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Subject: Re: Passports Posted on: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:39:15 -0500

Thus spake Chrissy Cruiser :

>On Sat, 24 Jun 2006 21:11:12 GMT, Rosalie B. wrote:
>
>> Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:30:43 -0500, George Leppla wrote:
>>>
>>>> Perhaps if you can't afford
>>>> $9.70 per person a year for proper identification then you really shouldn't
>>>> be traveling at all.
>>>
>>>*What's all the fuss with the Real ID Act about?*
>>>
>>>President Bush signed an $82 billion military spending bill soon that
>>>created electronically readable, federally approved ID cards for Americans.
>>>The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved the package--which
>>>includes the Real ID Act--oin May, 2005.
>>>
>>>*What does that mean for guys like Bill?*
>>>
>>>Starting two years from now, if you live or work in the United States,
>>>you'll need a federally approved ID card to travel on an airplane, open a
>>>bank account, collect Social Security payments, or take advantage of nearly
>>>any government service.
>>
>> Although I went to the bank to open an account (for my mom's estate)
>> and was told I HAD to submit a driver's license for ID. No other
>> photo ID would do - not a passport or a military ID or anything else.
>
>Patriot Act, Granny, mandated by the Patriot Act. Terrorists can't fake or
>get real DLs. Of course.

Wanna buy a TX DL? I know where I can get a bargain. Won't stand up
to a cop, but works for most bars and the casual flash, like at an
airport.
--
dillon

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