I've been trying to stay away from political posts, but I simply cannot resist tonight. Not that it matters, no one is reading this anyway. I see the Congress is passing legislation that will require states to verify that a person is a legal resident prior to issuing them a driver's license. I see little to disagree with in this legislation on the face of it. Having said that, though, I must say that I do not believe it will make us any safer than we are now. The 9-11 terrorists were in this country legally. They were not illegal aliens.

Secondly, this provision will be quite expensive for the states to comply with, requiring massive new investments in technology and manpower. While I'm on the subject of national security, isn't it time to repeal the Patriot Act? That horrendously expensive monstrosity was foisted upon us during a time of national crisis when the Congress needed to make it appear that they were doing something useful to protect the people. All they managed to accomplish is to spend billions of dollars for no good reason and to infringe upon the rights guaranteed us in the Constitution. Whatever happened to the idea that Republicans are for smaller and less intrusive government?