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2007-07-24 02:03:06 UTC
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Ronald Reagan to implement a computerized National
* I.D. Card.
*
* The rationale for the proposal was that such a system would help put a lid
* on illegal immigration. [Reagan had been Governor of California]
*
* But Anderson, who at the time was a domestic advisor to the President and
* sat in on this particular cabinet meeting, spoke up and gave the group
* something to think about.
*
* "I would like to suggest another way that I think is a lot better," he
* told them, serious in demeanor but clearly being facetious. "It's a lot
* cheaper, it can't be counterfeited. It's very lightweight, and it's
* impossible to lose. It's even waterproof."
*
* "All we have to do," Anderson continued, "is tattoo an identification
* number on the inside of everybody's arm."
*
* His reference was to the tattooing of numbers on victims in Nazi
* concentration camps. Survivors still bear the dreaded tattoo markings
* to this day.
*
* Mr. Anderson described the stunned reaction of those present, "There were
* several gasps around the table. A couple cabinet members looked as if they
* had been slapped. No one said anything for a long time."
*
* Ronald Reagan, a consummately wise politician who professed a belief in
* Bible prophecy,
Ronald Reagan to implement a computerized National
* I.D. Card.
*
* The rationale for the proposal was that such a system would help put a lid
* on illegal immigration. [Reagan had been Governor of California]
*
* But Anderson, who at the time was a domestic advisor to the President and
* sat in on this particular cabinet meeting, spoke up and gave the group
* something to think about.
*
* "I would like to suggest another way that I think is a lot better," he
* told them, serious in demeanor but clearly being facetious. "It's a lot
* cheaper, it can't be counterfeited. It's very lightweight, and it's
* impossible to lose. It's even waterproof."
*
* "All we have to do," Anderson continued, "is tattoo an identification
* number on the inside of everybody's arm."
*
* His reference was to the tattooing of numbers on victims in Nazi
* concentration camps. Survivors still bear the dreaded tattoo markings
* to this day.
*
* Mr. Anderson described the stunned reaction of those present, "There were
* several gasps around the table. A couple cabinet members looked as if they
* had been slapped. No one said anything for a long time."
*
* Ronald Reagan, a consummately wise politician who professed a belief in
* Bible prophecy,