Y'know, I don't want to harp on the political shit, but Jesus CHRIST, look at what they're doing to my country:
Hey, We Fucking Torture Innocent Civilian Citizens of Friendly Countries Tra La
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George Bush's first term made me embarrassed to be American.
His second term is threatening to make me furious.
How long beffore we start doing this to our own citizens? Oh, wait, sorry, we already have -- a kid who got shipped to Saudi Arabia.
If I disappear sometime this year, look for me in Syria.
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Not to be a wank Matt, but this is old news up north. Are you guys really just getting wind of this now?
You're always a wank, Shev. That's what everyone LIKES about you.
Yes, we've heard about it -- but only heard. Now it's hit the Theshold of Undeniability.
If you get the distinction.
Oh, and --
Hey, Barb!
Glad to have you back around here. Say hi to everybody at the D-berg for me, too!
Look kids, it's like a National ID card. But...y'know...without actually...getting a name-tag that says it is.
National ID card, because having a social security number that everyone uses to identify you and a drivers license in order to get anything done and a documented certificate of birth isn't enough. The DL's already have magnetic strips on them containing information about you that various places can swipe (including cops)
*rolls her eyes*
I'm beginning to think that that story I wrote a long time ago may just be more accurate than I thought.
As for the kidnapping, Jesus H christ in a rose made handbasket. I knew it was happening, and i'm *glad* they're suing the US. I'll be damned if it might not do *something*. I'm not sure what, but something.
-Jenn
You guys have holograms on your licenses (sp?). Isn't that...you know...just...a little unecessary? But then, your drinking age is 21, which also makes no sense to me.
On a slight tangent; being the little newshound that I am, I came across this terrific little site today: http://www.alternet.org
You know, Arar was the Time Magazine Person of the Year (Canadian edition)
Link: http://www.timecanada.com/CNOY/story.adp?year=2004
--Ryan
Shev--
The Wisconsin state license has a hologram of the state seal printed across the card and the state name in pretty holographics as well as the state seal as a "watermark". Among other safety features.
The Minnesota state license has similar precautions including a holographic loon and other bits.
They're kinda like carrying mini passports with you, they have your age sex, hair color, weight, height, etc, and a picture for comparision.
I'm pretty sure that most of the states have moved to something similar in the past years. At least most of the IDs that I've seen have.
The holograms and other safety features were originally issued to keep down the number of fake licenses that people could easily make in their own home, versus actually paying to have it done by a "professional". :)
And the drinking age is linked to the reasoning behind the licenses :)
-Jenn
Finally found your new blog page, after clicking on the old s1ngularity page about 1000 times since it went down. Of course, it doesn't help that I can't access blogger.com from work, so I didn't have much of a choice.
Glad you're still blogging, Matt. I got in touch with "publicist from hell" Colleen to see if she could include Miami in your traveling circus schedule, but she said I would need to find a bookstore that could guarantee at least 300 fans.
Heh...and I thought an offer to take you out for dinner would clinch the deal.
You know what pisses me off the most about this kid getting tortured? My government, the Canadian government, doesn't give a shit. We just bend over for the Americans and take it.
Fuck.
We have a commercial on TV up here celebrating how we gave up reasearch on the avro arrow because America asked us to. You know, so you guys could stay ahead of us.
I'm convinced that if Martin had been Prime Minister when Bush asked us to join him in Iraq, he would've said yes. Even though our military is a bigger joke than our sovereignty.
But i'm sure you people don't care.
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