On Wednesday, October 17, 2001, at 09:43 AM, Khoder bin Hakkin wrote:
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/local/center/id101701.htm
Choice quotes from the Man, who doesn't realize that the Constitution protects *everyone* in the US, regardless of residency status:
The cards would be voluntary for all U.S. citizens, he said Tuesday. Any American without a card still could board a plane, but only after undergoing a more rigorous search.
The cards would be mandatory, however, for foreign
visitors, including students on visas and non-citizens living and working in the United States who now carry ``green cards,'' he said.
--Tim May "You don't expect governments to obey the law because of some higher moral development. You expect them to obey the law because they know
Ellison rushed into this scam for selling more Oracle data bases (*) without much thought. Mandatory for some means mandatory for all, else the "some" will simply claim they are part of the group not required to carry cards. Obviously. (* Ellison says he will "give away the software," but he doesn't say to whom, or how agencies required to interact with the software will get their copies, or who will do the maintenance, etc. He is obviously looking for Oracle to give away some free copies but then be the Official Supplier to Big Brother. State capitalism in its most obvious form.) that if they don't, those who aren't shot will be hanged." - -Michael Shirley