Passports within the US
Aug. 18th, 2007 09:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johnridleyhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/16/real.id/index.html
Apparently there's this idea that if you live in a state that's dared to not jump in bed with the federal government on RealID, you'll need a passport to visit federal areas, possibly including national parks.
I found this very interesting quote in the Slashdot discussion on the matter:
"What happened was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to be governed by surprise, to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believe that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security. " ~ an anonymous German Professor from 'They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1939-1945', by Milton Mayer
Apparently there's this idea that if you live in a state that's dared to not jump in bed with the federal government on RealID, you'll need a passport to visit federal areas, possibly including national parks.
I found this very interesting quote in the Slashdot discussion on the matter:
"What happened was the gradual habituation of the people, little by little, to be governed by surprise, to receiving decisions deliberated in secret; to believe that the situation was so complicated that the government had to act on information which the people could not understand, or so dangerous that, even if people could understand it, it could not be released because of national security. " ~ an anonymous German Professor from 'They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1939-1945', by Milton Mayer
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Date: 2007-08-19 10:57 am (UTC)