Comments on: Real ID, Great for Spying on Americans, Not So Great for Protecting Us from Terrorist Attack http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:21:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: mui1 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454136 mui1 Tue, 20 May 2008 21:13:23 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454136 <p><i>May 11, 2008 was the deadline for implementation of the Real ID Act. So far, not one state is in compliance and some states are openly defiant.</i><br /> Good. Who says republikans are for states rights anyway?<br /> Here’s my proposed campaign line to get all states to oppose the Dept of Heimat Sicherheit National ID: Make Chertoff mad, make Lieberman madder, protect your citizens against the Orwellian national ID program; It’s Unamerican; It’s fascist. Or something like that.</p> May 11, 2008 was the deadline for implementation of the Real ID Act. So far, not one state is in compliance and some states are openly defiant.
Good. Who says republikans are for states rights anyway?
Here’s my proposed campaign line to get all states to oppose the Dept of Heimat Sicherheit National ID: Make Chertoff mad, make Lieberman madder, protect your citizens against the Orwellian national ID program; It’s Unamerican; It’s fascist. Or something like that.

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454134 Ann in AZ Tue, 20 May 2008 21:12:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454134 <p>Pretty funny & short video; where are yous guys!</p> Pretty funny & short video; where are yous guys!

]]> By: Ann in AZ http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454129 Ann in AZ Tue, 20 May 2008 20:55:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454129 <p>Laura Flanders has a <a href="http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/grittv-meet-the-oea/" rel="nofollow">new GRITtv video</a> ready for us: Meet the OEA!</p> Laura Flanders has a new GRITtv video ready for us: Meet the OEA!

]]> By: puravida http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454126 puravida Tue, 20 May 2008 20:51:27 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454126 <p>Thanks, I know someone traveling back from Brazil tonight.</p> Thanks, I know someone traveling back from Brazil tonight.

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454125 dakine01 Tue, 20 May 2008 20:50:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454125 <p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2032227720080520" rel="nofollow">From Reuters: Smoke in Sao Paulo is fire, not a plane crash</a></p> From Reuters: Smoke in Sao Paulo is fire, not a plane crash

]]> By: puravida http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454122 puravida Tue, 20 May 2008 20:45:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454122 <p>Linky?</p> Linky?

]]> By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454121 dosido Tue, 20 May 2008 20:42:00 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454121 <p>I might need a chip for my car keys though. dang.</p> I might need a chip for my car keys though. dang.

]]> By: dosido http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454120 dosido Tue, 20 May 2008 20:41:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454120 <p>bwahahaha! did you see my 67?</p> bwahahaha! did you see my 67?

]]> By: LS http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454119 LS Tue, 20 May 2008 20:39:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454119 <p>Interesting.</p> <p><a href="http://www.spychips.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spychips.com/</a></p> Interesting.

http://www.spychips.com/

]]> By: LS http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454117 LS Tue, 20 May 2008 20:34:06 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/05/20/real-id-great-for-spying-on-americans-not-so-great-for-protecting-us-from-terrorist-attack/#comment-1454117 <p>There are strips inside every new paper money “bill”…you can see them if you hold up a $20 to the light. It says USA20USA20, etc…that strip can be detected by technology…not so much to denote authenticity, but to track where it is…especially if it is being “hoarded”….I think it is illegal to “hoard” money…but I’m not sure if that is a law for real or not.</p> There are strips inside every new paper money “bill”…you can see them if you hold up a $20 to the light. It says USA20USA20, etc…that strip can be detected by technology…not so much to denote authenticity, but to track where it is…especially if it is being “hoarded”….I think it is illegal to “hoard” money…but I’m not sure if that is a law for real or not.

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