Comments on AMERICA WEEPS: Passports, National Id & Real Id - A Real Threat

meanwhile, those folks who support the fence along...

2007-10-28T12:07:00.000-04:00

meanwhile, those folks who support the fence along the Mexican border forget one immutable fact:
fences keep people in as well as keeping people out.

Congress can pass all the laws it wants..implement...

2007-10-27T09:06:00.000-04:00

Congress can pass all the laws it wants..implementing them is another animal entirely.

They had to rescind the deadline for those passport requirements because there is roughly a 6-9 month backlog in issuing the damn things.

No one on the left supports all these intrusions into our freedoms. The general public isn't aware of most of the ID laws and new requirements until they need to do something that requires one or more of them. Then they get pissed. But by then its too late.

I blame the MSM for not doing their job informing the population of what is being done in Congress. It is their fault that the majority of Americans know so little about what goes down until its too late to do anything about it.

But the news divisions are now expected to turn a profit..so what is news has slowly changed..Britney and Paris sell..Listing all the bills and amendments being considered in Congress Do NOT.

Even the moderates and rightwingers I know are so uninformed, I go nuts when I bring up something and they don't know wtf I am talking about. They get 90 second soundbites on the evening news..and the important stuff doesn't fit into those windows.

My husband gets and reads the local newspaper daily. When he comes up to me and says..hey! Do you know about this? I say: Of course jackass..thats old news. Or take when he watches the CBS evening news and Katie Couric waxes poetic about something that went down over a week ago.

I don't know what to say about Martial Law..but I do know that I own a gun and I am not afraid to use it. I participated in various underground activities in the past and I don't have a problem doing that again.

I would rather die than live in a country that has taken my freedoms via Martial Law. and I say that without one ounce of fear, but plenty of loathing..

larry...I know about Der Fuhrer's private illegal ...

2007-10-23T23:25:00.000-04:00

larry...
I know about Der Fuhrer's private illegal army Blackwater and I believe that its a violation of the Constitution to support a private army. Another High Crime and Misdemeanor by this administration.

As to Obey I hope he don't cave in and back down like Congressman Stark did.

And I called Pelosi a Traitor in both my calls to her California office.
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anok...
Thank you and indeed these are trying times as I wrote above in my new post.

The time is coming for the American people to chose. Dictatorship or Freedom. The question then becomes what will they chose?
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patriot...
Except for not knowing anymore if I'm living in a dream or the events taking place are real, I'm doing fine.

And I mentioned the drought and fires in my post above.

Thanks for checking.
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two crows...
The RFID chip has been mentioned many times and I sure don't want one put in me.

It's really no different then the chip people put in their pets to identify them if there lost and turned in to a animal shelter or humane society.

OnStar is another way of tracking people and the rich sure wants in in their cars and trucks. Don't want to get them back all stripped down after they are stolen.

I already called a Senators office and told them they should just tattoo everyone like the Nazi's did as it worked so well for Hitler.

I would imagine they didn't like that voice mail very much. I mean after all I implied they were all Nazi's. Don't believe I got much love for that message.
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We are headed now into darker days and whether we survive it or not we must prepare for the worse.

Only time will tell if we survive or not and how we react to wanting our freedom will determine much of how it all ends.

We will be the new insurgents like the Sons of Liberty were back when our forefathers fought to establish our Democracy. Whether or not we win will be decided by not only our response, but that of the rest of the World as well.

If you believe in God or not matters not. I will place my faith in the Lord and pray for guidance and faith that He will provide us the means to reclaim our country.

God Bless you all.

AAArgh! The idiot ignores California burning and c...

2007-10-22T17:44:00.000-04:00

AAArgh! The idiot ignores California burning and comes on and says he needs 46 Billion more for his wars. He has a lot of B's that piece of crap. Just one more excuse to declare martial order. Keep smiling buddy!

hi, Anon--I read a few months ago in a conservativ...

2007-10-22T13:57:00.000-04:00

hi, Anon--
I read a few months ago in a conservative online newsletter about a microchip being pushed to be inserted under the skin. the company that makes them was urging the gov't to implant them in LEGAL Mexican immigrants. the plan was: if you DIDN'T have such an implant you could be identified as an illegal immigrant.

so, people who had committed _no_crime_ would be trackable as they went to work, went to the store, traveled around the country, etc. etc.

when a few timid objections were raised [not by the neo-cons, you can be sure] those who were pushing for their implementation concentrated on the fact that injecting them into the body wouldn't be THAT painful ["it's only about the size of a grain of rice"] just as if that was the point.

my guess is: now that this technology is available, it will be forced upon us all eventually. they'll start with some group [such as immigrants or criminals] as a test case. when no hue-and-cry is raised, they'll move on to the rest of us as time goes on.

