The Pendragon's Hall

One has to wonder sometimes: Tomorrow's election in western New York is largely a referendum on Governor Spitwad's insane desire to give legal drivers licenses to illegal immigrants. Area Republicans are correctly highlighting the link to terrorism, while Democrats cry foul. It would be interesting to see if Republicans, the opposition party during World War II, insisted that prosecuting the war was not a viable political issue. But let's consider this: a valid driver's license is all that is necessary to board a domestic flight. If there are terrorists in New York, and you've got to assume there are somewhere, Spitty's plan has now made them mobile. This is why the next important piece of legislation whether on the state or national level should be requiring a passport for domestic flights. There is a much more thorough background check in process...all you need to get a drivers license is pass a driving test. Several of the 9/11 hijackers were here on expired visas yet they got on board those planes with their other forms of ID. Had they been required to produce a passport, the computer would have shown them to be illegally in the country and they would have been detained. 3,000 lives could have been spared. Spitwad's carelessness is going to get more people killed. And that is a valid political issue.