Carrie Bartkowiak v. 5.0

 A little late, but better than never.
It really chafes me that one of the main reasons I voted for Bush was that Gore was slamming the premise of a National ID and that scared the hell out of me and my vision for future liberties.

Then Bush goes ahead and puts one through anyway.  Someone remind me what the point was of voting?

Under Real ID, states must convert all driver’s licenses by May 2008 to fraud-proof ”personal identification cards” that, in effect, are a national ID. Applicants must show a birth certificate, Social Security card, photo ID, proof of residence and legal status, all of which must be verified with the issuing agency. The personal data will go into a national database for government use and will be stored on the license itself. So when you hand over your license to verify your identity, your personal information could be vulnerable to theft.

Source: MiamiHerald.com | 02/09/2007 | A loser for states, national security

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Don’t worry America! We’ll legislate stupidity out of existence! Ugh.

NEW YORK — A state senator from Brooklyn said on Tuesday he plans to introduce legislation that would ban people from using an MP3 player, cell phone, Blackberry or any other electronic device while crossing the street in New York City and Buffalo.
NewsChannel 4 reported that Sen. Carl Kruger is proposing the ban in response to two recent pedestrian deaths in his district…

Link to Ban Proposed On Cell Phones, iPods In Crosswalk - News

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 On television, you only get two parties. Big government, and bigger government.
All hail the internet, where you can actually hear differing opinions from the OTHER parties. (Yes, Virginia, there ARE other parties!)

Here are responses to the SOTU address by some Libertarian candidates:

The LP Response To The State Of The Union Address
William Redpath gives the official Libertarian Party response.

Steve Kubby’s response
Too bad he’s been diagnosed with cancer and his main aim seems to really be legalizing marijuana. I do realize he’s lived with cancer for over 30 years now, but I really don’t relish the thought of finally getting a free thinker into the White House only to have the stress and a fatal disease kill him off a year later.

Dr. George Phillies gives his own SOTU overview, rather than a response.
Check out his position on the No Child Left Behind Act:

Education: The No Child Left Behind Act bears no semblance to a legitimate activity of the Federal government. I will work for its repeal. In its place, I will ask Congress to phase in a tax credit, $5000 to each child, available to anyone or any company who contributes to the child’s education. That’s enrichment like computers, books in the house, and a daily newspaper subscription. That’s tuition for private schoolers. That’s teaching materials for home schoolers.

I also love his “veto-high-speed-laser-printer” line. A candidate with a sense of humor? Perish the thought!

I’ve read plenty of comments from self-labelled Libertarians around the web that think Phillies’ article is too “inflammatory”. Oh gee darn. It’s called opinionated honesty, get used to it - and quit calling yourself Libertarian until you’re ready to throw off the yoke of political correctness.

There were some other responses by so-called Libertarian candidates, but if your campaign “headquarters” online is a MySpace profile, a Blogspot blog, or a Geocities webpage, forget it. Get serious and maybe people will treat you seriously. How can you expect us to trust you to manage the federal budget when you can’t even budget enough for a $10 hosting account for a real website? Not to mention the hypocrisy of being Libertarian and forcing other people (or companies) to foot the bill for your “campaign”.

As you can see I’m on a news-browsing, current-issue-digging bent today. Enjoy.

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