[Hemingway's Ghost]

A few weeks ago, Kuttner was advocating the national ID card. The piece's first paragraph:

AS A CARD-CARRYING member of the American Civil Liberties Union, I'd like to have one more card in my wallet. The card I want, contrary to the views of most civil liberties activists, is a national ID card.

In other words, he's a certifiable whack job.

[rhombus]

Kuttner: AS A CARD-CARRYING member of the American Civil Liberties Union, I'd like to have one more card in my wallet. The card I want, contrary to the views of most civil liberties activists, is a national ID card.

Question to Kuttner: And we use that card to verify a person's identity when they show up to vote? And if someone doesn't have an national ID card we deport them? Oh, I thought not.

[Mr. K]

OK that part I dont get- why are we (conservatives?) against a national ID card? With computers and databases designed the way they are it would simpify a lot of things. I dont get the 'loss of freedom' argument.