I don't know for sure what the plans are at this point, but there is talk of a number of us going to Canada to visit Mindy in August. Whoever is even thinking about it, GET YOUR PASSPORT. They recently began requiring passports to get across the US/Canadian border - the US will let you out, but they will not let you back IN unless you have a US passport. Your driver's license no longer works to go across the border into Canada or Mexico.
It is also a smart idea for everyone to get or renew a passport soon because Congress is completely screwing with driver's license and other ID requirements. The Republican Party is now the Paranoia Party and they've gone WAY overboard. It's the "slippery slope" to a police state and there are no brakes on this at the moment. (Vote Democrat in 2006. No, really. I'm serious.)
It takes a month or two to get a passport processed (even on a good day), so I recommend you get that taken care of by the end of this month in preparation for August.
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So I should vote democrat because YOU disagree with national id cards or passports at borders? OK... and speaking of paranoia...
I didn't say I disagree with passports at the borders. I do disagree with what it's going to take to get a frickin' driver's license in 2 to 3 years. A driver's license, at the end of the day, is to authorize you to DRIVE A CAR. That's all. If the paranoid Congressional Republicans want a national ID card, fine. Then make one. But don't turn the frickin' DMV into a psuedo-immigration/security/intelligence agency ... which is what this new bill essentially would do.
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