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With a stated objective of making it "harder for terrorists, illegal immigrants and con artists to get government-issued identification," the Department of Homeland Security (I still shudder when I say that) is still experiencing difficulty is selling REAL ID to "skeptical state officials."

REAL ID is an act of Congress to create a tighter federal identification system for all U.S. citizens. Presently, your home state is the issuer of your driver's license, but the REAL ID Act features legislation (Title II) that will impose federal standards for all U.S. driver's licenses. This is truly a significant step towards the complete federalization of the United States. The State of North Carolina is already issuing such licenses which feature a hologram on the back of the license displaying an image of the North American continent:
This is an odd image to utilize. The fifty states of the U.S. do not include Mexico or Canada, so the obvious question is why highlight the North American Continent? This lends credence to the charge by many that the Establishment is determined to create a North American Union in which Canada, the U.S., and Mexico will be merged into a Western super-state. This is happening now along with the indefatigable development of the European Union. These were stated goals of such organizations as the Council on Foreign Relations.

But civil liberties groups are mounting stiff resistance to the REAL ID. The original deadline of May 2008 is giving way to a proposed date in 2011 with "further measures to be enacted three years later." The REAL ID Act was signed in 2005, and full implementation could be as late as 2014.

The ACLU is quite right in describing the REAL ID driver's license as the "first-ever national identity card system." This much is true since "by 2014, anyone seeking to board an airplane or enter a federal building would have to present a REAL ID-compliant driver's license." This will also be true for those desiring to visit any National Parks. You won't be able to take the family to see "Old Faithful" without a REAL ID. There is an exception for those over 50 by 2014, but by 2017, it will required for everyone.

Conspiracy theorists allege that the REAL ID cards will feature an RFID chip for data tracking. RFID chips (Radio-frequency identification) are tiny circuits designed to store an individual's information so as to be easily read by RFID databases and monitors. The RFID tracking system may also be used for material items such as food, clothing, and cash. At present, the Department of Homeland Security denies RFID tags will be mandatory for the READ ID cards--they'll leave that for the states to decide.

However, in the digital age, it is inevitable that such data technology will be used universally for personal identification. It may be true that the first phase of REAL ID cards will not feature RFID tags, but that won't be for long. Especially if another "terrorist" attack hits U.S. soil. The Patriot Act was pushed through Congress easily right after 9/11. If we've gone that far, an RFID tag is guaranteed.

As I've argued in past blog posts, there is sufficient evidence that REAL ID itself is simply one step towards the larger goal of implantable microchips. This is not the fodder of conspiracy investigators; it is spoken of openly on major news networks by both media personalities and prominent politicians:





The point is that the U.S. marching forward towards a Brave New World of centralization, federalization, massive security and surveillance measures, and a continual decrease in civil liberties. This sufficiently explains why Congressman Ron Paul has acquired such a sizable following. He argues for the U.S. Constitution--a document that will soon be meaningless by the massive overlaying of anti-terror legislation:

"The biggest threat to your privacy is the government. We must drastically limit the ability of government to collect and store data regarding citizens’ personal matters. We must stop the move toward a national ID card system. All states are preparing to issue new driver’s licenses embedded with “standard identifier� data — a national ID. A national ID with new tracking technologies means we’re heading into an Orwellian world of no privacy. I voted against the Real ID Act in March of 2005." ~ Congressman Ron Paul

Therefore, it will be "over their dead bodies" before the Establishment permits such a man as Ron Paul to even smell the White House lawn. There are even rumors circulating the internet that some "Insiders" of the elite Bilderberger Group have discussed "assassination" as an option to handling the Ron Paul Revolution. The source of this revelation is a single independent journalist; but when coupled with the passionate support of a wide spectrum of Paulites, it quickly becomes the stuff of paranoia. If the Elite wanted, there are much simpler means to stifling Ron Paul, e.g., just keep highlighting his support of self-government. I know first-hand what a hard sell that is!

The U.S. frog is being boiled in water. With great patience and longsuffering, the march of statism seems to be inching ever closer to its objective of a New World Order. And despite the perpetual, and undocumented, slander that any such supposition is "delusional" and "paranoid," the fact remains that we are much closer to such an Orwellian system.

What to Do?

What is the solution to international socialism, a.k.a. "One-World Order?" Well, in the short term, there are many. Education is central, and that is the primary value of the Ron Paul campaign. Certainly, political activism is also needful to mount resistance to globalist policies. But no one is really offering a long-term solution--which is the solution most needed. Small political victories can be overcome by the international power-brokers, and even a sudden return to the Constitution cannot guarantee the New World Order will stay in the grave. That's why Patrick Henry said, "I smell a rat in Philadephia!" He saw the clear implications of our constitutional system, viz. it can be subverted by long-term thinkers as it has today.

The ultimate solution is the one offered by Christian Reconstruction, i.e., The Christian World Order. Only a regenerated humanity self-governing in terms of God's law can suppress the resurrecting tendencies of organized wickedness. The push for a return to constitutionalism is a great first step, but ultimately, only the gospel and the law-word of God are sufficient to sustain liberty and salvation. Therefore, I would offer the challenge for all of us to continue to promote the great works by noted writers such as R. J. Rushdoony, Gary North, Greg L. Bahnsen, and Gary DeMar. It's as Gary North has continually reminded us, "You can't beat something with nothing."