and enlightment that there is another continent in the world. I do think the US can learn from other countries though, especially when it comes to the effectiveness of the government.
Of course the government shouldn't be trusted in anything it does, it definitely needs to be questioned (Iraq anybody), but I do think as we progress that we can entrust something as simple as a national ID without getting scared. Our job as citizens is to enforce/be part of that solution.
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