The Senate decided unanimously yesterday that it would continue to be part of the problem, not part of the solution. I’m not sure if they did it to get the military portions of the legislation passed or because they’re ignorant, or possibly because most of them think that more bureaucracy is a good way to fix our internal security problems as opposed to actually monitoring who crosses our southern and northern borders.
If the act’s mandates take effect in May 2008, as expected, Americans will be required to obtain federally approved ID cards with “machine readable technology” that abides by Department of Homeland Security specifications. Anyone without such an ID card will be effectively prohibited from traveling by air or Amtrak, opening a bank account, or entering federal buildings.
I can’t wait to see how many lives are marginalized by this new ID. What a great idea! (sarcasm)
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican and Real ID Act sponsor is a dirty bastard and he purposely stuck this garbage into the military spending legislation to get it passed without a fuss. He’s a scummy, rotten human being. Then again, most of Congress fits that description.
I don’t understand why we Americans allow our elected leaders to continue playing their underhanded games with our lives. Attaching a federal ID requirement to a bill funding continued military activity in Iraq is disgusting and wrong. It shouldn’t be permitted.
Congress is a cancer, and the Real ID act is one more incremental erosion of American freedom. It will do nothing to stop or reverse illegal immigration and will only make it that much hard for the average American to lead a private life free from harm and interference at the hands of the massive beast that the federal government has become.
Some days I wonder who represents a bigger threat to my pursuit of life, liberty and happiness – religiously motivated terrorists or a power hungry and arrogant Congress.