World ID Cards?

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World Id cards? That is the headline off of Matt Drudges website yesterday for The Independent's story, that the US is asking for a common standard in ID card chips issued in Great Britain and throughout Europe. This just strikes me as odd.

There already is an international standard for New Passports issued around the world. Why do they need this new common chip in Ids around the world? They claim: The aim of getting the same microchip is to ensure compatibility in screening terrorist suspects, but these are internal IDs & Drivers licenses.

I see no compelling reasoning for this. It just rings false to me. The powers of government are more than adequate to meet the threat of Terrorism, if they are doing their jobs. It really bothers me that at every turn our government is becoming ever more intrusive in our lives, trying to catalog us. Nothing in the Constitution said life is safe. Our type of freedom comes with risks. All one can do is strive for a good life. There is no government anywhere that can protect everyone from all risks. And frankly I don't want to live in a place that is overly protective, because that society will become dictatorial. As america is slipping towards now.

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