Epistemic Ingemination

:: Art, Science, Politics, Humor, Geekery: Randy Kirchhof's Weblog

NOTE: this blog is no longer active as of 12/07. New one: http://blog.kirchhof.com

Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.

Home Page MySpace Page Shelfari Page Tips, Rants, etc: E-mail Randy

Thu, 12 May 2005

Well, we now have a National I.D. card. It passed the Senate yesterday 100-0, because the Republican Party attached it to a funding bill that had to be passed. Bruce Schneier has a pretty cogent analysis of the situation here.

A trillion dollars in deficits in five years; the PATRIOT act; the Department of Homeland Security; intervening in well established areas of state's responsibilities in the Terri Schiavo case, and now we have to present papers to travel, to open a bank account, to do almost anything else in this country.

Tell me again about how the so-called Republican Party is dedicated to small government, fiscal responsibility, and personal freedom. Your country is well on its way to becoming a religious dictatorship, you friggin' idiots. And you won't even notice until the storm troopers come for you. 'Cause Rush Limbaugh and Fox -- the only place where you get your news -- are too busy discussing runaway brides and washed-up rock star child molesters.

Present your papers and show your Bible, Citizen, or give cause as to why you should not be detained as a suspected Enemy of The State.

Posted at 12:37 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink] [Reload all] [E-mail]