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This is Very Bad News.......
Mr. Ripley:
Below is a link to a 35 minute video of a news conference held recently by State Representative Sam Rohrer of Berks County. In this conference he explains that there is a very real possibility that driver's license photographs being taken by Penndot are being manipulated into a biometric facial scan. The scans are as unique as a fingerprint, and would allow compliance to a deadline set by the Dept. of Homeland Security to participate in the Federal RealID program by all states by December 31, 2009.
The RealID program is about as unconstitutional and Orwellian as you can get. Rep. Rohrer even points out that Penndot may have already, without the consent of the photgraphed individuals, gone back a few years and have generated biometric scans in a retroactive fashion.
Every day we seem to lose a little more liberty and basic rights of privacy to a portion of government that would like nothing more than to track a citizen from cradle to grave. This is just the beginning.
Write to your local representatives in support of Rep. Rohrer's action.
Give the video 10-15 minutes at least, and do some googling, it may open your eyes a bit.
http://www.republicmedia.tv/index.php?option=com_seyret&task=videodirectlink&id=200&Itemid=40
Mr R
NightmarePatrol:
The federal government is trying to force states to turn your drivers license into a national ID. Speaking as a computer geek, the Real ID Act will create grave dangers to privacy and impose massive financial burdens without improving national security in the least.
The REAL ID Act of 2005 made a nationwide standard for national ID cards, in the form of state-issued driver licenses. After 2013, older non-REAL ID compliant ID cards would not be accepted to open bank accounts, enter federal buildings, board commercial airlines or trains, or or passports. Not having a government approved ID card so they have all your information would mean you would be an illegal citizen in your own country! It passed in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in 2005. The bill, however, faced no opposition in the Senate, passed 100-0! It would appear that our elected officials do not read the text of the bills in front of them? The actual title of the bill was "An act making Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for other purposes."
Once the IDs and databases are in place, their uses will inevitably expand to facilitate a wide range of surveillance activities. Remember, the Social Security number started innocuously enough, but it has become a prerequisite for a host of government services and been coopted by private companies to create massive databases of personal information. A national ID poses similar dangers; for example, because "common machine-readable technology" will be required on every ID, the government and businesses will be able to easily read your private information off the cards in myriad contexts.
Real ID won't just cost you your privacy. The federal government didn't give the states funds to implement the law and overcome its many administrative burdens, so the billions of dollars in costs will be passed down to you in the form of increased DMV fees or taxes.
And what will you get in return? Not improved national security, because IDs do nothing to stop those who haven't already been identified as threats, and wrongdoers will still be able to create fake documents. In fact, the IDs and database will simply create an irresistible target for identity thieves.
So when does this all happen? It depends on the state. Montana has out and out refused any part of the program. Some are already issuing REAL compliant cards. Some have banned the issuing of REAL ID for the exact reasons we’ve talked about above. Most states will have to begin issuing REAL compliant IDs by May 11th, 2008 unless they’ve filed an extension, in which case that date is December 31, 2009. In May 2013, all people with non-REAL ID cards will no longer be allowed to enter federal buildings, get a passport, travel on planes or trains.
So on to the issues as they relate to the election.
Obama: "I do not support the Real ID program because it is an unfunded mandate, and not enough work has been done with the states to help them implement the program." (read he likes it, but wants more money doled out to the states to help them implement it"
McCain: “The 9/11 Commission recommended that the federal government set standards for the issuance of birth certificates and sources of identification, such as driver’s licenses. Consistent with these recommendations, the Real ID act established federal guidelines to prevent fraud in the issuance and acquisition of identity documents. I support full implementation of Real ID but understand that states need to be given enough time and funding to implement the requirements.” (read he's uninformed or just really dumb)
Ron Paul: “I do not support any Real ID program, and I would seek the repeal of all federal laws mandating a Real ID program. The Real ID Act imposes tremendous costs on state governments, yet any state that opts out will automatically make nonpersons out of its citizens.The citizens of that state will be unable to have any dealings with the federal government because their ID will not be accepted. They will not be able to fly or to take a train. In essence, in the eyes of the federal government, they will cease to exist.
However, the most objectionable feature of the Real ID Act is that it turns state driver’s licenses into de facto national ID cards, thus facilitating the massive invasion of an American’s privacy, facilitating the growth of the surveillance state, and turning America into the type of country where citizens must always have their ‘papers in order.’” (read he actually gets it)
Have I spewed enough yet? ::)
lifefeedsonlife:
Quote>>>>In May 2013, all people with non-REAL ID cards will no longer be allowed to enter federal buildings, get a passport, travel on planes or trains. <<<<
And - thanks to the Patriot Act, you can't open or have a bank account without having a valid photo ID. So - - - does this sound a tad "Revelatory?"
TiFeMb:
I just think the government is too inept to oversee this.
Mr. Ripley:
I remember sitting at the Sunday dinner table as a kid listening to my Grandfather predicting bar code scanning, a scannable strip on a card to replce paper currency and microchipping of individuals back in the late 70's. He also spoke alot of Europe uniting under a central authority (E.U.).
We always got uncomfortable when he began to talk like this, we thought maybe he was losing some mental faculties. The majority of the things he ranted about have come to pass. I wish he were still around to discuss things with.......
Did I mention he was an avid student of the book of Revalations......?
Mr R
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