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Do people still care about nature? With the rising popularity of television and video games, outdoor activities like camping and fishing are seeing a rapid decline. Sad.
Where does your candidate stand on the Real ID Act? The Real ID is a form of identification with RFID implanted to track everything you do and everywhere you go (cue 1984 reference), it’s yet another proposed invasion of our Civil Liberties, all in the name of the continued fictional war on terror. Find out where your candidate of choice stands on this important issue and react accordingly (here’s a surprise, all the Republican candidates are for it!). The invasion of privacy isn’t the only problem here either. Government lack of understanding of Technology once again shows in this issue, as RFID is not a very secure technology. Your Real ID card could easily be spoofed, resulting in much easier identity theft.
Gamespot continues to fall apart. After the firing of Jeff Gerstmann, several key employees have left the site. Ryan Davis is the latest. Lets hope they plan to team up and start their own independent site, I could certainly get behind that as I have a lot of respect for all of them.
Apple has upgraded both the iPhone and iPod touch with more memory. My 8GB iPhone is no longer the greatest technological achievement of mankind. I are sad.
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Careful now, only McCain now supports it, Ron Paul and Huckabee (my choice) are against it, Ron Paul strictly, and Huckabee mostly, looks like all of them Dems are for it, but say it just would cost too much. So actually your best bet would be a vote for Ron Paul.
From your article:
“The ACLU and other groups have been hard at work, trying to find out the presidential candidates’ positions on the Real ID Act. The results may not be what you expect. John Edwards, and Ron Paul are strictly against the idea, while Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have expressed opposition, but seemingly only because of the financial burdens the plan represents for the states. Mike Huckabee opposes the Real ID act on the grounds that national security should not be entrusted to the DMV.”
True, that’s yet another big reason why Edwards was the best choice. I didn’t realize that Huckabee was against it, that’s my mistake and 1 point in his favor, but like the remaining Dem’s, he sounds like he’s not against it in idea, he’s against the DMV being in charge of it.
It’s a shame that Huckabee has been mathematically eliminated from the race, because he had some good ideas for the country and he is against this act.