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Senate approves electronic ID card bill
"Last-minute attempts by online activists to halt an electronic ID card failed Tuesday when the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to impose a sweeping set of identification requirements on Americans.
The so-called Real ID Act now heads to President Bush, who is expected to sign the bill into law this month. Its backers, including the Bush administration, say it's needed to stop illegal immigrants from obtaining drivers' licenses.
When the act's mandates take effect in May 2008, 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.
After the Real ID Act's sponsors glued it to an Iraq military spending bill, final passage was all but guaranteed. Yet that didn't stop a dedicated cadre of privacy activists from trying to raise the alarm in the last few days.
UnRealID.com, which calls the legislation a "National ID card," reports that more than 10,800 people filled out its online petition to senators.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation hastily created a "Stop The Real ID Act!" campaign last week, and the ACLU denounced the bill as creating "a system ripe for identity theft." Security guru Bruce Schneier offered his own negative critique.
If the Real ID Act had been a stand-alone piece of legislation--instead of being embedded in an unrelated military spending bill--its passage in the Senate might have been less certain.
The House approved it in February by a relatively narrow vote of 261-161, and some senators had condemned it. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., warned last month that the Real ID Act creates "de facto national ID cards" and the National Immigration Law Center said it will make it harder even for legal immigrants and citizens to get driver's licenses.
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican and Real ID Act sponsor, applauded the Senate vote on Tuesday. "The Real ID is vital to preventing foreign terrorists from hiding in plain sight while conducting their operations and planning attacks," Sensenbrenner said. "By targeting terrorist travel, the Real ID will assist in our War on Terror efforts to disrupt terrorist operations and help secure our borders." "
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“In Germany they came first for the Communists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me--and by that time no one was left to speak up.”
- Martin Niemöller 1892-1984.
Except... we don't get one chance, or two chances, or three chances.
We're being told we have 'one' enemy...
...its a very 'post-modern' enemy, because anyone can be one.
Terrorists... Freedom Fighters... Terrorists?.?.?... Freedom Fighters?.?.?...
Who the hell knows?
Where the hell are they?
We have ONE chance to stop our government implementing a similar scheme!
If Britain passes our version of the 'National ID' plans...
...we're fuckin screwed!
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Its fake... but I like it!
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Here are the two goons in control of the U.S., by virtue of the REAL ID Act...
...passed on the 10th of May 2005 by a vote of 100-0...
...due to it being appended to an Act requesting funding for the troops in Iraq.
Whitehouse News
The one on the left is the Secretary for Homeland Security,
and according to Act itself,
Section 102 ammends an earlier Act passed in 1996, as follows:
`(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive, and shall waive, all laws such Secretary, in such Secretary's sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of the barriers and roads under this section.
`(2) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW- Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), no court, administrative agency, or other entity shall have jurisdiction--
No Judicial review? No checks and balances for power?
So not only does this bill lay the ground work for a Police State,
it also lays the ground work for the Secretary of Homeland Security to do as he pleases regardless of the law!
Screw you guys!... I'm leaving home!
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Senate approves electronic ID card bill
"Last-minute attempts by online activists to halt an electronic ID card failed Tuesday when the U.S. Senate unanimously voted to impose a sweeping set of identification requirements on Americans.
The so-called Real ID Act now heads to President Bush, who is expected to sign the bill into law this month. Its backers, including the Bush administration, say it's needed to stop illegal immigrants from obtaining drivers' licenses.
When the act's mandates take effect in May 2008, 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.
After the Real ID Act's sponsors glued it to an Iraq military spending bill, final passage was all but guaranteed. Yet that didn't stop a dedicated cadre of privacy activists from trying to raise the alarm in the last few days.
UnRealID.com, which calls the legislation a "National ID card," reports that more than 10,800 people filled out its online petition to senators.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation hastily created a "Stop The Real ID Act!" campaign last week, and the ACLU denounced the bill as creating "a system ripe for identity theft." Security guru Bruce Schneier offered his own negative critique.
If the Real ID Act had been a stand-alone piece of legislation--instead of being embedded in an unrelated military spending bill--its passage in the Senate might have been less certain.
The House approved it in February by a relatively narrow vote of 261-161, and some senators had condemned it. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., warned last month that the Real ID Act creates "de facto national ID cards" and the National Immigration Law Center said it will make it harder even for legal immigrants and citizens to get driver's licenses.
Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican and Real ID Act sponsor, applauded the Senate vote on Tuesday. "The Real ID is vital to preventing foreign terrorists from hiding in plain sight while conducting their operations and planning attacks," Sensenbrenner said. "By targeting terrorist travel, the Real ID will assist in our War on Terror efforts to disrupt terrorist operations and help secure our borders." "
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“In Germany they came first for the Communists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me--and by that time no one was left to speak up.”
- Martin Niemöller 1892-1984.
Except... we don't get one chance, or two chances, or three chances.
We're being told we have 'one' enemy...
...its a very 'post-modern' enemy, because anyone can be one.
Terrorists... Freedom Fighters... Terrorists?.?.?... Freedom Fighters?.?.?...
Who the hell knows?
Where the hell are they?
We have ONE chance to stop our government implementing a similar scheme!
If Britain passes our version of the 'National ID' plans...
...we're fuckin screwed!
- - - -
Its fake... but I like it!
- - - -
Here are the two goons in control of the U.S., by virtue of the REAL ID Act...
...passed on the 10th of May 2005 by a vote of 100-0...
...due to it being appended to an Act requesting funding for the troops in Iraq.
Whitehouse News
The one on the left is the Secretary for Homeland Security,
and according to Act itself,
Section 102 ammends an earlier Act passed in 1996, as follows:
`(1) IN GENERAL- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall have the authority to waive, and shall waive, all laws such Secretary, in such Secretary's sole discretion, determines necessary to ensure expeditious construction of the barriers and roads under this section.
`(2) NO JUDICIAL REVIEW- Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), no court, administrative agency, or other entity shall have jurisdiction--
No Judicial review? No checks and balances for power?
So not only does this bill lay the ground work for a Police State,
it also lays the ground work for the Secretary of Homeland Security to do as he pleases regardless of the law!
Screw you guys!... I'm leaving home!
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Date: 2005-11-26 08:43 am (UTC)I'm thankful, in a strange way, that i hear first hand from someone such as yourself is affected by these changes i only hear bout in the news or 'on the grapevine', as it were.
It also saddens me and angers me too, i hope you can imagine. I do not mean for one second to say that i know what you're going through.
You've got just over 2 years to get your license again, although i'm not sure if the new ID's are required by law. It'll be annoying to get another one in 2 years time, especially if you have to pay for it.
I feel very discontent against most of the worlds leaders right now... i want to do something about it, but i'm financially struggling myself. Having graduated from Uni, i'm now in the interesting position of being in around £20,000 worth of debt, due to tuition fees, living expenses and things.
We'll get by though, i have hope :)
Good luck getting your truck back in working order by the way... i hope a solution presents itself sooner, rather than later!
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Date: 2005-11-26 12:06 pm (UTC)have a good night and dont let the government bit