Posted on 02/09/2005 12:51:51 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Action Alert: Oppose H.R. 418 (national ID)
February 8, 2005
Are the terrorists winning? When al-Qaeda attacked the United States on September 11, 2001, they made it clear they hate America and want to terrorize us into changing America.
If they could, the terrorists would destroy the unique American way of life. But they can't. Only we can do that.
Tragically, too much of the legislation enacted by Congress in a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11 does al-Qaeda's job for them. The Patriot Act took the first, disastrous step toward fundamentally changing our way of life. Then came the homeland security bill, followed by the 9/11 intelligence reorganization bill. And now the Real ID Act of 2005 (H.R. 418) will be voted on Thursday, February 10th.
What's wrong with H.R. 418 -- a bill we are told will stem the flow of illegal aliens through our porous borders? For starters, it does NOTHING to stem the flow of illegal aliens. Instead, H.R. 418 will:
1. Establish a national ID card.
2. Establish a federally-coordinated database of personal information on American citizens with Canada and Mexico.
3. Use the new national ID to track American citizens when traveling outside the U.S. -- and within the U.S.
4. Re-define "terrorism" in broad new terms that could include members of firearms rights and pro-life groups or other such groups as determined by whoever is in power at the time.
5. Authorize the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to unilaterally expand the information included in driver's licenses, including such biometric information as retina scans and DNA information -- and even radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking technology. Carry a driver’s license with RFID and governmental officials will know your whereabouts 24/7.
Incredibly, H.R. 418 does nothing to solve the growing threat to national security posed by people who are already in the U.S. illegally. Instead, H.R. 418 states what we already know: that certain people here illegally are "deportable." But it does nothing to mandate deportation. H.R. 418 fails miserably on this most critical issue.
The Real ID Act or Real National ID Act will impose a Soviet-style internal passport on law-abiding American citizens. Proponents of H.R. 418 say we must "make sacrifices" like this to control our borders and fight illegal immigration. But H.R. 418 is a Trojan horse -- it pretends to offer desperately needed border control in order to stampede Americans into sacrificing what is uniquely American: more of our constitutionally protected liberty. H.R. 418 does what al-Qaeda could never do without our help.
H.R. 418 does what legislation restricting firearm ownership does. It punishes law-abiding citizens. Criminals will ignore it. H.R. 418 offers us a false sense of greater security at the cost of taking a gigantic step toward making America a police state. The terrorists will have won.
Urge your U.S. representative to vote "no" on H.R. 418. Go to http://capwiz.com/liberty/issues/alert/?alertid=6938731&type=CO
Kent Snyder
The Liberty Committee
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This is on in the House right now.............(C-span1)
Don't worry guys, "it can't happen here".
I live in California where they want to give illegals state ID and drivers' licenses. From my point of view this is a responsible act by the Federal government to the inconsistent, irresponsible, and suicidal morons who run liberal state governments.
I wish it were not necessary because we ARE losing freedoms here.
I'd also like to see a one time total background check including eye scan for all Americans willing to have it done with the resultant holographics included on the card.
Let the complainers, the devious, the bewildered, the illegal aliens, and the uninformed wait for two hours at hoped for more intelligent and stricter airport checks.
The guy behind it is Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI). I pretty much trust his judgement. He is my congressman
I don't have a problem with
1. Establish a national ID card.
We all already have a SS card, and driver's licenses. But the other three,
The Republican party won't go for it. Right?
1. Establish a national ID card.
2. Establish a federally-coordinated database of personal information on American citizens with Canada and Mexico.
3. Use the new national ID to track American citizens when traveling outside the U.S. -- and within the U.S.
4. Re-define "terrorism" in broad new terms that could include members of firearms rights and pro-life groups or other such groups as determined by whoever is in power at the time.
5. Authorize the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security to unilaterally expand the information included in driver's licenses, including such biometric information as retina scans and DNA information -- and even radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking technology. Carry a driver’s license with RFID and governmental officials will know your whereabouts 24/7.
Show me.
Not that this is any sort of definitive characterization of the effort to defeat this Bill, but I saw correspondance written by Grover Norquist, Jr., a known appeaser of Islamist front groups, that had an identical point of view. Certainly, there may be issues with this Bill, I'll not debate it here. But I found it interesting that a guy like Norquist, who may well have something major to hide, would have come out against it.
It may also be a legitamate Voters dream.
You need to read the bill and listen to the debate on NOW on CSPAN. I normally like the liberty committee but this is a lot of overreaction. It does not establish a national ID card.
The bill the dems want does establish a national ID.
Please look at this a little further.
Sorry, but I am not opposed to have a better National ID. We should at least wait and take a look at it. It is a different time after 9/11. We all have to sacrifice some of our liberty just to be better protected.
MHO
I think I'll just get mine put on my forehead or the back of my right hand (/sarcasm).
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.00418:
Read for yourself.
I have a better idea: Let's line up and shoot all the busybodies and snoops.
As far as I'm concerned, my liberty's well enough protected by the 9mm on my bedside table and the .357 in the closet. When people like you start telling people like me what we HAVE to sacrifice, that's when things start going downhill.
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