Paranoia

MANIFESTO

Digby tips me off to the latest effect of the fascism of the Bushies—the creation of the so-called REAL ID system,

a massive national identification system without adequate privacy and security safeguards. [The system] will also make it more difficult for people to get driver's licenses, and it will make it too easy for identity thieves, stalkers, and corrupt government officials to get access to the personal data of 245 million license and cardholers nationwide.

created by the Department of Homeland Security (the same august bureau that acquitted itself so well in the Katrina episode and elsewhere).

Comments regarding this system must be sent to DHS by 5:00 PM TODAY, so vote early and often. Additional information (including the link to the DHS) can be found here.