Greetings — my name is Bill Brent. If you are complacent, I'm here to annoy you. If you are belligerent, then I'm here to empower you.
Our beloved Federal Government wants to get into the cattle-herding business. They want to tag you and brand you so they can track your moves.
The Real ID National Security Card spells the end of any real privacy for you. I've been through this nonsense before. In the early 1990s, as a person with HIV, I was compelled to receive treatment at San Francisco General Hospital's Ward 86 using an assumed name, lest I be subject to a government round-up of infected persons. I had access to private coverage at the time, but my doctor, who had faithfully maintained my confidentiality, had to retire due to his own HIV concerns, whereas the rich doctors I queried as replacements refused to keep this information off the record.
Therefore, in self-defense, I became a tax burden on the public. See how government security works? It's just the opposite of government by the people, for the people: Security by and for the government usually equals less life, liberty, and prosperity for you.
I'm not pretending to have a corner on the logical reasons we need to oppose this plan by all means possible. Here are two pretty good summaries. You can listen to Montana governor Brian Schweitzer by clicking HERE [Click on "Listen Now".] ...
...and read a print article from Fox News by clicking HERE.
In any case, here are my two cents on why this plan needs to be struck down:
First, the government is once again sticking its greedy little snout where it doesn't belong – up our rectums, and our spouses', and our children's, and our friends'. This plan comes from the same corporate-brained fools who want to keep us enmeshed in the Middle East in an endless "war on terror." Figure that if the Gov is creating terror with its war on terror, then it will be creating nationwide disruption of the peace with its National Security scam. If Real ID makes you feel safer in your bed at night, then just bend over and smile. If not, then do what Nancy Reagan once recommended – Just Say No! They can't lock us all up at once.
Second, on a more personal note to friends, relatives, and colleagues: If you ever want to see me on the mainland U.S. again, then you will do what lies within your power to oppose this plan, because I will not submit to fingerprinting yet again (Feds, go see California DMV), or a retina scan. The pleasure I once derived from air travel is long gone anyhow, due to the current appalling conditions at airports and in coach class. So, if need be, I will die on this rotting patch of jungle lava before I will apply willingly for a National Identification Card.
Even California, which was once pro-Real ID, is now backing off. Details HERE.
Finally, here is a good site to bookmark for ongoing information and activism regarding the Real ID scam:
-- The latest news.
-- CLICK ON YOUR STATE to send a letter to your state legislators today.
The personal is the political. Power to the people! Ignorance of moral law is no excuse for Federal abuse.
Wishing you a beautiful day,
Bill Brent
[this page last updated: 2008.03.20, 7:40 p.m. Hawaii time]
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