Real ID: You Can Still Fight It

toupsz writes "Bill Scannell has created a website where anyone and everyone can fax their senators regarding the Real ID Act. Note that the act is up for vote on Tuesday, May 10th! All those against the Act might want to go to Bill's site: UnrealID.com. Thanks, Cory from BoingBoing!"

Comments

Where is the outrage?

[eno2001]

I don't get it? If the Clinton administration was trying to sneak this thing through, we'd hear cries of "jackbooted thugs" and "America under seige by the lih-rals"! But if G.W. Bush does it in the name of fighting "Terra", it's OK? To be fair, I'm sure there are a handful of right wingers and libertarians who are true to their beliefs regarding "Big government" and they are hopping mad. But, I don't think it's a majority. There are too many "Americans" who are willing to band over and lube up for the Bush administration as long as G.W. keeps smirking and telling them what they want to hear.

Let's put it in another context. If you had to choose between two people to get involved with in a long term romantic relationship, which would you choose:

Person A - Attractive when well polished, tells you the things you want to hear ("You're the most amazing person I've ever been with" or "We were destined to be together, I can feel it" or "You make me feel like no one else has ever made me feel before") and a liar.

or

Person B - Attractive even if not polished, but tends not to work on the polish, tells you things point blank without any flair ("I love you very much", "I'm glad I met you", " You're a good friend as well as my partner") and is completely trustworthy.

A lot of people would chose person A even though that person is likely to be bad for them. The reason is that person A makes them feel good. Person B, just doesn't compare even though person B is the perfect match.

The president (as much of an idiot as he appears many times) has a lot of people working on his polish. He also says the things people want to hear in order to feel good. And he is a liar at worst, and a fool at best. It all comes down to one basic fact: Americans don't want to face the truth. They don't want to be told about the bad things that are happening right now. They don't want to accept that America is losing it's grip on the world and the only way to keep it is by military power which is leading us deeper into dangerous ground. And now, national ID cards?

Once more, it's time for you damned fool Red Staters to wake the fuck up and realize that the "jackbooted thugs" are here but they're wearing smiley faces and have their weapons deocrated with flowers. We're under attack by our own government and a lot of you are too stupid to realize it. By the time you do it will be too late. And when you complain, I'm going to laugh at you and spit on you.

no problem

[mdman]

I dont see a problem with it. Sounds like a left wing whine