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  •  Real ID is a waste (7+ / 0-)

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    shiobhan, 417els, mcmom, filmgeek83, moosely2006, wagdog, ClapClapSnap

    Why not just take DNA samples and bar code us?

    Let us devote to unselfishness the frenzy we once gave gold and underpants.
    - Kurt Vonnegut

    by Czar Chasm on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 07:04:13 PM PDT

    •  'xactly. (1+ / 0-)

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      mcmom

      "Change doesn't happen from the top down; it happens from the bottom up." Barack Obama

      by ezdidit on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 07:07:42 PM PDT

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    •  why not just be quiet and let them (1+ / 0-)

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      shiobhan

      put the electrodes on you, Coppertop?

      heh

      by shpilk on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 07:13:16 PM PDT

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    •  A total waste (3+ / 0-)

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      mcmom, drmah, ClapClapSnap

      my license is good for 5 yrs. It's not up until 2011, IIRC.

      So what were they planning to do - force everybody in the country with a currently VALID state issued ID to get a new one?

      What about passports? My passport doesn't expire for a few more years, were they planning on forcing people to get new ones of THOSE as well?

      I can see requiring some standard info on state IDs, and/or some common methods of verifying some info.

      But requiring technology that is not only expensive, but totally UNNECESSARY, and at STATE expense, is ridiculous.

      by mmacdDE on Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 07:43:09 PM PDT

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      •  Real ID Re-enrollment (0+ / 0-)

        Your driver's license should be good until its expiration date, mmacdDE, as long as you live in a state that has received an extension from the Department of Homeland Security (so far, that's any state but Maine, New Hampshire and South Carolina).  However, Real ID will ultimately require everyone to go to the DMV and re-enroll - present all your source documents and have them verified.

        Your passport should cover you on airplanes for now, but make no mistake, Real ID is a national ID card and if ever implemented, will be required for more and more basic functions in society.  That's why we need to stop this invasive and - you're completely right - unnecessary program.

        More information is available at our website, www.Realnightmare.org.www.Realnightmare.org  I'm also happy to answer any questions folks have here.

        Because freedom can't protect itself.

        by ACLU on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 07:34:22 AM PDT

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