Hey Anon I thought I caught last week that you w...

2007-10-21T19:11:00.000-04:00

Hey Anon
I thought I caught last week that you wrote on weekends so I thought I would check in. Hope all is well!

Anon, you are welcome. I have found that during th...

2007-10-20T22:00:00.000-04:00

Anon, you are welcome. I have found that during these trying times I simultaneously seek refuge in, and doubt fiercely my spirituality.

DOn't doubt what blogging is doing either - I know that since I have been on blogger, even for a few months - I have felt assured, and relieved that I am not the only person aside from my husband who sees what is happening. The more we write, the more reach out, the more we network and spread the word - the better off the world will be. Civil disobedience, protests, and direct action/resistance isn't the only way to help initiate real change. At least, Thomas Paine didn't think so ;)

So keep on bloggin' my friend! Feel free to e mail anytime, about anything. Solidarity is key...

Larry, Oh - Dear - Gods. I'm going to reprint your comment on my blog, when you have the time, please drop by with some references/site sources. I would love to read further about this matter. I know they did this right after Katrina, but I wasn't aware that it was still happening.

Thanks for the heads up.

The Democratic chairman of the powerful House Appr...

2007-10-20T17:12:00.000-04:00

The Democratic chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee is prepared to play hardball with President Bush over funding the war in Iraq.

Rep. David Obey (D-WI), who has pledged to sideline the latest Pentagon funding request until next year in addition to proposing a tax hike to finance the war, says he’s not letting anything — even Democratic leaders like Speaker Nancy Pelosi — get in his way.

Obey, who told the Washington Post that he hates the “misbegotten, stupid, ill-advised” war, pushed past Speaker Pelosi’s objections to his plan to levy a tax to pay for the war, the paper reports.

“I went to Nancy a week before we did it, and I told her: ‘Nancy, I’m gonna do two things,’”said Obey, according to in the Post. “One of them you’re gonna like, and one of them you’re not.”

Pelosi, who favored Obey’s idea of not addressing war funding this year, took issue with his war tax plan.

“Just as I have opposed the war from the outset … I am opposed to a war surtax,” she said of the plan at the beginning of the month, and more recently stated that she didn’t think that “an across-the-board tax was a fair one…we don’t go forward lightly when we’re talking about a tax on all the American people.”

Pelosi is a traitor!

Don't tell us Martial Law isn't on it's way:Heavil...

2007-10-19T23:33:00.000-04:00

Don't tell us Martial Law isn't on it's way:

Heavily armed paramilitary mercenaries from the Blackwater private security firm, infamous for their work in Iraq, are openly patrolling the streets of New Orleans. Some of the mercenaries say they have been "deputized" by the Louisiana governor; indeed some are wearing gold Louisiana state law enforcement badges on their chests and Blackwater photo identification cards on their arms. They say they are on contract with the Department of Homeland Security and have been given the authority to use lethal force. Several mercenaries we spoke with said they had served in Iraq on the personal security details of the former head of the US occupation, L. Paul Bremer and the former US ambassador to Iraq, John Negroponte.

"This is a totally new thing to have guys like us working CONUS (Continental United States)," a heavily armed Blackwater mercenary told us as we stood on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter. "We're much better equipped to deal with the situation in Iraq."

Blackwater mercenaries are some of the most feared professional killers in the world and they are accustomed to operating without worry of legal consequences. Their presence on the streets of New Orleans should be a cause for serious concern for the remaining residents of the city and raises alarming questions about why the government would allow men trained to kill with impunity in places like Iraq and Afghanistan to operate here. Some of the men now patrolling the streets of New Orleans returned from Iraq as recently as 2 weeks ago.

What is most disturbing is the claim of several Blackwater mercenaries we spoke with that they are here under contract from the federal and Louisiana state governments.

Blackwater is one of the leading private "security" firms servicing the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. It has several US government contracts and has provided security for many senior US diplomats, foreign dignitaries and corporations. The company rose to international prominence after 4 of its men were killed in Fallujah and two of their charred bodies were hung from a bridge in March 2004. Those killings sparked the massive US retaliation against the civilian population of Fallujah that resulted in scores of deaths and tens of thousands of refugees.

