Comments on: Ron Paul: We Don’t Need No Stinking REAL ID http://www.libertymaven.com/2008/03/28/ron-paul-we-dont-need-no-stinking-real-id/992/ For Liberty, One Individual At A Time Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: georgedewey3 http://www.libertymaven.com/2008/03/28/ron-paul-we-dont-need-no-stinking-real-id/992/#comment-360 georgedewey3 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:35:12 +0000 http://www.libertymaven.com/2008/03/28/ron-paul-we-dont-need-no-stinking-real-id/992/#comment-360 I am a U.S. citizen, and I have been my entire life. I clearly look like a U.S. citizen. I am gainfully employed and vote regularly. Yet, every time that I fly, I get profiled and go through special screening. In fact, once, I had my Passport and my Driver's License with me. My Driver's License had expired the month before, and the TSA agent gave me all kinds of grief. I pointed out that my Passport had quite a few years left on it, and 2 pieces of ID aren't required, so it shouldn't be an issue. He hinted that he might not let me on the plane, but then put a special mark on my ticket and said, "Well, we're going to give you some extra special treatment today", and snickered. Essentially, I got to go through yet another special screening. All the while, I watched foreigners who barely spoke English go right through Security and the TSA without so much as a glance. If that is how bad it already is, how much worse will it be, with regards to the author's second to last full paragraph: "On January 11th, 2008, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that if states want their licenses to remain valid for air travel after May 2008, those states must seek a waiver indicating they want more time to comply with the legislation. Residents of states that have not sought waivers will have to use a passport or a newly created federal passport card if they want to avoid a vigorous secondary screening at airport security. Goodbye sweet liberty." I am a U.S. citizen, and I have been my entire life. I clearly look like a U.S. citizen. I am gainfully employed and vote regularly. Yet, every time that I fly, I get profiled and go through special screening. In fact, once, I had my Passport and my Driver’s License with me. My Driver’s License had expired the month before, and the TSA agent gave me all kinds of grief. I pointed out that my Passport had quite a few years left on it, and 2 pieces of ID aren’t required, so it shouldn’t be an issue. He hinted that he might not let me on the plane, but then put a special mark on my ticket and said, “Well, we’re going to give you some extra special treatment today”, and snickered. Essentially, I got to go through yet another special screening. All the while, I watched foreigners who barely spoke English go right through Security and the TSA without so much as a glance.

If that is how bad it already is, how much worse will it be, with regards to the author’s second to last full paragraph:

“On January 11th, 2008, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said that if states want their licenses to remain valid for air travel after May 2008, those states must seek a waiver indicating they want more time to comply with the legislation. Residents of states that have not sought waivers will have to use a passport or a newly created federal passport card if they want to avoid a vigorous secondary screening at airport security. Goodbye sweet liberty.”

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