If the government of the United States passed a law for security purposes that every American had to have a personal ID number tattooed on his or her hand, without which that person would not be permitted to buy or sell, would you accept it? I'm sure most of you are saying, "No way! Not over my dead body!"Yet, such a law has already been passed with one minor differencewhich really is no difference. You won't have the number tattooed on your hand. You only have to have the number on a card in your hand. The bottom line is you will have the number in your hand or you will not be able to buy or sell. The new law requires every American to have a national ID card without which you will be unable to hold a job, and you will not be able to have a bank account. With no job and no bank account, how much buying and selling will you be able to do? Obviously, none!Now allow me to ask the question once again. Will you accept a number in your hand in order to keep your job or have a bank account? Think about it very carefully. Each of us will have to answer this question between now and May 11, 2008 when the Real ID Act is scheduled for implementation.
Sowhat's it matter anyway?
The prophecy found in Revelation 13:15-18 foretells that a time will come when every person on earth will be forced to have a number in the hand or in the forehead, or else the individual will not be able to buy or sell. Has this sunk in yet? The prophecy is 2,000 years old, but it is happening now! I'm not saying that it might happen. I'm saying that the law is already passed by Congress and signed by our president. We are watching the implementation in process now!
What's behind this national ID?
The rationale being given for the creation of a national ID is to guard against the threat of terrorism. However, the global government crowd wanted a national ID long before terrorism reared its ugly head. Twenty-seven years ago in its September 15, 1980 edition, the U.S. News & World Report carried an editorial entitled "A National Identity Card" by Editor Marvin Stone. In the editorial, Stone argued that a national ID was needed to thwart illegal immigration, protecting American jobs from illegal immigrants.In spite of what Homeland Security is saying, the national ID is not really a security issue. It's all about control. You can't control a population unless you issue each of them a number. Then you must force them to use that number for employment, travel, and banking. This accomplished, you can force compliance to any mandate issued by the government since invalidation of the person's number renders the individual a non-person. Economic control means controlling a person's ability to exist.This is exactly what the prophecy says will happen during the time just ahead called the great tribulation. And this is exactly what will happen when the national ID is fully implemented.
When is a national ID card not a national ID card? When Homeland Security says so! From the very beginning, the national ID card has been shrouded in deception. Wanting a national ID card, but knowing the American people would never stand for it, the decision was made to call the national ID the Real ID. Abracadabra! Now it's not a national ID card!At the recent National Forum on the Real ID held in Sacramento, California on May 1, 2007, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Richard Barth emphatically stated, "This is not a national ID!" And he actually expected us to believe him! Of course, we didn't.There's actually a very simple way to rip the cover off of this blatant deception once and for all. Question #1: Is the Real ID an ID card? Yes, of course. Everyone, including Homeland Security agrees. This is an ID card.Now, question #2: Was this ID card created by a state law or by a national law? Whyit was created by a national law. Then it's a national ID card! It's really very simpleexcept when you're trying to deceive people into accepting something they don't want.
The promoters of the national ID claim repeatedly that the Real ID Act was a legitimately passed law of Congress. It is true that the House of Representative did pass the Real ID Act. However, it was suspected that much stiffer resistance would be met when the bill was sent to the Senate. In order to stave off the possibility of defeat of this key bill that was at the heart of governmental planners' vision for dramatically increased control of the populace, the Real ID Act was stealthily hidden on the back of a must-pass funding bill for our troops in Iraq. The 1000-page bill passed 100-0. Think of it! A bill spelling the end of freedom for Americans being deceitfully slipped through the Senate on the back of funding for our troops. You have to admitthat is politics at its finest! Many of the senators didn't even realize until later that they had voted for the Real ID.
True or False? The terrorist attacks of 9/11 would not have happened if only we would've had a national ID card system.The proponents of a national ID card love to repeat this myth over and over. It is their number one selling point for the national ID. But is it true? No. It is blatantly false! Half of the 9/11 terrorists had legal IDs. The other half had IDs that satisfied airline standards at the time. We can be assured that if the Real ID had been in force on 9/11, the hijackers would have made sure that each of them had the necessary documentation to clear security. These were terrorists, but they weren't dumb!
The latest piece of ammunition in the pro-national ID arsenal is a Zogby poll supposedly showing that 70 percent of Americans support the introduction of national standards for driver's licenses under the Real ID Act.They conveniently fail to disclose that, in the same poll, only 44 percent favored a national ID card, and 51 percent opposed a national ID card. This huge discrepancy between what Homeland Security is implying and the reality simply illustrates that the government's disinformation campaign has been very effective. The fact is that the establishment of national standards for driver's licenses under the Real ID Act is the creation of a national ID cardthe very thing that 51 percent of the American people are against. One more timeIs the Real ID a national ID? Answer: It is an ID card, and it was created by a national law. It's a national ID no matter how much the Washington bureaucrats try to deceive and deny. Still, Homeland Security continues to claim a majority of Americans are for something that they are, in fact, against! Againdeception, deception, deception!