As the threat of forced evictions now looms in New Orleans and the city confiscates even legally registered weapons from civilians, the private mercenaries of Blackwater patrol the streets openly wielding M-16s and other assault weapons. This despite Police Commissioner Eddie Compass' claim that "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons."

anok...Thank you as I needed some reinforcement th...

2007-10-19T22:33:00.000-04:00

anok...
Thank you as I needed some reinforcement that what I and many others are doing is not in vain.

I am not angry at the Lord as it appears to sound like I am. Instead its like Mother Teresa whom we just found out had doubts herself yet continued to do good deeds even though she questioned her own faith.

It is hard to understand why people as evil as we have seen in our life times was let to exist and carry out the most vile inhumanities of our century.

Though its been said that the Lord would not interfere in worldly affairs, since we were given free will, seeing the inhumanities of others touches many souls in such a deep way and troubles many a heart.

Bill Moyers Journal tonight had a report on Blackwater and they are truly a scary lot. An army of God so to speak, a Christian Army with those from whom many go back to the beliefs of the Crusaders.

And its been said that they will be providing security at the Republican Convention next year. Will they kill anyone? The odds are that some innocent person will end up dying and they will not be held accountable, just like there not now in Iraq or elsewhere around the World.

I do see real harm to our country and there are many days now where I don't know if what I am doing blogging is making any difference what soever. And to me that is very scary.

How the American People can not see what's right in front of their noses is almost beyond belief. I think that soon we will be under a full blown Dictatorship and many innocent people over here will die like those in Iraq, Myanmar and Palestine are dying right now this very minute.

Anyway thanks for giving me some hope that maybe in a shorter time than I would think we will get our Democracy back.

God Bless.

"Have we become so vile a Nation that this is our ...

2007-10-19T21:39:00.000-04:00

"Have we become so vile a Nation that this is our punishment by the Lord for turning from what our Country was founded upon?"

Anon - NO this is not a punishment, then again I don't believe that any God serves up punishments in the form of war, famine, natural disaster etc...

It could however, be a test - depending on what you believe.

Me personally, I believe that it is simply the rule of Karmic law. What we are seeing now and experiencing are the culmination of centuries of decisions, actions, mistakes and yes - even good deeds and best of intentions. Much like the paths our lives take, determined by our actions and reactions to our environment we end up in a particular place as a matter of eventuality.

So too does this exist for the world as a whole, our individual actions, though minuscule in the grand scheme of things do not exempt us from altering the state of the world we live in, because when you put it all together as a whole we are the world, and our actions dictate the harmony and disharmony of the entire globe, starting many, many moons ago.

It will pass, it will change - not without pain and loss (for those of us who fight and resist as well as for those who do not or cannot) - but it will come full circle because this time too, is a period of change affecting the generations to come.

Do not feel anger towards your God Anon, for without Evil there is no Good, without pain their is no pleasure, without hatred there is no love. Without darkness, there is no light.

Just remember, even if you feel that your God (or any Gods) have given us this pain and punishment, so too did they give us the tools to fight for change - to resist - to make it well again. Don't forget to use what you've been given, which if I may say so, is the sharpest pen I've seen in a while.

enigma4ever...I too hate what we have become.=====...

2007-10-19T20:35:00.000-04:00

enigma4ever...
I too hate what we have become.
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tomcat...
Who says name dropping doesn't work?
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larry...
Nightline did a piece on that. I believe that there showing it to the military so they can better understand why the fighting continues against the foreign occupiers.

Trouble is that they just don't get it and probably never will.
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anok...
My heart breaks every time I see something else wrong being done in the name of America.

One thing though for sure is that one day they all will be held accountable. If not in this world than in the next.
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There is much wrong inside America today. Our Government is broken and those we trusted to Uphold, Protect and Defend the Constitution have betrayed us.

I consider myself a Christian and even knowing that I still find myself sometimes asking why a God whom I accepted as my Saviour would allow an evil like what we have now in our Country be allowed to go on with no accountability to man or God.

This is very troubling too me and I'm sure to many others of good will.

Have we become so vile a Nation that this is our punishment by the Lord for turning from what our Country was founded upon? I hope not.

I pray that one day we will be able to repent for our Countries Sins and once again be respect and embraced in the World.

Until that day we will face much more evil and destruction and death.

