Montana Says No to Real ID, Passes Law to Deny It 518
SoCalChris writes "Montana's governor signed a bill yesterday in defiance of the Real ID Act. House Bill 287 [PDF] requires the Montana Motor Vehicle Division to not implement the provisions of the Real ID Act, and to report to the governor any attempts by any agent or agency of the Department of Homeland Security to attempt to implement the bill. Montana is the first state to implement such a law."
I'm moving there (Score:5, Funny)
This is historic! (Score:4, Funny)
If this week has taught us anything... (Score:5, Funny)
Perhaps black bears could use some custom software to optimize their search for berries...
If this week has taught us anything, it's that one should always have a backup plan for black-bear-ies.
Re:I'm moving there (Score:5, Funny)
That said, Montana's a beautiful place. Oh, and the Kettlehouse (MT brew) brews the best beer in the world.
We used to joke about people moving to Montana to pay the scenery tax. Short answer, you're probably not going to get rich there.
I remember an old "PR" campain in MT to discourage Californians from moving in:
"Montana Sucks. Now go home and tell your friends."
Freedom (Score:5, Funny)
No one hates your freedom like we do... Uh, oops, I mean, like the terrorists do. Everybody knows it's the terrorists who hate your freedom. And of course only the terrorists can take your freedom away... Uh, um, no, not exactly, they can't... In fact only we can take your freedom away... er... You shouldn't question these things... Now be a good patriot and lie down and let us step on you for your protection.
In other news ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:One of the last great bastions of Freedom in US (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Lesson for the world (Score:5, Funny)
A life.
Montana is Big Balls Country (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I'm moving there (Score:5, Funny)
No kidding, I took a train from Chicago to Portland that went across Montana lengthwise. You could tell you had entered Montana when you couldn't see anything, not even on the horizon. You could tell when you left Montana because you saw things again.
Hell I don't even remember any towns. I saw a couple dead trees but thats about it.
Re:About Time (Score:3, Funny)
New Hampshire
Arizona
France
Iowa
Iran
The all contain the letter "a" and are populated by weirdos?
License (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Freedom (Score:3, Funny)
You almost had it.
You see, the terrorists are seeking to steal Americans' freedom, because they have none of their own. In order to prevent this, the US Government is taking all your freedom and locking it away, so that the terrorists can't get to it. Currently you've still got lots of freedoms lying around in the open, but the government is even now working to lock down those too. Pretty soon America won't have any freedom at all, and the terrorists will have to give up and find another free country to terrorise.