A National ID Card

Here, The Times explores the issue.

I'm still opposed to the idea in principle. Pretty soon, especially if Bush is re-elected and anyone like John Ashcroft and Don Rumsfeld hold those positions, our every movement is going to be tracked. In the end, no national ID card would have stopped 9/11 because we allowed those people into the country.

With that said, what in hell purpose would such a national ID card serve?

And as long as we're talking about useless pieces of dreck, you might want to read William Safire's column today. Nixon's favorite apologist tells us there's good reason for optimism about Iraq. The only bit of optimism I found was that Safire is getting older and may retire soon.