Showdown time on REAL ID. The official deadline is May 11th for states to file (beg) for extension from the Dept. of Homeland Tyranny. Montana got an extension without asking for one (still refusing to comply), five Senators request for all 50 states to be exempt from hassle, while Chertoff insists it is Congress that established the deadline (while it had no choice because REAL ID was passed under another bill, without debate). Chertoff is trying to gain compliance, arbitrarily, by compromises, so long as all states eventually comply. Tyranny will enter softly.

The big news, and key precedent, that the Feds fear, is that South Carolina may file a lawsuit against them for treating South Carolinians like non-citizens. THIS IS WHAT EVERY STATE SHOULD DO.

This really burns my old Hippie butt...I only hope the states fight this especially Oregon since I'm her now...This is friggin GESTAPO shit. I'll NEVER do it! If we all refuse...AWWW, right ...there's too many "good Germans out there that will roll riht over and grease there own ...er, uh...well, you get the idea

It is surprising that Oregon has not resisted this since there are vast numbers in that state resistant to both the Bush administration and all of its anti-constitutional policies. You don't have to be a hippie to dissent, and some of us with Germanic roots are the most resistant. (Germany had a history of resisting the Roman Empire, Martin Luther led the resistance to the Roman religious empire).

Oregonians in your state need to tell their legislators to represent them or lose their offices. People from all over the political spectrum see the tyranny of REAL ID. The dissent is not partisan, it's principled. RESIST!