This is scary.

National ID cards on the way?

FAQ: How Real ID will affect you

Not  only do I find this scary, but I am incensed by the way it was slipped through as part of an emergency military funding bill. Bastards.

They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.                               

                               --Benjamin Franklin

I might have to become a card-carrying member of the ACLU.

Comments

[Princess Wild Cow]

And this will come to pass as they start to require more and more identification for necessary items like drivers' licenses.

[Susan]

Gee, if you lose this card or it gets stolen, it will make one more vulnerable for identity theft. What a brilliant idea!

[Alison]

As a French citizen, I have a national ID card which I must carry at all times. That's just the way it is here. That said, I've never been asked for it except when paying by check. And I used it and not a passport when I crossed the Channel last Sunday.

I am against the idea of a national ID card in the US, but here it just seems normal to me. I suppose that it's just a question of status quo, if that makes any sense. I'm pretty tired.

[bhd]

I'll show you my card if you show me yours. I certainly don't agree with all of the causes the ACLU defends, but I'm damn glad they're there. Signed, #445-277BC-459VY

[ryan]

Just wait until all of us have subcutaneous microchips tracked my our friendly neighborhood Homeland Security office.