U.S. to implement passport requirement
Only 5-plus years after 9-11, the Feds are finally going to get tough on travel documentation:
Virtually all air travelers entering the United States after Jan. 23 will need to show passports  even U.S. citizens, the Homeland Security Department announced Wednesday.
Until now, U.S. citizens, travelers from Canada and Bermuda, and some travelers from Mexico who have special border-crossing cards for frequent visitors were allowed to show other proofs of identification, such as drivers’ licenses or birth certificates.
“The ability to misuse travel documents to enter this country opens the door for a terrorist to carry out an attack,” Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said in a statement.
Can we anticipate the very same people who say that our resources ought to be spent on securing our port facilities and so forth to begin claiming that this represents an unreasonable imposition on Democrat travellers and an abuse of Federal authority?
Yes, we can.
Except for the “document challenged”. They can show a utility bill.
Well, duh! Amerikkka, Bad!
No, we can’t say that. I’m a “Democrat traveller,” and I say it’s about time. I have never understood why I can come over the Mexican border in my suspect Karmann Ghia, have it waved over and stripped to the axles in a drug search, and after I flash my US driver’s license and gather up the parts, I’m on my way.
I hope my military ID still will work…I know I have that passport somewhere around here…