DHS Official Suggests REAL ID Mission Creep

The Register noticed that a senior US Department of Homeland Security official has floated the idea of requiring citizens to produce federally compliant identification before purchasing some over-the-counter medicines — specifically, pseudophedrine. The federal ID standard spelled out by the REAL ID act has been sold as applying only to air travel and entry to federal buildings and nuclear facilities. A blogger on the Center for Democracy and Technology site said, "[The] suggested mission creep pushes the REAL ID program farther down the slippery slope toward a true national ID card." Speaking of federal buildings, CNet has a state-by-state enumeration of what will happen on May 11, when REAL ID comes into effect, to citizens who attempt to enter, say, the Washington DC visitors bureau.

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Re:I wonder...

[sm62704]

I wonder if the DHS consciously constructs slippery slopes and has timelines drawn up for when to feed what to the American people, or if they're just really good at accidentally destroying our God-given RIGHTS...

There, fixed that for ya.

Re:Dear God

[Temujin_12]

I voted for Ron Paul yesterday. I smoke pot... Enough said.

you would have to be a damned fool would vote for someone who would condone laws that would put you in prison for something you enjoy. Spoken like a true hedonist. "If I derive pleasure out of it, then it can't be wrong." I'm sure there are plenty of sexual deviants (molesters, rapists, etc.) and hate-crime perpetrators who would agree with you on this one.

When this country was founded, a man had the right to screw his life up any way he pleased. No more. Have you even read the constitution? The problem with this is the fact that very few of us, maybe you are an exception, live lives completely isolated from the rest of society. Very often when we screw up our life it brings others down with us. I can't believe the parent actually got modded up.