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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] Papers, Please: Real ID = National ID Card
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Perhaps more to the point, since passage of Real ID appears to be a
virtual certainty, concerned persons should be prepared to engage
where possible in support of the various court challenges to Real ID
(on numerous different grounds) that thankfully will certainly
follow.
Of course, if Frist and his minions get their way, they'll populate
the judiciary with their sycophants deluxe -- the goal being to turn
the federal courts into rubber stamps for Frist's particularly
intolerant distortion of patriotism.
"For the safety and glory of the Homeland -- your papers, please."
And to think, exactly sixty years ago we were celebrating victory
over a regime where internal passports and identity papers were
foundations for a repressive lifestyle that was supposed to last for
a thousand years.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren@xxxxxxxx or lauren@xxxxxxxxxx or lauren@xxxxxxxx
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
- People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, EEPI
- Electronic Entertainment Policy Initiative - http://www.eepi.org
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>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Bill Scannell <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: May 8, 2005 6:24:40 PM EDT
> To: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Papers, Please: Real ID = National ID Card
>
>
> Dave,
>
> Citizen:
>
> We have less than 48 hours to stop our nation from having a National
> ID card
> scheme. Do we really want to have the same ID system as Communist
> China? I
> think not.
>
> The US Senate is scheduled to vote this Tuesday on the Real ID Act.
> They've
> never debated the bill. Most of them haven't even bothered to read it.
> Nevertheless, they're going to pass it: unless we do something to
> stop them
>
> Real ID is a very, very real national identification card.
>
> This isn't going to be easy, but we need to put the Senate on notice
> that if
> they vote for Real ID, they're voting in favor of a National ID Card.
>
> Take immediate action:
>
> http://www.unRealID.com
>
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> safety
> deserve neither liberty nor safety."
> - Benjamin Franklin
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