REAL ID

Frankly, it's a boring read, but here's a link to the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) website where you can find an article on the new national ID card. The press release came out today.

Why the push for national ID? Document theft and identity theft are two reasons given. Here are some of the guidelines DHS wants to implement within the card:

"REAL ID will address document fraud by setting specific requirements that states must adopt for compliance, to include: (1) information and security features that must be incorporated into each card; (2) proof of the identity and U.S. citizenship or legal status of an applicant; (3) verification of the source documents provided by an applicant; and (4) security standards for the offices that issue licenses and identification cards."

Funny but both CNN and FoxNews went out of their way to emphasize there would be no microchip involved (unlike the military ID card). You can see them purposefully shying away from anything that smacks of 666. That's almost too easy a comparison, so I'll avoid Mark of the Beast ramblings.

With regard to freedoms and liberties, would a national ID card limit personal liberty? Would we be like the Germany of Hogan's Heroes where every where you went, you'd have to "show zem your paperz?"

And if such a critter came down the pike, wouldn't it be more convenient anyway to have it put under your skin where you might never lose it. Wouldn't it?