05/12/05

If I could tell people one thing about the Real ID Act, that would be it: Stay angry. Stay very, very angry. I'm amazed at the calm in the aftermath of Senate passage of this Stalinist monstrosity. And I don't just mean I'm amazed at the mainstream media's lack of clue. I mean that civil libertarians and other commentators on 'our side' are largely treating the Real ID Act as just one more bad development in an era in which bad developments have become routine. ... The Real ID Act is not just one more ugly development. The Real ID Act imposes a national ID card. (And don't argue that different states will have different card cosmetics; and don't use phrases like 'sets the stage for.' This is national ID.) This is not just another bad development. This is a defining moment...

http://www.clairewolfe.com/wolfesblog/00001399.html

from WolfesBlog, by Claire Wolfe


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp