EDITORIALS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE BACHELOR'S BEAT

Enough Is Enough!
Feb. 8, 2008


  If we just say NO to Federal dictates and BIG BROTHER ID CARDS, how long would government be able to lie to the people? How long could government controllers hold out if everyone refused to get a “special” national identity card?
   The controllers in Washington, backed by some local control fanatics, are insistent that we, the people, must have some form of uniform National Identity Card! Without these cards in our individual possession, the bureaucracy will not be able to guarantee our security!
   Anyone who does not have such a card will not be allowed to enter a Federal building - and eventually, any public building - not a post office, not to pay taxes, kids couldn’t go to school, nobody to serve on juries or testify in courts. These are not the places where terrorists and illegal immigrants hang out - so why the big deal?
   In fact, Big Brother wants us to have such Federally issued identity cards before we are allowed to board an airplane - and eventually a bus. In fact, there is no reason we shouldn’t be required to produce such a card before we can gas-up and drive to aunt Mildred’s house in the next state. If we have the government issued identity cards they will contain more electronic information on each individual than many of us want to remember.
   Government can use the excuse of “conserving fuel” as a reason to demand that we have the card electronically upgraded before we can travel more than 100 miles from our residence. Shades of Adolph Hitler - the Fourth Reich lives! But the advantages are - you will only need one card for everything. It will be your credit card, driver’s license, passport, gun permit (oh, yeah), voter ID, health insurance card, proof of liability insurance and even the title for your car - all on one little card. The coding can be electronically imbedded to show your credit rating and even all the health data and vital signs from your last visit to the doctor.
   Of course, if you write a letter to the editor, or post something the government doesn’t like on a Blog, you might find your card electronically damaged - and it might remain damaged for several weeks. It would be best not to speak out!
   Terrorists and drug smugglers won’t be bothered much by the National Identity Card. All that is necessary is to “borrow” someone else’s card, scan the electronic data encrypted, have another card made with that person’s name and encrypted information and the terrorist’s picture - then return the borrowed card and nobody will know! They will be free to go anywhere just as long as the original data owner isn’t doing the same thing.
   National security?? Bull! A drug smuggling cartel or a terrorist group can easily buy the same equipment used by the government and duplicate anything. They have the money and the incentive.
   But the law-abiding citizen can’t afford to have a phony ID card - they will have to surrender their rights and sign up for the real thing!
   Many years ago, when the Federal government (FCC) tried to force radio permits on everyone with a CB radio, the people flat refused to get the licenses and eventually the FCC backed off!
   It is time for the real Americans to tell the government to “back off” and say “Enough!”

Anti-Murder Law!
Feb. 8, 2008


   While the First amendment to the Constitution prohibits the government from making laws regarding the practice of religion, the government is also charged with a responsibility to protect the rights of the citizens - especially the right to not be murdered because of a religious belief!
   Every state has laws against murder and planning or fostering a murder. Those laws need to be enforced vigorously against certain Muslim sects that not only promulgate the teaching of Jihad (religious murder) but allow parents to murder their own offspring if they don’t obey a parental order.
   Recently the news has carried items about Muslim men killing their own daughters for refusing to cover their heads and threatening a daughter with death if she refused to marry the man her father had selected for her.
   The federal government managed to convince the Church of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) to officially denounce their religious belief in polygamy (numerous wives) - even though that appeared to be government interference with a religion. If the Federal powers can protect women from Mormon polygamy abuse, those powers can be applied against teaching a Muslim belief to murder non-believers and infidels!