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631102 - news Real Nightmare In Your Pocket! The REAL ID Act The Federal Real ID Act requires that all of us get a new driver's license or a national identification card by December, 2009 (the new date after a recent rescheduling). The new license or identification card will cost about $200 and will take weeks to get. According to this federal law, we will need our license or ID card to board airplanes, travel across state lines, enter a federal building, open a bank account and more. Our new license or ID card may contain an electronic chip, the RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) chip. This chip will enable the federal government to know everything about each of us: where we go, where we are, what we buy, what we eat, our health condition, what we read, and much more. If this law is not stopped, we won't be able to do anything without our "chip" - board a plane, get federal benefits, buy food, buy clothes, get gas, get health care, eat at restaurants, just about everything we do. In the future, we might be forced to implant this electronic ID chip in our body! We will lose our privacy to the federal "big brother. Already, much livestock is implanted with these chips (under NAIS) and is proving to cause serious health risks to the animals - such as the development of cancers. The Federal National ID Card Lives on in Minnesota Twice the Minnesota legislature rejected the federal Real ID Act by overwhelming numbers - the second time by more than enough votes to override a veto. Yet, in defiance of the will of the legislature, and the will of the people of Minnesota, Gov. Pawlenty vetoed the bills. Apparently, he has his eye on running for vice president and no longer cares for what is best for Minnesota. Because of Gov. Pawlenty, the threat of the Federal Real ID Act lives on in Minnesota. In an executive order dated May 17, 2008, issued shortly after he vetoed the second rejection of the Real ID Act by the legislature, Gov. Pawlenty left open the possibility that he will order implementation of the Real ID Act after June 1, 2009. This executive order states in part: "1. The Commissioner of Public Safety may not implement the federal REAL I.D. Act, before June, 2009, unless implementation is authorized by the Legislature." In other parts of the executive order, the Commissioner of Public Safety is allowed to prepare for implementation of the Federal REAL ID Act. Unfortunately, despite the work of Minnesota's Legislature, there still is a need for action. Pawlenty didn't get the message. 17 states rejected the Real ID Act. They are: Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Nevada, Oklahoma, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Tennessee. 12 States are working on laws to reject the Real Id Act. Three states, California, Wisconsin and North Dakota, passed a law that bans forced RFID implants. For more information, visit: realnightmare.org and The Real Purpose Behind The REAL ID If you would like more information on the Real ID Act, you may find the DVD "America: From Freedom to Fascism" interesting. It describes the Real ID Act and the implantable RFID chip that is implanted in people and other subjects (the Federal Reserve system, the federal income tax, the NAFTA superhighway being built from Mexico to Canada through the United States, and more). The price of the video is $9.00 plus handling and shipping charges. You can order this video by sending an email to dalenathan@usfamily.net. You also can order it from the website: Freedom To Fascism.Com. The video is available for purchase only by individuals for non-commercial use. Ask your legislators and candidates for the legislature to state his or her position on the Real ID Act. Let them know your opinion. If you are of the view that the Real ID Act should be buried once and for all time, let officeholders and candidates know that. Ask them to commit to a course of action that you favor. Your legislators are: | Legislator | Rep. Doug Magnus | Sen. Jim Vickerman | | Email | rep.doug.magnus@house.mn | sen.jim.vickerman@senate.mn | | Home Phone | 507 836 8613 | 507 629 4878 | | Office Phone | 651 296 5505 | 651 296 5650 | | Office Address | 217 State Office Bldg. | 226 State Capitol | | 100 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. | 75 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd | | St. Paul, MN 55155-1206 | St. Paul, MN 55155-1606 | | Home Address | 865 Highway 59 | 2252 221st St | | Slayton, MN 56172 | Tracy, MN 56175 | If you would like more information or have questions, please contact us at: info@thetruthaboutminnesota.org.
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