Those who promote the national ID would deny vehemently that people will be placed under economic boycott unless they accept the Real ID card. However, let's look at the facts.An employee verification program called Basic Pilot was started in 1996. It is presently being used voluntarily by 5,000 employers to check the legal status of job applicants. When a person applies for a job, his or her social security number is submitted to the Basic Pilot database. If the individual is not in the federal database, he or she will not be hired.President Bush has called on Congress to make Basic Pilot mandatory for every employer in America and to provide the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the funding and authority to make sure it is an effective tool to prevent the hiring of illegal workers. Both the House and Senate immigration bills would require employers to use Basic Pilot. The President's 2007 budget requests $111 million to expand Basic Pilot for more employers to make use of the program. Under this proposed new law, employers will be fined $10,000 for employing anyone not in the federal database. If you're not in the federal database, you cannot have a jobanyplace in the U.S. No jobno ability to buy or sell.And how will an individual pass the test to be included in the Homeland Security database that will allow him to work? Never doubt that the acid test will soon be whether a person has been cleared for the Real ID and consequently placed in the database shared by all fifty states.
Not only will a national ID not weed out illegal immigrants, it will make matters worse. Here's why. For less than $300, an illegal alien can buy a social security card and a birth certificate. Under the Real ID program, these documents can then be used to obtain a legitimate ID card issued by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Suddenly, an illegal alien is supplied by the government with a certification of legitimacy. It will be an illegal immigrants dream! The Real ID won't prevent illegal immigration. It will facilitate it!
If the Real ID Act is implemented, every American will be placed in a national database. Every time you swipe your national ID, it will be recorded creating a constant trail of every person's movements. The purpose of the Real ID is control. Many people think that is a good thingbut is it? Not if you believe in freedom!Control and freedom are opposites. The proposed National ID is nothing but the slapping of invisible electronic handcuffs on every person in America. It is the end of freedom for the land of the free and the home of the brave. But if a person has done nothing wrong, what difference does it make if the government knows where you've been, what you bought, what you read and which websites you visited? Hmmthat sounds like something Adolf Hitler would have said.
How far are Americans willing for our government to go in insuring our security? Total security requires total control. The safest place on earth is in a padded cell, but who wants to live there?Freedom requires bravery, not total security. Our national anthem concludes with "O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave." If we ever cease to be brave, we will no longer be free.
If a national ID is a terrible idea, then what do we do to protect our country against terrorism? The answer is really very obvious. What has kept us safe for the last 230 years? Our borders. The problem we are facing today has been caused by our government's decision to not enforce our borders. Between 12 and 20 million illegal immigrants don't get into a country by accident. They arrive by purposeful neglect.Some would make us believe that border enforcement is mission impossible. That is totally untrue. We can enforce our borders if we want to. Our friend Israel certainly knows how to guard its borders. They have an electronic fence with a dirt road running along side of it. Every four to six hours an army jeep with a sweeper attached sweeps the dirt road, at the same time looking for footprints indicating a border violation. If Israel, with a population of 6 million can defend a 450-mile border, surely a country with a population of 300 million can defend a 2,000-mile borderthat is if we want to.If our borders were properly defended, we wouldn't have to destroy the freedom of America by tracking everyone, everywhere. We could live within secure borders without being numbered, without being tracked. Has the time come for a country where the police can pull you over and demand "Papers please"? Will we, like the Jews in Nazi Germany, accept being numbered? God help us to have the courage to say no to the worst law ever passed in the history of the United States of America! Let's throw the Real ID Act on the trash heap of history once and for all!Have we Americans lost our backbone? Are we afraid to stand up against a government that continues to become more and more intrusive? Will we stand silently still while our governmental masters snap the electronic handcuffs in place?Patrick Henry said it so eloquently 232 years ago: "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"Somebody needs to say it again!
Baxter first became known in the world of Bible prophecy in 1966 when he discovered the United States in the Bible. In 1968, he began to teach that the Berlin Wall would be torn down and that the two Germanies would be reunited. When the Berlin Wall fell on November 9th, 1989, everyone wanted to know how he knew this would happen, twenty-one years in advance. This led to the founding of Endtime magazine.
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
Patrick Henry
March 23, 1775
Give me liberty or give me death" is a famous quotation from a speech made by Patrick Henry to the Virginia House of Burgesses. The speech was given March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, and is credited with having single-handedly convinced the Virginia House of Burgesses to pass a resolution delivering the Virginia troops to the Revolutionary War. In attendance were Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Reportedly, the crowd, upon hearing the speech, jumped up and shouted, "To Arms! To Arms!"No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free-- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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Reader Comments:
Posted By: Aguila1
Date: 2008-02-20 11:26:56
The argument against this heinous legislation stands on the merits of a free society without having to allude to the mysticism of prophecy. It is wrong because it is wrong, not because you interpret that something like it was predicted in a storybook thousands of years ago.
