More of the Republican agenda this week, sadly, out of Kansas.
No surprise, they've passed an ugly and very strict anti-voting law that requires a driver's licence or photo ID to vote:
Never mind that voting fraud isn't even a problem in the state. This is obviously one more way to keep the elderly, the infirm and minorities away from the ballot box, purely and simply.
Sure, they deny it and will until a very hot place freezes over but this is the effects it has--to keep people FROM voting, instead of encouraging it. It's the same reason we vote on Tuesdays and not the weekends--keep people from voting.
It was written, too, by "Mr. Gestapo", Kris Kobach. He's the one who, you'll remember, wrote the immigration law for Arizona that got him so much national publicity.
It's disgusting but no surprise, certainly. Who knows what idea they'll come up with in years to come, to keep still more of us from voting.
The 2nd item off the Republican leader's playbook this week out of Kansas is that they've pushed the speed limits on highways up to 75 miles per hour, instead of just the 70 we have now:
Texas is pushing for 85 so I'm sure the Kansas legislators want to "keep up with the Joneses" best they can.
Forget that law enforcement has experience on this subject that shows more people are hurt and killed, the faster we go.
Forget that it uses more gas to go ever faster and we want to use less fossil fuel oil and energy and not more, both for energy independence AND the environment. Forget all that.
It's "full speed ahead!" on those Kansas, Republican highways out there.
Common sense and logic be damned.
Just stay away from the voting booth.
Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/07/kris-kobach-arizona-immig_n_567483.html
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