Montana Rebels Against Chertoff’s Real ID Card
by Jeff Davis
One of the major strategic goals of the neocons ever since 911 has been the establishment of a 1984-style surveillance state, and a key component of that plan is a national ID card, similar to the old Soviet-style internal passport. Jewish Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has gone into rhapsodies describing a new ID similar to a credit card containing an electronic microchip on which will be recorded your entire life history, employment, medical records, criminal record if any, all your banking and financial information. Even a global positioning indicator so the state can locate your whereabouts at any time.
Many Americans are belatedly coming to understand just what the neocon agenda is all about, and are resisting the Bush/Chertoff Axis of Evil. As a compromise measure, Chertoff came up with a monstrosity called the Real ID Act, which essentially forces states to establish intrusive procedures for driver’s licensing and essentially makes the driver’s license even more of a national ID card than it already is. But many freedom-loving Americans aren’t buying.
Wired Magazine reports: “Montana governor Brian Schweitzer (D) declared independence Friday from federal identification rules and called on governors of 17 other states to join him in forcing a showdown with the federal government which says it will not accept the driver’s licenses of rebel states’ citizens starting May 11. If that showdown comes to pass, a resident of a non-complying state could not use a driver’s license to enter a federal courthouse or a Social Security Administration building nor could he board a plane without undergoing a pat-down search, possibly creating massive backlogs at the nation’s airports and almost certainly leading to a flurry of federal lawsuits.”
Wired goes on to tell us: “States have until May 11 to request extensions to the Real ID rules that were released last Friday. They require states to make all current identification holders under the age of 50 to apply again with certified birth and marriage certificates. The rules also standardize license formats, require states to interlink their DMV databases and require DMV employees to undergo background checks.”
In other words, they’re sneaking in a nationwide federal ID system in the guise of driver’s licenses.
Some states are rebelling, although to be accurate, it’s mostly because of the costs involved, not because of the violation of what little remains of Americans’ right to privacy. According to Wired: “Extensions push back the 2008 deadline for compliance as far out as 2014 if states apply and promise to start work on making the necessary changes, which will cost cash-strapped states billions with only a pittance in federal funding to offset the costs. Last year Montana passed a law saying it would not comply, citing privacy, states’ rights and fiscal issues. In his letter to other governors, Schweitzer makes clear he’s not going to ask for an extension.
The WIRED article notes “‘Today, I am asking you to join with me in resisting the DHS coercion to comply with the provisions of REAL ID, ‘ Schweitzer wrote. ‘If we stand together either DHS will blink or Congress will have to act to avoid havoc at our nation’s airports and federal courthouses.’ But Homeland Security spokeswoman Laura Keehner says DHS has no intention of blinking… ‘That will mean real consequences for their citizens starting in May if their leadership chooses not to comply,’ Keehner said. ‘That includes getting on an airplane or entering a federal building, so they will need to get passports.’”
Great. You’ll have to get a passport to go to the post office. Real ID rebel states thus far include: Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Maine, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arizona, Hawaii, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Washington.
Real ID is also being sold as an alleged measure to locate and identify illegal aliens, but that’s pretty ridiculous. Anyone who wants to find illegal aliens need only go to a Home Depot and round up the Mexicans loitering on the sidewalk nearby. The illegals have no trouble in getting false ID now and they will have no trouble getting false copies of “Real ID” driver’s licenses.
Bush and his little Jewish friends just want to control people. The federal government becomes more of a police state every year. Thankfully, an increasing number of people are noticing and objecting to the rising tide of tyranny.