Posted By: david
Date: 2008-02-20 12:24:42
The REAL ID ACT requires that Motor Vehicle Dept. clerks collect your most personal vital identifying documentation, like Social Security Account number card, certified Birth Certificate, and more when conducting "drivers license" business. They will paper copy these documents at first, then later will DIGITIZE them , so your "PAPERS" may then be placed on your States "drivers license" database. All the States participating in REAL ID will have their databases linked. The thought that the Federal government is not licking its chops to attain control over these linked databases is LAUGHABLE. These collected papers form a basic DOSSIER on the average American citizen. This is the type of thing you might expect from a totalitarian regime. This is VERY un-American and I do not want this. Of course, these DOSSIERS will be expanded to contain all kinds of other information, using our Social Security Account numbers, completely unrelated to driving or vehicles. I believe REAL ID's real purpose is to bring the American people into a controlled surveillance society. The law makes no mention whatsoever of any controls or limits on REAL ID usage, purposefully, I believe. I have written to my politicians about this abomination of a law and in some instances have received no response. If I get a response, it is generally a canned prepared one with no real content. I urge all citizens to scream, hollar,write and call to push the legislative branch to repeal this freedom ending law.
Posted By: World
Date: 2008-02-20 12:52:25
Good beginning to the article, but you confused me about 1/2 way down.
The bible references just lost me.
The arguement I have the hardest time confronting without sounding like a conspiracy theorist is "I am a law abiding citizen - I don't care if they know where I am going, where I work or shop, and what internet sites I look at". Your article addresses this with:
"But if a person has done nothing wrong, what difference does it make if the government knows where you've been, what you bought, what you read and which websites you visited? Hmm that sounds like something Adolf Hitler would have said."
To invoke Hitler is an often copied tactic in many arguements (implying fascism I would assume) but clearly inflammatory and typically just makes whomever you are speaking to disregard the rest of your comment (it worked for me). I hate to break it to you, but Hitler's Germany and America (even with a national ID) are worlds apart. To be honest - a national ID will not affect my life to a great deal - I feel that this is a conflict of beliefs - one in which there may well be people confined to differing opinions (ie no 100% right answer). Im sure I will have someone disagree with me on that - in fact I encourage it.
Would someone please make a logical fact based (ie non-emotional) case against the role of the national ID in a law abiding Americans life. I want to find this as offensive as some of you do - but I just cant seem to put it into a relevant context to my life.
Posted By: MikeFoster
Date: 2008-02-20 14:05:58
The arguments for the REAL ID Act seem to only focus on the idea of a National ID, but the REAL ID Act is much more than just a National ID.
The REAL ID Act makes changes to existing immigration laws; it waives laws that "intefere" with construction of border barriers; it seeks to redefine "terrorist" activity and organizations; and much more.
If the REAL ID Act is so great why did they have to sneak it in as a rider on a military spending bill?
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Posted By: DX10
Date: 2008-02-20 16:16:01
Aguila1, I agree that the case against the National ID can stand on its own. I also believe that the scriptural reference Craig uses is incorrect as it does not properly consider the time texts. But I was wondering if you view all history as storybooks or if you reserve that pejorative term just for the Bible? Just curious.
Posted By: Amy
Date: 2008-02-20 18:36:46
I love this article, and you know i am ready to starve to death, get captivated, or die the Father,the Sprit, and the HOLY GHOST... I refuse anything now that, i know what the s.s. cards were for. isn't it funny how noone told the truth about Hitler, and the germans.... Every war we have ever had, has been about freedom... I suggest everyone read a Hitler follow up and how he even branded and tattood s.s. cards on people... History repeats itself and we have to face death camps ourselves over real id. Everyone offered to be put in slavery when they excepted s.s. cards. We were not suppose to let anyone know who we were, except God! and now we have to watch people who know not God, refuse a implant or id card, they have lost their souls.... WAKE UP! and read your BIBLE
Posted By: breeze
Date: 2008-02-21 09:01:00
Posted By: breeze
Date: 2008-02-21 09:02:48"Would someone please make a logical fact based (ie non-emotional) case against the role of the national ID in a law abiding Americans life. I want to find this as offensive as some of you do - but I just cant seem to put it into a relevant context to my life."
How about when they say that (pick one) your religion, your work, your books, your gun, your thoughts - are now illegal! "Go and pick up this guy #24435 - we know right where he is... oh and make him a non-person, just push that little button there, will you?"
Or how about: "You must now report to the job we tell you to! Oh, you don't want too? "BEEP" You are now a non-person - so starve!"
As for you being a "Law Abiding" citizen - remember: the law is what they say it is! You can become an outlaw at the push of a button...
You sheeple had better wake up.
Posted By: breeze
Date: 2008-03-17 21:28:18
Posted By: Alemeth
Date: 2008-04-28 20:52:17Per your statement "With no job and no bank account, how much buying and selling will you be able to do?" How is the social security # not the mark of the beast as well, as you cannot have a bank account or hold a job without it?