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Going to Yosemite? Get Your Passport Ready!

rev_media writes to tell us that CNN has a few updates to the Real ID act currently facing legislators. The Real ID acts mandates all states to begin issuing federal IDs to all citizens by 2008. Costs could be as much at $14 billion, but only 40 million are currently allocated. Several states have passed legislation expressly forbidding participation in the program, while others seem to be all for it. The IDs will be required for access to all federal areas including flights, state parks and federal buildings. People in states refusing to comply will need to show passports even for domestic flights.

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  1. Why Ron Paul should be President by SonicSpike · · Score: 1, Redundant

    See this 1 minute video:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=HIYVXklvsQA [youtube.com]

    and

    the 1 minute video:
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=tGHCEbL4U7E

    Ron Paul: "I AM ABSOLUTELY OPPOSED TO A NATIONAL ID CARD. this is a contradiction of what a free society is all about. The purpose of government is to protect the secrecy and privacy of all individuals, NOT the secrecy of government. WE DON'T NEED A NATIONAL ID CARD"

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    Libertas in infinitum