Only when we have washed all the blood off our hands will the Lord forgive us. Only than can we reclaim the Honor and Integrity we have lost.

Only than will we once again be America the Land of the Free. A true Democracy.

God Bless all.

Anon, every time I read one of your posts, my hear...

2007-10-19T12:51:00.000-04:00

Anon, every time I read one of your posts, my heart stops for a second. Thats not a bad thing - what you're writing is true, even if it hasn't happened just yet, or totally. Its reading it, hearing it instead of just thinking it that makes it hit home the way it does.

Thanks for the thoughts. And no, I do not feel any safer I feel as far from safe as one could feel I think. Anyone seen "Children of Men"? Thats what I think of when I start hearing about stuff like this.

And Larry - your comments make me pause as well.

I think I'll go drink some coffee until I stop shuddering.

Check out this film I learned of from Tomcat:Meeti...

2007-10-18T21:52:00.000-04:00

Check out this film I learned of from Tomcat:

Meeting Resistance

As far as "recite the pledge of loyalty to the Rei...

2007-10-18T17:30:00.000-04:00

As far as "recite the pledge of loyalty to the Reich to enter a pay toilet" all we have to do is tell them we know Larry Craig.

LMAO!

sigh...GREAT post...and you know how I feel about ...

2007-10-18T06:03:00.000-04:00

sigh...GREAT post...and you know how I feel about all of this...and I too have horrendous ID stories..that I won't bore you with, and I will tell at another time...really excellent post the way you explained it and also the way you showed it...I hate what we have become..and we need to fine another way to fight back...keep writing and blogging it..it matters...alot.

larry...I just missed you or you just missed me as...

2007-10-17T20:51:00.000-04:00

larry...
I just missed you or you just missed me as I was responding to the comments left and I did address that at the bottom of my reply.

It's coming and its not going to be a good thing for anybody or nation who backs us.

I guess I'll start praying harder for our sheep who represent us to impeach this insane madman running our country.

God Bless.

a rose is a rose...I agree with you 100% and a rev...

2007-10-17T20:47:00.000-04:00

a rose is a rose...
I agree with you 100% and a revolution may be necessary to return our Constitution back to us.
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bluegrrrrl...
I don't travel, however I may have to get a passport so I can leave the country. That is if I'm not put on a no fly list.

At that point I may have to find other means to get our safely.
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patriot...
I brought this up before I started blogging to those I knew and they laughed at me.

Like you said terrorists don't give a damn about passports or visa's. They will get in one way or the other.

What is even more scary and is never mentioned is the Cuban Wet Foot\Dry Foot policy we have.

I'm sure if any Cubans read this they will take issue with me about it, however one must consider the fact that we consider Cuba a Communist Country whom we oppose, who's to say that Al-Qaeda hasn't converted some Cubans over to there side.

All they have to do is touch dry soil and there allowed to stay here. Easy way to get a few cells into the country huh?

And yes we are in danger from the enemy within and no one will admit it. Let us hope and pray that no American blood will be spilled by other Americans in the attempt to regain our Constitution and Democracy.
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robert rouse...
After all Blackwater will have to go somewhere when Iraq kicks them out and they may be providing security at the Republican Christian Fascist Nazi Partys Convention next year.

Scary thought huh?
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larry...
And they shall carry the mark of the Beast.
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karlman...
The last time I flew it was to go bury my uncle. I had short notice and had to pay cash for my ticket.

I was pulled aside at the Gate both going and coming back. Going I was wearing a suit, coming back I was wearing jeans and gym shoes.

I hardly looked like a terrorist, but I still got the full script.

Like you said those who do the checks are clowns and the procedures are stupid. Making you throw away lighters, water and mothers being made to contaminate their babies bottles of breast milk.

And were suppose to feel safer with these clowns protecting us as we board airplanes? The whole security setup is a joke and if they really want to blow something up I highly doubt that these ass wipes could stop them.

By the way I'm glad you had a good trip for Oktoberfest in Germany.
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sumo...
Some states are fighting it, however I don't see it going anywhere but in effect. It will be ties to all Federal Benefits like Social Security and Medicare\Medicade.

They may as well tattoo numbers on our wrists or arms because this is no different from what the Nazi's did in keeping track of the Jewish population.

Who would have thought that one day our country would be led by Nazi's and enabled by the supposedly opposition party?

