Bush Considers Microsoft Passport as National ID

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<< Hmmm.. I'm an MS gal all the way but this is too Pinky and the Brain like to even contemplate. FYI, a "national ID" card is something I think we should resist by every means possible >>


I agree. Every time someone mentions a nat'l ID card it conjures up images of a man in leather coat, with a turned up collar saying in a thick German or Russian accent "Your papers pleeze". I also think it very much infringes upon states rights to govern themselves.

 

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<< Hmmm.. I'm an MS gal all the way but this is too Pinky and the Brain like to even contemplate. FYI, a "national ID" card is something I think we should resist by every means possible >>


I agree. Every time someone mentions a nat'l ID card it conjures up images of a man in leather coat, with a turned up collar saying in a thick German or Russian accent "Your papers pleeze". I also think it very much infringes upon states rights to govern themselves. >>




I think the concept of a national ID card appeals to the nervous, lulling hem into some sort
of false sense of security. There hasn't yet been a system of ID that is totally hack proof.
Freedom, carries with it some risk and that trade off is more than worth it, imho.