Posted by
Katie Favazza on Thursday, September 21, 2006 10:26:20 AM
My 9:10 class was canceled this morning, so I thought I'd share with you all what I read in my newfound free time...
The bill the House passed Wednesday,
meanwhile, would require everyone to present a photo ID before voting
in federal elections by 2008. By 2010, voters would have to have photo
IDs that certified they were citizens. In response to criticism that
this would be a burden for the poor, the bill stipulates that states
must provide the identification cards free of charge to those who can't
afford them. [...] Republicans said photo IDs are already common practice in cashing
checks, buying alcohol or boarding planes, and there was no intent to
keep voters from the polls. "We want everyone to participate, to vote,
and to know that their vote counts," said Rep. Shelley Moore Capito,
R-W.Va. [...] A Missouri court earlier this month struck down the state law, and
on Tuesday a state superior court judge in Georgia ruled that that
state's law requiring a photo ID was an unconstitutional condition for
voting.
If you think Democrats (and Missouri) are absolutely batty for opposing this, check out It's a Mind Thing, a new TH blog. I posted a comment there yesterday to welcome Jon to the scene and add my two cents. It's really very silly--I can't buy a beer without an ID, but I can elect the Chief Executive Officer of the Free World? Not cool. My of-age friends who have an expired ID cannot get into DC bars. Democrats need to wake up. I'm embarrassed by Missouri on this one.
- College dorm essentials: Coke, check. Condoms, check. This is absolutely ridiculous! Mizzou plans to put baskets on condoms "on every floor of ever residence hall on campus." Ozarks Messenger weighs in and provides the link to the story. It's equally appalling and laughable:
"...the idea was to place the condoms in a place that students
normally traffic. He said they don’t want to make it obvious whether
“you’re getting a Coke or getting a condom.”
H/T to John for this one. Yikes.
That's all for now, folks. I'm off to discuss why death matters in Philosophy of Religion, meeting a friend for lunch, and then heading to Marriage and Annulments in the Catholic Church. All in a day's work.