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To: Brumar89 who wrote (564180)	5/1/2010 10:57:18 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577124

Nice work, Mayor Daley!!

To: Brumar89 who wrote (564180)	5/2/2010 9:10:19 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1577124

Democrats – talk about tone deaf (Read WP posts from McQ) \| (Read MT posts from McQ) \| rss Sometimes I just love the Democrats. They're so out-of-touch they're just comical at times. After fomenting a near meltdown over the Arizona immigration law, with charges of nazism and cries of "show me you papers!" flying hither and yon, the Democrats introduce an immigration framework with what? Improved papers, of course. Yes, the Dems screwed the pooch and included a national ID card in their proposed legislation. And a biometric one at that. As someone characterized it, it's a "super Social Security card". Remember when you were assured that your SS card/number was not for identification purposes and never would be. Well Bunky, that was as true as most of the promises politicians make. Democratic leaders have proposed requiring every worker in the nation to carry a national identification card with biometric information, such as a fingerprint, within the next six years, according to a draft of the measure. Heh ... how do Democrats kill the momentum working in their favor in an issue which might actually help them in November? Totally misunderstand the point. For once, I'm in complete agreement with the ACLU who wasted no time in savaging the plan: “Creating a biometric national ID will not only be astronomically expensive, it will usher government into the very center of our lives. Every worker in America will need a government permission slip in order to work. And all of this will come with a new federal bureaucracy — one that combines the worst elements of the DMV and the TSA,” said Christopher Calabrese, ACLU legislative counsel. Oh, and the Gestapo. rightwingnews.com [ The Party of "Duh". ]