NH continues to ‘live free or die’
July 8, 2007 News, Politics No CommentsSlashdot is reporting that New Hampshire has joined several other states in rejecting the proposed national ‘Real ID.’ The beauty of the law making use of the Real ID illegal in the ‘Live free or die’ state wasn’t that it passed 24-0, it was that it called the ID itself ‘contrary and repugnant’ to both the NH and US Constitutions. New Hampshire’s politicians have never been ones to gloss over or euphemize what they recognize as crap from the start, and this law is no exception. Also amusing is the fact that the state rejected what it called a $3 million ‘bribe’ from the Feds to accept and implement the Real ID.
Does anybody find it ironic that the supposed ’state’s-rights’ party took it upon themselves to nationalize the ID system, only to be stopped by states deciding to assert their rights?