Voter I.D. cards!

What is wrong with us? We live in the most wonderful country in the world and yet there is the stench of apathy permeating every aspect of our lives, from who we elect to represent us to what is being taught in our schools.

I listened to a man on c-span this a.m. while channel surfing & he was trying to convince the host - as well as those of us in the tv audience - that Mexicans here in America aren't really voting in the elections in Mexico because we - the bad Americans - might realize they are here illegally. I take umbrage with his statements.

He is from Georgetown University Center for Latin American Studies and was actually whining that ONLY 32,000+ ballots were sent to Mexicans here in America and ONLY 28,000+ were actually returned. WOW! If we could get 87.5% of Americans to vote....it would be a miracle.

As far as I can tell, the number of Mexican ballots returned is quite high. He talked about 300,000 Mexicans legally coming across the border on a daily basis PLUS the 400,000 that are coming across illegally DAILY. Those were his words. He talked about how wonderful the election system is in Mexico - that the government has about 3,000 workers who deal only with elections & the electronic balloting process. He then talked about how EVERY Mexican citizen has a voter card - with picture i.d.

My question is: WHY DON'T WE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE A VOTER I.D. CARD?

The next thing that struck me was some woman calling in to talk about all the 'stolen elections' that are happening because of electronic ballots. Has she lost it? Does she not read? Does she not know that hackers cannot get into systems that are independent? They can't sit down & tap into balloting machines that only tabulate the results which are then called & sent into, in writing, a central place? What is with all the people & the 'stolen election' garbage? Is this how they keep themselves awake at night, wondering who will steal an election next? Would she have said the same thing is Kerry had won?

More than anything, I want VOTER I.D. CARDS. I want them now. But I live in a state where the Governor thinks that we don't need them. How dense is he?

Well, this same Governor thinks that the 'Castle Doctrine' is a waste of time & not necessary. He vetoes it every time - twice now - to make sure that criminals have the right to sue the heck out of me if they commit a crime on my property & I defend myself & my family.

This all tracks back to problems with voting or rather NOT VOTING.

We need Voter I.D. cards.
We need people to actually show up at the polls.
We all need to PAY ATTENTION!!!!!

And, last but not least, MAKE OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ACCOUNTABLE!!!!!!