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...Extremism and violence historically exist on both ends of the political spectrum.  Nobody should seek to advance their politics—as we are witnessing now—by pretending that menacing fanatics are all at one end of the political spectrum.  Nor should occasional use of common metaphors (“hit list,” “targeting” politicians for defeat, etc.) be mistaken as threatening...

Author: By Ernest J. Istook | Title: Stop Playing Politics Over Threats | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...change this is through quiet revolutions known as elections.  The controversy should be resolved in the political process.  Overheated rhetoric is protected as free speech.  But it’s over the line and wrong to suggest that either major party favors the use of violence instead...

Author: By Ernest J. Istook | Title: Stop Playing Politics Over Threats | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...already paying $10,000 to sneak into the country. What's a couple thousand more?" In a recent Washington Post op-ed, Schumer and Graham said the card would be "fraud-proof" and that employers would face "stiff fines" and possibly imprisonment if they tried to get around using it. But Cherry half-jokes that someone could falsify such an ID in 15 minutes, and Khosla says that while current technology makes fingerprints the most feasible biometric marker to use, they're also one of the easiest to steal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for Your Biometric Social Security Card? | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...illegal immigrants] can't get a job when they come here, you'll stop it," Schumer told the Wall Street Journal. Proponents also hope legal hiring will be easier for employers if there's a single go-to document instead of the 26 that new employees can currently use to show they're authorized to work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for Your Biometric Social Security Card? | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...Although the card is being presented as existing solely for determining employment eligibility, "it will be almost impossible to say that this wealth of information is there, but you can only use it for this purpose," Coney says. "Privacy is pretty much hinged on the notion that if you collect data for one purpose, you can't use it for another." Calabrese expresses worries that this ID will become a "central identity document" that one will need in order to travel, vote or perhaps own a gun, which Melmed calls "mission creep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready for Your Biometric Social Security Card? | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

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