re the issuing of smart cards in france. when will we in the US of A be issued our ID card? already in some states you hve to have so much id just to get a drivers liscence that it is not funny. recently my fiancee lost her date book, for her it is a purse anything about her that would be needed to form another history via id was in there. and being adopted she did not have a copy of her birth certificate.. makes you wonder if the "smart card" is reaaly the better idea. to make it seem good to folks, lets have encryption in the card we can access certain parts of the card, via our own password, given it would have to be a hard to get password, something like 2BeoR^3%iT in at least 10 charactors long. we could all have them hooked to our money supply that would cut down on the fake card/money/credit business a bit and give us more ability to be controled by the governing bodies if we fail to pay the IRS one year, they could just take it out at their stations in the big office at the IRS building. or even the voting, pass it through the voting booth reader and key int he ones you want to help control your life. neato,, do away with all the bulky change i carry around too!! charles the monster maker