Showing ID to Vote
The House passed a bill by a vote of 228-196 that would require voters to provide photo identification in the 2008 election, and by 2010, voters in federal elections will be required to present photo identification showing that they are U.S. citizens. States will be required to provide, and deliver the ID cards at no charge to all citizens that cannot afford to pay the nominal fee
Even though we already need ID to buy beer, get a job, rent an apartment, or even to buy cigarrettes, 196 of our elected representatives voted against this bill citing a variety of reasons.
The Pope Should Apologize because…
According to the news I saw when I woke up today:
Pope Benedict XVI apologized in person on Sunday for offending some Muslims with a recent quotation from a medieval text that said Islamic teachings on holy war were “evil and inhuman.”
Wow! The Pope’s outragious comments seemed have sparked some unrest. According to the CBC -Ă‚Â

