On National ID Cards

Discussing the evil national ID cards.

September 30, 2001

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Cuomo on the Mohawk: The man from Guy Park Place has yet to decide to run.

Dick Cheney: Shotgun Bandit: What Cheney's shotgun accident means to all Americans, gun owning or not.

Getting Health Insurance: How many desire to get low-cost insurance changed my plans.

Governing with Accountablity: Andrew has two visions on what accountablity is really about.

It's Time to Honor America: Beyond politics, there is a lot to like about America.

NO to Impeachment: Impeaching the President is a waste of time.

Ohio: Updating Neil Yong's lyrics for contemporary events.

On Car Insurance and Autobody Shops: The system that keeps you paying without getting anything in return.

Our Cowboy President: You don't have to like the President's policies to respect his sense of moral responsiblity.

Poem: Bureaucratic Memorandum: Trying to make sense of the memorandum and corporate decision making process.

Poem: It's 2006: The future seems not to come for man.

Respect President Bush: Not agreeing with the President doesn't make him evil.

Senator Paul Wellstone is Dead: Andrew is still shocked at the news of the death of man who was becoming one of the great Senators of the '00s.

The Blackout Blame Game: In continuing my series on blaming the right people, I try to look beyond the hype and mistakes of the media in covering the blackout.

Those Extra Twenty Hours: Brought to you by the same people who denied you national health care.

Undocumented Immigrants and Farms: Why the real solution to the illegal immigration is changing how we subsidize our farmers and not criminalizing or legalizing guest workers.

What is the Political?: The neological word I often use for describing aggregated political forces.

Why Modern Politics are Ill: Commentary on the ills of politics, and the need for activism.

Why the Democratic Stimulus Package Works: The proposed tax cuts by Republicans fail to provide adquate stimulus for sectors of the economy that need it the most.

On National ID Cards

National ID cards are one of the worst ideas to come out of government in decades. I don't want to be another faceless, nameless person, that the has prove his worthiness by a piece of paper. National IDs are a system devised by Nazis to track jews. Doesn't that give them enough clout to be evil?

I hate having to carry ID around all the time right now anyways. I am a person, I have a name, and if you don't know me personally, and don't believe me, well then screw you. National ID cards won't prevent terrorism, but they will reduce privacy. You want to buy grocessories—show your stupid ID card. Or buy a bus ticket.

We already have enough IDs. It's called driver licenses. We don't need any more. What ever happened to American federalism? States should be indepent from each other. How would a silly card prevent terrorism? It wouldn't. Haven't you heard of stolen and forged IDs...

Please see this American Civil Liberties Alert for more...