Now that Obama has taken the throne, they seem to be backing off REAL ID. Sort of. The results aren’t pleasing. Instead of having our Constitutional Lawyer President denounce the clear illegality of REAL ID, the whole mess is simply going to be renamed in typical government style, with most of the heinous unconstitutional provisions kept intact.
Terrific.
They’re attempting to soften it somewhat, but for me the only true solution is to trash the whole kit and caboodle. The Washington Post reports:
“The department’s goal is to fix, not repeal” Real ID, allowing all jurisdictions to comply by year’s end, said a DHS official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity before a formal announcement.
“If the law cannot be implemented, it is hard to claim that it increases security,” said David Quam, lobbyist for the NGA.
The new plan keeps elements of Real ID, such as requiring a digital photograph, signature and machine-readable features such as a bar code. States also will still need to verify applicants’ identities and legal status by checking federal immigration, Social Security and State Department databases.
But it eliminates demands for new databases — linked through a national data hub — that would allow all states to store and cross-check such information, and a requirement that motor vehicle departments verify birth certificates with originating agencies, a bid to fight identity theft.
Instead, it adds stronger privacy controls and limits such development to a pilot program in Mississippi. DHS would have nine months to write new regulations, and states would have five years to reissue all licenses, with completion expected in 2016.
Supporters saw a slimmer measure as better than nothing. But critics said the changes gut the law, weakening tools to fight fraud and learn whether bad drivers, drug runners or counterfeiters have licenses in more than one state.
Quote of the Day: “We have the greatest opportunity the world has ever seen, as long as we remain honest — which will be as long as we can keep the attention of our people alive. If they once become inattentive to public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, judges and governors would all become wolves.” –Thomas Jefferson
Last Thursday we reported that the “Audit the Fed” bill (HR 1207) had 200 co-sponsors, and that the companion Senate bill (S 604) had zero cosponsors. But in the space of just four days…
* The House bill now has 224 cosponsors
* And the Senate bill has its first cosponsor, Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina
First, find out if your House Rep. needs to be thanked for being a cosponsor, or encouraged to become one.
* Go here http://thomas.loc.gov/ * Click on the radio button for “bill number”
* Type in HR 1207
* Look for the link for cosponsors, and click on it
* See if your House Rep is listed
Ron Paul appeared on CNN yesterday morning to discuss reforming health care on American Morning. The host introduces Paul by saying that he has a “unique perspective”. Perhaps if Ron Paul’s perspective wasn’t so unique we’d be in a much better place.
Paul agrees that health care needs reform, but socialized medicine is the wrong way to go. He’d like (as you can probably guess) to free up the market for health care in order to lower costs and return health decisions to the doctor and patient rather than a third party insurance company.
Watch below for the doctor’s prescription for health care.
Most of the public is still unaware of that the gold price is currently suppressed by governments and central banks in collusion with bullion dealers. Even fewer realize that suppression of the price of gold has plenty of historical precedence. The following is the story of the London Gold Pool.
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution Originally published on Sunday, June 14, 2009 at http://www.nolanchart.com/article6535.html
“When gold speaks, all tongues are silent.” – Italian proverb
This article will briefly review the history and aftermath of the infamous London Gold Pool. For those unfamiliar with monetary history, let me quickly establish the events framing the London Gold Pool.
In 1933, the FED’s monetary inflation caused the Great Depression which was also America’s first bankruptcy. FDR plundered the American people’s gold and one month later outlawed the private possession of gold, an illegal act that existed until 1975. From 1933 onwards, America was on a “gold bullion standard.” A “gold bullion standard” exists when gold coins are not minted and owned by the people, but large international transactions with foreigners are handled in gold bar. However, the FED, America’s central bank, continued inflating the monetary supply which debases the currency and likewise increases the foreigner’s redemption of gold. (emblem)
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