National ID Cards?

Recently passed Real ID Act undermines civil rights, critics charge.

Be afraid, Be VERY afraid. This potentially insidious bill, had to be buried inside a larger bill, calling for emergency spending in Iraq and Afghanistan. And because it passed as an amendment to an emergency spending bill providing troop funding for American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Real ID Act did not come up for a vote on its own--or for full debate--in Congress.
Isn't it time we stopped allowing politicians to include their personal agenda's, in the form of amendments, inside a bill, that has NOTHING at all to do with the original bill. This isn't new, nor is it uncommon; rather it is done routinely and it even has a "pet" name. Its called "pork". Said almost tongue in cheek, like a bad inside joke, these "amendments" add huge amounts of useless spending, to an otherwise important item. On the other hand, for many of these amendments, its their only chance at getting passed. And some are important for a politicians constituents, albeit a small group.

Ahh, there I go again ranting. Back to the ID cards. These can and probably will compromise the freedoms we have come to love here in the United States, even more. Further they will contain more information than most people need to know about you. And watch out for tracking ability. Big Brother IS watching