Real-ID Passes U.S. Senate 100-0

jeffkjo1 writes "The U.S. Senate has passed the $82 billion Iraq Supplemental Spending Bill (approved by the House last week), which includes the Real ID act driver's license reform (previously reported here.) The National Governors Association has indicated at the possibility of a lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the Real ID provisions, which would create national driver's license standards, and a federal database of information from all 50 states."

I'm ecstatic.

[fuchsiawonder]

I'm so thankful this is going to come to pass. Finally, I don't have to hunt through multiple databases to swipe all of the pertinent information about someone. It's all collected in one place for easy access. Thanks, DC!

Anagram for Iraq Supplemental Spending Bill

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll sign delinquent lab sperm pap

Re:calls to arms against Sensenbrenner....

[Anonymous Coward]

Sophomoric and shrill.

Re:Fix the Game

[jericho4.0]

My company uses a special technique to form aluminium into a foil. It ships with instructions on how to build a farady cage from our foil. Send $10 for details.

Re:Fix the Game

[tomhudson]

so I guess its time to invest in some sort of a RFID sheilding technology.

No, time to invest in some RFID sniffing/spoofing technology. This will make it easier for you to live off other people' money, just like politicians do.

Me, I'm going to boycott RealID, just like RealAudio and RealMedia (sorry - couldn't resist)...

Re:They have this in Indiana... it doesn't work...

[Sassinak]

Of course it was related.. You know those pesky Tsunami's are a danger to democracy.. not to mention the fact that if we don't know where you are, and WHO you are.. how do I know WHAT you are capable of?..

*growning under the weight of the sarcastic retort*

Re:100-0 [OT]

[rzebram]

Hmm, I believe for situations just like this we should propose a

</democracy>

tag.

Re:Fix the Game

[nacturation]

Need to learn french so I can move to Canada.

Isn't that sort of like saying "Need to learn Spanish so I can move to the US"?

Re:Your Papers Please

[tomhudson]

Time to start creating your multiple fake personas, before this gets fully into place:

1. Visit graveyards looking for people born around the same year you were born, who died young, and get a copy of their birth certificate (or fake one - its easy enough), and use that to get the rest of your "alternate persona" documentation
2. Invest in a laminator and colour laser printer so you can make realistic id badges
3. have various forms of bills (magazine subscriptions are a quick and easy start) in othr names. A phone bill in your "alternate persona" for a few years will work wonders
4. take a second job for a few months as your "alternate persona". file the tax - governments never refuse money

Now you have a few hidey-holes, just in case things get totally wonky.

Coming soon from ThinkGeek...

[bechthros]

...a tinfoil hat for your wallet!!

Re:They have this in Indiana... it doesn't work...

[Trepalium]

Moreover, if the sky was green how would you ever get the refrigerator out of your ear? Therefore we must flatten the tires of our great tomato in order to prevent the miscarriage of granite. Only then can we labour safe in the knowledge that the world is flat. All in favor, say, "huh?"

where's the perverted arts when we need them

[jeffehobbs]

from episode 2F11 (Bart's Comet) [snpp.com]:

Speaker: Then it is unanimous, we are going to approve the bill to evacuate the town of Springfield in the great state of --
Congressman: Wait a minute, I want to tack on a rider to that bill: $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts.
Speaker: All in favor of the amended Springfield-slash-pervert bill?
[everyone boos]
Speaker: Bill defeated. [bangs gavel]
Kent: I've said it before, and I'll say it again: democracy simply doesn't work.

Remember when....

[juglugs]

...back in the '70's we used to laugh and ridicule the Russians for having to carry around their "papers" for inspection at anytime...

Conversely, remember when the USA had a War on Drugs and now because of that you can't buy drugs anymore?

Kent Brockman reporting...

[IonYz]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, democracy simply doesn't work.

Re:Something is fishy

[Elranzer]

Having a Democracy doesn't mean that people have to always take the opposite side just to be opposing.

I suppose you've never heard of the Green Party?

Re:Something is fishy

[Elranzer]

3) Of course, states aren't required to comply, but then a state's citizens will be unable to make use of most interstate transportation (flying).

Wait... flying cars? Finally?!

Re:Something is fishy

[name773]

they'd never get around to making a cynical moderation, and if they did it would be abused.

Re:Something is fishy

[roman_mir]

We're going the way of the fucking Romans. - keep yourself where I can see you at all times, you pervert.

Re:MOD Parent UP

[The One and Only]

Makes perfect sense to me. You only have the right to secede if you win the war.

Re:Damned good idea! (mod parent up!)

[eikonos]

No need for bribes, we'll just attach it to some popular bill.

Re:The time for action is now!

[Legion303]

"America is booming, the economy is on the up swing"

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!

And I thought I was a good troll. I bow to your ingenuity, sir.

Re:The time for action is now!

[jmv]

but the majority of Americans support the Real-ID act

Oh, that must be why it got included in a completely unrelated bill. The republicans being so humble didn't want to take credit for such a great bill, so they tried to keep it quiet...

Re:They have this in Indiana... it doesn't work...

[Zorilla]

Q: If you're skiing down a dirt hill and you hit a tree, how many pancakes does it take to cover a doghouse?

A: Purple, because ice cream has no bones.

On the bright side

[sl4shd0rk]

I'm so glad that terrorists will now be able to buy beer in all 50 states. It's annoying to stand in line at the Kwikeemart waiting for Ala Bin Crawwdaddin to fish through all those forged green cards. This should make things sooooo much easier.

Re:Something is fishy

[Cro Magnon]

We're going the way of the fucking Romans

That's not true! The Romans fell because their people were so distracted by entertainment that they didn't keep an eye on their leaders. BTW, American Idol should be good tonight.

Re:Something is fishy

[TripMaster Monkey]

If we're supposed to be the Romans, where are the vomitoriums? I want a vomitorium!


Ever been to a frat party?

Oblig Simpsons Quote

[jazzsupe]

Kent: With our utter annihilation imminent, our federal government has snapped into action. We go live now via satellite to the floor of the United States congress.

Speaker: Then it is unanimous, we are going to approve the bill to evacuate the town of Springfield in the great state of --

Congressman: Wait a minute, I want to tack on a rider to that bill: $30 million of taxpayer money to support the perverted arts.

Speaker: All in favor of the amended Springfield-slash-pervert bill?

[everyone boos]

Speaker: Bill defeated. [bangs gavel]

Incredible!

[mwa]

You used "Congress" and "efficiently" in a single, articulate sentence.

Re:The time for action is now!

[Anonymous Coward]

I can see it now.....

SINISTER TERRORIST GROUP "SLASHDOT" DECLARES WAR ON CONGRESS

Claims To Possess Menacing "Hot Grits" Weapon

Enraged by the recent passage of the RealID legislation, the internet-based terrorist organization "Slashdot"-- known for targeting websites with denial-of-service attacks-- called for action against the legislators who approved the bill. In his internet-published manifesto, their shadowy leader, known only as "ZosX", declares, "I, for one, do NOT welcome our new national ID overlords!" and conjures the terrifying image of "a beowulf cluter of Slashdotters". In an exclusive interview, granted only on condition of anonymity, one former "Slashdotter" exclaimed, "In Soviet Russia, THE PEOPLE pass repressive laws on THE GOVERNMENT!" He then seemed to become very confused.

Natalie Portman denies any affiliation with the organization.

Re:Consider please, the current president...

[tonsofpcs]

Failed attempts to line up variable-width characters == YES.