Real ID

This shit's really getting scary. I'm starting to think of Soviet Russia whenever I read the news. We all need to be more educated about this. The Senate shouldn't be able to pass a bill that's barely been discussed and that's attached to other bills. Of course bills for Tsunami relief and giving money to our troupes in Iraq and Afganastan are going to pass.
"The act also calls for new National ID cards which will be essentially driver’s licenses with new, federally mandated information including, but not limited to, biometric data stored in machine-readable areas. Databases of cards will be shared between states and with the federal government." Gizmodo's article
So um... what's to stop people from using that machine-readable technology to steal identity? What's to stop the private industry from selling our information to anyone they want? EVERYONE'S information will be in databases linked in a seamless network all connected to the federal database. The ID will require actual addresses, not PO Boxes, so what's to stop people from attacking judges and cops in their homes. And it's not like this stuff can't be easily faked so terrorists have their own ID cards. And then... what was the point?
So here's a great site that was also mentioned on slashdot where you can fax your senator: http://www.unrealid.com