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Driver's Licenses to Become National ID Cards
XorNand writes: "Time is reporting that the Dept of Transportation, acting on instructions from Congress, is in the process of linking together states' drivers' license databases. They figure that it'll be cheaper and easier to slip under the radar of civil libertarians and privacy watchdogs. Wonder if Larry is a bit peeved that he's not getting his cut?"
FBI Officials said today, that they have detained 12 people who they think were planning the next major terrorist attack on America. At a press conference a spokes person explained how the fbi were only able to catch the terrorists with the new laws that have been passed since september 11 2001: "Our computer system is set to cross-reference the religon from the census database with anyone who buys an airline ticket. The system flashed up 12 people who were of the islamic faith one morning. We notified the airport and they put a flag on their video-face-recognition system to alert for all brown people. We say, people, because we didn't want to seem politically incorrect by narrowing it to just men." Explained the official. "Then we used the photos on the driving license database to cross check these airport matches. When the 12 turned up at the airport, we were able to arrest them as they passed the gate. Because of the drivers license, we were able to put little stickers with their names, on the cell doors, which gave a nice touch, and shows we care. Now the world is free of 12 dangerous terrorists."
The news conference was cut short when a plane crashed into the whitehouse near by.
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"Would it kill you to put down the toilet seat?" -- Maya Angelou
Oh! Finally I see the light!
I have to start hating the conservative government because they're going to implant a mind control chip in my head!
Give me a fsck'ing break.
Go kill some babies, you freak liberal.
"Driver's Licenses to Become National ID Cards"
Having a National Identity
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