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Virgnia is Latest State Set to Defy Real ID Scheme
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Carolyn Harris
Infowars
January 14, 2009
When legislators return to session this January 14, they will consider two bills that will refuse to implement the Real ID Act, a scheme to issue a national driver’s license and identification card. Similar bills had been introduced before but failed to pass in Richmond.
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The Real ID Act requires states to re-issue driver’s licenses that conform to federal standards and have biometric data, such as iris scan or fingerprints, encoded on it. The federal law appropriated only $40 billion for states to comply, but “U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff in March said states could use 20 percent of their federal homeland security grants to help meet costs. But those amounts are just a fraction of the total $14.6 billion that the department estimates the law will cost states. In addition, the law will impose $7.9 billion in costs on individuals and $617 million on the federal government, according to homeland security figures.”
There is a growing list of states that have passed laws requiring the state to not comply with the program. New Hampshire, Hawaii, Maine, Idaho, Washington, Montana, Arizona and twelve other states have rejected the Orwellian national ID scheme.
DHS had set a deadline of March 31, 2008 to comply with the provisions of the Real ID Act, but due to the outrageous cost and logistical nightmare, many states opted for an extension until Dec. 31, 2009. And even for those that did not request an extension, DHS graciously granted them one anyway, stating that “all states are in compliance with Real ID.”
Critics of the scheme point out the monstrous invasion of privacy and that it amounts to a de-facto national ID. DHS maintains that it is all about security. Spokeswoman for the agency, Laura Keehner, denies critics’ charges that individuals’ information will be put into “a national database” and that it will increase security for citizens because it will protect them from identity theft.
The Associated Press reports, “There is a hub where each state Department of Motor Vehicles will check to ensure that an individual has only one ID, but states will not have access to other states’ data.” This statement is misleading because that is not the concern of persons with privacy issues. Data-mining and the growth of federal databases are the issues.
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There have been several previous efforts by the federal government to create large databases using extensive data-mining that compile dossiers on citizens that have caused alarm and concern. Like the TIA (Total, then Terrorism Information Awareness) program that was de-funded in 2003, the MATRIX (Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange) program was ostensibly “dismantled” by Congress in 2005, but even the ACLU admitted that “part of the Matrix program will apparently continue to be available to individual states.” So the concern is more than valid, as these types of programs are publically shut down but may remain operational as black projects. It is ludicrous to believe that the government is going to give up access to information on citizens just because Congress tells them to. And it is foolish to believe the Department of Homeland Security’s misleading statements designed to allay privacy concerns.
But Ms. Keehner repeated the tired old threat that “The bottom line is that citizens of states who do not move forward with the Real ID mandate from Congress will see real consequences,” meaning that individuals within states who refuse to comply will not be allowed to enter federal buildings or board an airplane if they do not have other federal identification such as a passport (which also now stores biometric data) or a military ID card. This is nothing other than a veiled threat to both states and citizens to comply or lose their right to travel freely on aircraft.
It appears that with the worsening economic crisis at home and the growing number of states who are facing increasing budget shortfalls, more states may refuse this gargantuan expenditure for what amounts to a national ID and the further negation of state’s rights.
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January 14th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Seems like god is giving us a little more time to understand whats going.
January 14th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
but isn’t there a way to stop this? there has to be.
January 14th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
shill obama
January 14th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Feel free to say what you want to say but why can’t people stick to the subject that is taked about on this page? Anyways it seems ironic that the economic crises has much to do with a state not going along with a national ID at this point. Some say the goverment caused the economy to go down yet this may cause a huge delay in getting everybody a national ID. I use the word “delay” because despite a good effort from many of you I still feel the majority of us are too blind to see what’s going on here. But our passports are a certain kind of federal ID… aren’t they? Damn we are screwed!
January 14th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
They will chip our state drivers license?! What happens if I “accidently” drop my license in the microwave with my popcorn? It could happen.
January 14th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Why are my comments being censored? I don’t use foul language or promote any form of violence?
I guess it’s because I have real solutions that work!
Goodbye infowars
Good luck and God bless folks
January 14th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I hope this plan goes down in flames like the last few have. All of these plans and initiatives they claim are for preventing “terrorism” and “identity theft” are actually focused on categorizing, controlling, and the surveillance of American citizens. We MUST resist this new ID, as it will only lead to a chip in the arm, which is the next step. I, for one, would rather die for my freedom than live without it.
Things are going to get tougher as the economy gets worse. People get desperate and they start to give up their leverage for a little relief. Lets make sure our friends and neighbors are aware of what is really going on. Too often people believe everything that is reported by the mainstream media, which is owned by the elitists who are pushing their own agendas through to the masses.
