Texas punishes innocents, cries "terrorism!"

The treason lobby's meme of screaming "terrorism!" to justify inconveniencing innocents is back, and it's just as idiotic as ever.

Under a new rule in Texas, every motorist or anyone else with a state ID will soon have to lug in enough paperwork to choke a toilet if their license or ID is even one day past its expiration date. They'll have to cough up a notarized birth certificate, passport, or some other high-sounding document just to renew their license - even if they've already proven their citizenship.

And until their birth certificate arrives, they can't drive or do anything that requires an ID - including write a check at the supermarket, or even vote.

Even some folks whose license hasn't expired are finding themselves hamstrung by this paperwork. Many elderly Texans don't even have a birth certificate, because nobody ever issued one at the time they were born!

Political appointees of right-wing Gov. Rick Perry - a man who has never been known for being intelligent, honest, or reasonable - imposed this new fiat. Allan Polunsky, Perry's Public Safety Commission head, sniffed that the new rule is for "national security."

So someone who's already proven that they are who they say they are is a threat to national security unless they bring in paperwork with information that the motor vehicle bureau already has on file? You're an idiot, Allan.

State Rep. Lon Burnam (D-Fort Worth) criticized the Perry regime's diktat, but right-wing talk-shit radio hosts misled listeners about the controversy. "People really misunderstand this because the right-wing radio personalities don't want to understand it," Burnam observed.

Rick Perry needs to be recalled like the clunker he is.

(Source: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/1092542.html)