There hasn’t been any political news in about a week, since most of the pundits on the left and right have been shamelessly and wrongly hammering each other over an atrocity in Arizona that had nothing to do with politics.
Meanwhile, there are some actual political issues going on. Did you know the Obama Administration is set to authorize the Commerce Department to regulate an online identification system? It’s not the National ID Card that has been proposed in the past – the current plan sounds like an opt-in system, like an enhanced version of Facebook Connect or Twitter’s @Anywhere. Anonymous blog posting and other fun parts of the internet would theoretically remain unchanged.
Not to sound conspiratorial, but things like this almost never wind up being implemented in the same way they were drawn up. Scrutiny and review would be absolutely necessary.
So, if you’re done with the mindless drivel and demagoguery as politicians climb all over themselves to find a way to make last Saturday’s shooting all about them, there’s work to be done.
Jim Eltringham 