We must continue to fight to keep our rights, as our elders did, for that is the only way we will have any chance of living free.
January 14th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
It’s the mark of the beast or at least a precursor to the mark. What they dont tell you is its global. endtime.com has a lot more information.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
***STAND – UP right now PEOPLE! ENOUGH is ENOUGH!!! Al Gore is sweating right now not because its hot, but because he is a lier!
January 14th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Luckily for most of the people living in California…ID’s don’t work. They have so much plastic surgery work on their face that whatever picture is on the id will not be able to identify the puffy-lipped, stretched-faced sheep out here.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I thought i would drop in this link to a story on skynews about CCTV http://news.sky.com/skynews/Ho.....rough_City
January 14th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
considering the s--- politicians like to get into, THEY don’t want that kind of i.d. it means everyone. politicos want it for everyone but them.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
will this be used to enforce the vaticans mark? ( sunday worship) or you cannot buy or sell. you must worship the beast(Vatican) vatican = one world religion / government
January 14th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
politicians don’t wish to be held to the same standards as lowly citizens.
January 14th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
It’s all about security folks!
Security of the corporate ruling class and their political flunkies in government, that is.
Some how it all has to end. Big brothers eyes need to be gouged out, his ears punctured, his hands cut off. The body needs to be chopped up into peices and burned!
God Save America!
January 14th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I have to say its good that the,states are standing up agianst real I.D
January 14th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
DEFY THEM AT EVERY LEVEL. Show them we will not go along with their evil plans, and if they force you,… well you know what to do!
January 14th, 2009 at 3:36 pm
Just look at the other kind of cards they’re coming out with to now…. I see on t.v., commercials of this card they’re trying to put on us American’s called “My card”!!! The commercial states how EVERYBODY needs one! Death to the New World Order and their tyranny!
January 14th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
The cities are broke.also counties,also states O also the US government and when the dollar goes under what then. Well then the Federal Reserve will come to our rescue with a cashless system.The International Monetary Fund is calling its self International Monetary Bank.The debt that we the people have allowed to be put on us is being call in,Demanded Payment Due.ALL assets that we believed to be ours have lone ago been leveraged,parks-rivers-infrastructure-everything.What goes around comes around.what our forefathers did to the native people’s of this continent,well just wait and see.But by all mean Defy them at every level.
January 14th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
yawn
January 14th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Well, folks, if they succeed in putting Janet Reno (oh, excuse me!) ARIZONA GOV NAPOLITANO as head of Dept of Homeland Security, they’ll probably figure out a way to do it anyways….slave labor….as she is ALL FOR IT HERE IN ARIZONA!!! Man, what a screwed up country with all of the elected legislators we have. At least it isn’t 100% corrupt, we do have a few people that oppose this crap. NAPOLITANO is a lesbian with a chip on her shoulder. Maybe some of you are right and the country will run out of money before it is implemented.
January 14th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
This seems like the appropriate thread to song whore an original song/video of mine titled: Big Brother Is Watching You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1bVtITCHCw
Enjoy
Grrrrr Reply:
February 24th, 2009 at 1:40 am
It was really good. The instruments were awesome, specifically guitars.
January 14th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
I have no real need to enter a federal building and never fly so I don’t care. It’s when they tie this card or mark (AND THEY WILL) into being mandatory for every day things like qualifying for universal health care, having a job, having a bank account, drivers license, unemployment benefits, social security benefits, disability benefits, then we will know we’ve gone past the point of no return.
January 14th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
To the Insidious Prophet, “(E)very day things like qualifying for …unemployment benefits, social security benefits, disability benefits”
With all due respect, when did the above mentioned become everyday things???Those mentioned are part of the “DEPENDENCY ON THE GOVERNMENT” plan.
January 14th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
WAY TO GO, VIRGINIA!!!!!!!!!!
January 14th, 2009 at 7:28 pm
mark of the beast?
will that card be written your religion on it?
January 15th, 2009 at 10:11 am
nobody shows nothing to nobody, everybody journeys his soul in eternity.period
February 24th, 2009 at 1:45 am
Three times I asked my Ron Paul Meetup Group if they were interested in lobbying our State Congress to sponsor a State Sovereignty Act. Not one response. In the State I live in the people are literally braindead. The Ron Paul Group has members that are dropping off like sprayed flies. There’s two or three that pretty much run the show, and they ignore what everyone else has to say or suggest. And then, we wonder why this country is going down. I’d do everything myself, but have very serious health issues and can’t do it alone.