Only time will tell if we can get our country back and I for one pray we can.
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neil shakespeare...
Yeah right, for Tax purposes only and to collect Social Security. Everyone fell for that lie.

The only time a doctor let me not give it was for an eye exam since I was paying cash and not going through insurance.

Now are there any bridges they can sell us?
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tomcat...
Were definitely on the watch list and probably the no fly list as well.

As far as "recite the pledge of loyalty to the Reich to enter a pay toilet" all we have to do is tell them we know Larry Craig.
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We are facing some dark times ahead as heard today when Der Fuhrer Adolph Bush spoke those magic words at a press conference.

World War III!!!!!!

And to tell Turkey that they can't go after those they consider terrorist shows how little he really cares about our troops in Iraq.

I guess Turkey should tell the Decider that he's either with them or against them in there quest to fight terrorism.

And lets not forget Condi Liar Rice complaining about Putin having to much power and it being bad for Democracy.

All she has to do is look at her boss and she will see a mirror image of Her Fuhrer.

Anyway I would like to thank you all for stopping by and leaving your observations.

Take care and ....

God Bless all.

President Bush warned of dire consequences if Iran...

2007-10-17T20:05:00.000-04:00

President Bush warned of dire consequences if Iran acquires nuclear weapons during a press conference on Wednesday, saying that he had told world leaders the country must be prevented from achieving nuclear capability "if you're interested in avoiding World War III."

"We've got a leader in Iran who has announced that he wants to destroy Israel," Bush said, responding to Russia's stated cautioning against military action targeting Tehran's suspected atomic program.

"So I've told people that, if you're interested in avoiding World War III, it seems like you ought to be interested in preventing them from having the knowledge necessary to make a nuclear weapon," said Bush.

You don't need the ability to read to see in between the lines.

Great post, AP. I wonder how far apart we are on ...

2007-10-17T15:21:00.000-04:00

Great post, AP. I wonder how far apart we are on the watch list. I fear there will come a time when we have to insert our all-in-one cards and recite the pledge of loyalty to the Reich to enter a pay toilet.

Prisoners in our own country. And they already HA...

2007-10-17T05:48:00.000-04:00

Prisoners in our own country. And they already HAVE the Soc.Sec.#'s, which, the American People were assured when that legislation was passed, were SACRED NUMBERS. No one was ever going to get your number except for you and the SS administration. A couple of years ago I had to go to a dermatologist (that's a dermatologist, folks) and they demanded my SS#. I refused to fill out that blank on the form. The receptionist said, "I'm sorry, but we can't treat you." Well, I raised a stink and she went somewhere and consulted with her bosses and came back and said "OK" finally. But why would a dermatologist need your Soc.Sec # if you're not on Medicare or Medicaid? Simple. They sell the info to direct mail marketers. Two weeks later I received several medical related pieces of mail, including one from a Crematorium. My problem was skin cancer, so I suppose they got that info from the dermatologist's form and suspected I might die soon.

It's a weird one if the States let it go through.

2007-10-17T02:01:00.000-04:00

It's a weird one if the States let it go through.

Having recently travelled to both Europe and Mexic...

2007-10-17T00:34:00.000-04:00

Having recently travelled to both Europe and Mexico and having gone through various airports and borders, I can tell you that US has the most inane, insane "security" policies of anywhere...and the rudest damn people in charge of it, too. Leaving LAX was like going through an interrogation with guards yelling, demanding, and practically demanding we strip naked. Add to that the three hours we waited at the Mexican border so some guy with a stick up his butt and an apparently wee tiny tallywhacker could abuse us about not having IDs for the 8 and 11 year olds in the car and who actually said "Don't you care about your children?"

I've a theory that W and Co. want to make international travel so horrible that when they actually ban it, the sheep, uh, people won't be so angry. Aren't closed borders--in or out--the next step in a fascist regime?

Before it is over, Americans will need a National ...

2007-10-16T22:15:00.000-04:00

Before it is over, Americans will need a National ID and a passport to purchase food.

I posted on this several times. I believe current...

2007-10-16T07:40:00.000-04:00

I posted on this several times. I believe currently there are 17 states that are refusing to participate. Every move the bush regime makes is moving us closer to reliving the nightmare that was Nazi Germany. They're ramping it up too. It's surreal is what it is. It's unbelievable that this has all happened in the last seven years.

"NO I do not feel any safer now...I think we are living in the most dangerous times possible, under the most dangerous conditions possible, at least for those of us who value life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Very well said Blue!