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Don’t let your senators make the same mistake they made when they voted for the PATRIOT ACT.

This will go through because they tied it to the supplemental spending bill for Iraq/Afghanistan. And everyone knows you hate America and don’t support the troops if you don’t pass those spending bills, ‘natch.

Stephen-

That wasn’t your overly sarcastic request to vote for the Real ID bill, was it?

Andrew -

Thanks for the heads up and the link! That’s a terrific use of technology. They got a fax off to each of my senators in two minutes flat, and I hope many other Watchblog readers register their disapproval ahead of the vote.

Thanks Andrew. Here is what I faxed to Cornyn to Hutchison:

Fakable national ID cards will only help grow the black market for fake ID’s. The end result will be that all innocent Americans will be inconvenienced and taxed for the changes while the criminals and terrorists continue to obtain fake ID’s for their nefarious purposes. This is not a solution. It just compounds the burdens your lack of effective leadership on this issue will create for us, your constituents.


When we can afford and have biometric ID within reach that does not rely on fingerprints which are left around everywhere by everyone, then talk to us about national ID. Till then, quit acting like you have a solution to cover up for the fact that you don’t.

Is there a Link where I can support this? It occurs to me that living in “1984” might be amusing.

I essentially badgered (politely) the woman handling the phones until she passed me off to someone who could at least address my concerns. Fortunately, at least one of my senators, Sen. Brownback (R) is fighting the passage of this bill. I haven’t been able to get past the secretary with Sen. Roberts. There’s always the morning.

Let me encourage everyone to call their senators’ offices and persist in your effort to speak with someone who will actually discuss the issue with you. I was not content with simply leaving a support or decline vote with the secretary. My persistence paid off in an interesting discussion and a description of my senator’s position. Good luck to all, and thanks to those who have participated.

As for you, Aldous, just wait around. Even if this bill gets defeated, I’m sure we haven’t heard the last from the globalists. Bush’s second term is just getting started…

This is a perfect example of why we need a “ONE ITEM PER BILL” Amendment.

Stephen VanDyke hit the nail on the head ! again.
It’s not like this is the first time he’s pointed out the ramifications.

Is it not obvious to everyone yet, that bills, containing too many items,
sometimes conflicting items, and thousands of pages that no one adequately
reads or scrutinizes, are being abused to hide pork-barrel, special-interests,
and potentially sinister things like RFID and the Patriot Act.

This one serious flaw (i.e. too many items per bill) is making the government
totally dysfunctional (if it isn’t already), and prevents much needed “Transparency” and “Accountability”.

And, please don’t anybody (instead) ask for a useless “LINE ITEM VETO”,
because too many items could still be
included in a bill, and we (the voters) will still be unable to know which
parts a politician did (or did) not support (if they even bothered to show up to vote).

Seriously, this is a prime example of chaos resulting from clever over-complication
to hide what’s really happening. These days, nbody, including most politicians, know what’s happening.

While I support our troops, I don’t support the RFID IDentification Cards.
RFID ID Cards are fundamentally, because the still do not have uniqueness.
RFID ID Cards are just as flawed and useless as any ID Card.
The only potentially reliable form of IDentification is biometrics.

The iris is the most individually distinctive feature of the human body - statistically (maybe, only at this point in time only) more accurate than DNA. No two irises are alike, not among twins even - not even the left and right iris of one individual is the same. The iris is stable over life from age one until death. Unlike DNA iris recognition works by performing exhaustive searches to identify individuals in real time - not minutes, hours or even days.

One’s own biometrics is the only thing that has the inherent uniqueness required
to make IDentification as reliable as possible.
And, any identification system should also use other metrics, such as height, retina-scan, finger-prints, etc. Two or more of those metrics would guarantee uniqueness.

And, don’t forget the prerequisites.
We’ve got to make sure government does not abuse
such information in any systems (i.e. in the existing systems or new biometric information systems).

OK, I contacted my Senators to reject the RFID Card.
And I also mentioned the need for a “ONE ITEM PER BILL” Amendment.

Not to start a kumbayaa love fest here, but, I have to commend AParker and those above who actually turned their reading of this article into a phone call or email or fax. In my long tenure with WB, I have never seen this many people respond to a call for action as a result of a WB article. My hat is tipped…

Thanks David.

Some good news is that unrealID.com has surpassed 10000 faxes sent (20000 if you count each senator separately), which means an average of at least 200 faxes per senator. And all of this has been done in the last 24 hours. There’s still time to call your senators’ offices and let them know how you feel.

The iris is the most individually distinctive feature of the human body - statistically (maybe, only at this point in time only) more accurate than DNA. No two irises are alike, not among twins even - not even the left and right iris of one individual is the same. The iris is stable over life from age one until death. Unlike DNA iris recognition works by performing exhaustive searches to identify individuals in real time - not minutes, hours or even days.

Please ignore the post above (re: iris). That post was an accident. I was on the wrong thread.