Dear Friend of the ACU:
Kiss your civil liberties and right to privacy goodbye!
Do you believe that you should be compelled to carry a National ID Card that is imprinted with your fingerprint or your DNA imprint or other highly personal and private information?
Do you believe that you should be required to produce this ID card on demand -- when you go to the grocery store or cross state lines or pay your taxes or at the whim of some petty government bureaucrat?
This is not science fiction folks -- nor is it a scene out of a futuristic "B-movie" -- the technology exists and if Congress gets its way -- it's going to be a reality.
Unless -- of course -- you join with me to take a stand today and urge the Senate and House Conference Committee to kill the National ID Card provisions from S.2845 and H.R. 10.
Use the hyperlink below and join with me in sending a personalized Blast Fax message to the thirteen key Senators and the nine key House Members who will be considering this legislation. Tell them that any National ID Card provisions must be stripped from H.R. 10 and S.2845. Tell them that no amount of security is worth turning the United States into a Police State.http://www.laptoplobbyist.com/acuid.html
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Show Me Your Papers Please
"We beat the Germans in World War II. We don't want to be a show-us-your-papers kind of country." Those are the words of author David Kopel.
But perhaps Congressman Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) said it best.
"The much-hailed 9/11 Commission report released in July recommends a federal identification card and, worse, a 'larger network of screening points' inside the United States. Does this mean we are to have 'screening points' inside our country where American citizens will be required to 'show their papers' to government officials? It certainly sounds that way!"
Paul goes on to say, "A national identification card, in whatever form it may take, will allow the federal government to inappropriately monitor the movements and transactions of every American. History shows that governments inevitably use the power to monitor the actions of people in harmful ways. Claims that the government will protect the privacy of Americans when implementing a national identification card ring hollow."
I don't know about you -- but the prospect of being told to produce my papers evokes visions of living in the former Soviet Union and -- even now -- I have a hard time believing our Congress is seriously considering it.
Use the hyperlink below and join with me in sending a personalized Blast Fax message to the thirteen key Senators and the nine key House Members who will be considering this legislation. Tell them that any National ID Card provisions must be stripped from H.R. 10 and S.2845. Tell them that no amount of security is worth turning the United States into a Police State.http://www.laptoplobbyist.com/acuid.html
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What Is Congress Saying?
In case you still don't think National ID Cards are a reality -- Here's what some Members of Congress are saying ...
Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA) said, "I think people are going to have to recognize that some of their conveniences are going to be gone... I'm glad to show my identification where I need to go."
Rep. George Gekas (R-Pa.), chairman of the House Immigration Subcommittee, has told the press that "proposals to mandate national ID cards should not be dismissed out of hand."
These are REPUBLICANS -- the folks who are suppose to take our civil liberties seriously!
Ron Paul in criticizing the measure said, "Congress has embraced the 9/11 Commission report uncritically since its release in July. Now Congress is rushing to write each 9/11 Commission recommendation into law before the November election."
Use the hyperlink below and join with me in sending a personalized Blast Fax message to the thirteen key Senators and the nine key House Members who will be considering this legislation. Tell them that any National ID Card provisions must be stripped from H.R. 10 and S.2845. Tell them that no amount of security is worth turning the United States into a Police State.http://www.laptoplobbyist.com/acuid.html
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National ID Cards Have Several Disadvantages
Proponents of the measure say that a National ID Card is essential in the wake of 9-11 and an increased terrorist threat. But that argument is simply a red-herring.
Of the 25 nations that have been the most frequent targets of terrorists attacks, 80 percent of them have a national identification card.
Furthermore, a National ID Card tells law enforcement nothing about a person's intent. Timothy McVeigh, the D.C. Beltway sniper and a host of other criminals and terrorists would have no problem obtaining a National ID Card.
The program will cost billions of dollars; money that could be spent on tightening border security or beefing up law enforcement.
Identity theft will literally go through the roof. Many of us have experienced the unfortunate situation of having a credit card or a Social Security number stolen. Imagine what would happen if someone stole your entire identity.
Is a false panacea worth giving up your civil liberties?
Use the hyperlink below and join with me in sending a personalized Blast Fax message to the thirteen key Senators and the nine key House Members who will be considering this legislation. Tell them that any National ID Card provisions must be stripped from H.R. 10 and S.2845. Tell them that no amount of security is worth turning the United States into a Police State.http://www.laptoplobbyist.com/acuid.html
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