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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: M0NEYMADE who wrote (607930)	8/22/2004 2:15:07 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Respond to of 769670

I break from most on the left (or is the right that opposes?) on this issue. The existence of a national ID card in itself is not a bad idea, IMHO. Of course, such a system could be abused, but wouldn't that be up and above merely the existance of this system? And, couldn't similar snooping exist without the existence of such a system? EDIT: for example, it could be used to prevent something like this: Thousands Registered to Vote in 2 States-Report story.news.yahoo.com